The vocabulary course of the day is the continuation of the first part on the world’s vegetables.
Below is a list of 15 vegetables names to remember. Unlike the first part, this time there are a lot of kanji words to remember. It will be quite difficult but you have to go through it.
Finally, before you start, remember that very often, as with animal names, vegetable names are written in hiragana or katakana because most kanji are very complicated to remember, even for Japanese people. However, if only for your general knowledge, I think it would be interesting for you to know, at least by sight, these kanji. If you ever come across them somewhere, at least you’ll know what they are and how to read them. If you really want to push it further, you can practice writing them down as well.
隠元 .
インゲン
. the bean (common)
隠元豆 .
インゲンまめ
. the bean (common)
莢隠元 .
さやインゲン
. the green bean
白隠元豆 .
しろインゲンまめ
. the white beans, the flageolet beans
四角豆 .
しかくまめ
. the winged bean
胡瓜 .
キュウリ
. the cucumber
蕪 .
かぶ
. the turnip
赤蕪 .
あかかぶ
. the red turnip
芦笋 .
あしたか
. the asparagus
チェリートマト
. the cherry tomato
マニオック
. the manioc
カリフラワー
. the cauliflower
南瓜 .
カボチャ / ぼうぶら
. the pumpkin
パンプキン
. the pumpkin
アーティチョーク
. the artichoke
For this time, I have limited the list to about fifteen words because there are already a lot of new kanji to learn, so that will be it. Let’s move on to some comments.
First of all, the word "bean" in Japanese can be said and written in many ways. We can write it and pronounce it 隠元豆 . インゲンまめ or 隠元 . インゲン (short form). It can also be said and written 菜豆 . サンドウ or 三度豆 . サンドマメ.
Then, the words "turnip", "red turnip" and "asparagus"... are mostly written in katakana.
There are also other terms for most words. For example, there is a distinctly Japanese word for "artichoke". Do not hesitate to look it up in the dictionary if that interests you.
You will soon have enough words to do your shopping in a Japanese market. Of course there are still a few vegetables that I haven’t included, neither in this list nor in the other. The third and final course on vegetables awaits you right after. For now, learn these new words and practice writing and speaking.
Continue your efforts as always, don’t give up !
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