Japanese J1b course Amsterdam -vocabulary
Words we learned in the J1b course of Japanese, Amsterdam, Autumn 2008. Words are in Japanese - romaji - and in English.
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- yasai
- vegetable
- Sukipouru
- Schiphol
- shaka-ron
- sociology
- raigetsu
- next month
- hitsu
- brush
- totemo
- very
- ichi
- 1
- koka-kora
- Coca-Cola
- uokka
- vodka
- romen
- on the road
- Okinawa
- Okinawa (islands on southwestern tip of Japan)
- rira
- lilas (type of flower)
- imasu
- continuity marker
- kutsu
- shoe
- uketsuke
- receptionist, reception desk
- tsumu
- to pick, pluck (a flower) (dictionary form)
- take
- bamboo
- rei
- example
- hashirimasu
- to run
- hana
- nose
- shinri
- psychology
- mikan
- tangerine, mandarin
- tanoshii
- enjoyable
- ika
- squid
- tou
- ten (default counter)
- taishikan
- embassy
- suteeki
- steak
- daigakusei
- university student
- itsumo
- never (with neg. verb)
- ako
- there (away from speaker or listener)
- demasu
- to leave
- shaapupenshiru
- mechanical pencil
- hanasu
- to speak
- gatsu
- month
- ue
- on, up
- ou
- king
- oyogu
- to swim (dictionary form)
- kansa-in
- taxman
- koppu
- glass
- taberu
- to eat (dictionary form)
- jidousha
- car (wheeled vehicle)
- en
- lead (metal)
- kusuri
- medicine
- sen
- 1000
- denwa-bangou
- phone number (landline)
- miseru
- to show (dictionary form)
- shougo
- noon
- hiru
- afternoon
- youka
- 8th (day of the month)
- shuu
- week
- yoyaku
- reservation
- kaisha-in
- businessperson (at company)
- nichi
- day of the month
- ume-kouso
- cheaply priced meal (lit. plum menu)
- yasumi
- break, rest
- iru
- exist (inanimate; casual form)
- kekkou
- (it's) enough; no thank you
- roppun
- 6 past
- otto
- husband (of speaker)
- suiyoubi
- Wednesday
- kurabu
- club
- kurabu hauso sando
- club sandwich
- -masendeshita
- past negative verb
- iie
- no, you're wrong
- zenzen
- not at all (with negative verb)
- motsu
- to carry, have, hold (dictionary form)
- robii
- lobby
- yattsu
- eight (default counter)
- udon
- thick noodles
- e
- toward, for, in the direction of (particle)
- kami
- paper
- naku
- to cry
- shujin
- husband (of speaker)
- apaato
- apartment
- oden
- Japanese hodgepodge, ingredients in broth
- -jin
- -ese (nationality)
- ane
- older sister
- oboteimasen
- I don't remember
- ongaku
- music
- kyonen
- last year
- koramu
- column (in the newspaper)
- hajimemashite
- nice to meet you
- fuyu
- winter
- neru
- to go to bed (dictionary form)
- Furansu
- France
- odotte
- to dance, jump (-te form)
- Rouma
- Rome
- dan
- level
- bosu
- boss
- han
- half past
- a
- oh (interj. used to get someone's attention)
- chizu
- map
- hotchikisu
- stapler
- tsuitachi
- 1st (day of the month)
- matte
- wait
- kohi
- coffee
- chi
- blood
- hiku
- to play (piano) (dictionary form)
- mazui
- disgusting
- dezain
- design
- kiku
- chrysanthemum; to listen
- sekai ichi
- number one worldwide
- hoteru
- hotel
- baa
- bar
- tsukeru
- to switch on (dictionary form)
- Igirisu
- England, UK
- sakka
- football; soccer
- pen
- pen
- chiizukeeki
- cheesecake
- atashi
- I (female)
- chou
- head (fig.)
