October 26th, 2009

This list is back to the basics of what I am trying focus on with my vocabulary.   I have been rather happy with the way flashcards are working out for my independant study so far.  I do feel that they would be much less effective if I weren`t handwriting them.

いえ     house           家

へや             room            部屋

だいどころ  kitchen        台所

しんしつ         bedroom      寝室

いま       living room  居間

よくしつ     bathroom    浴室

ゆか        floor              床

かべ        ceiling          壁

てんじょう     roof               天井

かいだん    stairs           階段

まど        window         窓

だんろ      fireplace      暖炉

えんとつ     chimney      煙突

かがみ      mirror         鏡

たな          shelf             棚

ほんだな    bookshelf     本棚

おしいれ    closet           押入れ

ゆぶね       bathtub       湯ぶね

いす       chair             椅子

つくえ     desk             机

こんろ       stove

ながし     sink              流し

げんかん   entrance      玄関

れいぞうこ   refrigerator 冷蔵庫

ごみばこ    trashcan      ゴミ箱

かたい     hard              固い

やわらかい  soft               柔らかい

せまい     narrow         狭い

ひろい     wide             広い

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6 Responses to “Vocabulary list #3 – House and Rooms”

Jim Says:

Minor correction – stairs should be 階段, rather than 会談.

Sandra Says:

Useful list! Another good word I learned when apartment hunting is 間取り, (まどり), layout or room plan.

Gordon Says:

This is a really nice list. Lots of handy words there!

I noticed that the kanji is wrong for かいだん. It should be 階段 (I make these kinds of typing mistakes a lot, too).

…and a couple other handy things to know:
- うち is another common reading for 家
- お風呂 (おふろ) is another common word for bathtub.

Isacksen Says:

Thanks for the correction, I updated the post.

Phil Says:

Lovely stuff. I honestly didn’t know that a sink is 流し. That can be used as a verb, too, right? 流す・・・

Isacksen Says:

Yep, 流す is for flow..

I am part of a martial arts dojo named 月影流 - つき かげ りゅう.

“Moon Shadow Tradition”. In this instance the flow is the trandition being handed down and the ‘moon shadow’ is a reference to the mindset we try to achieve through practice.

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