【Basic Sentence: Self intro】What is your hobby?

On this page, you can learn how to ask what somebody’s hobby is in Japanese.

Key Sentence

English	What is your hobby?
Romaji	shu mi wa na n de su ka
Kana	しゅみはなんですか。
Kana and Kanji	趣味は何ですか。

One by one

Kana	Kanji	Romaji	Meaning
しゅみ	趣味	shu mi	hobby
は		wa	no meaning
なん	何	na n	what
です		de su	is
か		ka	?

Note 1

‘your’ is あなたの, so ‘your hobby’ is あなたのしゅみ.

However, you hardly use あなたの in a daily conversation, so ‘your hobby’ just can be しゅみ.

Note 2

You can ask other things with the sentence pattern:

Ask somebody’s name

English	What is your name?
Romaji	o na ma e wa na n de su ka
Kana	おなまえはなんですか。
Kana and Kanji	お名前は何ですか。

Ask somebody’s job

English	What is your job?
Romaji	o shi go to wa na n de su ka
Kana	おしごとはなんですか。
Kana and Kanji	お仕事は何ですか。

Review

Task 1: Change into Japanese.

• What is your hobby?

Task 2: Change into English.

• しゅみは何ですか。

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