Japanese duolingo skill ability


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音 (o-to) = sound/sounds, noise/noises (おと)


若く (wa-ka-ku) = young (わかく)


声 (koe) = voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect) (こえ)



  • 怖くて (ko-wa-ku-te) = I was scared and (こわくて)

  • 聞こえましたか?(ki-ko-e-ma-shi-ta-ka) = could you hear? (きこえましたか)

  • 聞こえた (ki-ko-e-ta) = I could hear (きこえた)

  • 聞こえなかった (ki-ko-e-na-ka-tta) = I could not hear (きこえなかった)

  • 動けなかった (u-go-ke-na-ka-tta) = I could not move (うごけなかった)

  • 動けません (u-go-ke-ma-sen) = I cannot move (うごけません)

  • 買えません (ka-e-ma-sen) = I cannot buy (かえません)

  • 行けません (i-ke-ma-sen) = I cannot go (いけません)

  • 見えない (mi-e-nai) = I cannot see it (みえない)

  • 買えない (ka-e-nai) = I cannot buy it (かえない)

  • 行けない (i-ke-nai) = I cannot go (いけない)

  • 行けます (i-ke-ma-su) = I can go (いけます)

  • 見える (mi-e-ru) = I can see (みえる)

  • 見えます (mi-e-ma-su) = I see/I look (みえます)

  • 買えますか?(ka-e-ma-su-ka) = can I buy? (かえますか)

  • 動けますか?(u-go-ke-ma-su-ka) = can you move? (うごけますか)

  • 見えますか?(mi-e-ma-su-ka) = can you see? (みえますか)

  • 会えますか?(a-e-ma-su-ka) = can you meet me? (あえますか)



  • カード (kaa-do) = card

  • 書ける (ka-ke-ru) = I can write (かける)

  • 使う (tsuka-u) = to use (a thing, a method, etc.); to make use of (つかう)

  • 使えますか?(tsu-ka-e-ma-su-ka) = can I use it? (つかえますか)

  • 書けますか?(ka-ke-ma-su-ka) = can you write? (かけますか)

  • 食べられますか?(ta-be-ra-re-ma-su-ka) = can you eat it? (たべられますか)

  • 食べにくかったです (ta-be-ni-ku-ka-tta) = it was hard to eat

  • 飲めますか?(no-me-ma-su-ka) = can you drink it? (のめますか)

  • 使えない (tsu-ka-e-nai) = I cannot use (つかえない)

  • 飲めません (no-me-ma-sen) = I cannot drink (のめません)

  • 飛ぶ (to-bu) = to fly; to soar (とぶ)

  • 飛べない (to-be-nai) = cannot fly (とべない)

  • 作りやすいですか (tsu-ku-ri ya-su-i de-su-ka) = is it easy to make?

  • 作りにくいですか (tsu-ku-ri ni-ku-i de-su-ka) = is it hard to make?



  • 信じ (shin-ji) = believe (しんじ)



  • かかります (ka-ka-ri-ma-su) = it costs



  • 踊る (odo-ru) = to dance (orig. a hopping dance) (おどる)

  • 直す (nao-su) = to fix; to correct; to repair (なおす)

  • こう言う = such; this sort of; like this (こういう)

  • 質問に答える (shi-tsu-mo-n ni ko-ta-e-ru) = to answer a question (しつもんにこたえる)

  • どういうことですか?= what do you mean by that?

  • 言ったことを覚えていますか (I-tta ko-to o o-bo-e-te-i-ma-su-ka) = Do you remember what (I) said



  • 道具 (dou-gu) = tool

  • 小説 (shou-setsu) = novel

  • (hako) = box; case; chest; package; pack; crate (はこ)

  • サンドイッチ (san-do-i-cchi) = sandwich

  • サラダ (sa-ra-da) = salad

  • To express (something) is easy/hard to do: (-ます stem of a verb) + (やすい / にくい)

  • To express (something) was easy/hard to do: (-ます stem of a verb) + (やすかった / にくかった)

  • To express "(something) was not easy/hard to do": (-ます stem of a verb) + (やすくなかった / にくくなかった)



  • 磨い (mi-gai) = polish



  • ピカピカに磨いてある (pi-ka-pi-ka-ni-mi-gai-te-a-ru) = It is a polished shine

  • 十分 (juu-bun) = enough; sufficient; plenty; (adj-na) (じゅうぶん)

  • 十分な(juu-bun-na) = enough, sufficient

  • 十分な時間 (juu-bun-na-ji-kan) = enough time

  • 時間が十分ありませんでした (ji-kan-ga-jū-bun a-ri-ma-sen-de-shi-ta) = I didn't have/There wasn't enough time

  • すぐに (su-gu-ni) = quickly, immediately

  • すぐに覚えました (su-gu-ni-obo-e-ma-shi-ta) = quickly learned

  • 両方 (ryou-hou) = both, both sides, both parties

  • 仕方がない (shi-kata-ga-na-i) = (1) there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; inevitable; (しかたがない)

  • To express the way/how to do something: (-ます (ma-su) stem of a verb) + (方 (かた) (kata))

  • To express to (do something); in order to: (verb in plain form) + (のに)



  • 使い方 (tsu-kai-ka-ta) = way to use something; treatment; managment (of help)

  • 道具 (dou-gu) = tool; instrument; utensil; (どうぐ)

  • 言葉 (koto-ba) = word; phrase; expression; term (ことば)

  • (x)の作り方 (tsu-ku-ri-ka-ta) = how to make x

  • 作り方を知っている (tsu-ku-ri-ka-ta-o-shi-tte-i-ru) = knows how to make

  • 知る (shi-ru) = to know; to be aware of; to be conscious (しる)

  • 教える (oshi-e-ru) = to teach; to instruct to tell; to inform(おしえる)

  • 視る (mi-ru) = to try; to give a try (みる)

  • 事の仕方 (shi-go-to-no-shi-ka-ta) = know how to work

  • 仕方がない (shi-ka-ta-ga-nai) = It cannot be helped; it's no use

  • 食べてみたいみる = I will try

  • 直すのに (na-o-su-no-ni) = to fix

  • (x) を読んで見たいです (x o-yon-de mi-tai) = I want to try reading (something)

  • To express the way/how to do something: (-ます (ma-su) stem of a verb) + ( (かた) (kata))

  • To express to try something out: (verb in -て(te) form) + (みる)






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