Japanese Zodiac Calendar - Reading Notes

Use the following flip cards to review the katakana, vocabulary, and verbs from this reading. Write out new forms in your notebook and practice reading each term out loud.

Example Sentences: Words

ペットは、虎(とら)がいいですか、馬(うま)がいいですか。
- Which do you like for a pet, a tiger or a horse?
アリーシャさんはぼくより三つ年下です。
- Alicia is three years younger than I.
ぼくたちは、昔(むかし)、喧嘩(けんか)ばかりしていました。
- We did nothing but fight a long time ago.
彼女(かのじょ)は甘(あま)いものが大好(す)きで、お菓子(かし)はエクレアばかり食(た)べています。
- She likes sweets very much and eats nothing but éclairs as a snack.
私は三人(さんにん)の中で、真(ま)ん中の子です。
- I am the middle child among the three.
新(あたら)しい友(とも)だちを作ってから、彼(かれ)はますます学校が好(す)きになりました。
- He made new friends, and he liked school even better (than before).

Example Sentences: Adjectives and Verbs

喧嘩(けんか)をすると、兄(あに)はいつも勝(か)ちます。
- When we fight, my older brother always wins.
今日、君(きみ)の家(うち)に遊(あそ)びに行(い)ってもいいですか。
- May I go to your house to have fun?
母(はは)は、いつも親切(しんせつ)で明(あか)るいです。
- My mother is always kind and cheerful.
彼(かれ)はスポーツが得意(とくい)でサッカーがじょうずです。
- He is good at sports and plays soccer well.
その人は髪(かみ)が白(しろ)くて短(みじか)くてせが低(ひく)いです。
- The person has short, white hair and is short in height.
父(ちち)と母(はは)は大学で知(し)り合(あ)いました。
- My parents got to know each other at college.

Reading Review

Reading Questions

Having gone through the true and false questions, there is one more question before you move on. Write out your response in your notebook to the following prompt:

Describe the woman married to 幸二(こうじ (Kooji).

Now that you've written your your response in your notebook, you can check below for a sample answer.

Reading Question Answers

Read on to see some general notes on Kooji's wife.

She is kind, cheerful, and taller than Kooji (her husband). Her hair is very long. Her hobbies are playing tennis and cooking, and she often makes cookies and cakes.

Reading Vocabulary Review

Review the vocabulary from the reading passage.

**Reading Vocabulary Review**
外来語/Katakana	Need to Know Words	Need to Know Verbs
インドアタイプ：indoor type アウトドアタイプ：outdoor type ハワイ：Hawaii アップルパイ：apple pie	午年(うまどし)：Year of the Horse 寅年(とらどし)：Year of the Tiger 十二支(じゅうにし)：Zodiac Calendar 虎(とら)：tiger In the Japanese Zodiac, the year of tiger is written as 寅年(とらどし). 馬(うま)：horse In the Japanese Zodiac, the year of horse is written as 午年(うまどし). 昔(むかし)：old days ばかり：nothing but 喧嘩(けんか)：fight, quarrel 真(ま)ん中：right in the middle 彼女(かのじょ)：she Compare to 彼(かれ)：he ますます：even harder, making it even higher 年下：one’s junior 年上：one’s senior	背(せ)が高い：tall in height 背(せ)が低(ひく)い：short in height 髪(かみ)が長(なが)い：with long hair 髪(かみ)が短(みじか)い：short hair 親切(しんせつ)な：(na-adjective) kind 明(あか)るい：(i-adjective) cheerful あそぶ・あそびます・あそんで：hang out, play 勝(か)つ・勝(か)ちます・勝(か)って：win 知(し)り合(あ)う・知(し)り合(あ)います・知(し)り合(あ)って：get to know

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