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Describing people — 人を表すことば

Character, appearance and manner — kind, cheerful, strict, quiet — and the nouns for a person's looks and age. Read each word aloud with its reading, then write it once on the line — in kana if you cannot yet write the kanji.

せいかく noun
性格 personality
たいど noun
態度 attitude
ようす noun
様子 appearance, state, the look of
かっこう noun
格好 appearance, look; shape
びじん noun
美人 beautiful woman
ねんれい noun
年齢 age
おとな noun
大人 adult
せいねん noun
青年 young man, youth
ろうじん noun
老人 elderly person
どくしん noun
独身 single, unmarried
ふうふ noun
夫婦 married couple
しんせき noun
親戚 relatives
しりあい noun
知り合い acquaintance
すなお な-adj
素直 docile, honest, straightforward
かしこい い-adj
賢い clever, wise
  い-adj
おとなしい quiet, gentle
  な-adj
わがまま selfish, spoilt
らんぼう な-adj
乱暴 rough, violent
じょうひん な-adj
上品 refined, elegant
げひん な-adj
下品 vulgar
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Describing people — 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
personality
noun
rough, violent
な-adj
married couple
noun
docile, honest, straightforward
な-adj
clever, wise
い-adj
appearance, look; shape
noun
selfish, spoilt
な-adj
beautiful woman
noun
adult
noun
young man, youth
noun
2    What does it mean?
親戚
年齢
様子
上品
おとなしい
下品
態度
独身
知り合い
老人
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