Words with Sentences

2024/April/02

Example sentences

1.

Konban okyakusan to shokuji o shimasu.

konban tonight, okyakusan customer, client, -to with
shokuji [sv] meal, have a meal

2.

Ryokan no shokuji wa taitei Washoku desu.

ryokan Japanese style hotel, taitei usually, normally
washoku Japanese food, cuisine, dishes

3.

Wakai hito wa Washoku yori, Yooshoku no hoo ga suki desu.

wakai young, hito person, people
yooshoku Western food, cuisine, dishes, suki [na] like, prefer
[A] yori, [B] no hoo ga comparative pattern; [B] is more/less than [A], I prefer [B] to [A]

4.

"Washoku" to "Nihon-ryoori" wa onaji imi desu. "Yooshoku" wa kekkoo aimai na kotoba desu.

Nihon-ryoori Japanese food, cuisine, dishes, onaji same, imi [sv] meaning
kekkoo [na/adv] quite, rather, pretty, aimai vague, obscure, ambiguous, unclear
kotoba language, phrase, word

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5.

Kore wa "Nikujaga". Niku to Jagaimo no ryoori desu. Nikujaga wa Nihon no katei-ryoori desu.

Nikujaga meat and potato stew (beef or pork), niku meat, jagaimo potato
cf. ninjin carrot, cf. tamanegi onion
katei-ryoori home cooking, homemade food, katei home, family

6.

Shujin wa tokidoki ryoori o shimasu. Kinoo wa Itaria-ryoori o tsukurimashita.

shujin (speaker's) husband, tokidoki sometimes, ryoori o shimasu to cook
kinoo yesterday, Itaria-ryoori Italian food, cuisine, dishes
tsukurimasu to make, cook

You cannot say Itaria-ryoori o ryoori shimasu.
It should be Itaria-ryoori o tsukurimasu.

7.

Watashi wa karai ryoori ga suki desu. Dakara, yoku Tai-ryoori ya Indo-ryoori o tabemasu.

karai ryoori spicy food, karai spicy, hot (taste), amai sweet, sugary, suki [na] like, prefer
dakara so, therefore, because, yoku often, frequently, tabemasu to eat
Tai-ryoori Thai food, cuisine, dishes, Indo-ryoori Indian food, cuisine dishes

	8.	A	:	Nani o tabemashoo ka?
		B	:	Chuuka wa doo desu ka?
		A	:	Ii desu ne. Chuuka o tabemashoo.

nani o tabemashoo ka? What shall we eat?, tabemasu to eat
-mashoo ka? (stem +) Shall we do? or Shall I do?, Chuuka Chinese food, cuisine, dishes
doo desu ka? how about ...?, what about ...?,, ii desu ne that's nice, sounds good
-mashoo (stem +) Let's do

Both Chuugoku-ryoori and Chuuka are commonly used.

Practice the following words

1. shokuji[sv] meal, have a meal 2. washokuJapanese food 3. yooshokuWestern food 4. ryoori[sv] cooking / food, cuisine, dish 5. Nihon-ryooriJapanese food 6. Furansu-ryooriFrench food 7. Supein-ryooriSpanish food 8. Itaria-ryooriItalian food 9. Indo-ryooriIndian food 10. Tai-ryooriThai food 11. Mekishiko-ryooriMexican food 12. Kankoku-ryooriKorean food 13. Chuugoku-ryooriChinese food 14. ChuukaChinese food 15. katei-ryoorihome cooking, homemade food 16. kateihome, family 17. konbantonight 18. okyakusancustomer, client, guest 19. ryokanJapanese style hotel 20. taiteiusually, normally 21. wakaiyoung

22. hitoperson, people 23. suki[na] like, prefer 24. onajisame 25. kekkoo[na/adv] quite, rather, pretty 26. aimaivague, obscure, ambiguous, unclear 27. kotobalanguage, phrase, word 28. nikujagameat and potato stew (beef or pork) 29. nikumeat 30. jagaimopotato 31. ninjincarrot 32. tamanegionion 33. shujin(speaker's) husband 34. tokidokisometimes 35. kinooyesterday 36. tsukurimasu / tsukuruto make, cook 37. karaispicy, hot (taste) 38. [cf.] amaisweet, sugary 39. dakaraso, therefore, because 40. yokuoften, frequently 41. tabemasu / taberuto eat 42. ii desu nethat's nice, sounds good