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10 習う To Learn

Part of Speech

Transitive verb and Godan verb

Reading

ならう

  • Kyoko(Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi(Tokyo accent, male)

Context Sentences

日本に来てから、いろんな言葉を習いました。

I’ve learned many different words since I came to Japan.

うちのむす子は、しょ道を習っています。

My son is learning calligraphy.

今日は、世界一のフグクッキーの作り方を習いに行くのよ。それ、子供たち大好きよね。

I’m going to learn how to make the world’s best fugu cookies today. Kids will love that, right?

Meaning Explanation

This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means learn so the vocab verb version means to learn.

Reading Explanation

Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn that reading with this kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you:

You have to learn about Nara, the city of deer... lots and lots of deer. If you don't know about it, how about learning about it?

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