- hitori
- one person
- go
- 5
- donna
- what kind of
- mushi
- insect; to ignore
- goro
- about, around (used with a moment in time, but not a period)
- -ko
- counter for small objects
- Howaito
- White (surname)
- kokonotsu
- nine (default counter)
- shigoto
- work, job
- nori
- seaweed
- kore
- this
- hiroba
- square (in town)
- raishuu
- next week
- iu
- to say, tell (dictionary form)
- chiri
- chili pepper
- katte
- to win (-te form)
- hitori de
- alone
- yuu-han
- supper
- keshi
- to erase
- okushon
- fancy apartment
- hito
- person
- bakemono
- ghost
- chotto sumimasen
- excuse me a moment
- resutoran
- restaurant
- misoshiru
- miso soup
- moratte
- to receive (-te form)
- mada
- not yet
- ano
- that (possessive) (far from speaker and listener)
- kyou
- today
- ikaga
- how about
- hara-dokei
- 'belly clock', appetite
- odorimasu
- to dance
- hai, sou desu
- yes, that's right
- watashi
- I
- tsukuru
- to make (dictionary form)
- Suisu
- Switzerland
- okutte
- to send (-te form)
- manshon
- apartment
- mainichi
- every day
- furaido poteto
- French fries
- nan
- what?
- kore
- this
- moji moji
- you can't say that, how shameless
- hitotsu
- one (default counter)
- heta
- clumsy
- desu
- be
- daitai
- mostly; most
- mokuyoubi
- Thursday
- dewa arimasen
- not be
- suu
- to smoke (dictionary form)
- mesu
- knife
- bangumi
- (TV) program
- sawaru
- to feel, touch (dictionary form)
- kagi
- key
- jazu
- jazz
- atte
- to be, exist, have (inanimate, -te form)
- kyonen
- last year
- chiizu
- cheese
- hima
- free, not busy
- wakeru
- to divide (dictionary form)
- -kagetsu
- counter for months
- doko mo
- anywhere (nowhere with negative)
- koukousei
- high school student
- dono
- which (possessive)
- chuuou
- central
- Oranda
- Holland, the Netherlands
- sero-teepu
- cellotape
- yonppun
- 4 past
- tsuku
- arrive at, reach
- neko
- cat
- misete kudasai
- please show me
- moshi moshi
- hello? (on phone)
- -do
- time (2x, 3x etc)
- abunai
- dangerous
- chichi
- father (of speaker)
- kotoba
- vocabulary; language
- kitsune
- fox
- aisatsu
- greeting
- notte
- to get on, ride (-te form)
- goen
- good connection, luck
- maru
- circle; right, true, affirmative
- shita
- bottom, below, under
- totte
- to take a photo (-te form)
- T-shatsu
- T-shirt
- zauakurauto
- sauerkraut
- tenki
- weather
- motte
- to carry, have, hold (-te form)
- imeeru
- yuumei
- famous
- retsu
- queue
- nanninka
- a few people (less than 10)
- shinsetsu
- helpful, kind
- tsumaranai
- boring
- asonde
- to enjoy oneself, play (-te form)
- ono
- axe
- kare
- curry
- yakitori
- satay, skewered food
- matsu-kouso
- most expensive meal on the menu (lit. pine menu)
- kou
- burgundy red
- kinu
- silk
- kiku
- to ask, listen (dictionary form)
- umeboshi
- dried plum
- kiiroi
- yellow
- iku
- to go (dictionary form)
- irasuto
- illustration, drawing
- pin pon
- ping pong
- douzo yoroshiku
- let's continue our friendship
- X te nan desu ka
- what is X?
- ko
- child
- wakatte
- to understand (-te form)
- ryoushin
- parents
- mashiin
- machine
- sawatte
- to feel, touch (-te form)
- ja arimasen
- not be (informal)
- yuubinkyoku
- post office
- hikouki
- airplane
- dare
- who?
- mae
- front, before
- namae
- name
- niwa
- garden
- dokomo
- anywhere, nowhere
- shinde
- to die (-te form)
- shimasu
- to do
- -gai
- counter for floors (in building)
- yasashii
- easy; gullible
- mondai
- question, issue, program
- fairu
- file (on computers also directory)
- ani
- older brother
- bakeru
- to change shape (dictionary form)
- jinja
- Shinto shrine
- suupu
- soup
- arigato gozaimashita
- thank you (for a completed action)
- zasshi
- magazine
- kasu
- to lend (dictionary form)
- ohairikudasai
- please come in
- sono
- that (possessive) (close to listener)
- Ousaka
- Osaka
- tonkatsu
- pork schnitzel
- basuru-mu
- bathroom
- tsunagaru
- to connect (dictionary form)
- eiga
- movie
- wa
- topic marker
- rajio
- radio
- ron
- logic
- nan-ban
- which number?
