One Hiragana, Short Japanese Words Part 5: な行

someone stamping name seal

A good way to start learning Japanese is through Short Japanese words. Last time we learned たちてと This is the next part of a series to introduce Hiragana by teaching words that are only one Hiragana character long.

名(な) – Name

can mean name, or can be used in words to refer to a label.

(なまえ) : Name
なし (ななし) : Nameless

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二(に) – Two

in the character in Japanese for the number two.

(にど) : Two Times
(にがつ) : February (the second month)
(じゅうにがつ) : December

根(ね) – Root

is pronounced ね and means root.

がつく : to take root
を抜く (ねをぬく) : to pull out roots

野(の) – Field

(の) translates to field from English to Japanese. It also has a sense of wild or something you would find in nature instead of in your house. So,

に咲く花 (のにさくはな): Flowers blooming in a field
(のうさぎ): a wild rabbit

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