“cute” In German

N5 verb list

会う　（あう）- to meet

開く　（あく）- to become open

開ける　（あける）- to open

上げる　（あげる）- to give

遊ぶ　（あそぶ）- to play, to make a visit

あびる - to bathe, to shower

洗う　（あらう）- to wash

ある - to be, to have (inanimate)

歩く　（あるく）- to walk

言う　（いう）- to say

行く　（いく）- to go

居る　（いる）- to be, to have (animate)

要る　（いる）- to need

入れる　（いれる）- to put in

歌う　（うたう）- to sing

生まれる　（うまれる）- to be born

売る　（うる）- to sell

起きる　（おきる）- to get up

置く　（おく）- to put

教える　（おしえる）- to teach, to tell

押す　（おす）- to push, to stamp

覚える　（おぼえる）- to remember

泳ぐ　（およぐ）- to swim

降りる　（おりる）- to get off, to descend

終わる　（おわる）- to finish

買う　（かう）- to buy

返す　（かえす）- to return something

帰る　（かえる）- to return, to go back

かかる - to take time or money

書く　（かく）- to write

かける - to call by phone

貸す　（かす）- to lend

借りる　（かりる）- to borrow

消える　（きえる）- to disappear

聞く　（きく）- to hear, to listen, to ask

切る　（きる）- to cut

着る　（きる）- to put on 

曇る　（くもる）- to become cloudy/dim

来る　（くる）- to come

消す　（けす）- to erase, to turn off

答える　（こたえる）- to answer

コピーする - to copy

困る　（こまる）- to be worried

咲く　（さく）- to bloom

差す　（さす）- to stretch out, to raise

散歩する　（さんぽする）- to stroll

死ね　（しね）- to die

閉まる　（しまる）-  to close, to be closed

閉める　（しめる）- to close something

締める　（しめる）- to tie

知る　（しる）- to know

吸う　（すう）- to smoke

住む　（すむ）- to live in

する - to do

座る　（すわる）- to sit

掃除する　（そうじする）- to clean, to sweep

出す　（だす）- to put out

立つ　（たつ）- to stand

頼む　（たのむ）- to ask

食べる　（たべる）- to eat

違う　（ちがう）- to differ

使う　（つかう）- to use

疲れる　（つかれる）- to get tired

着く　（つく）- to arrive at

作る　（つくる）-to make

つける - to turn on

勤める　（つとめる）- to work for someone

出かける　（でかける）- to go out

できる - to be able to

出る　（でる）- to leave, to go out

取る　（とる）- to take something

撮る　（とる）- to take a photo or film

鳴く　（なく）- to chirp, roar, croak etc

無くす　（なくす）- to lose something

習う　（ならう）- to learn

並ぶ　（ならぶ）- to line up, to stand in line

並べる　（ならべる）- to line up, to set up

なる - to become

脱ぐ　（ぬぐ）- to take off clothes

寝る　（ねる）- to sleep, to go to bed

登る　（のぼる）- to climb

飲む　（のむ）- to drink

乗る　（のる）- to ride, to get on

入る　（はいる）- to enter, to contain

はく - to wear, to put on trousers

始まる　（はじまる）- to begin

走る　（はしる）- to run

働く　（はたらく）- to work

話す　（はなす）- to speak

貼る　（はる）- to stick

晴れる　（はれる）- to be sunny

引く　（ひく）- to pull

弾く　（ひく）- to play an instrument

吹く　（ふく）- to blow (wind)

降る　（ふる）- to fall (rain, snow)

勉強する　（べんきょうする）- to study

曲がる　（まがる）- to turn, to bend

待つ　（まつ）- to wait

磨く　（みがく）- to brush teeth, to polish

見せる　（みせる）- to show

見る　（みる）- to see, to watch, to look

持つ　（もつ）- to hold

休む　（やすむ）- to rest

やる - to do

行く　（ゆく）- to go

呼ぶ　（よぶ）- to call out, to invite

読む　（よむ）- to read

練習する　（れんしゅうする）- to practice

分かる　（わかる）- to be understood

忘れる　（わすれる）- to forget

渡す　（わたす）- to hand over

渡る　（わたる）- to go across

Japanese lesson: In the morning

朝 (asa) - morning あくび (akubi) - yawn 疲れた (tsukareta) - tired 目覚まし時計 (mezamashi dokei) - alarm clock 布団 (futon) - bed 夜明け (yoake) - dawn 寝坊 (nebou) - oversleep 朝ごはん (asagohan) - breakfast  眠たい (nemutai) - sleepy 起きたくない (okitakunai) - I don’t want to get up.. おはよう (ohayou) - Good morning! ベッドから出られない (beddo kara derarenai) - I can't get out of bed.