- ku
- 9
- nigiru
- to mould sushi (dictionary form)
- haitte
- to enter (-te form)
- shuukurimu
- cream puff
- heya
- room
- nasu
- eggplant, aubergine
- nanika
- something
- higashi
- east
- shousetsu
- novel
- kitte
- stamp
- naka
- inside, middle
- suupaa
- supermarket
- kombanwa
- good evening
- denwa
- telephone
- gorufu
- golf
- kouhii-kappu
- coffee cup
- itte
- to say, tell (-te form)
- teeburu
- table
- okusan
- (other person's) wife
- hashitte
- to run (-te form)
- seinen gappi
- date of birth
- -ban
- counter for numbers
- mama
- mother
- isshoni
- together
- nemasu
- sleep, go to bed
- chotto
- little, a little while (female says this)
- kyoushitsu
- classroom
- maitsuki
- every month (lit. moon)
- kareshi
- boyfriend
- keitai-bangou
- mobile number
- enpitsu
- pencil
- arimasu
- be, exist (inanimate)
- shiru
- to know, understand (dictionary form)
- muttsu
- six (default counter)
- atarashii
- new, fresh
- matsu
- end
- happun
- 8 past
- kaeru
- to go home (dictionary form)
- ou
- indebted
- sakana
- fish
- chiketto
- ticket
- -hon
- counter for cylindrical objects
- dou itashimashite
- you're welcome
- bourupen
- ballpoint pen
- sanppun
- 3 past
- yonde
- to call, invite (-te form)
- hashi
- chopsticks
- matte
- to wait (-te form)
- taichou
- captain
- futsuka
- 2nd (day of the month)
- odoru
- to dance, jump (dictionary form)
- ranchi
- lunch
- kaimasu
- buy
- yaru
- to do (dictionary form)
- hasai
- eight years old
- jogingu o shimasu
- to jog
- nan no
- what kind of?
- -mashita
- past affirmative verb
- chikaku
- vicinity, nearby
- toshi
- age
- konbini
- convenience store
- kawaisou
- I'm so sorry, my sympathies
- hassen
- 8000
- mo
- also, too, either
- Makudonarudo
- McDonald's
- -go
- -ish (language)
- sore kara
- and then
- okimasu
- to wake up, get up
- nana
- 7
- juppun
- 10 past
- koko
- place
- sunde
- to live (-te form)
- jimu
- gym
- shouyu
- soy sauce
- sutte
- to smoke (-te form)
- Yokohama
- Yokohama
- Kankoku
- South Korea
- mayonaka
- midnight
- koucha
- tea (lit. red tea)
- asoko
- over there
- deru
- to leave (dictionary form)
- kore de ii desu ka
- Is this OK?
