Chapter 7 - Particles

Question 1

を

Answer 1

o - direct object particle

Question 2

が

Answer 2

Subject particle

Question 3

に

Answer 3

Particle meaning at, in, to; specifies the target of the action, a location, or absolute time (like Monday.)

Question 4

で

Answer 4

At, by, in, with - Particle specifying the location, tool, method or condition used for an action.

Question 5

へ

Answer 5

e - particle meaning toward, to. Specifies the direction of coming and going.

Question 6

から

Answer 6

Particle meaning from. Specifies the source, origin, or starting point.

Question 7

まで

Answer 7

Particle meaning until. Specifies the ending point of a continuous action.

Question 8

の

Answer 8

Particle meaning of, ‘s

Question 9

と

Answer 9

Particle for listing nouns. Exhaustively lists - A, B, and C.
Can also specify the person/animal performing action with the subject.

Question 10

や

Answer 10

Particle for listing nouns. Lists them as examples - A, B, C, etc.

Question 11

か

Answer 11

Particle for listing nouns. Lists alternatives - A, B, or C.

Question 12

は

Answer 12

wa - topic particle. Indicates something that has already been discussed. Drop any が or を particles before は.
Can also be used to highlight contrasting nouns.
Can also be used for the item to which the noun does not apply, for verbs in the negative form.

Question 13

も

Answer 13

Particle used for addition. Marks an item that is in addition to another item introduced in the context. It means also or too.

Question 14

ばかり

Answer 14

Particle - nothing but… (negative connotation).

Can go after noun or after -て form verb, but is usually after the noun.

Question 15

しか

Answer 15

Particle meaning only. Indicates too few or too little. Can only be used with negative verb form.

Question 16

だけ

Answer 16

Just/only. When used with noun, だけ can before or after the other particle. The exception is が and を, which must come after だけ.
Can be used with affirmative or negative verb forms.
Use しか instead of だけ when emphasizing the lack of additional quantity.

Question 17

でも

Answer 17

Particle meaning even. Implies that the speaker considers the item to be the least expected, i.e., This is so easy even a child can do it.

Question 18

読

Answer 18

DOKU; yo - Read
Less common: TOKU, TŌ
Visual: Sales manager giving the daily reading: “Lo, I say unto you who sell.”
Aural: At the DOK, U can either do yoga or Read.

Question 19

道

Answer 19

DŌ; michi - Road/way (physical or spiritual)
Less common: TŌ (as in ShinTŌ)
Visual: Painting lines on a seal’s neck to make a Road for toy cars.
Aural: DŌ not give me cheese, I’m about to hit the Road.

Question 20

天

Answer 20

TEN - Heaven, air, sky
Less common: ame, ama
Visual: Sumo wrestler in Heavenly mansion, where condiments exude from the top of buns.
Aural: All sumo wrestlers aTEN Heaven.

Question 21

分

Answer 21

BUN; wa - Part (sense of division)
Less common: FUN, BU
Visual: Volcanoes were made when underground dwellers Parted the rock and magma with their swords.
Aural: The wacky way to Part your BUN is with your sword.

Question 22

物

Answer 22

BUTSU; mono - Thing
Less common: MOTSU
Visual: Guy stooping next to a cow, asking it, “What’s that Thing?”
Aural: The Thing about monorails: they’re always crowded, so your BUTS Up against other people.

Question 23

斤

Answer 23

KIN - Axe
Visual: Looks like an Axe.
Aural: Sharpen your Axe so it has a KIN edge.

Question 24

新

Answer 24

SHIN; atara - New
Less common: arata, nii
Visual: To cut down the Newest part of the tree, stand on top of it with your axe.
Aural: At a raffle, you can win a New car with a brilliant New SHIN.

Question 25

花

Answer 25

KA; hana - Flower Visual: Changing Flowers in your wreath keeps it fresh. Aural: Flower leis with KArnations are always given at pau hanas.

Question 26

名

Answer 26

MEI; na - Name Less common: MYŌ Visual: Dracula only comes out in the evening because his Name and reputation would suffer if he came out during the day. Aural: "MEI I Name you napkin?" "No!"

Question 27

母

Answer 27

BŌ; haha - Mother Visual: Looks like a Mother holding a baby. Aural: Nelson's mean Mother always laughs at him because he's bad at BOwling: "haha!"

Question 28

私

Answer 28

SHI; watashi - Private Less common: watakushi Visual: Crops at war, causing some to have broken crutches, but the crops wanted to keep it Private. Aural: SHIla acted like she hated my garden shears, but in Private she said, "What a shear!"

Question 29

夜

Answer 29

YA; yoru, yo - Night Visual: Ranger and giraffe having drinks at the watering hole at Night, as soon as a comet is visible in the evening sky. Aural: To Night, after a dairy mishap, I had to tell YAsmin, "you're oozing yogurt."

Question 30

前

Answer 30

ZEN; mae - Before Visual: Before becoming the moon, he worked on repairing snowboards with a chisel. Aural: Before every meal the llama ate, she sat zaZEN.

Question 31

多

Answer 31

TA; ō - Many/much Visual: On Many evenings, much happens. Aural: Much TAlk sounds like an ōboe.

Question 32

持

Answer 32

mo - Hold Less common: JI Visual: As I was passing the temple, a finger gestures from within, saying, "Hold me." Aural: More fingers can Hold mo.

Question 33

書

Answer 33

SHO; ka - Write Visual: You can't Write the kanji for "two" using a pitchfork or a pole, or the sun, which just burns the paper. Aural: "You SHO can Write!"

Question 34

音

Answer 34

ON; oto - Sound Less common: IN; ne Visual: Standing on the sun results in horrible Sounds like crackling. Aural: Standing ON an otomobile lets you hear Sounds like the rushing wind.

Question 35

会

Answer 35

KAI; a - Meet Less common: E Visual: Meeting a spy under an umbrella. Aural: Meeting the KAIte ambassador.

Question 36

聞

Answer 36

BUN; ki - Hear/Ask Less common: MON Visual: Hearing is just opening your ear gates. Aural: The ki to having a BUN in the oven is Hearing and Asking.

Question 37

央

Answer 37

Ō - Center | Visual/Aural: A sumo wrestler in the Center of the net is effective; you rarely hear "gŌl!"