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Giving and receiving — あげる・もらう

The seven verbs Japanese uses for one English verb, and the nouns that go with them. Read each word aloud with its reading, then write it once on the line — in kana if you cannot yet write the kanji.

verb

あげる to give (to someone else)

verb

くれる to give (to me)

verb

もらう to receive

さしあげる verb

差し上げる to give (humble)

くださる verb

下さる to give (to me; respectful)

verb

いただく to receive (humble)

verb

やる to give (to a junior, an animal); to do

おくる verb

贈る to present, give as a gift

noun

プレゼント present

おみやげ noun

お土産 souvenir, gift from a trip

おれい noun

お礼 thanks; a thank-you gift

おいわい noun

お祝い celebration; congratulatory gift

おせわ noun

お世話 help, care (お世話になりました)

えんりょ noun

遠慮 reserve, holding back

へんじ noun

返事 reply

れんらく noun

連絡 contact, getting in touch

あいさつ noun

挨拶 greeting

やくそく noun

約束 promise, appointment

しょうたい noun

招待 invitation

おじぎ noun

お辞儀 bow

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Vocabulary N4 · set 6 of 40 · 2 / 2 · recall

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Giving and receiving — 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

to give (to someone else)

verb

to give (to me; respectful)

verb

to receive (humble)

verb

souvenir, gift from a trip

noun

bow

noun

to give (to a junior, an animal); to do

verb

to give (to me)

verb

present

noun

promise, appointment

noun

reserve, holding back

noun

2 What does it mean?

お祝い

お世話

連絡

挨拶

差し上げる

贈る

招待

もらう

お礼

返事

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