Minna no Nihongo Elementary 1: Lesson 25 vocabulary review
Cover the meaning, recall the word, then read its example. Return to the lesson audio and passage when you cannot explain its use.
Review this lesson
- Read the Japanese and recall its meaning before checking the translation.
- Use the example to check how the word fits a sentence. Explain the distinction in the learning point.
- Open the lesson reader, listen, and note words you still confuse. Revisit them tomorrow.
Lesson vocabulary
もし
if; supposing
もし雨だったら、家にいます。
If it rains, I'll stay home.
Learning point
もし highlights a hypothetical condition, commonly with forms such as たら or なら.
もし～たら
if …
もし時間があったら、来てください。
If you have time, please come.
Learning point
たら can give a hypothetical condition or mean after something is completed, depending on context.
億
hundred million
一億円あったら、家を買いたいです。
If I had one hundred million yen, I'd like to buy a house.
Learning point
億 is one hundred million, not an English billion.
考えます
think; consider
もう少し考えます。
I'll think about it a little more.
Learning point
考える emphasizes the thinking process; 思う often states an opinion or feeling.
意味
meaning
この言葉の意味は何ですか。
What does this word mean?
Learning point
意味 can ask a word's meaning or an action's significance; it is いみ.
転勤
job transfer
来月、大阪へ転勤します。
I'll be transferred to Osaka for work next month.
Learning point
転勤 transfers a work location and does not necessarily mean changing employers.
こと
thing; matter
大事なことを話します。
I'll talk about an important matter.
Learning point
こと often describes an abstract matter; concrete objects usually use 物.
暇
free time; not busy
暇だったら、映画を見ます。
If I'm free, I'll watch a film.
Learning point
暇 is a な adjective; its conditional form can be 暇だったら.
色々お世話になりました。
thank you for all your help
色々お世話になりました。ありがとうございました。
Thank you for all your help and support.
Learning point
This thanks someone for support over time, often on parting, rather than only one isolated favor.
頑張ります
do one's best
これからも頑張ります。
I'll keep doing my best.
Learning point
頑張る means strive or persevere; 頑張って encourages someone else.
どうぞお元気で。
take care; stay well
どうぞお元気で。また会いましょう。
Take care. Let's meet again.
Learning point
This wishes someone well on a longer parting, unlike お大事に for someone ill.
田舎
countryside; hometown
田舎に帰ります。
I'll return to my hometown.
Learning point
田舎 can mean countryside or, personally, one's hometown, not necessarily an extremely remote place.
着きます
arrive
六時に駅に着きます。
I'll arrive at the station at six.
Learning point
Use に for the destination reached; 着く differs from 着る for wearing clothes.
足ります
be enough
お金が足りません。
I don't have enough money.
Learning point
足りる means meet the required amount; what is insufficient takes が.
チャンス
chance; opportunity
今がチャンスです。
Now is the chance.
Learning point
チャンス commonly means a favorable opportunity, not merely a probability.
取ります
grow (older)
父も年を取りました。
My father has grown older too.
Learning point
取る forms the set phrase 年を取る here, not physically taking a year away.
年を取ります。
grow older
年を取っても、勉強したいです。
I want to study even as I grow older.
Learning point
年を取る means grow older and is not necessarily a negative judgment.
もしもし
hello (on the phone)
もしもし、田中さんですか。
Hello, is this Mr. Tanaka?
Learning point
Use this on the telephone, not as an ordinary face-to-face greeting.
ベトナム
Vietnam
ベトナムへ旅行したいです。
I'd like to travel to Vietnam.
Learning point
ベトナム names the country; the Vietnamese language is ベトナム語.
These study examples and learning points support review. They do not replace the textbook; meanings follow the lesson context.