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Japanese Vocab Lesson 1: Forest 森- Review Notes

Today we learned lots of Japanese forest vocabulary! In this review, we will list all the vocabulary words that were in the video and some that weren’t! Learn the Japanese words for fox, flower, mushroom, and many more!

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Number 1:

★　Today we visited the mori!

★　The kanji for mori is made up of three trees, representing a place with many trees, a forest!

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Number 2:

★　The first thing we noticed when we went to the forest is that there are a lot of trees! The Japanese word for tree is ki!

★　The kanji for ki looks just like a tree!

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Number 3:

★　We saw a cute little squirrel too!

★　The Japanese word for squirrel is risu.

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Number 4:

★　Tori means bird in Japanese!

★　Although there are specific Japanese names for different types of birds, as there are in English, tori can be used generally for any kind of bird!

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Number 5:

★　Mushi means bug in Japanese! There are a lot of mushi in the mori!

★　Although there are specific Japanese names for different types of bugs, as there are in English, mushi can be used generally for any kind of bug!

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Number 6:

★　The Japanese word for rabbit is usagi!

★　The kanji for usagi is 兎（うさぎ）– although there is kanji for this word, many people just use hiragana or katakana to write it. This is the case for many animals.

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Number 7:

★　The Japanese word for butterfly is Chōcho.

★　Chōcho are so beautiful!

★ Another way to say it is Chō (ちょう) – The kanji for chō is 蝶 – This kanji is kind of difficult, so people often write it in hiragana or katakana. The kanji for chōcho is 蝶々 but just like the kanji for chō, it is not used very often.

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Number 8:

★　We also saw a kuma.

★　The kanji for kuma is 熊 (くま) – It is common to use this kanji, but it is also common just to use hiragana or katakana.

★　Kuma chan kind of scared us but I don’t think he meant to.

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Additional forest vocabulary:

　　　川　　　かわ　　　　kawa　　　 river

　　　花　　　はな　　　　hana　　　 flower

　　　狸　　　たぬき　　　tanuki 　　 raccoon dog

　　　　　　　アライグマ　araiguma 　raccoon

　　　狐　　　きつね　　　kitsune　　 fox

　　　鹿　　　しか　　　　shika　　　deer

　　　(蛙)　　かえる　　　kaeru　　　 frog

　　　(茸)　　きのこ　　　kinoko　　 mushroom

　　　(土竜)　もぐら　　　mogura　　 mole

※The kanji in parentheses are not used very often. Most people just use hiragana or katakana for these words.

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Conclusion:

We learned a lot of Japanese words on our trip to the forest! But there are always more Japanese words to learn! Study the additional vocab list to expand your Japanese knowledge! And of course, make sure to watch the next episode of our new Japanese vocabulary series!

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