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Name Date

Time words — 時を表すことば

Recently, at first, in the end, this time, long ago, in future — and the holidays and dates the calendar is built on. Read each word aloud with its reading, then write it once on the line — in kana if you cannot yet write the kanji.

さいきん noun

最近 recently

さいしょ noun

最初 the beginning, first

さいご noun

最後 the end, last

こんど noun

今度 this time; next time

むかし noun

昔 long ago

しょうらい noun

将来 the future (one's own)

とちゅう noun

途中 on the way, midway

ころ noun

頃 around (a time)

よなか noun

夜中 the middle of the night

〜しゅうかん counter

〜週間 … weeks

ねんまつ noun

年末 end of the year

しょうがつ noun

正月 New Year

きゅうじつ noun

休日 holiday, day off

へいじつ noun

平日 weekday

しゅくじつ noun

祝日 public holiday

あさって noun

明後日 the day after tomorrow

おととい noun

一昨日 the day before yesterday

さらいしゅう noun

再来週 the week after next

さらいねん noun

再来年 the year after next

ひにち noun

日にち date, the day

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Vocabulary N4 · set 16 of 40 · 2 / 2 · recall

Name Date

Time words — 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

around (a time)

noun

the day after tomorrow

noun

… weeks

counter

the day before yesterday

noun

recently

noun

long ago

noun

the week after next

noun

the year after next

noun

date, the day

noun

holiday, day off

noun

2 What does it mean?

途中

今度

最後

夜中

将来

正月

最初

年末

祝日

平日

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