Thursday, December 21, 2006

Lesson 4: Place Vocabulary

In this vocabulary lesson, I will teach the words for common places that RPGs have and words that are useful learning where you are suppose to go.

The words will be listed in the same way as in lesson one: Kanji, Kana, English, Notes.

Verbs:
-- ある To exist; to have Group 1 verb. Used only with inanimate object
-- いる To exist; to have Group 2 verb. Used only with animate object
行く いく To go Group 1 verb
来る くる To come Irregular verb
-- わかる To understand Group 1 verb

Nouns:
砂漠 さばく A desert
森 もり A forest
町 まち A town
村 むら A village
鉱山 こうざん A mine
山 やま A mountain
都市 とし A city
神殿 しんでん A shrine
洞窟 どうくつ A cave
東 ひがし The east
西 にし The west
北 きた The north
南 みなみ The south
城 しろ A castle
国 くに A country
宮殿 きゅうでん A palace
教会 きょうかい A church
塔 とう A tower
島 しま An island
山道 やまみち A mountain path
地下室 ちかしつ A basement
道 みち A road
湖 みずうみ A lake
王国 おうこく A kingdom
川 かわ A river
火山 かざん A volcano
家 いえ A house
壁 かべ A wall
沼 ぬま A swamp
遺跡 いせき Ruins

Suffixes:
-湖 -こ Lake ... A suffix to mark a lake
-山 -さん Mt. ... A suffix to mark a mountain


With these words, you should be able to find out where you are suppose to go next in most RPGs.

John

3 comments:

Emily said...

The kanji you listed for "tower" is actually the kanji for "to respond." Thought it looked familiar...

John said...

Thank you for notifying me about the error.

I have corrected the error and double checked the kanji in my dictionary so it should be right now.

Anonymous said...

I wonder why you've stopped making these lessons?