- -sha
- -er
- kotaeru
- to answer, reply (dictionary form)
- ushiro
- back, behind
- suki
- fondness, liking
- keitai
- mobile
- eigo
- English (language)
- hanasu
- to speak (dictionary form)
- kotoshi
- this year
- wakaru
- to understand
- kaato
- luggage cart
- fune
- boat
- suchuwa-desu
- stewardess
- hoshi
- star
- tako
- octopus; stupid
- yobu
- to call, invite (dictionary form)
- otemba
- naughty girl
- noru
- to get on, ride (dictionary form)
- nen
- counter for years
- hana
- flower
- shufu
- housewife
- nijuuyokka
- 24th (day of the month)
- ageru
- to give (dictionary form)
- kimasu
- to come, approach present location
- kazoku
- family
- hajimaru
- to begin (dictionary form)
- dare mo
- anybody (nobody with neg. verb)
- doozo kochira e
- come right this way
- ore
- I (masculine, macho)
- geemu
- game
- kaimono
- shopping (noun)
- dewa
- well then (polite)
- yatte
- to do (-te form)
- kaki
- oyster
- kimi
- you (to a close friend)
- Nihon
- Japan
- roppyaku
- 600
- okuru
- to send (dictionary form)
- benri
- convenient
- futatsu
- two (default counter)
- -mai
- counter for flat, square objects
- kusuriya
- drugstore
- hifu
- skin
- hai
- yes, you're right
- namae
- name
- taku
- table
- onna
- female
- orenji juusu
- orange juice
- hidari
- left (not right)
- saka
- steep road
- byouki
- sick, ill
- diibuidii
- DVD
- atsui
- hot (subjectively)
- kimono
- clothes; kimono
- Rondon
- London
- shimbun
- newspaper
- getsuyoubi
- Monday
- itchou
- one trillion
- batsu
- cross, wrong, false, negative
- shuttchou
- business trip
- futari
- two people
- otoko no ko
- boy
- tataku
- to clap (dictionary form)
- miruku
- milk
- hontou
- truly
- naku
- to cry (dictionary form)
- gyuu
- cow
- ni
- on, at (with time)
- kono
- this (possessive)
- douka
- pretty please (child would say this)
- akemasu
- to open
- -san
- Mr, Ms
- mizu
- bottle of water
- gogo
- PM (followed by the time)
- shi
- 4 (normal)
- tenisu-kouto
- tennis court
- reizouko
- fridge
- kimasu
- to wear
- made
- until
- kohishoppu
- coffee shop
- sakuhin
- work, opus
- mittsu
- three (default counter)
- matsuri
- festival (typically religious)
- okiru
- to wake up (dictionary form)
- mai
- my (trendy usage)
- kake
- write!
- kako
- past
- naze
- why
- yonde
- to read (-te form)
- rikaisuru
- to comprehend
- kondo no
- this upcoming...
- chika
- basement
- eigo de
- in English
- tonari
- next to
- jikoshoukai
- self-introduction
- itadakimasu
- expression of thanks before meal
- kuchi
- gate, mouth
- iyahon
- earphone
- supoutsu
- sports
- dare no
- whose?
- puuru
- pool
- take-kouso
- averagely priced meal (lit. bamboo menu)
- -mono
- things (to + verb root)
- heedohon
- headphone
- aki
- autumn
- demo
- but
- byouin
- hospital
- ni san nin
- 2 or 3 people (change numbers as needed)
- hyakuman
- one million
- gyuunyuu
- (cow's) milk
- shiru
- soup
- shou
- exactly
- mai
- every, each
- sake
- rice wine
- haku
- to put on (footwear) (dictionary form)
- yoji
- 4 o'clock
- Sutaabakkusu
- Starbucks
- wain
- wine
- kyoushi
- teacher
- mushiba
- cavity
- shinkansen
- Japanese bullet train
- asa
- morning
- dejikame
- digital camera
- o-
- politeness prefix for nouns (not for loan words)
- -ya
- store
- eki
- station
- haha
- mother (of speaker)
- konoha
- leaf
- bare
- (classical) ballet
- hatsuka
- 20th (day of the month)
- mikka
- 3rd (day of the month)
- biru
- building
- naru
- to become (dictionary form)
- nichiyoubi
- Sunday
- taki
- waterfall
- shitsureishimasu
- goodbye (lit. 'I'm going to be rude')
- mou ichi-do
- one more time
- shuumatsu
- weekend
- sashimi
- raw fish dish
- tsuma
- (speaker's) wife
- kouen
- park (noun)
- kugatsu
- September
- basutei
- bus stop
- shouchuu
- potato-based liquor
- samui
- cold (subjectively)
- nanatsu
- seven (default counter)
- kanai
- wife (of speaker)
- soshite
- and (sentences)
- happyaku
- 800
- hiniku
- sarcasm
- natte
- to become (-te form)
- hanbaga
- hamburger
- kyabetsu
- cabbage
- hou
- already
- Amusuteradamu
- Amsterdam
- katsu sando
- schnitzel sandwich
