Vocabulary · 10 min
Food and shopping
Recognize basic food, prices, and shopping phrases.
- Recognize the main idea in food and shopping.
- Use one clear example before you begin the quiz.
- Build confidence with a small, repeatable step.
Food words and simple requests make a first visit to a shop or café less intimidating.
Everyday food
みず is water, ごはん is rice or a meal, and りんご is apple.
Ask politely
ください means please give me. いくらですか asks how much something costs.
Study these forms
Study the Japanese form together with its English meaning. Read the word aloud, then use the two directions of practice to check recognition and recall. みず (water) · ごはん (cooked rice or meal) · りんご (apple) · おちゃ (Japanese tea) · さかな (fish) · にく (meat) · パン (bread) · たまご (egg) · やさい (vegetables) · くだもの (fruit) · ぎゅうにゅう (milk) · コーヒー (coffee) · ジュース (juice) · おかし (sweets) · しお (salt) · さとう (sugar) · みせ (shop) · スーパー (supermarket) · レストラン (restaurant) · メニュー (menu) · おかね (money) · ねだん (price) · いくら (how much) · ください (please give me) · おいしい (delicious)
More reading practice
バナナ (banana) · オレンジ (orange) · ぶどう (grapes) · いちご (strawberry) · もも (peach) · なし (pear) · たまねぎ (onion) · にんじん (carrot) · じゃがいも (potato) · きゅうり (cucumber) · とりにく (chicken) · ぶたにく (pork) · ぎゅうにく (beef) · スープ (soup) · プリン (custard pudding) · アイスクリーム (ice cream) · こうちゃ (black tea) · おさら (plate) · はし (chopsticks) · フォーク (fork) · ナイフ (knife) · レジ (checkout counter) · おつり (change from payment) · やすい (inexpensive) · たかい (expensive)
Put it together
Look at the examples once more. Notice the small detail that makes this vocabulary lesson different from the one before it.
Guided examples
Use this example while studying food and shopping.
Try to recognize it before you start the quiz.
Before the quiz, can you recognize the key form from food and shopping?
water
Show the answer
water · This is one of the forms introduced in the lesson. Say it aloud and connect it to the explanation above.
Remember the main pattern from food and shopping and use the examples as your first reference. A short review is useful learning, not a setback.