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Learning the Japanese Articles displayed below is vital to the language. Japanese articles are words that combine with a noun to indicate the type of reference being made by the noun. Generally articles specify the grammatical definiteness of the noun. Examples are "the, a, and an". Here are some examples:
| English Articles | Japanese Articles |
|---|---|
| articles | kanshi - 冠詞 |
| the | sono - その |
| a | hitotsu no - 一つの |
| one | hitotsu no - 一つの |
| some | ikutsu ka no - いくつかの |
| few | shousuu no - 少数の |
| the book | sono hon - その本 |
| the books | sono hon - その本 |
| a book | is satsu no hon - 一冊の本 |
| one book | is satsu no hon - 一冊の本 |
| some books | nansatsu ka no hon - 何冊かの本 |
| few books | suu satsu no hon - 数冊の本 |
Notice the structure of the Articles in Japanese.
Below is a list of vocabulary where you can use the Definite and Indefinite Articles in Japanese. Try to practice but also memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Japanese vocabulary.
| English Vocabulary | Japanese Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Food | shokuhin - 食品 |
| almonds | aamondo - アーモンド |
| bread | pan - パン |
| breakfast | choushoku - 朝食 |
| butter | bataa - バター |
| candy | ame - 飴 |
| cheese | chiizu - チーズ |
| chicken | toriniku - 鶏肉 |
| cumin | kumin - クミン |
| dessert | dezaato - デザート |
| dinner | seisan - 正餐 |
| fish | sakana - 魚 |
| fruit | kudamono - 果物 |
| ice cream | aisukuriimu - アイスクリーム |
| lamb | ko hitsuji no niku - 子羊の肉 |
| lemon | remon - レモン |
| lunch | chuushoku - 昼食 |
| meal | shokuji - 食事 |
| meat | niku - 肉 |
| oven | oubun - オーブン |
| pepper | koshoo - コショウ |
| plants | shokubutsu - 植物 |
| pork | butaniku - 豚肉 |
| salad | sarada - サラダ |
| salt | shio - 塩 |
| sandwich | sandoicchi - サンドイッチ |
| sausage | souseiji - ソーセージ |
| soup | suupu - スープ |
| sugar | satou - 砂糖 |
| supper | yuushoku - 夕食 |
| turkey | shichimenchou - 七面鳥 |
| apple | ringo - リンゴ |
| banana | banana - バナナ |
| oranges | orenji - オレンジ |
| peaches | momo - 桃 |
| peanut | piinattsu - ピーナッツ |
| pears | nashi - 梨 |
| pineapple | painappuru - パイナップル |
| grapes | budou - 葡萄 |
| strawberries | ichigo - 苺 |
| vegetables | yasai - 野菜 |
| carrot | ninjin - ニンジン |
| corn | toumorokoshi - トウモロコシ |
| cucumber | kyuuri - キュウリ |
| garlic | ninniku - ニンニク |
| lettuce | retasu - レタス |
| olives | oriibu - オリーブ |
| onions | tamanegi - 玉葱 |
| peppers | koshou - 胡椒 |
| potatoes | jagaimo - ジャガイモ |
| pumpkin | kabocha - カボチャ |
| beans | mame - 豆 |
| tomatoes | tomato - トマト |
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