- dashi
- to go out
- maigetsu
- every month
- X no ryouri
- a dish that contains X
- maru
- circle, right, true, affirmative
- kan
- long (after measurement of time)
- ni
- to (particle for destination)
- hon
- book
- matsu
- to wait (dictionary form)
- bideo-kamera
- video camera
- furonto
- front desk of a hotel
- imasu
- be, exist (animate)
- baasudee
- birthday
- supagettei
- spaghetti
- kaban
- briefcase, tote bag
- katsugu
- to carry (on shoulders) (dictionary form)
- meeru-adoresu
- e-mail address
- ikura
- how much, how long (in time)
- supoutsu-kurabu
- sports club
- mae ni
- ago
- shimasu
- to do
- opera
- opera
- Supen
- Spain
- otoko
- male, man
- untenshu
- driver
- muusu
- mousse
- -tachi
- plural suffix
- roku
- 6
- keshigomu
- eraser
- nigiru
- to grasp; to seize; to mould sushi
- sheeku
- milkshake
- nama
- draft (as in beer)
- o-tearai
- restroom
- isogu
- to hurry (dictionary form)
- soujishimasu
- to clean (house, room) (trans. verb)
- kaimonoshimasu
- to do shopping (intr. verb)
- ***ushuu
- review; revision
- daijo
- fine, well, healthy
- izakaya
- pub
- paati
- party
- onigiri
- rice with seaweed wrap
- ginkou
- bank
- akeru
- to open (dictionary form)
- soko
- there (near listener)
- matsu
- pine (tree)
- morau
- to receive (dictionary form)
- beddo
- bed
- juuyoka
- 14th
- itadaku
- to accept (dictionary form)
- kaete
- to go home (-te form)
- mise
- shop
- dake
- only
- barebooru
- volleyball
- Tai
- Thailand
- niau
- to look good on, suit (dictionary form)
- unagi
- eel
- densha
- train
- onegai
- request; please
- chiisai
- small
- takai
- expensive; high
- -sai
- years old
- hiru-yasumi
- lunch break
- owatte
- to finish (-te form)
- aru
- to be, exist, have (inanimate, dictionary form)
- yasui
- inexpensive
- juuyokka
- 14th (day of the month)
- ue
- top, above
- kiro
- kilogram, kilometer
- yomimasu
- read (trans. verb)
- giri
- in-law
- hako
- box
- hone
- bone
- suwaru
- to sit (dictionary form)
- orimasu
- to get off (a vehicle)
- terehonkaado
- phone card
- sumu
- to live (dictionary form)
- juusu
- juice
- chika ikka
- first basement floor (level -1)
- demo
- even
- atte
- to meet (-te form)
- yuu
- evening
- hakimono
- footwear
- ba
- place
- shinu
- to die (dictionary form)
- zen
- before
- ee
- yes (less formal than hai)
- okaasan
- mother (not of speaker)
- onara
- fart (noun)
- ryokou
- travel, trip
- ryouri
- cooking, cuisine
- san-byaku
- 300
- nameru
- to lick
- de
- with, using; in (for events, activities at a location)
- o-genki desu ka
- how are you?
- yoku
- often (in affirmative sentences)
- nishiguchi
- west gate
- nomimono
- beverage
- benkyou
- studying (noun)
- isu
- chair
- shimeru
- to close (dictionary form)
- yukkuri
- slowly
- aoi
- blue (adjective)
- ima
- now
- domo arigatou gozaimasu
- thank you very much
- orenji
- orange
- iimasu
- say
- kugatsu
- September
- ka
- ?
- kaku
- to draw, write (dictionary form)
- -shi
- master, teacher
- kokonoka
- 9th (day of the month)
- jikan
- time
- juu
- 10
- ten
- dot
- kongetsu
- this month
- deshita
- be (past tense)
- koi
- carp; romantic love, yearning, pining
- dore
- what?, which?
- amari
- not very; not much (with neg. sentence)
- hanaji
- nosebleed
- goshujin
- husband (not of speaker)
- nugu
- to take off (dictionary form)
- kakemasu
- call on the phone (takes phone as direct object, destination with 'ni')
- shigatsu
- April
- takkyuu
- (professional) table tennis
- toru
- to take a photo (dictionary form)
- nozomi
- dream, big wish
- ringo
- apple
- Doitsu
- Germany
- ji
- hour, o'clock
- ahiru
- duck
- aruite
- by foot
- kanjou
- bill, check
- ki
- tree
- tenpura
- tempura, food in batter
- toui
- far
- fugu
- blowfish
- kinou
- yesterday
- utatte
- to sing (-te form)
- tetsu
- iron
- katsu
- to win (dictionary form)
- hai, genki desu
- yes, I'm fine
- oku
- to place, put (dictionary form)
- sore
- that (near listener)
- asobu
- to enjoy oneself, play (dictionary form)
- kurisumasu
- Christmas
- toruko
- Turkey
- ja, mata
- see you
- tte nan desu ka
- what is/are...?
