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Japanese Vocabulary – Drinks (飲み物) – Review Notes
Today we learned a lot of Japanese beverage vocabulary! In these review notes, we will go over all the Japanese vocabulary that was in the video and we will see a list of extra Japanese beverage vocabulary!
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Number 1:
★ The Japanese word for beverages or drinks is 飲み物 (nomimono).
★ 飲む (nomu) is the verb drink, and 物 (mono) means thing. So, nomimono means: thing that you drink, or simply, a drink.
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Number 2:
★ 水 (mizu) is the Japanese word for water.
★ It is also commonly written/spoken as お水 (omizu). Adding an お (o) in front of certain Japanese words makes them sound more polite.
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Number 3:
★ The Japanese word for milk is 牛乳 (gyūnyū)
★ Another way to say milk in Japanese is ミルク (miruku). This comes from the English word milk.
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Number 4:
★ Juice in Japanese is ジュース (jūsu). This comes from the English word, juice.
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Number 5:
★ The Japanese word for tea is お茶 (ocha)
★ When Japanese people say お茶 (ocha) they are talking about Japanese green tea. There are other names for different types of tea.
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Number 6:
★ The Japanese word for coffee is コーヒー (kōhī).
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Number 7:
★ お酒 (osake) is Japanese rice wine. It also translates more generally as alcohol.
★ お酒 (osake) can also written/spoken as 酒 (sake).
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Number 8:
★ Cola in Japanese is コーラ (kōra)
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Number 9:
★ ラムネ (ramune) is a Japanese carbonated soft drink. It is sometimes called marble soda because the glass bottle is sealed with a marble.
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Additional beverage vocabulary:
紅茶 kōcha black tea
ココア kokoa cocoa
ソーダ sōda soda
ビール bīru beer
ワイン wain wine
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2 comments
How would you say “smoothie” in japanese?
Comment by Niara on 08/04/2013 at 9:30 amSmoothie in Japanese is スムージー (◕ω◕)☆
Comment by PuniPuni on 08/13/2013 at 10:26 pm