習う

ならう
JLPT:N5
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1To take lessons in or learn something (a skill, subject, or manner) under the instruction of a teacher.

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Examples

子どものころ、ピアノを習ったことがあります。

When I was a child, I took piano lessons.

彼女は週に二回、茶道の先生に習っている。

She takes tea-ceremony lessons from a teacher twice a week.

学校で英語を習い始めたのは中学生のときだった。

I started learning English at school when I was a junior high student.

祖母に昔から伝わる料理の作り方を習った。

I learned a traditional recipe passed down from my grandmother.

運転を習うなら、教習所に通うのが一般的だ。

If you want to learn to drive, it's common to attend a driving school.

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