N5 · 40 words

At home

Rooms, furniture, the things that switch on and off, and the verbs of an ordinary day at home.

A Japanese home mixes two kinds of room: Western rooms with a ベッド and a ソファ, and Japanese rooms laid with 畳(たたみ), where a 布団(ふとん) comes out of the 押(お)し入(い)れ at night. Shoes come off in the 玄関(げんかん), and the bath, お風呂(ふろ), is a separate room from the toilet. The verbs come in pairs worth learning together: you 開(あ)ける a window and 閉(し)める it, つける the light and 消(け)す it.

The words

Verb (8)

住むto live (somewhere)VerbN5

今(いま)は大阪(おおさか)に住(す)んでいます。I live in Osaka now.

Used in the ている form for where you live: 住(す)んでいます.

浴びるto take (a shower)VerbN5

毎朝(まいあさ)シャワーを浴(あ)びます。I take a shower every morning.

洗うto washVerbN5

毎朝(まいあさ)冷(つめ)たい水(みず)で顔(かお)を洗(あら)います。I wash my face in cold water every morning.

磨くto brush; to polishVerbN4

寝(ね)る前(まえ)に歯(は)を磨(みが)きます。I brush my teeth before bed.

つけるto turn onVerbN5

暑(あつ)いので、エアコンをつけましょう。It's hot — let's turn the air conditioning on.

Usually in kana in this sense.

消すto turn off; to eraseVerbN5

出(で)かける前(まえ)に電気(でんき)を消(け)してください。Please turn off the light before you go out.

開けるto openVerbN5

窓(まど)を開(あ)けてもいいですか。May I open the window?

You open something; when it opens by itself it is 開(あ)く.

閉めるto close; to shutVerbN5

寒(さむ)いですから、ドアを閉(し)めてください。It's cold, so please shut the door.

You close something; when it closes by itself it is 閉(し)まる.

This list belongs to Home and daily life — ten lists and 404 words that can also be practised as a whole.

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