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N5 Japanese Vocabulary Lesson

3 Words for Feelings

気持ち

2:36 min video · 9 sentences · 3 key words

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About this lesson

Three feeling words for everyday adult moments: happy, sad and tired.

How to practise

  1. Learn each word on its card: the word and what it means.
  2. Repeat every example out loud in the 言ってみよう · Your turn pause, then check the Don't say card: how not to use the word.
  3. At the end, take the quick quiz on the theme's words.

気持ち きもち Feelings

WordMeaningDon't say
うれしいhappy, glad i-adjective, ～が うれしいともだちはうれしいです。 ✗ · ともだちはたのしいです。 ✓ うれしい is your own glad feeling about something; for fun events or people use たのしい.
かなしいsad i-adjective, ～が かなしいさびしいはかなしいです。 ✗ · ひとりでさびしいです。 ✓ かなしい is for deep sadness; being lonely is さびしい, so かなしい sounds too heavy.
つかれるto get tired verb, ～で つかれるわたしはつかれます。 ✗ · わたしはつかれました。 ✓ つかれる describes a state you reached, so use the past つかれました for 'I'm tired'.

Key words

JapaneseEnglishLevel
うれしいhappy, gladN5
かなしいsadN5
つかれるto get tiredN5

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