- kara
- from; because (after sentence)
- gakkou
- school
- Ousutoria
- Austria
- nani mo
- anything (nothing with neg. verb)
- hikui
- low
- shizuka
- quiet
- mimasu
- to see, to watch
- ichioku
- one hundred million
- niatteu
- to look good on, suit (-te form)
- kayoubi
- Tuesday
- furaido poteto
- French fries
- paa
- really stupid (archaic)
- ban
- evening
- tsukutte
- to make (-te form)
- inai
- not exist (animate; casual form)
- oboeru
- to remember
- ie
- house
- kashi
- snack; sweet (noun)
- kani
- crab
- koke
- densely
- okurimasu
- to send
- rai
- next
- fun
- minute
- doko
- where?
- ookii
- big, large
- yon
- 4 (counter)
- kio tsukete
- watch out; take care (phrase)
- sando
- sandwich (casual)
- techou
- agenda
- sanpo
- walk (noun)
- Honkon
- Hong Kong
- shiidii
- CD
- kappa
- Japanese water sprite
- tatte
- to stand (-te form)
- shinu
- die
- ike
- pond
- bengoshi
- lawyer
- uron cha
- oolong tea
- boru
- ball
- nigiyaka
- lively
- -ka
- -th
- pasokon
- PC
- rei
- 0
- suwatte
- to sit (-te form)
- tabemono
- foods
- minami
- south
- onegaishimasu
- please, 'I beg you'
- dokusho
- reading books (as a hobby)
- uchi
- house, home
- kyuu
- ball
- tsuku
- to arrive (dictionary form)
- kiro
- kilogram
- sayonara
- goodbye
- biiru
- beer
- chekkuin-kaunta
- check-in counter
- furui
- old (not people)
- o-tera
- Buddhist temple
- hagaki
- postcard
- amai
- sweet; overconfident
- kiiro
- yellow (color name)
- -masu
- non-past affirmative verb
- norimaki
- sushi roll
- kurashiku
- classical music
- kita
- north
- daitai
- around, approximately
- futsuu
- generally
- wakaru
- to understand (dictionary form)
- toshokan
- library
- chikatetsu
- subway
- tokei
- watch, clock
- gakusei
- student
- nanoka
- 7th (day of the month)
- itsu
- when?
- takusan
- a lot, many, much
- tsunakatte
- to connect (-te form)
- kuroi
- black
- kureru
- to give (dictionary form)
- ahani
- mother
- basu
- bus
- Chuugoku
- China
- soba
- thin noodles
- hashiru
- to run (dictionary form)
- poketto
- nani-o
- what (direct object)
- hajime
- starting
- kaisha
- company, the office
- tatsu
- to stand (dictionary form)
- go-
- honorific prefix
- touka
- 10th (day of the month)
- kawaii
- cute
- mainen
- every year
- itte kudasai
- please say...
