Food

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Learn these food words in Japanese.

1. Japanese food and drink

Japanese
chaahan misoshiru obent ocha soba sushi
fried rice soup made of a soybean paste home packed lunch put in a box usually with rice, fish and vegetables green tea noodles made of buckwheat cooked rice with a filling usually of raw seafood

English

2. Other food and drink

Japanese
ame furaidopoteto hanbaagaa juusu keeki kudamono kukkii mizu tabemono
yasai sweets french fries, hot chips hamburger juice cake fruit cookie water food vegetables

English

1. Food culture
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Japanese
Nihon no tabemono asagohan hirugohan bangohan miso sushi tempura natto obent Japanese food

English

breakfast lunch dinner soup made of a soybean paste cooked rice with a filling usually of raw seafood battered and deep fried vegetables or seafood sticky breakfast made of fermented soybeans home packed lunch put in a box usually with rice, fish and vegetables

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Task 1 What are these food and drinks called in Japanese? Label each picture in Japanese. Task 2 Read the Japanese word and draw a picture of the food or drink item in the box above it.

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ame

yasai

ocha

kudamono

keeki

kukkii

Task 3 What did you have for the following meals yesterday? Name at least 2 items for each.

Asagohan: _______________________________ Hirugohan: ______________________________ Bangohan: _______________________________

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Food likes and dislikes

Food = I like ___ Food = I hate ___ Food = Do you like ___?
Look at how you use the grammar pattern above to write sentences about your food likes and dislikes in Japanese.
ga suki desu ka ga k i r a i desu

ga

suki

desu

Japanese Keeki ga suki desu. Yasai ga kirai desu. Sushi ga suki desu ka?

English I like cake.

I hate vegetables.

Do you like sushi?

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Task 4 Read the food items listed below. If you like the food, write the name of it in Japanese under the column suki. If you dont, write it under the column kirai.
ame furaidopoteto hanbaagaa keeki kudamono kukkii yasai chaahan sushi tempura Nihon no tabemono

SUKI

KIRAI

Task 5 Using the grammar pattern on page 6 of this booklet, write four sentences: 1. Write two sentences about food you like. 2. Write two sentences about food you hate. (Try and use hiragana.)
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____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ Task 6 Using the grammar pattern on page 6 of this booklet, ask your partner if he/she likes the foods pictured below.

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