Key Phrases
かたち
katachi
Shape
えんけい
e n kei
Circle shape
しかくけい
shikaku kei
Square shape
Skills You'll Learn
Recognizing basic shapes in Japanese
にほんごのきほんてきなかたちをみわける
nihon go noki hon teki na katachi o miwakeru
Forming sentences with shape vocabulary
かたちのたんごをつかってぶんをつくる
katachi no tango o tsukatsu te bun o tsukuru
Identifying shapes by their characteristics
かたちのとくちょうでみわける
katachi no tokuchou de miwakeru
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
形
katachi
Shape
円形
enkei
Circle shape
四角形
shikaku kei
Square shape
三角形
sankaku kei
Triangle shape
長方形
chou houkei
Rectangle shape
球状
kyuujou
Sphere shape
キューブ型
kyuubu gata
Cube shape
💬 [型] means "type" or "form," and it often gets attached to another word to mean "-shaped." You can reuse it with lots of nouns, like [ハート型] for heart-shaped or [ドーム型] for dome-shaped.
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