Here we have to describe what the people in the image look like. To do so, we will make use of both the particles ‘は’ and ‘が.’ We will use ‘は’ to mark the person being described and ‘が’ to mark the thing about them that is being described (their height, their hair color, etc.).

Understanding the differences between ‘は’ and ‘が’ can be very difficult. In the simplest terms, a word marked with ‘は’ means that the word is the topic of the conversation, whereas a word marked with ‘が’ means that the word is the grammatical subject of the conversation. There are exceptions to both of these rules, and this explanation oversimplifies things to some degree, but this is an effective working understanding that you can use to get by.

To say that Yasuo is not tall, we answer as follows:
やすおさんは背が高くないです。
（やすおさんはせがたかくないです。）

Here we have to describe what the people in the image look like. To do so, we will make use of both the particles ‘は’ and ‘が.’ We will use ‘は’ to mark the person being described and ‘が’ to mark the thing about them that is being described (their height, their hair color, etc.).

Understanding the differences between ‘は’ and ‘が’ can be very difficult. In the simplest terms, a word marked with ‘は’ means that the word is the topic of the conversation, whereas a word marked with ‘が’ means that the word is the grammatical subject of the conversation. There are exceptions to both of these rules, and this explanation oversimplifies things to some degree, but this is an effective working understanding that you can use to get by.

To say that Norio is very bright (smart), we answer as follows:
のりおさんは頭がとてもいいです。
（のりおさんはあたまがとてもいいです。）

Here we have to describe what the people in the image look like. In this case, we need to express that someone is wearing something, so we will use the particles ‘は’ and ‘を.’

Understanding the difference between ‘は’ and ‘が’ can be very difficult. In the simplest terms, a word marked with ‘は’ means that the word is the topic of the conversation, whereas a word marked with ‘が’ means that the word is the grammatical subject of the conversation. There are exceptions to both of these rules, and this explanation oversimplifies things to some degree, but this is an effective working understanding that you can use to get by.

We have to use a verb to describe an ongoing state. To do so, we will use the ‘ている’ form.

Note that, depending on the article of clothing being worn, a different verb is required: ‘被る（かぶる）’ means to wear from the shoulders up; ‘かける’ means to wear something like glasses or a mask; ‘着る（きる）’ means to wear something from the shoulders down to the waist; and ‘履く（はく）’ means to wear from the waist down.

To say that Norio is wearing a new T-shirt today, we answer as follows:
のりおさんは今日Tシャツを着ています。
（のりおさんはきょうTシャツをきています。）

Here we have to describe what the people in the image look like. Note that unlike when we are describing height and hair color in Japanese, we do not use ‘が’ to describe a separate part of the body as skinny or overweight. Heaviness and skinniness are instead considered to be a description of the whole entity of the person, and thus we only need to mark the topic of the sentence with ‘は.’

Understanding the difference between ‘は’ and ‘が’ can be very difficult. In the simplest terms, a word marked with ‘は’ means that the word is the topic of the conversation, whereas a word marked with ‘が’ means that the word is the grammatical subject of the conversation. There are exceptions to both of these rules, and this explanation oversimplifies things to some degree, but this is an effective working understanding that you can use to get by.

We have to use verbs to describe ongoing states of the two people in the image. To do so, we will use the ‘ている’ form.

To say that Norio is skinny, but that Yasuo is overweight, we answer as follows:
のりおさんは痩せていますが、やすおさんは太っています。
（のりおさんはやせていますが、やすおさんはふとっています。）