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 |