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2010

Japanese NCEA Level 2

Appendix for external assessment
Texts for Achievement Standards 2.1 Demonstrate understanding of a variety of spoken Japanese texts on familiar matters 2.4 Demonstrate understanding of a variety of Japanese texts on familiar matters will reflect the achievement objectives for level 7 for Learning Languages: Communicate information, ideas, and opinions through increasingly complex and varied texts. Understand texts which explore the views of others, and which develop and share personal perspectives.

Students will be expected to identify linguistic and cultural forms that guide interpretation of texts. This will involve understanding information, ideas and opinions through increasingly complex and varied texts. Level 2 Level 2 texts will be based on familiar matters, personal/community interest. This refers to regularly encountered information, ideas and opinions that will be expressed in clear standard language. The texts will reflect the relationship between language and culture and be adapted as appropriate.

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KANJI FOR LEVEL 2 (Reading)

(repeat mark)
VOCABULARY FOR LEVEL 2 Hiragana Complete kanji Meaning ~ City counter for tatami mats each ~ versus ~; ~ to ~

) greetings, to greet baby to go up; to enter (house) light; bright taste, to taste, to have a taste dangerous safety, (safe) to say; to be called busy diligently full; one container-full entrance

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to sit (an exam), to receive sales counter to be glad; to be pleased sports day air-conditioning pet food to choose to support; to cheer to send uncooked rice to get angry to fall; to fail quiet; well-behaved the same to think parent(s) hot water to swim

() () foreign country, (foreigner) staircase Chemistry key, (to lock) umbrella housework to lend to tidy up to win school term without fail; always body; health to borrow rule; regulation

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strict, tough, harsh a mood, feeling (feel well) a mood, feeling (feel ill) to decide on school lunch education textbook interest, (to be interested in) neighbourhood to give (to me/ us) [honorific] dark glass to give (to me/ us) injury, (to get injured) play, drama result, outcome marriage, (to get married) wedding ceremony (to go on) a study visit public national language, Japanese national answer to answer; to reply language; word recently; these days from now on

recently; lately wallet to look for to go down, to drop essay

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to give [honorific] however (to fail) an examination (to pass an) examination (to ask) a question to die (to mow) the lawn mufti office school trip calligraphy leisure time, free time lesson cram school (to make) preparations meal dining room private kind immediately few; not many much more; all the time wonderful, lovely splendid, brilliant results; marks, (report) Biology (to give an) explanation athlete funeral graduation, (to graduate) graduation ceremony

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sports festival generally, on the whole therefore to put out; to send (a letter) correct building for instance; e.g. to look forward to to enjoy to ask; to request cigarette to smoke housing estate; housing complex rice field team (to place) an order, (to order) to be attached, to be included to turn on; to switch on to give a message to wrap to accompany; to bring someone set menu to go out; to depart; to leave to be made of Technology (school subject) to help; to assist electricity; light microwave oven tradition(al) how about; how; in what manner to go through, to go via reading special

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(to play) cards

to pass away; to disappear to throw raw, draught (beer) to line up; to queue smell; scent to look like; to look alike Japanese-style ~ to start school welcoming ceremony at school entrance examination (to be) popular price

for the first time; at first shy, embarrassed field; vegetable garden to pay programme half heater beer a draw to be surprised daytime (to do) revision pork normal; ordinary

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Physics culture cultural festival other, another almost all; almost true; real

to lose; to be defeated to obey; to preserve; to keep (a rule) around son daughter of course thing problem, question (in test / examination)

roof to do (plain language); to give (e.g. to dog) amusement park evening to relax; to take your time western-style ~ western-style food or meal kindergarten preparatory school for university to be glad; to be pleased

to study abroad; to study overseas overseas student

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hostel; boarding house parents brick

young Japanese-style room to laugh