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にんじゃ
ninja
くろい にんじゃ
A ninja in black.
Starter Day 7
にんじゃと じんじゃ Ninja and jinja
Learn sounds such as ぎゃ, じゃ, びゃ and ぴゃ. You will be able to tell apart similar words like にんじゃ (ninja) and じんじゃ (shrine).
About 25 minutes · 8 words · grammar · reading · quiz
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Today's words
Today's kana
じんじゃ
shrine
ふるい じんじゃ
An old shrine.
じてんしゃ
bicycle
あおい じてんしゃ
A blue bicycle.
きんぎょ
goldfish
あかい きんぎょ
A red goldfish.
じゃんけん
rock-paper-scissors
じゃんけん ぽん!
Rock, paper, scissors, go!
かのじょ
she; girlfriend
かのじょ、げんき?
Is she well?
じゅんび
preparation
じゅんび? はい、ぜんぶ!
Are the preparations done? Yes, all of them!
ぴょんぴょん
hop hop (jumping)
うさぎ、ぴょんぴょん
The rabbit goes hop, hop.
Read
じんじゃの にんじゃ The ninja at the shrine
あさ。じんじゃ。Morning. A shrine.
あかい きんぎょ。しろい きんぎょ。A red goldfish. A white goldfish.
なに? ぴょんぴょん。What's that? Hop, hop.
うさぎ? ねこ?A rabbit? A cat?
あ、にんじゃ!Oh, a ninja!
にんじゃ、じゃんけん ぽん!Ninja, rock, paper, scissors, go!
Tap a line to see the translation.
Check your understanding
R1じんじゃ。（ ） きんぎょ。しろい きんぎょ。
Answer and explanation
Answer: 2 あかい
Line 2 says あかい きんぎょ。しろい きんぎょ。 (A red goldfish. A white goldfish.)
R2ぴょんぴょん。なに? ……（ ）!
Answer and explanation
Answer: 4 にんじゃ
At first it seems like a rabbit or a cat, but line 5 says あ、にんじゃ! (Oh, a ninja!) The one hopping was a ninja.
Quiz
1じゃ
Answer and explanation
Answer: 2 ja
じ plus a small ゃ makes じゃ, read ja. jo is じょ, ju is じゅ, and ya is や.
2gyo
Answer and explanation
Answer: 4 ぎょ
gyo is ぎ plus a small ょ: ぎょ. ぎゃ is gya, ぎゅ is gyu, and きょ has no dots, so it is kyo.
3ぴょんぴょん
Answer and explanation
Answer: 1 pyonpyon
ぴょ is pyo and ん is n, so it is pyonpyon. ぴ with a small circle is a p sound; び with two dots is a b sound.
4jinja
Answer and explanation
Answer: 3 じんじゃ
ji is じ, n is ん, and ja is じゃ, so jinja is じんじゃ (shrine). にんじゃ is ninja, じんじょ is jinjo, and しんじゃ is shinja.
5かのじょ
Answer and explanation
Answer: 2 kanojo
か is ka, の is no, and じょ is jo, so it is kanojo (she). じゅ is ju, a full-size よ is yo, and が is ga.
6junbi
Answer and explanation
Answer: 1 じゅんび
ju is じゅ, n is ん, and bi is び, so junbi is じゅんび (preparation). じょ is jo, ぴ is pi, and ぶ is bu.
7byu
Answer and explanation
Answer: 4 びゅ
byu is び plus a small ゅ: びゅ. びょ is byo, ぴゅ is pyu, and ひゅ is hyu.
8（ ） ぽん!
Answer and explanation
Answer: 2 じゃんけん
When you play rock-paper-scissors, you say じゃんけん ぽん! The other words are not said together with ぽん!
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