What are nouns like in Japanese?
Gender and articles
Don’t worry, there isno gender for nouns in Japanese.
In fact, no article is needed.
So a noun is simply used by itself.
Numbers
Don’t worry, nouns in Japanesedon’t change their form for the number.
For example, リンゴ(ringo : apple) is always リンゴ(ringo), even if there are more than two.
Japanese vocabulary
Japanese nouns are made up of 3 main types of vocabulary.
- Japanese vocabulary
- Ancient Chinese vocabulary
- Other vocabulary
For example, “heart” can be
- こころ (kokoro) : heart as something psychological
- 心臓 (shinzou) : heart as a body part
- ハート (haato) : heart as something pop-cultural, like used for Valentine’s Day.
Easy tips to study Japanese :
- Japanese basics (N5-N3) : Verbs in Japanese
- Japanese basics (N5-N3) : Adjectives in Japanese
- Japanese basics (N5-N3) : Punctuation in Japanese
- Japanese basics (N5-N3) : Word Order
- Japanese basics (N5-N3) : Politeness
- Japanese basics (N5-N3) – 7 rules to pay attention to
- Japanese basics (N5-N3) – How to address someone by name
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