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。 |

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The Kanji characters in blue below are NOT 200 basic Kanji.
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.
- しゅみはなんですか。
- What is your hobby?
- What is your hobby?