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August 11, 2025 14 mins

[✐2. Andante]〜かたmanner of 〜、how to 〜

“Each person has her/his own way of studying.”

[00:09]

Hello, everyone. Today, we are going to practice “〜kata”. There are many words that can be constructed in this form. It’s convenient.

Now, make 〜かた as follows.

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For example,

1. write > manner of writing, how to write

Ready?

[00:35]

2. read > reading, how to read

3. go > direction, how to go

4. make > how to make

5. buy > how to buy

6. drink > how to drink

7. eat > how to eat

8. look/watch/see/view > how to look/watch/see, way of viewing, viewpoint

9. do > approach, the how, manner, way

10. do > how to do

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Make a sentence as follows.

For example,

write, don’t know

→ I don’t know how to write.

Ready?

[01:40]

1. this Kanji, read, don’t know

→ I don’t know how to read this kanji.

2. tempura, cook, don’t know

→ I don’t know how to cook tempura.

3. ticket, buy, don’t know

→ I don’t know how to buy a ticket.

4. car navigation system, use, don’t know

→ I don’t know how to use the car navigation system.

(ka-nabi = car navigation system)

5. report, write, don’t know

→ I don’t know how to write a report.

6. natto, eat, don’t know

→ I don’t know how to eat natto.

7. garbage, throw away/dispose, don’t know

→ I don’t know how to put out oversized garbage.

(sodai gomi = large-sized garbage)

8. books, borrow, don’t know

→ I don’t know how to borrow books.

9. work, style/method, don’t know

→ I don’t know how to work.

10. open-air hot spring bath,  take (a bath), don’t know

→ I don’t know how to take an open-air hot spring.

(rotenburo = open-air/outdoor hot spring bath)

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「べんきょうのしかたは ひとそれぞれです。」

[00:09]

みなさん、こんにちは。きょうは「〜かた」をれんしゅうします。「かきます」は「かきかた=how to write」ですね。このかたちに できることばは たくさんあります。べんりですよ。

では、つぎのように、「〜かた」にしてください。

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たとえば、

1. かきます>かきかた

いいですか。

[00:35]

2. よみます>よみかた

3. いきます>いきかた

4. つくります>つくりかた

5. かいます>かいかた

6. のみます>のみかた

7. たべます>たべかた

8. みます>みかた

9. やります> やりかた

10. します>しかた

[01:28]

つぎのようにんをつくってください。

たとえば、

かきます、わかりません、

→ かきかたがわかりません。

いいですか。

[01:40]

1. このかんじ、よみます、わかりません

→ このかんじのよみかたが わかりません。

2. てんぷら、つくります、わかりません

→ てんぷらのつくりかたがわかりません。

3. きっぷ、かいます、わかりません

→ きっぷのかいかたがわかりません。

4. カーナビ、つかいます、わかりません

→ カーナビのつかいかたが、わかりません。

(カーナビ = car navigation system)

5. レポート、かきます、わかりません

→ レポートのかきかたが わかりません。

6. なっとう、たべます、わかりません

→ なっとうのたべかたが わかりません。

7. そだいごみ、だします(=   すてます)、わかりません

→ そだいごみのだしかたが わかりません。

8. ほん、かります、わかりません

→ ほんのかりかたが、わかりません。

9. しごと、やりかた、わかりません

→ しごとのやりかたが わかりません。

10. ろてんぶろ、はいります、わかりません

→ ろてんぶろのはいりかたが わかりません。

(ろてんぶろ = open-air/outdoor hot spring bath)

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