VocabularyJLPT N5 · core

ノート

ノート
hepburn nooto

notebook

Part of speech · noun

Pattern visualization

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Examples

  1. ノートに書きます。
    I write in a notebook.
  2. 新しいノートを買いました。
    I bought a new notebook.

Collocations

ノート (nooto, notebook — loanword)ノートを取る (nooto wo toru, take notes — verb)ノートパソコン (nooto pasokon, laptop)手帳 (techou, planner)帳面 (choumen, notebook — archaic)

Mnemonic

ノート nooto — clipped loan of English "notebook". Trap: Japanese ノート only means "notebook" — the English verb sense "to note" doesn't carry over. The verb pairing is ノートを取る (literally "take a note"). The Sino-Japanese 手帳 (techou) covers planners/diaries (schedules, contacts) — distinct vocabulary. 帳面 (choumen) is archaic and rarely used. Stationery register layers: archaic 帳面, native ノート, formal 手帳, digital メモアプリ. ノートパソコン (laptop) reuses the same word for portable computing.

Quick check

  1. Correct Japanese for "take notes during class"?

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