Japanese duolingo skill Nature

日本語 Japanese with Duolingo

Lesson 1

• 太陽 (tai-you) = the sun ()
• 月 (tsu-ki) = moon
• 星 (ho-shi) = star
• きらきらして = sparkling/glistening
• 光る (hi-ka-ru) = to shine; to glitter; to be bright (v5r, vi) (ひかる)
• キラキラ光っている (ki-ra-ki-ra hi-ka-te-i-ru) = sparkling/glistening
• Previously learned:

• 田舎 (i-na-ka) = countryside
• 空気 (kū-ki) = air
• 浜辺 (ha-ma-be) = beach
• 湖 (mi-zū-mi) = lake
• 行くつもりです (i-ku-tsu-mo-ri-de-su) = plan to go
• 海洋 (kai-yō) = ocean
• Previously learned:

• 島 (shi-ma) = island (しま)
• 枝 (e-da) = branch/branches (えだ)
• 森 (mo-ri) = forest (もり)
• 折る (o-ru) = (1) to break; to fracture; (+) (v5r, vt) (おる)
• 折り (o-ri) = broke (おり)
• 動物の森 (dō-bu-tsu-no-mo-ri) = Animal Crossing (a video game) (‘Animals Forest’)

• 景色 (ke-shi-ki) = view/scenery (けしき)
• 濡れ (nu-re) = wet (ぬれ)
• 濡れる (nu-re-ru) = to get wet (v1, vi) (P) (ぬれる)
• 草 (ku-sa) = grass (くさ)
• 木 (ki) = tree (き)
• 葉 (ha) = leaf (は)
• 木の葉 (ko-no-ha) = tree leaf/leaves (このは)
• 石 (i-shi) = stone (いし)

• 乾く (kawa-ku) = to get dry (v5k, vi) (P) (かわく)
• 乾いている (ka-wai-te i-ru) = it is dry
• 乾き (ka-wa-ki) = dry
• 林 (ha-ya-shi) = the woods
• 浅い (a-sai) = shallow
• 泳ぐには浅すぎます (o-yo-gu ni-wa a-sa-su-gi-ma-su) = too shallow to swim in
• 深い (fu-kai) = deep / profound
• あまり深くなかった (a-ma-ri fu-ku-na-kat-ta) = was not very deep
• 意味がある (i-mi-ga-a-ru) = to have meaning; to be meaningful (exp, v5r-i) (いみがある)
• 深い意味があります (fu-kai i-mi ga a-ri-ma-su) = has profound meaning

• 火 (hi) = fire
• 富士山 (fu-ji-san) = Mount Fuji
• 波 (na-mi) = wave/waves (なみ)
• 暖かくしました (at-ta-ka-ku-shi-ma-shi-ta) = made warm / warmed up
• 貸していただけませんか (ka-shi-te-i-ta-da-ke-ma-sen-ka) = Can you lend me
• 進みます (su-su-mi-ma-su) = moves
• ことがない (ko-to-ga-na-i) = (1) to have never done (something); (something) has never occurred; (+) (exp, adj-i) (uk)
• 光 (hi-ka-ri) = light
• 光は音より速くわる進みます (hi-ka-ri-wa o-to-yo-ri ha-ya-ku-su-su-mi-ma-su) = Light travels faster than sound ("Luminance, regarding it, sound, than it / compared to it, goes fast.")
• タバコに火をつけます (ta-ba-ko-ni hi-o-tsu-ke-ma-su) = light a cigarette

• 揺れる (yu-re-ru) = to sway; to shake; to waver (v1, vi) (P) (ゆれる)
• 揺れ (yu-re) = swaying / fluttering (ゆれ)
• 釣る (tsu-ru) = (1) to fish; to angle; to catch (v5r, vt) (つる)
• 釣り (tsu-ri) = catch (つり)
• 見つける (mi-tsu-ke-ru) = (1) to find (e.g. an error in a book); to discover; (+) (v1, vt) (みつける)
• つった (tsu-tta) = caught
• 生き物 (i-ki-mo-no) = living thing(s); living creature(s); animal; life (n) (P) (いきもの)
• 頭のいい (a-ta-ma-no-i-i) = smart; bright; intelligent (exp, adj-ix) (あたまのいい)

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