- sofuaa
- sofa
- go
- after
- rainen
- next year
- hanbun
- half (1/2)
- henshuusha
- editor
- obento
- boxed lunch, lunchbox
- kakimasu
- write, draw (trans. verb, use 'ni' for what you write or draw on)
- shokujishimasu
- to have a meal
- jitensha
- bicycle
- yasumi
- day off, holiday
- maki
- roll (noun)
- kenkyuu
- research
- tamago
- egg
- nomimono
- drink (noun)
- nonde
- to drink (-te form)
- yoi
- good (formal)
- utau
- to sing (dictionary form)
- juusho
- address
- yokunai
- not good
- tsukue
- desk
- kakeru
- to call, hang (dictionary form)
- ichinichijuu
- throughout the day
- mizu
- (cold) water
- kappamaki
- cucumber sushi roll
- tokidoki
- sometimes
- yasunde
- to rest (-te form)
- eigakan
- movie theater
- shimasu
- to do
- shinin
- corpse (lit. dead person)
- bungaku
- literature
- noriba
- stand (for taxis, buses etc)
- tsunde
- to pick, pluck (a flower) (-te form)
- -sama
- Mr, Ms (more polite than -san)
- doyoubi
- Saturday
- kaado
- credit card
- Afurika
- Africa
- hiku
- to pull (dictionary form)
- aruku
- to walk
- sakaya
- liquor store
- pan
- bread
- shumi
- hobby
- sumimasen
- sorry (for interrupting)
- otoko no hito
- man
- sochira
- there (where listener is)
- koko
- here
- kirei
- pretty (woman), clean
- takushi
- taxi
- hata
- flag
- hi
- day
- natsu-yasumi
- summer vacation
- kurasu
- class
- natsu
- summer
- -o
- direct object marker
- ikimasu
- to go, go away from present location
- kasa
- umbrella
- sengetsu
- last month
- ja
- then; well then
- isha
- doctor
- ressun
- lesson
- kikimasu
- to ask; to hear; to listen to (trans. verb)
- donata
- who? (polite)
- nomimasu
- drink (trans. verb)
- kyuu
- 9
- yokka
- 4th (day of the month)
- oru
- to be, exist (animate, dictionary form)
- au
- to meet (dictionary form)
- boku
- I (masculine)
- warau
- to laugh
- e
- picture
- kodomo
- child, baby
- tanjoubi
- birthday
- kisu
- whiting (a type of fish)
- hyaku
- 100
- hanashimasu
- converse with, talk with (takes 'to')
- -in
- member; house
- -nen
- counter for years
- nyuu
- milk (from any animal)
- shashin
- photograph
- -gatsu
- counter for months
- sekai
- world
- sentakushimasu
- to wash (clothes)
- douzo
- here you are
- Itaria
- Italy
- mimi
- ear
- -youbi
- day of the week (suffix)
- kuji
- 9 o'clock
- shokuji
- meal
- nuno
- cloth
- kaige
- fine art
- biyouin
- hairdresser
- zero
- 0
- hajimatte
- to begin (-te form)
- ***u
- clothes
- shachou
- CEO, company president
- yomu
- to read
- hasukii boisu
- husky voice
- esute
- cosmetics
- aisukuriimu
- ice cream
- CD-pureeyaa
- CD player
- supagettei miito sousu
- spaghetti bolognese
- tegami
- letter
- mae
- front, before
- gozen
- AM (followed by the time)
- hairu
- to enter (dictionary form)
- he
- fart (noun)
- hansamu
- handsome
- kachou
- manager
- taoru
- towel
- otousan
- father (not of speaker)
- giri no ryoushin
- parents-in-law
- Kyou
- Kyoto
- kochira
- this one
- kaigishitsu
- meeting room
- yoshuu
- preparation for a lesson
- honya
- bookstore
- ga
- subject marker
- omachishiteimasu
- I'm waiting for you
- machi
- town
- norimasu
- to take transportation
- yasumu
- to rest (dictionary form)
- soo desu ka
- is that so...
- hoshii
- wish
- o-cha
- green tea
- owaru
- to finish (dictionary form)
- -hai
- counter for cups or bowls
- saposhimasu
- to take a walk
- shichi
- 7
- enjinia
- engineer
- meeru
- hiki
- to pull
- anata
- you
- binbo
- pauper, poor person
- ne
- isn't it?, right?; wow, how X it is!
- tomeru
- to park, stop (dictionary form)
- yomu
- to read (dictionary form)
- Kyouto
- Kyoto
- kuni
- (my) country
- nomu
- to drink (dictionary form)
- kai
- shell
- tokoro
- place
- sakura
- cherry blossom
- -nin
- counter for people
- murugai
- mussel
- no
- 's
- douyatte
- how; in what way; by what means
- a
- oh (interjection to attract attention)
- shouchuu
- potato-based liquor
- sarada
- salad
- ii
- good, OK
- bangou
- number
- kenkyuusha
- researcher
- arigatou gozaimasu
- thank you
- akai
- red
- kouban
- police box
- kan
- long (duration)
- yoro
- Euro
- kuukou
- airport
- norimono
- vehicle
- Nikkou
- Nikko (scenic area north of Tokyo)
- kaerimasu
- return home, return to 'base'
- shawaa
- shower
- san
- 3
- -te kudasai
- please do ...
