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Describing places — 場所を描く言葉

Spacious, comfortable, clean, luxurious, plain, old-fashioned, modern, urban — and where things are: the alley, the end of the road, the vicinity. Read each word aloud with its reading, then write it once on the line — in kana if you cannot yet write the kanji.

ひろびろ adverb

広々 spacious, open

かいてきな-adj

快適 comfortable, pleasant

せいけつな-adj

清潔 clean, hygienic

ふけつな-adj

不潔 dirty, unhygienic

ごうかな-adj

豪華 luxurious, gorgeous

しっそな-adj

質素 simple, frugal

そぼくな-adj

素朴 simple, unsophisticated, rustic

こふうな-adj

古風 old-fashioned

きんだいてきな-adj

近代的 modern

とかいてきな-adj

都会的 urban, sophisticated

ちゅうしんがい noun

中心街 town centre, downtown

じゅうたくち noun

住宅地 residential area

はんかがい noun

繁華街 busy shopping and entertainment district

ろじ noun

路地 alley, lane

おおどおり noun

大通り main street, avenue

つきあたり noun

突き当たり end of a street, dead end

まわり noun

周り surroundings, around

あたり noun

辺り vicinity, around

えんぽう noun

遠方 far away, a distant place

みはらし noun

見晴らし view, outlook

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Vocabulary N3 · set 52 of 60 · 2 / 2 · recall

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Describing places — from memory

Cover page 1. Write the Japanese for each meaning (kana is fine), then write what each word in part 2 means. Page 1 is the answer key.

1 Write the Japanese

luxurious, gorgeous

な-adj

town centre, downtown

noun

simple, frugal

な-adj

dirty, unhygienic

な-adj

main street, avenue

noun

far away, a distant place

noun

residential area

noun

simple, unsophisticated, rustic

な-adj

end of a street, dead end

noun

surroundings, around

noun

2 What does it mean?

清潔

都会的

路地

見晴らし

辺り

繁華街

古風

近代的

快適

広々

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