haraimashita
Meaning and examples
pay — polite past
三時ごろ払いました。
さんじ ごろ はらいました。
sanji goro haraimashita.
I paid at around three.
💡 Form of 払う (to pay).
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808 words · JLPT N5
JLPT N5 vocabulary
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haraimashita
pay — polite past
三時ごろ払いました。
さんじ ごろ はらいました。
sanji goro haraimashita.
I paid at around three.
💡 Form of 払う (to pay).
furimashita
fall (rain) — polite past
けさ、降りました。
けさ、ふりました。
kesa, furimashita.
This morning I fell (rain).
💡 Form of 降る (to fall (rain)).
norimashita
ride — polite past
友だちと乗りました。
ともだち と のりました。
tomodachi to norimashita.
I rode with my friend.
💡 Form of 乗る (to ride).
owarimashita
end — polite past
友だちと終わりました。
ともだち と おわりました。
tomodachi to owarimashita.
I ended with my friend.
💡 Form of 終わる (to end).
hajimarimashita
begin — polite past
今週の月曜日に始まりました。
こんしゅう の げつようび に はじまりました。
konshuu no getsuyoubi ni hajimarimashita.
I began this Monday.
💡 Form of 始まる (to begin).
wakarimashita
understand — polite past
学校のあとで分かりました。
がっこう の あと で わかりました。
gakkou no ato de wakarimashita.
I understood after school.
💡 Form of 分かる (to understand).
tabemashita
eat — polite past
今週の月曜日に食べました。
こんしゅう の げつようび に たべました。
konshuu no getsuyoubi ni tabemashita.
I ate this Monday.
💡 Form of 食べる (to eat).
Once 食べる clicks, 食べました comes free — it is the same word at work in a sentence: 食べる = eat.
Read the full tip →mimashita
see — polite past
きのう、見ました。
きのう、みました。
kinou, mimashita.
Yesterday I saw.
💡 Form of 見る (to see / to watch).
Do not learn 見ました from zero: it carries 見る inside it. Hold on to 見る = see / watch and the rest is grammar.
Read the full tip →nemashita
sleep — polite past
きのう、寝ました。
きのう、ねました。
kinou, nemashita.
Yesterday I slept.
💡 Form of 寝る (to sleep).
Do not learn 寝ました from zero: it carries 寝る inside it. Hold on to 寝る = sleep and the rest is grammar.
Read the full tip →okimashita
wake up — polite past
友だちと起きました。
ともだち と おきました。
tomodachi to okimashita.
I woke up with my friend.
💡 Form of 起きる (to wake up).
Once 起きる clicks, 起きました comes free — it is the same word at work in a sentence: 起きる = wake up.
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