ni shite kudasai.
Don't rush through your warm up.
3. 駅まで歩いて十分です。
Eki made aruite juppun (jippun) desu.
It's a ten-minute walk to the station.
4. 今年の春休みは十日間でした。
Kotoshi no haru-yasumi wa tōkakan deshita.
My spring vacation this year was ten days long.
5. 食べ物の好みは十人十色。
Tabemono no konomi OA jūnin tiro.
When it comes to food, there are so many people, and so many tastes.
| Common Compounds and Phrases | ||
| 十月 | jūgatsu | October |
| 十分 | jubun | enough; plenty of |
| 十分 | juppun, jippun | ten minutes |
| 十人 | jūnin | ten people |
| 十分の一 | jūbun no ichi | one-tenth |
| 十五夜 | jūgoya | a night with a full moon |
| 十日 | tōka | ten days; the tenth day of the month |
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人
man; people
ジンJIN ニン NIN ひと hito
The character 人 represents a side view of a person
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Example Sentences
1. 妻はドイツ人です。
Tsuma wa Doitsujin desu.
My wife is German.
2. ご家族は何人ですか。
Gokazoku wa nannin desu ka.
How many people are there in your family?
3. ここは人が多い。
Koko wa hito ga ōi.
There are many people here.
4. 人のせいにしないで。
Hito no sei ni shinai de.
Don't blame it on somebody else!
5. このレストランはとても人気がある。
Kono resutoran wa totemo ninki ga aru.
This restaurant is very popular.
| Common Compounds and Phrases | ||
| ドイツ人 | Doitsujin | a German; the Germans |
| 日本人 | Nihonjin | a Japanese person; the Japanese |
| 何人 | nan-nin | How many people? |
| 人気 | ninki | popularity |
| *一人 | hitori | one person; alone |
| *大人 | otona | adult |
| *仲人 | nakōdo | a go-between, matchmaker |
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二
two
ニ NI ふた futa ふた • つ futa(tsu)
Two lines are used to indicate the number two.
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Example Sentences
1. 明日の午後ニ時に会いましょう。
Ashita no gogo niji ni aimashō.
Let's meet at 2:00 P.M. tomorrow.
2. 二月に二人目の子供が生まれる。
Nigatsu ni futarime no kodomo ga umareru.
My second child will be born in February.
3. 日本語検定の二級に受かった。
Nihongo kentei no nikyū ni ukatta.
I passed the second level of the Japanese language examination.
4. 二度と同じ失敗を繰り返すな。
Nido to onaji shippai o kurikaesu na.
Don't make the same mistake again (a second time)!
5. むこうに山がニつ見えます。
Mukō ni yama ga futatsu miemasu.
You can see two mountains over there.
| Common Compounds and Phrases | ||
| ニ時 | niji | two o'clock |
| 二級 | nikyū | second level (degree, class) |
| 二度 | nido | twice; two degrees |
| *二日 | futsuka | the second day of the month; two days |
| *二十日 | hatsuka | the twentieth day of the month; twenty days |
| *二人 | futari | two persons; two people |
| * 二十歳 | hatachi | twenty years of age |
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入
to enter, to put in
ニュウ NYŪ い • る i(ru) はい • る hai(ru) いれ • る ire(ru)
The character 入 represents the entrance of a house.
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Example Sentences
1. 手術のため入院した。
Shujutsu no tame nyūin shita.
I checked into the hospital to have an operation.
2. 収入が増えた。
Shūnyū ga fueta.
My total income has increased.
3. 今日の映画は気に入りましたか。
Kyō no eiga wa ki ni irimashita ka.
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