Vocab Units 1,2,3

Question 1

How do you count from one to twenty in Japanese?

Answer 1

一, 二, 三, 四, 五, 六, 七, 八, 九, 十, 十一, 十二, 十三, 十四, 十五, 十六, 十七, 十八, 十九, 二十

Question 2

What is the phrase for asking someone’s age in Japanese?

Answer 2

なんさいですか

Question 3

How do you respond to the question about age if you are thirteen?

Answer 3

ぼく／わたしは 十三 さいです

Question 4

How do you say ‘I am twelve years old’ in Japanese?

Answer 4

（わたし）も（十二）さい です

Question 5

What is the phrase for asking for someone’s telephone number?

Answer 5

でんわばんごうは？

Question 6

How do you respond with a telephone number in Japanese?

Answer 6

九七七三の〇二一〇で す

Question 7

Fill in the blank: The Japanese word for ‘one’ is _______.

Answer 7

一

Question 8

Fill in the blank: The Japanese word for ‘two’ is _______.

Answer 8

二

Question 9

What is the Japanese term for ‘thirteen years old’?

Answer 9

じゅうさんさいです

Question 10

What is the Japanese term for ‘twenty years old’?

Answer 10

にじゅっさいです

Question 11

What are the hiragana characters for the numbers one to ten?

Answer 11

いち, に, さん, し, ご, ろく, しち, はち, きゅう, じゅう

Question 12

What is the hiragana for the number ‘zero’?

Answer 12

ゼロ

Question 13

What is the kanji for ‘one’?

Answer 13

一

Question 14

What is the phrase for ‘Happy Birthday!’ in Japanese?

Answer 14

おたんじょうびおめでとう！

Question 15

How do you say ‘Hello’ on the phone in Japanese?

Answer 15

もしもし

Question 16

What does ‘なあに？’ mean?

Answer 16

What?

Question 17

What is the meaning of ‘なんですか’?

Answer 17

What is it?

Question 18

Fill in the blank: The Japanese word for ‘six’ is _______.

Answer 18

六

Question 19

Fill in the blank: The Japanese word for ‘eight’ is _______.

Answer 19

八

Question 20

What are some key vocabulary related to age in Japanese?

Answer 20

さいです

Question 21

What are the significant numbers and cultural aspects learned in this unit?

Answer 21

• Superstitions
• Tallies
• Counting on fingers