Talking about what you like, understand, and own. Lesson 9 brings together the vocabulary for preferences, abilities, and possessions, along with categories like sports, food, and music to have your first real opinion-based conversations.
Lesson 8 taught you to describe the world around you — this lesson turns inward so you can talk about your own tastes and abilities.
These words come from Minna no Nihongo, one of the most widely used Japanese textbooks for beginners. Each word here includes furigana readings, English meanings, example sentences, and native audio to help you review and practice alongside the textbook.
How to use this page
Every kanji in the word column is tappable — it opens a page showing every word that shares that character, so you can start noticing patterns across lessons. Tap a word's romaji or meaning to see example sentences where related vocabulary is linked for easy cross-reference.
You can switch between four Japanese voices (two male, two female) using the speaker button at the bottom of the screen, and change the Japanese font from the navigation bar to get comfortable reading different typefaces.