- -masen
- non-past negative verb
- kaku
- to write
- hachi
- 8
- gako
- school
- hisho
- secretary
- konshuu
- this week
- karai
- spicy; salty
- tsuzuku
- to continue, last (dictionary form)
- taihen
- heavy job
- batsu
- cross; wrong, false, negative
- heso
- navel
- onsen
- hot spring (resort)
- ippun
- 1 past
- saifu
- wallet
- kaigi
- meeting
- ni
- 2
- aimasu
- to meet, to go see
- tabemasu
- eat
- ao
- blue (color name)
- ichiman
- 10,000
- sanzen
- 3000
- katsu
- to win
- kekkou
- fine, OK
- shisha
- branch office
- shitte
- to know, understand (-te form)
- aisukohi
- ice coffee
- to
- and (nouns)
- dokidoki
- pounding heart (onomatopeia)
- ya
- and, and so on (indefinite enumeration)
- nigitte
- to mould sushi (-te form)
- Ousutoraria
- Australia
- itterasshai
- have a nice trip
- utaimasu
- to sing
- wagomu
- rubber band
- romendensha
- tram
- to
- and (between nouns)
- yoroshiku onegaishimasu
- let's continue our friendship
- ototoi
- day before yesterday
- hataraite
- work
- ja, o-machishite imasu
- well, I'm looking forward to see you
- ikutsu
- how many? (small objects)
- kata
- shoulder
- nan de
- how, by what means
- kankohi
- coffee in a can
- are
- that (away from speaker or listener)
- sandoitchi
- sandwich
- doushite
- why?
- tomodachi
- friend
- ochazuke
- tea over rice
- tsuzuku
- to continue
- ikkai
- first floor, ground floor
- hasami
- scissors
- nani
- what?
- itsutsu
- five (default counter)
- onna no ko
- girl
- benkyoushimasu
- to study
- hikidashi
- drawer
- ara
- really? - expression of surprise
- oku
- inside, interior
- abimasu
- take a shower
- yottsu
- four (default counter)
- muika
- 6th (day of the month)
- tsukurimasu
- create, produce, make
- ryouri
- cooking (noun)
- kuruma
- car
- magunetto
- magnet
- bakeru
- to change shape
- depaato
- department store
- kinyoubi
- Friday
- miru
- to see (dictionary form)
- oka
- hill
- gohan
- meal; cooked rice
- migi
- right (not left)
- inu
- dog
- gurai
- approximately (not used for moments in time)
- no tame ni
- for
- sake
- sake (rice wine)
- senshuu
- last week
- chuusajou
- parking lot
- asatte
- day after tomorrow
- tsuki
- moon
- ji
- hour, o'clock
- oshieru
- to explain, teach, tell (dictionary form)
- yomimono
- reading material
- Amerika
- America, USA
- yasumimasu
- take a break from, take a day off from (trans. verb)
- furiitaa
- unemployed
- onna no hito
- woman
- iriguchi
- entrance
- aruku
- to walk (dictionary form)
- ashita
- tomorrow
- mezamashi-dokei
- alarm clock
- hambaga
- hamburger
- moshimasu
- to tell
- ryoushuusho
- receipt
- de gozaimasu
- to be (polite form)
- oi
- hey! (male says this)
- yoru
- night
- renshuu
- exercise
- muzukashii
- difficult
- -nichi
- counter for (some) days of the month
- jisho
- dictionary
- mizuumi
- lake
- meishi
- name card
- toire
- toilet
- otte
- to be, exist (animate, -te form)
- kui
- regret
- seetaa
- sweater
- nishi
- west
- nichi
- sun
- irasshaimase
- can I help you?; welcome
- shaka
- social
- itsuka
- 5th (day of the month)
- terebi
- TV
- niku
- meat
- kurikaesu
- to do over, repeat (dictionary form)
- bifutekki
- beef steak
- chikai
- near
- kesu
- to erase, switch off (dictionary form)