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People and roles — 人と役割

The family words N5 left out, and the people you deal with in a shop, a hospital, a company and on the street. Read each word aloud with its reading, then write it once on the line — in kana if you cannot yet write the kanji.

むすこ noun
息子 son
むすめ noun
娘 daughter
そふ noun
祖父 (my) grandfather
そぼ noun
祖母 (my) grandmother
おや noun
親 parent
あかちゃん noun
赤ちゃん baby
だんせい noun
男性 man, male (formal)
じょせい noun
女性 woman, female (formal)
きゃく noun
客 customer, guest
てんいん noun
店員 shop assistant
しゃちょう noun
社長 company president
ぶちょう noun
部長 department head
けいかん noun
警官 police officer
かんごし noun
看護師 nurse
うんてんしゅ noun
運転手 driver
こうむいん noun
公務員 civil servant
せんぱい noun
先輩 senior (at school or work)
こうはい noun
後輩 junior (at school or work)
じぶん pronoun
自分 oneself
  pronoun
みんな everyone
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People and roles — 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
(my) grandfather
noun
department head
noun
man, male (formal)
noun
driver
noun
everyone
pronoun
daughter
noun
senior (at school or work)
noun
customer, guest
noun
police officer
noun
junior (at school or work)
noun
2    What does it mean?
親
息子
祖母
社長
公務員
女性
店員
赤ちゃん
看護師
自分
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