Japanese Vocabulary: Small ‘つ’, Long vowels and Combined Characters

Japanese Vocabulary: Small ‘つ’, Long vowels and Combined Characters

Lets check another vocabularies. I’ve already discussed the small ‘tsu’, long vowels and combined characters.

You can check in the link below for more information:

The small ‘tsu’ inJapanese
Japanese Long vowels
Japanese Combined Characters

Just a little information:

• small ‘tsu’ or short silent pause – will double the following consonants
• Long vowels – means longer sound or double the length of pronunciation
• Combined characters – have 33 additional characters  

Let’s check some vocabularies and make sure that you memorize each vocabulary for another Japanese quiz.

Small ‘tsu’ (Hiragana Characters):

Japanese	Romaji	English
きって	Kitte	Stamp
あさって	Asatte	Day after tomorrow
いっしん	Isshin	Whole heart, together
しっかり	Shikkari	Tightly, firmly
ぶったい	Buttai	Body, object

Small ‘tsu’ (Katakana Characters):

Japanese	Romaji	English
ホッチキス	Hocchikisu	Stapler
ノック	Nokku	Knock
チケット	Chiketto	Ticket
スイッチ	Suicchi	Switch
アップル	Appuru	Apple

Long vowels (Hiragana Characters):

Japanese	Romaji	English
くうこう	Kuukou (kūkō)	Airport
こうえん	Kouen (kōen)	Park
たいよう	Taiyou (taiyō)	Sun
ぎんこう	Ginkou (ginkō)	Bank
さようなら	Sayounara (sayōnara)	Goodbye

Long vowels (Katakana Characters):

Japanese	Romaji	English
スーツケース	Su-tsu ke-su (Sūtsukēsu)	Suitcase
スプーン	Supu-n (supūn)	Spoon
アイスクリーム	Aisu kuri-mu (Aisukuriimu)	Ice cream
タクシー	Takushi- (Takushii)	Taxi
ラーメン	Ra-men (Rāmen)	Ramen

Combined Characters (Hiragana characters):

Japanese	Romaji	English
おいしゃさん	Oishasan	Doctor
ちゃのま	Chanoma	Living room (Japanese style)
しゃいん	Shain	Employee
しゅみ	Shumi	Hobby
じむしょ	Jimusho	Office

Combined Characters (Katakana characters):

Japanese	Romaji	English
ファクス	Fakusu	Fax
ジャズ	Jazu	Jazz
フィリピン	Firipin	Philippines
ジャカルタ	Jakaruta	Jakarta
キャベツ	Kyabetsu	Cabbage

Small ‘tsu’/Long vowels/Combined Characters (Hiragana characters):

Japanese	Romaji	English
ゆうびんきょく	Yuubinkyoku (yūbinkyoku)	Post office
びょういん	Byouin (byōin)	Hospital
おっしゃる	Ossharu	To say, to speak
だっしゅつ	Dasshutsu	Escape
じどうしゃ	Jidousha (jidōsha)	Automobile

Small ‘tsu’/Long vowels/Combined Characters (Katakana characters):

Japanese	Romaji	English
フォーク	Fo-ku (fōku)	Fork
ティーシャツ	Thi-syatsu (tiishatsu)	T-shirts
チョコレート	Chokore-to (chokorēto)	Chocolate
メニュー	Menyu- (menyū)	Menu
チェック	Chekku	Check

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Pictures: Small ‘つ’, Long vowels and Combined Characters

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