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Eat more veggies! Posted by on Jun 14, 2013

Inspired by the post about vegetable names in the Italian blog, today I’m going to introduce you the most popular vegetables 野菜  (yasai)  in Japan. There are a lot of vegetables that are very popular in Japan but that are quite unknown or not common in the US or in Europe. Whenever I visited…

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Japanese Numbers 1 – 20 with video Posted by on Nov 7, 2012

If you’re new to Japanese, we’ve created this simple table of Japanese numbers from 1 to 20 just for you. We’ve also included a video with voice pronunciation. Listen to it a few times, and make sure to practice saying the words out loud too; this will really help you retain the information. When you’re ready…

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Classroom Vocabulary Posted by on Jul 16, 2009

school – gakko (がっこう) student – gakusee (がくせい) teacher – sensee (せんせい) class – kurasu (クラス) class – jugyoo (じゅきょう) blackboard – kokuban (こくばん) book – hon (ほん) dictionary – jisho (じしょ) homework – shukudai (しゅくだい) pencil – enpitsu (えんぴつ) pen – pen (ペン) question – shitsumon (しつもん) answer – kotae (こたえ) eraser – keshigomu (けしゴム)…

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Vegetable Vocabulary Posted by on Jun 28, 2009

Here is a vocabulary list containing some items you’ll probably see in a Japanese grocery store. やさい – vegetable たまねぎ – onion トマト – tomato ブロッコリー – brocolli レタス – lettuce きゅうり – cucumber ポテト – potato にんじん – carrot まめ – bean ほうれんそう – spinach だいこん – radish ズッキーニ – zucchini ししとう – green…

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