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Learn Common Nouns (Day 27) – Japanese from 0 to 100

2026-05-06100-Day Kind Japanese ChallengeKind Japanese

🌏 Japanese from 0 to 100 — Day 27

Learn Common Nouns (基本名詞)


🧠 What are Nouns?

Nouns are words for things, people, and places.

👉 You need them to build sentences.


🔤 Today’s Nouns

Japanese

Reading

Meaning

ひと

hito

person

みず

mizu

water

たべもの

tabemono

food

いえ

ie

house

がっこう

gakkou

school

ともだち

tomodachi

friend

でんしゃ

densha

train

くるま

kuruma

car

ほん

hon

book

じかん

jikan

time

👉 These are very common nouns


🔊 Pronunciation Tips

• Keep sounds clear
• Double consonants (っ) are short pauses
• Long vowels should be stretched

👉 Example: がっこう (gakkou)


✍️ How to Use

👉 Examples:

• みず = water
• ほん = book
• ひと = person

👉 Combine with verbs


📝 Example Sentences

  • みず のむ。 = drink water
  • ほん よむ。 = read a book
  • がっこう いく。 = go to school

👉 Basic sentence structure


❌ Common Mistakes

• Ignoring small っ
• Not stretching long vowels
• Mixing similar words

👉 Pay attention to sound


📚 Learn Faster

• Use with verbs
• Say out loud
• Practice daily
• Make simple sentences

👉 Combine words


🎯 Practice

👉 ひと / みず / ほん

Repeat at least 5 times


🧪 Mini Quiz

① Read

No.

Japanese

Answer

1

ひと

?

2

みず

?

3

いえ

?

4

ほん

?

5

じかん

?


② Meaning

No.

Japanese

Answer

6

ひと

?

7

みず

?

8

がっこう

?

9

ともだち

?

10

でんしゃ

?


③ Fill

No.

Meaning

Answer

11

person

?

12

water

?

13

book

?

14

school

?

15

friend

?


📝 Answers

No.

Answer

1

hito

2

mizu

3

ie

4

hon

5

jikan

6

person

7

water

8

school

9

friend

10

train

11

ひと

12

みず

13

ほん

14

がっこう

15

ともだち


🚀 Next Step

👉 Day 28: Food Vocabulary