On this page, you can learn how to describe the appearance of somebody in your family in Japanese.
Key Sentence
First box: English, Second box: Romaji, Last box: Japanese writing and audio
My older sister has a long hair. |
a ne wa ka mi ga na ga i de su |
姉はかみが長いです。 |
One by one
- 姉(あね) → my older sister
- は → no meaning
- かみ → hair
- が → no meaning
- 長いです(なが・いです) → long
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.
Vocabulary: Body parts
On this page, you can learn Japanese vocabulary for body parts.
↓ Adjectives to describe body parts ↓
【Japanese Vocabulary: adjectives】to describe appearance
scary(こわい)cute(かわいい)cool(かっこいい)tall(せがたかい)short(せがひくい)beautiful(うつくしい)young(わかい)handsome(ハンサムな)ugly(ぶさいくな)
↓ Adjectives to describe appearance ↓
【Japanese Vocabulary: adjectives】to describe appearance
scary(こわい)cute(かわいい)cool(かっこいい)tall(せがたかい)short(せがひくい)beautiful(うつくしい)young(わかい)handsome(ハンサムな)ugly(ぶさいくな)
Review
Task 1: Change into Japanese.
- I have big hands.
- My older sister has cute eyes.
Task 2: Change into English.
- 祖母は耳が小さいです。
- 父はかみがみじかいです。
Task 3: Listen to answer what you hear in English.