N3 · 40 words

Hobbies, crafts and music

Knitting and sewing, model-making, painting, board games and playing an instrument.

Many hobby words come as a noun and the verb that does it: 編(あ)み物(もの) and 編(あ)む, 裁縫(さいほう) and 縫(ぬ)う. Instruments are where to watch the verb: English plays all of them, but in Japanese you 弾(ひ)く a string or keyboard instrument, 吹(ふ)く a wind instrument and 叩(たた)く a drum.

The words

Verb (4)

編むto knit; to braidVerbN3

彼女(かのじょ)は自分(じぶん)でセーターを編(あ)んだ。She knitted a jumper herself.

縫うto sew; to stitchVerbN3

娘(むすめ)が学校(がっこう)で使(つか)う袋(ふくろ)をミシンで縫(ぬ)った。I sewed a bag on the sewing machine for my daughter to use at school.

Also of a doctor stitching a wound.

はまるto get hooked on; to fit snuglyVerbN3

最近(さいきん)、韓国(かんこく)のドラマにはまっている。Lately I've been hooked on Korean dramas.

Casual; what you are hooked on takes に.

演じるto perform; to play (a role)VerbN3

文化祭(ぶんかさい)の劇(げき)で、王子(おうじ)の役(やく)を演(えん)じた。In the school festival play, I played the prince.

This list belongs to Free time, plans and sport — seven lists and 281 words that can also be practised as a whole.

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