Daily Life
Talk about your day in Japanese. Learn the times of day, everyday activities and places, and put a daily routine in order.
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Your day in Japanese 🌅
This module is about **daily life**: the times of day, the things you do, and the places you go. As before, every word is shown three ways: the **script**, the **sound** (romaji, our letters, in brackets), and the **English**.
Times of day 🕐
The parts of the day: - **朝 (asa)** = morning - **昼 (hiru)** = daytime - **夕方 (yugata)** = evening - **夜 (yoru)** = night
Match each word to its meaning
- 朝 (asa)
- 昼 (hiru)
- 夕方 (yugata)
- 夜 (yoru)
- morning
- daytime
- evening
- night
Everyday activities 🍽️
Some common things you do each day (in the dictionary form): - **食べる (taberu)** = to eat - **飲む (nomu)** = to drink - **寝る (neru)** = to sleep - **行く (iku)** = to go
Match each verb to its meaning
- 食べる (taberu)
- 飲む (nomu)
- 寝る (neru)
- 行く (iku)
- to eat
- to drink
- to sleep
- to go
Spot the verb
Which word means "to eat"?
- 食べる (taberu)
- 飲む (nomu)
- 寝る (neru)
- 行く (iku)
Places 🏫
Two places that fill a day: - **学校 (gakko)** = school - **家 (ie)** = home / house So 学校に行く (gakko ni iku) means "to go to school".
Spot the word
Which word means "school"?
- 学校 (gakko)
- 家 (ie)
- 朝 (asa)
- 夜 (yoru)
Actions, not things
Select the THREE words that are activities (verbs).
- 食べる (taberu)
- 飲む (nomu)
- 寝る (neru)
- 朝 (asa)
- 学校 (gakko)
- 夜 (yoru)
A day in order
An interactive activity.
How the writing works 🔤
Japanese is written with **three scripts at once**: **hiragana** and **katakana** (syllable signs), and **kanji** (characters borrowed from Chinese that stand for whole words). The **romaji** in brackets simply spells out the sounds using our own letters, to help you read.
Describe a day
An interactive activity.
The right word
Using the romaji, complete: "morning" is _____, "school" is _____, "to eat" is _____, and "to sleep" is _____.
Daily life summary
Japanese uses _____ scripts together: hiragana, katakana and kanji. The word for morning is _____, and the word for school is _____. To say to eat, you use _____.