Let’s learn some basic words for words found in the lovely nature. How you say “nature” in Japanese is 自然 (shizen). We made a list with carefully selected words that will come handy whenever you’re speaking Japanese. Nature is all around us, and is something we should at least know the basic words for, surely. Common words such as stone, mountain, water are words that you already might know, but don’t worry, there is more smaller things in the nature (such as  “moss”, “stump” or “twig”). How deep can you go?  Let’s take a look.

Meaning	Kanji	Kana	Romaji
Coast	海岸	かいがん	kaigan
Branch	枝	えだ	eda
Cliff	崖	がけ	gake
Earth; soil	土	つち	tsuchi
Earthquake	地震	じしん	jishin
Field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.)	畑	はたけ	hatake
Field	野	の	no
Flower	草花	くさばな	kusabana
Forest	森	もり	mori
Grass	草	くさ	kusa
Woods	林	はやし	hayashi
Hill	小山	こやま	koyama
Island	島	しま	shima
Leaf	葉っぱ	はっぱ	happa
Moss	苔	こけ	koke
Mud	泥	どろ	doro
Ocean	海洋	かいよう	kaiyou
Garden	庭園	ていえん	teien
Plant	植物	しょくぶつ	shokubutsu
Pond	池	いけ	ike
River (traditional)	川	かわ	kawa
Rock	岩	いわ	iwa
Sea	海	うみ	umi
Sky	空	そら	sora
Twig	小枝	こえだ	koeda
Stump	切り株	きりかぶ	kirikabu
Tree,wood	木	き	ki
Top of a waterfall	滝口	たきぐち	takiguchi
Wave	波	なみ	nami