Learn Japanese Words: page 33

Let's learn three Japanese words

One or some Japanese words accompany each English word.
They are used most in Japan.
Because Japanese is a language with three scripts (hiragana, katakana, and Chinese character), the form is various.

*Choice of script type in Japanese writing: The scripts used most are in the illustration.

1. a younger brother

a younger brother
Kanji	弟
Kanji & Hiragana	----------
Hiragana	おとうと
Katakana	オトウト
Pronunciation	otouto
Example	He's my younger brother. 彼は私の弟です。 kare wa watashi no otouto desu.
Example	He's like a younger brother. 彼は僕の弟のようなものだ。 kare wa bokku no otouto no youna mono da

2. a man, a male

a man, a male
Kanji	男(otoko)/男性(dansei)
Kanji & Hiragana	----------
Hiragana	おとこ(otoko) だんせい(dansei)
Katakana	オトコ(otoko) ダンセイ(dansei)
Example	man and woman; men and women 男と女(男女) otoko to onna(danjo)
	a promise between man and man 男と男(=男同士)の約束 otoko to otoko(=otoko doushi) no yakusoku
	a man's heart 男心 otoko gokoro
	a men's magazine 男性誌 dansei shi
	a male-dominated society 男性中心の社会 dansei chuushin no shakai
	He grew up to be a fine man. 彼は立派な男に成長しました。 kare wa rippa na otoko ni seichou shimashita.

3. an adult

an adult
Kanji	大人
Kanji & Hiragana	----------
Hiragana	おとな
Katakana	オトナ
Pronunciation	otona
Example	an adult elephant 大人の象 otona no zou
	Children must be accompanied by an adult. お子様（子供）には大人の同伴が必要です。 okosama(kodomo) niwa otona no douhan ga hitsuyou desu.
	Please act in a more adult way. もっと大人らしい行動をとって下さい。 motto otona rashii koudou wo totte kudasai.
Synonym	成人(seijin) adult movie: 成人映画(seijin eiga) /アダルト映画(adaruto eiga)

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List of Japanese Noun Words

In this page, I used the image of this book.

Namae no Kotoba Ejiten (なまえのことばえじてん）
	なまえのことばえじてん [namae no kotoba e-jiten] 1000 Japanese nouns were collected to this book. This book is for the infant. However, I think that this book is a very good teaching material for your studying Japanese. It is because "The fundamental noun which Japanese people use daily" is collected to this book. And, you will be able to learn a Japanese noun easily by the noun and the illustration in English. *You can buy this book in Japanese Amazon. (It is not sold outside Japan.)