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Things and materials — 物と材料

Stone, sand, glass, paper and plastic; the box, the bag, the lid — the nouns for what things are made of and kept in. Read each word aloud with its reading, then write it once on the line — in kana if you cannot yet write the kanji.

いし noun
石 stone
すな noun
砂 sand
つち noun
土 earth, soil
  noun
ガラス glass (material)
かみ noun
紙 paper
  noun
プラスチック plastic
きんぞく noun
金属 metal
てつ noun
鉄 iron
もくざい noun
木材 timber, wood
はこ noun
箱 box
ふくろ noun
袋 bag, sack
ふた noun
蓋 lid
びん noun
瓶 bottle, jar
かん noun
缶 can, tin
  noun
ひも string, cord
  noun
ゴム rubber
くぎ noun
釘 nail (for hammering)
はり noun
針 needle
あつさ noun
厚さ thickness
おもさ noun
重さ weight
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Things and materials — 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
metal
noun
earth, soil
noun
glass (material)
noun
thickness
noun
paper
noun
box
noun
string, cord
noun
rubber
noun
sand
noun
bottle, jar
noun
2    What does it mean?
プラスチック
釘
蓋
袋
石
重さ
鉄
缶
針
木材
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