Japanese Vocabulary

The main topic is common adjectives (12/4/16):

新しい - あたらしい - Atarashii

古い - ふるい - Furui

厚い - あつい - Atsui (Thick, used for nouns besides weather)

薄い - うすい - Usui (Thin)

暑い - あつい - Atsui (Hot, used for weather or temperature)

寒い - さむい - Samui (Cold, used for weather or temperature)

暖かい - あたたかい - Atatakai (Warm, used for weather)

涼しい - すずしい - Suzushii (Cool, used for weather)

大きい - おおきい - Ooki (Big)

小さい - ちいさい - Chisai (Small)

重い - おもい - Omoi (Heavy)

広い - ひろい - Hiroi (Wide)

狭い - せまい - Semai (Narrow)

高い - たかい - Takai (Expensive)

安い - やすい - Yasui (Cheap)

美味し - いおいしい - Oishii (Delicious)

まずい - Mazui (Tasteless, unappetizing) 

可愛い - かわい (Cute)

悪い - わるい (Bad, disgusting)

Tragically, no response is a response.

Six Word Story (via mypenleaksiridescence)

To everyone learning a language, who is getting frustrated and impatient and maybe even thinking of quitting: remember how far you have come (not how far you have to go), remember why you started and remember how fantastic the end product will be. Learning a language is difficult and the journey can be long but it is rewarding and it opens so many doors. You are capable of doing this, you can do this… don’t quit now

you owe it to yourself to keep moving forward.

Natural Disasters in German

natural disaster | Naturkatastophe (f)

hurricane | Orkan (m)

tornado | Tornado (m)

blizzard | Schneesturm (m)

typhoon | Taifun (m)

cyclone | Wirbelsturm (m)

tropical storm | Tropensturm (m)

drought | Dürre (f)

thunderstorm | Gewitter (n)

hailstorm | Hagelschauer (m)

heat wave | Hitzewelle (f)

wildfire | Lauffeuer (n)

earthquake | Erdbeben (n)

volcanic eruption | Vulkanausbruch (m)

avalanche | Lawine (f)

landslide | Erdrutsch (m)

sinkhole | Erdfall (m)

flood | Hochwasser (n)

tsunami | Tsunami (m)

relief | Hilfe (f)

[French]

Please let me know if there are any mistakes or better translations!

This is maybe the most frustrating aspect of studying kanji. You start learning 山 as やま. Cool, one kanji memorized. Wait… it can also be read as さん.

Wait. All your other kanji have 2 or 4 extra readings too! Some are on'yomi. Some are kun'yomi.

Why does this have to be so complicated?!

It may seem confusing at first, but if you learn the difference between on'yomi/kun'yomi readings, where they came from, and how they work, we promise it will make learning kanji a lot easier.

Listen to this kanji-tastic episode where Kristen explains all this and more. When you’re breezing through kanji like a pro, you’ll be glad you did.

I’ve been preparing for the JLPT N5 myself, so I thought I’d make a little list of some of the resources I’ve found!

websites

Nihongo Ichiban N5 Study Material

JLPT Website:

Self Evaluation List

Sample Questions

japanesetest4you JLPT N5 Resources

JLPT Boot Camp

Mock Test

JLPT Study Page (a bit of an older page, but still a good study resource)

Memrise

JLPT N5 Vocab 

JLPT N5 Readings

books

Official JLPT Reference Books

Guide to Reading and Writing Japanese Characters (4th Edition)

Compact Japanese Dictionary

Read Japanese Kanji Today

apps (android)

Kanji Study

Obenkyo

Duolingo

Write Japanese: Kanji, Hiragana, and Katakana

Tinycards by Duolingo: Fun & Free Flashcards

i need someone to read me a language textbook like a bedtime story every night