Family: My older brother is good at cooking.

Basic sentence
Basic sentencefamily
この記事は約2分で読めます。

On this page, you can learn how to say what somebody is good at in Japanese.

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Key Sentence

First box: English, Second box: Romaji, Last box: Japanese writing and audio

My older brother is good at cooking.
a ni wa ryo u ri ga jo u zu de su
りょうり上手です。
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One by one

  • 兄(あに) → my older brother
  • は → no meaning
  • りょうり → cooking
  • が → no meaning
  • 上手(じょう・ず) → good at
  • です → is
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Vocabulary

【Japanese Vocabulary】My family
What you learn: my mother, my father, my older sister, my older brother, my grandmother, my grandfather, my aunt, my uncle / Extension: Use 一番上の for the oldest and 一番下の for the youngest to describe people in your family. Put a counter for people after brothers or sisters if you want to talk about more than one brother or sister.
【Japanese Vocabulary】Sports
You can learn Japanese words for baseball, soccer, rugby, basketball, table tennis, volleyball, swimming, track and field and so on.
【Vocabulary】Activities
Do you know cooking, fishing, reading or chatting in Japanese? Let's check them all here.
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Grammar

good at + noun:【noun + が上手です】
On this page, you can learn Japanese grammar for 'good at + noun'.
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Review

Task 1: Change into Japanese.

  • I am good at tennis.
  • My younger sister is good at reading.

Task 2: Change into English.

  • 母はゴルフが上手です。
  • 私は絵が上手です。

Kanji

Task 3: Listen to answer what you hear in English.

Answer

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