To Learn
To Take Lessons In
transitive verb, godan verb
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 or to take lessons in something.
ならう
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?
日本に来てから、日本語を習いました。
I’ve learned Japanese since coming to Japan.
姉は、ピアノを習っています。
My older sister is taking piano lessons.
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。
I’m going to learn how to make the world’s best fugu cookies today.