Japanese Test Vocab

What day is かようび

Tuesday

What day is すいようび

Wednesday

What day is もくようび

Thursday

What day is きんようび

Friday

What question is asked: なんようび

What day of the week is it?

きのう

Yesterday

ばん

evening

よる

night

ゆうがた

afternoon

すき

like

だいすき

Big like/ like a lot

きらい

dislike

だいすきらい

big dislike/doesn't like at all

Skillful, good at

じょうず

Unskillful, poor at

べた

Pretty, clean, neat

きれい

Quiet

しずか

Translate this question in Japanese: What?

なん/なに

Translate this question in Japanese: How many? (general objects)

いくつ

Translate this question in Japanese: who?

だて

What question is being asked?: いくつ

How many? (people)

What question is being asked?:なん にん

What grade/year are you in school?

Translate this question in Japanese: What time?

なん じ

Translate this question in Japanese: What language?

なん ご

What question is being asked?: なん いろ

what color?

What question is being asked?: なん ようび

what day of the week?

What question is being asked?: だれ

what kind of?

Translate this question in Japanese: When?

いつ

What verb is this?: べんきょます

To study

What verb is this: しくだいします

To do homework

ふとって います

To be fat

やせて います

To be skinny

としを とって います

To be old

いいます

to say

Red

あかい

しろい

White

あおい

Blue

きいろい

Yellow

Brown

ちゃいろい

きびしい

strict

young

わかい

やさしい

dirty

cute

かわいい

noisy

うるさい

good

いい

bad

わるい

たかい

tall (height)

ひくい

short (height)

well, often

よく

Sometimes

ときどき

たいてい

Usually

Always

いつも

Very

とても

まあまあ

So-so

ぜんぜん

not at all (used with negatives)

What is put at the end of a PRESENT POSITIVE verb？(to eat, to be fat)

ます

What is put at the end of a PRESENT NEGATIVE verb? (to eat, to be fat)

ました

What is put at the end of a PAST POSITIVE verb? (to eat, to be fat)

ません

What is put at the end of a PAST NEGATIVE verb? (to eat, to be fat)

ませんでした

What should the verb be: I AM EATING breakfast

たべます

What should the verb be?: I am NOT eating breakfast

たべません

What should the verb be?: I ate breakfast yesterday.

たべました

What should the verb be?: I didn't eat the dinner?

たべませんでした

What should the verb be?: Kacy IS fat.

ふとって いません

What should the verb be?: Kacy was not skinny last year.

やせて いませんでした

What is put at the end of a PRESENT POSITIVE adjectives/い? (tall, red, etc.)

い

What is put at the end of a PRESENT NEGATIVE adjectives/い? (tall, red, etc.)

くないです

What is put at the end of a PAST POSITIVE adjectives/い? (tall, red, etc.)

かった

What is put at the end of a PAST NEGATIVE い adjectives? (tall, red, etc.)

くなかつたです

What would the い adjective be?: This is a blue jacket.

あおい

What would the い adjective be?: This is not a dirty jacket.

きたなくない

What would the い adjective be?: This was a dirty jacket.

きたなかった

What would the い adjective be?: This was not a dirty jacket.

きたなかくないかった

Is すき a い or な adjective?

な adjective

What is put at the end of a PRESENT POSITIVE な adjectives? (like, fine, etc.)

です

What is put at the end of a PRESENT NEGATIVE な adjectives? (like, fine, etc.)

では ありません

What is put at the end of a PAST NEGATIVE な adjectives? (like, fine, etc.)

でわありませんでした

What is put at the end of a PAST POSITIVE な adjectives? (like, fine, etc.)

でした

What would the な adjective be?: I like games

すき です

What would the な adjective be?: I really do not like Jason.

だいきらい では ありません

What would the な adjective be?: I use to like school.

すき でした

What would the な adjective be?: I did not like school as a student.

きらい では ありませんでした

What does mo (-も) do as a particle?

also too

What does を do was a particle?

tells the direct object of a sentece

Fill in the blank with the correct particle: かのじょは ときどき ともだちと テレビ ___ みます.

を

What does に do as a particle?

tells an SPECIFIC time (morning, night, etc.)

Fill in the blank with the correct particle: むらさきさんは どようびの よる __ なに しませんでしった.

に

What does と do as a particle?

used to say with

Fill in the blank with the correct particle: かのじょは ときどき ともだち__ テレビを みます.

と

What does で do as a particle?

Tell the location of doing something (like reading at the library) or show when something is being used (like a pencil)

Fill in the blank with the correct particle:
うえはらさんは カフェ ___ おちゃを のみます

で

Fill in the blank with the correct particle: ささきさは コンピューター ___ えいごが レポートを かきました.

で

What does が do as a particle?

used for な adjectives ( suki, kirai, shizuka, etc.)

Fill in the blank with the correct particle:
さようさんは あか__ だいすきです.

が

この

this + noun (you have it)

その

that + noun (the person talking to you has it)

あの

over there + noun

koko

here

soko

there

asoko

over there