What is this?
Ask what a food is in a department-store basement. NHK Easy Japanese Lesson 9.
Shadowing N5 — Shopping & Restaurant (NHK Easy Japanese) · All lessons · All courses
Vocabulary
- デパ地下（ちか） (デパ地下): department-store food basement
- 食（た）べ物（もの） (食べ物): food
- これは何（なん）ですか (何): What is this?
- 大根（だいこん） (大根): daikon radish
- 漬（つ）け物（もの） (漬物): pickles; pickled vegetables
- 食（た）べてみる (食べる): try eating; give it a taste
- いただきます: said before eating (thanks for the food)
- 美味（おい）しい (美味しい): delicious; tasty
In-lesson practice
- What is this? — Exercises (5 questions)
Related JLPT N5 quizzes
- JLPT N5 – Listening Exercise 38 (5 questions)
- JLPT N5 – Listening Exercise 37 (7 questions)
- JLPT N5 – Listening Exercise 36 (5 questions)
- JLPT N5 – Listening Exercise 35 (5 questions)
- JLPT N5 – Listening Exercise 34 (5 questions)
- JLPT N5 – Listening Exercise 33 (5 questions)
- JLPT N5 – Listening Exercise 32 (5 questions)
- JLPT N5 – Listening Exercise 31 (5 questions)
- JLPT N5 – Listening Exercise 30 (5 questions)
- JLPT N5 – Listening Exercise 29 (7 questions)
- JLPT N5 – Listening Exercise 28 (5 questions)
- JLPT N5 – Listening Exercise 27 (5 questions)
Frequently asked questions
- What does 「デパ地下（ちか）」 mean in this lesson?
- department-store food basement
- What does 「食（た）べ物（もの）」 mean in this lesson?
- food
- What does 「これは何（なん）ですか」 mean in this lesson?
- What is this?
- What does 「大根（だいこん）」 mean in this lesson?
- daikon radish
- What does 「漬（つ）け物（もの）」 mean in this lesson?
- pickles; pickled vegetables
- What does 「食（た）べてみる」 mean in this lesson?
- try eating; give it a taste
- What does 「いただきます」 mean in this lesson?
- said before eating (thanks for the food)
- What does 「美味（おい）しい」 mean in this lesson?
- delicious; tasty
- 「デパ地下」 is mainly about…
- Depachika = department basement food area.
- 「これは何ですか」 means…
- 何ですか asks what something is.
- 「漬物」 means…
- 漬物 = pickled vegetables.
- Before eating, people often say…
- いただきます before a meal.
- 「食べてみる」 is closest to…
- てみる = try doing.