| Vocabulary | Kanji | Audio | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| わかります | understand | ||
| あります | have | ||
| すき[な] | 好き[な] | like | |
| きらい[な] | 嫌い[な] | dislike | |
| じょうず[な] | 上手[な] | good at | |
| へた[な] | 下手[な] | poor at | |
| のみもの | 飲み物 | drinks | |
| りょうり | 料理 | dish (cooked food), cooking | |
| スポーツ | sport (∼を します: play sports) | ||
| やきゅう | 野球 | baseball (∼を します: play baseball) | |
| ダンス | dance (∼を します: dance) | ||
| りょこう | 旅行 | trip, tour (～[を]します: tracel, make a trip) | |
| おんがく | 音楽 | music | |
| うた | 歌 | song | |
| クラシック | classic music | ||
| ジャズ | jazz | ||
| コンサート | concert | ||
| カラオケ | karaoke | ||
| かぶき | 歌舞伎 | Kabuki (traditional Japanese musical drama) | |
| え | 絵 | picture, drawing | |
| じ | 字 | letter, characters | |
| かんじ | 漢字 | Chinese characters | |
| ひらがな | Hiragana characters | ||
| かたかな | Katakana characters | ||
| ローマじ | ローマ字 | the Roman alphabet | |
| こまかいおかね | 細かいお金 | small change | |
| チケット | ticket | ||
| じかん | 時間 | time | |
| ようじ | 用事 | something to do, errand | |
| やくそく | 約束 | appointment, promise | |
| アルバイト | side jp (～をします: work part-time) | ||
| ごしゅじん | ご主人 | (someone else’s) husband | |
| おっと/しゅじん | 夫 /主人 | (my) husband | |
| おくさん | 奥さん | (someone else’s) wife | |
| つま/かない | 妻/家内 | (my) wife | |
| こども | 子ども | child | |
| よく | often | ||
| だいたい | mostly, roughly | ||
| たくさん | many, much | ||
| すこし | 少し | a little, a few | |
| ぜんぜん | 全然 | not at all(used with negatives) | |
| はやく | 早く, 速く | early, quickly, fast | |
| ～から | from～ | ||
| どうして | why | ||
| ＜練習 C＞ | |||
| 貸してください | Please lend (it to me). | ||
| いいですよ。 | Sure./Certainly. | ||
| 残念ですね。 | I'm sorry [,but], unfortunatelu | ||
| ＜会話＞ | |||
| ああ | oh | ||
| いっしょにいかがですか。 | Won’t you join me (us)? | ||
| [～は]ちょっと…。 | [～] is a but difficult. (a ephemism used when declining an incitation) | ||
| だめですか。 | So you cannot (come)? | ||
| また 今度 お願いします | Please ask me again some other time. (used when refusing an invitation indirectly, considering someone’s feelings) | ||
Minna no Nihongo Lesson 9 – Vocabulary
Covers preferences, abilities, and how strongly one likes an activity. Learners gain verbs and nouns related to leisure activities, personal habits, and skills to make everyday life conversations more natural.