Teach Yourself Japanese unit one
Terms
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- a/a w line
-
well!
ah! - desu
- is
- ha-isha
- dentist
- eigo
- english
- okusan
- used in reference to anothers wife.
- sensei
- used to address teachers, doctors or medical mp's
- so (w line on o) desu
- that is so
- igirisuji
- british (person)
- amerikajin
- american (person)
- de wa arimasen
- negative of desu
- iie/ie
- no
- kore
- this
- sore
- that (by you)
- watashi no
- my [noun]
- hai
- yes
- shinbun
- newspaper
- do(line)mo
- thanks
- Furansu
- France
- doko
- where? what place
- chizu
- cheese
- are
- meaning "over there"
- nan?
- what?
- zenbu
- all
- ichigo
- strawbery
- jamu
- jam
- hora!
- look! (informal way of getting someone to look at something)
- tabemono
- food
- doko no [noun[
- [noun] of what place
- A wa B desu
- How to say A is B
- ja arimasen
- negative of desu
- wa nai desu
- negative of desu
- the particle "ka"
- particle which makes a statement a question
- yo
- putting this at the end of a sentence works similar to the exclaimation mark in english
- ne
- used to solicit agreement from the reader like "isn't it" in English
- mo
- can be substituted for wa and has a means "also" or "too" as in I am a teacher, too.
- [noun] no [noun]
- noun before it provides furthur information about the noun after it
- adding "ka"
- how to turn a statement into a question
- start with hai or iie
- how to respond to yes or no questions
- A wa X no B desu
- when you want to add to the description of a thing
- dare no?
- of who?
- doko no?
- from where?
- nan no?
- of what?
- kanai
- used in reference to wife not when talking to wife
- hajimemashite
- "I meet you for the first time" or how do you do.
- hajimete o-me ni kakarimasu
- more polite way of saying how do you do.
- do(line)zo yoroshiku
- can be used after or in place of hajimemashite
- meishi
- namecards
- -san
- the jap equivalent of mr, mrs, ms. Is always attached to a name. Can't be used in reference to own family or self.
- kasa
- umbrella
- -kun
- used by male friends to address each other, or to a superior to address a subordinate.
- -chan
- given to junior members of the family. Usually attached to the given names.
- kimi
- intimate you
- anata
- you
- omae
- you there
- -jin
- meaning person
- australia
- O(line)sutoraria
- China
- Chu(line)goku
- France
- Furansu
- Germany
- Doitsu
- Itaria
- Italy
- Supein
- Spain
- Igirisu
- Britain
- Eikoku
- Britain
- Nihon/Nippon
- Japan
- Gaikoku
- Foreign country
- Gaikokujin/Gaijin
- Foreigner
- Gaikokugo
- foreign language
- [name] to mo(l)shimasu
- more polite way of saying my name is [name]