Kanji N5–N4 · Lesson 17

Seasons and time: start, end, yesterday and tomorrow

去年きょねんの 春はるから 日本語にほんごの 勉強べんきょうを 始はじめました。

Eleven kanji 「春はる夏なつ秋あき冬ふゆ早はや遅おそ始はじ終お去きょ昨さく明あか」: the four seasons, 「始はじまる／始はじめる」, 「終おわる」, and jukujikun read as a whole, like 「昨日きのう」 and 「明日あした」.

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In this lesson

  1. 01The seasons, and “yesterday, today, tomorrow”
  2. 02春, 夏, 秋, 冬
  3. 03早, 遅, 始, 終, 去, 昨, 明
  4. 04Reading words and sentences

Practice

  • Match the seasons to their readings
  • Choose the correct reading
  • Choose the correct kanji
  • Write the reading
  • Choose the right verb
  • Put the pieces in order

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