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Sounds, light and the senses — 音・光・感覚

Voice and sound, light and shadow, smell and taste as verbs — and the adjectives for loud, quiet, bright and dim. Read each word aloud with its reading, then write it once on the line — in kana if you cannot yet write the kanji.

おと noun
音 sound
こえをだす verb
声を出す to speak up, make a sound
さわぐ verb
騒ぐ to make a racket
なる verb
鳴る to ring, sound
なく verb
鳴く to cry, sing (animals, birds)
さけぶ verb
叫ぶ to shout
そうおん noun
騒音 noise
ひかり noun
光 light
ひかる verb
光る to shine, glitter
かげ noun
影 shadow
けむり noun
煙 smoke
くさい い-adj
臭い smelly
かおり noun
香り fragrance, scent
けしき noun
景色 scenery
みえる verb
見える to be visible, can see
みせる verb
見せる to show
ふれる verb
触れる to touch lightly
あじわう verb
味わう to taste, savour
  い-adj
まぶしい dazzling, glaring
かんじる verb
感じる to feel, sense
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Sounds, light and the senses — 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
shadow
noun
to feel, sense
verb
fragrance, scent
noun
scenery
noun
dazzling, glaring
い-adj
to be visible, can see
verb
to touch lightly
verb
light
noun
to cry, sing (animals, birds)
verb
smelly
い-adj
2    What does it mean?
鳴る
騒ぐ
煙
見せる
声を出す
叫ぶ
騒音
味わう
音
光る
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