Hiragana Lvl1

Question 1

What is the Japanese term for morning?

Answer 1

あさ

The word ‘あさ’ refers to the early part of the day.

Question 2

What is the Japanese term for noon?

Answer 2

ひる

‘ひる’ indicates the middle of the day.

Question 3

What is the Japanese term for night?

Answer 3

よる

‘よる’ signifies the period of darkness after sunset.

Question 4

How do you say ‘I / me’ in Japanese?

Answer 4

わたし

‘わたし’ is a common pronoun used for self-reference.

Question 5

What is the Japanese term for ‘you’?

Answer 5

あなた

‘あなた’ is a second-person pronoun used in conversation.

Question 6

What is the Japanese word for dog?

Answer 6

いぬ

‘いぬ’ refers to a domesticated canine.

Question 7

What is the Japanese word for cat?

Answer 7

ねこ

‘ねこ’ denotes a domesticated feline.

Question 8

What is the Japanese term for water?

Answer 8

みず

‘みず’ is the word for the essential liquid for life.

Question 9

What is the Japanese term for tea?

Answer 9

おちゃ

‘おちゃ’ refers to tea, a popular beverage in Japan.

Question 10

What is the Japanese term for rice / meal?

Answer 10

ごはん

‘ごはん’ can refer to both cooked rice and a meal in general.

Question 11

What is the Japanese word for teacher?

Answer 11

せんせい

‘せんせい’ is used to refer to someone who teaches.

Question 12

What is the Japanese term for student?

Answer 12

がくせい

‘がくせい’ refers to an individual who is studying.

Question 13

What is the Japanese word for friend?

Answer 13

ともだち

‘ともだち’ denotes a person with whom one shares a bond of friendship.

Question 14

What is the Japanese term for house?

Answer 14

いえ

‘いえ’ refers to a dwelling or home.

Question 15

What is the Japanese word for car?

Answer 15

くるま

‘くるま’ signifies a vehicle for transport.

Question 16

What is the Japanese term for train?

Answer 16

でんしゃ

‘でんしゃ’ refers to a rail vehicle used for transport.

Question 17

What is the Japanese term for station?

Answer 17

えき

‘えき’ denotes a place where trains stop for passengers.

Question 18

What is the Japanese word for shop / store?

Answer 18

みせ

‘みせ’ refers to a place where goods are sold.

Question 19

What is the Japanese term for letter?

Answer 19

てがみ

‘てがみ’ means a written message sent from one person to another.

Question 20

What is the Japanese word for book?

Answer 20

ほん

‘ほん’ signifies a written work consisting of pages.

Question 21

What is the Japanese term for magazine?

Answer 21

ざっし

‘ざっし’ refers to a periodical publication containing articles and illustrations.

Question 22

What is the Japanese word for movie?

Answer 22

えいが

‘えいが’ denotes a film or motion picture.

Question 23

What is the Japanese term for song?

Answer 23

うた

‘うた’ signifies a musical composition with lyrics.

Question 24

What is the Japanese word for word / language?

Answer 24

ことば

‘ことば’ refers to a unit of language or speech.

Question 25

What is the Japanese term for Japan?

Answer 25

にほん ## Footnote 'にほん' is the name of the country in East Asia.

Question 26

What is the Japanese term for foreign country?

Answer 26

がいこく ## Footnote 'がいこく' refers to any country that is not Japan.

Question 27

What is the Japanese word for food?

Answer 27

たべもの ## Footnote 'たべもの' denotes any edible substance.

Question 28

What is the Japanese term for drink?

Answer 28

のみもの ## Footnote 'のみもの' refers to any liquid that can be consumed.

Question 29

What is the Japanese word for rain / candy (depends on pitch accent)?

Answer 29

あめ ## Footnote 'あめ' can mean either precipitation or a type of confection.

Question 30

What is the Japanese term for snow?

Answer 30

ゆき ## Footnote 'ゆき' signifies frozen precipitation that falls from clouds.

Question 31

What is the Japanese word for flower / nose (depends on pitch accent)?

Answer 31

はな ## Footnote 'はな' can refer to a blooming plant or the organ used for smelling.

Question 32

What is the Japanese term for sky?

Answer 32

そら ## Footnote 'そら' denotes the expanse of air above the Earth.

Question 33

What is the Japanese word for river?

Answer 33

かわ ## Footnote 'かわ' refers to a flowing body of water.

Question 34

What is the Japanese term for mountain?

Answer 34

やま ## Footnote 'やま' signifies a large landform that rises prominently above its surroundings.

Question 35

What is the Japanese word for sea?

Answer 35

うみ ## Footnote 'うみ' refers to a large body of saltwater.

Question 36

What is the Japanese term for person?

Answer 36

ひと ## Footnote 'ひと' denotes a human being.

Question 37

What is the Japanese word for man?

Answer 37

おとこ ## Footnote 'おとこ' refers to an adult male.

Question 38

What is the Japanese term for woman?

Answer 38

おんな ## Footnote 'おんな' signifies an adult female.

Question 39

What is the Japanese word for red?

Answer 39

あか ## Footnote 'あか' is used to describe the color red.

Question 40

What is the Japanese term for blue?

Answer 40

あお ## Footnote 'あお' denotes the color blue.

Question 41

What is the Japanese word for yellow?

Answer 41

きいろ ## Footnote 'きいろ' refers to the color yellow.

Question 42

What is the Japanese term for white?

Answer 42

しろ ## Footnote 'しろ' signifies the color white.

Question 43

What is the Japanese word for black?

Answer 43

くろ ## Footnote 'くろ' denotes the color black.

Question 44

What is the Japanese term for big?

Answer 44

おおきい ## Footnote 'おおきい' describes something of large size.

Question 45

What is the Japanese word for small?

Answer 45

ちいさい ## Footnote 'ちいさい' signifies something of small size.

Question 46

What is the Japanese term for long?

Answer 46

ながい ## Footnote 'ながい' describes something that has a great length.

Question 47

What is the Japanese word for short?

Answer 47

みじかい ## Footnote 'みじかい' signifies something that has a small length.

Question 48

What is the Japanese term for fast?

Answer 48

はやい ## Footnote 'はやい' describes something that moves quickly.

Question 49

What is the Japanese word for slow?

Answer 49

おそい ## Footnote 'おそい' signifies something that moves with less speed.

Question 50

What is the Japanese term for fun / enjoyable?

Answer 50

たのしい ## Footnote 'たのしい' describes an experience that is pleasurable.