Vocabulary Sprint v10b — how it feels, and two words for やさしい

Words this lesson teaches

易しい

easy — of a task or a book; w04's 優しい, kind, is the same sound

多い

many, numerous — and it will not stand in front of a noun; say 人が 多い

汚い

dirty, messy — of a room, of handwriting, and of a way of behaving

若い

young — of a person; a young animal or plant takes different words

かわいい

cute, endearing — a wider and commoner word in Japanese than cute is in English

おもしろい

interesting, and also funny — one word for both, unlike English

つまらない

boring, trivial — the opposite of おもしろい, and already negative in form

煩い

noisy, and also fussy — usually written in kana as うるさい

寒い

cold — of the weather and of a room, never of an object; a cold object is 冷たい

暖かい

warm — of weather; 温かい, the same sound, is for food and water

悪い

bad — and 悪いです can be an apology, the way sorry is in English

遠い

far — and w16b's 遠く is this word used as a noun

黄色い

yellow — the adjective form of v03's 黄色, and both work before a noun

黒い

black — one of the four oldest colour words, which is why it inflects