Japanese Nouns
Learning the Japanese Nouns is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you practice the subject, the closer you get to mastering the Japanese language. But first we need to know what the role of Nouns is in the structure of the grammar in Japanese.
Japanese nouns are words used to name a person, animal, place, thing, or abstract ideas. Nouns are usually the most important part of vocabulary. Here are some examples:
| English Nouns | Japanese Nouns |
| nouns | meishi - 名詞 |
| my car | watashi no kuruma - 私の車 |
| green car | midori no kuruma - 緑の車 |
| three cars | san dai no kuruma - 三台の車 |
| car garage | chuusha jou - 駐車場 |
| outside the car | shagai de - 車外で |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Nouns in Japanese has a logical pattern. Locate the Nouns above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Japanese.
List of Nouns in Japanese
Below is a list of the Nouns and Words in Japanese placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Japanese vocabulary.
| English Nouns | Japanese Nouns |
| arm | ude - 腕 |
| back | senaka - 背中 |
| cheeks | hoho - 頬 |
| chest | mune - 胸 |
| chin | ago - 顎 |
| ear | mimi - 耳 |
| elbow | hiji - 肘 |
| eye | me - 目 |
| face | kao - 顔 |
| finger | yubi - 指 |
| fingers | yubi - 指 |
| foot | ashi - 足 |
| hair | kami - 髪 |
| hand | te - 手 |
| head | atama - 頭 |
| heart | shinzou - 心臓 |
| knee | hiza - 膝 |
| leg | ashi - 足 |
| lip | kuchibiru - 唇 |
| mouth | kuchi - 口 |
| neck | kubi - 首 |
| nose | hana - 鼻 |
| shoulder | kata - 肩 |
| stomach | i - 胃 |
| teeth | ha - 歯 |
| thigh | futomomo - 太腿 |
| throat | nodo - 喉 |
| thumb | oyayubi - 親指 |
| toe | tsumasaki - 爪先 |
| tongue | shita - 舌 |
| tooth | ha - 歯 |
Nouns and Words have a very important role in Japanese, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Japanese Nouns, you might want to check the rest of our Japanese lessons here: Learn Japanese. Don't forget to bookmark this page.