Learning the Japanese Nouns is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation.

The more you practice the subject, the closer you get to mastering the Japanese language. But first we need to know what the role of Nouns is in the structure of the grammar in Japanese. Japanese nouns are words used to name a person, animal, place, thing, or abstract ideas. Nouns are usually the most important part of vocabulary. Here are some examples:

English Nouns
nouns my car green car three cars car garage outside the car meishi -

Japanese Nouns
watashi no kuruma - midori no kuruma - san dai no kuruma - chuusha jou - shagai de -

As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Nouns in Japanese has a logical pattern. Locate the Nouns above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Japanese.

Below is a list of the Nouns and Words in Japanese placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Japanese vocabulary.

English Nouns
arm back cheeks chest chin ear elbow eye face finger fingers foot hair hand head heart knee leg lip mouth neck nose shoulder stomach teeth thigh throat thumb toe tongue tooth ude - senaka - hoho - mune - ago - mimi - hiji - me - kao - yubi - yubi - ashi - kami - te - atama - shinzou - hiza - ashi - kuchibiru - kuchi - kubi - hana - kata - i- ha -

Japanese Nouns

futomomo - nodo - oyayubi - tsumasaki - shita - ha -