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A abunai desu - dangerous achira - that person over there ai (suru) - love (to love) aida - amoung / between / interval / space aimasu - to see or meet someone ai-poddo - i-pod Airurando-jin - an Irish person aisatsu - あいさつ - greetings aisu (kouhii) - ice (coffee) aisukuriimu - ice cream aka - あか - red akarui - bright akemasu - あけます - open amai - sweet amari - so / very / not very ame - rain Amerika - アメリカ - America Amerika-doru - American Dollar Amerika-jin - アメリカジン / アメリカ人 - an American person anata - you ane - elder sister ani - elder brother anke-to - questionnaire ano - that person/thing over there ano kata - あのかた - that person over there anou - ummm anshou-bangou - code number anzen (na) - safety (safe) ao - あお - blue ara - oh (used by women) arau - to wash arawasu - to express / to stand are - that over there arimasen ka - ありませんか - don't you have arimasu - あります - there is / are / have aruite - on foot (lit. walking) (~o) aruku - to walk (through) asa - morning asa gohan - breakfast asatte - day after tomorrow ashita - tomorrow asobimasu - play / have fun asoko - over there atama - head atari - あたり - hit the target (~ga) atatameru - to warm / heat something up (to become warm /heated) atsui - hot / thick atsumarimasu - to gather azukemasu - to deposit / put in money Abc... B baiku - motorcycle baiten - stall / stand baketsu - バケツ - bucket ban - evening / night bangohan - supper bangumi - program / show basho - place / location basu - バス - bus basuketto - basketball basu-matto - bath mat basu-taoru - bath towel basu-tei - bus stop beddo - bed benchi - bench (o) benkyou (suru) - study (to study) benkyou-shimasu - study benri - useful / convenient bideo - video bideo-kamera - video camera biifu - beef biifusuteuki - beef steak biiru - beer bi-toruzu - ビートルズ - Beatles bijutsu - art biniiru-bukuro - polyethylene bag biru - building budou - grape(s) byouin - hospital Abc... C chichi - (my) father chikatetsu - subway chotto - a little / well... chuugakusei - junior high school student (go) chuui - caution / being careful (~ni) chuui (suru) - to be careful / pay attention chuukyuu - intermediate chuusha (suru) - parking (to park) Abc... D daigaku - college / university daigakusei - college / university student daimeishi - pronoun dame - だめ - no good / unacceptable dare - who de - in all dekiagari - completion; "it's done" dekiagaru - completing something (~ga) dekiru - to be able / to be completed denki - electricity desu - です - is donata - どなた - who dou - how about doushi - verb doushite - why doyoubi - Saturday Abc... E e - え - picture / drawing / painting erabu - to choose Abc... F fukisoku doushi - irregular verb fukushi - adverb fukuzatsu - complex / intricate furaipan - frying pan (o) furo - bath (~ga) furu - to fall (to rain / to snow / etc.) Abc... G ~gata - respectful plural address for people ge-mu - game gimonshi - question word godan doushi - 5-step verb gogo - afternoon gomi - ごみ - rubbish / trash / garbage gozenchuu - in the morning Gunma - ぐんま - A prefecture in the center of Japan Abc... H hai - はい - yes (~ni) hairimasu - to enter (to take a bath) hako - box han - group hana - はな / 花 - flower haraimasu - to pay hashirimasu - to run hayaku - early (o) henji (suru) - reply / respond (to reply / respond) heiya - へいや - plain heya - へや - room hiku - to play (a stringed instrument) hima - free time hiroi desu - spacious hitsuyou - necessary hodo - extent / x is (not) as adjective as y hojoshi - helping word hoka - other hoken - hygiene / health hora - look / see / there hyougen - phrase Abc... I ichidan doushi - 1-step verb ichinichi juu - throughout the day ii (desu) - good ike - いけ - pond i keiyoushi - i-adjective ikimasu - to go iku - go ikura - how much imouto - (my) younger sister inkan - いんかん - personal seal insatsu (suru) - print (to print) Igirisu - イギリス - Britain / United Kingdom irimasu - to need isha - doctor isogashii (desu) - busy isogu - to hurry issho - together isshoni - together isu - いす - chair / stool itai - (something) hurts itsumo - always Abc... J jagaimo - potato jiban de - by oneself (go) jibun - oneself jin - じん / 人 - person jisho - dictionary joshi - particle josuushi - counter ~jou - place / site / area joukyuu - advanced joushi - boss / supervisor junbi - preperations Abc... K ka - か - mosquito kaerimasu - to return kaeru - return kai - かい - shellfish ~kai - meeting kaijou - meeting place / venue kaimasu - to buy kaji - fire / conflagration kakimasu - to write / to draw kakko - かっこ - parenthesis kako - かこ - past kana - wonder kanaa - I wonder kankou (suru) - sightseeing (to go sightseeing) kantan (~na) - easy / simple kantoushi - interjection kao - かお - face kara - から - from kasa - かさ - umbrella kashikomarimashita - (I / we) understand (formal) katazukeru - to tidy / to clean kau - buy kazu - number kekkon - marriage / wedding kekkonshimasu - to get married (go) kenkou - health kesu - to erase ki - き - tree kiku - きく - chrysanthemum (~ga) kimaru - to be determined / to be decided kimashita - きました - came kinshi (shimasu) - prohibition (to prohibit) kinou - yesturday (~ga) ki o tsukareru - to be careful / to take care (of) kirei (~na) - beautiful kissaten - cafe kitto - surely kochira - こちら - this (person) (a respectful term) koi - こい - carp koko - ここ - here kokuhaku (suru) - confession (to confess) (~ga) komu - to be crowded konban - tonight / this evening kopyura - copula kore - これ - this korede - with this / thus koto - abstract thing koucha - black tea kouchou - principle of a school koukou - high school koukousei - high school student(s) kuma - くま / 熊 - bear (o) kuruma - car kusuri - medicine kyou - today kyoutou - Vice-Principle Abc... M machi - まち - town made - until / to madeni - by mame - bean(s) mame maki - bean scattering maiasa - every morning mainichi - everyday matchi - マッチ - match (~o) mayou - to hesitate / waver mazu - first of all ~me - "-th", as in tenth, twelth and so on meishi - noun meishi - めいし / 名刺 - business card(s) mimasu - to see / watch minna - everyone / all (o) mise - shop misemasu - to show (o) miyage - souvenir (~ni) modoru - to return (to~) mokuyoubi - Thursday mondai - problem / question mono - concrete thing motsu - to have / to hold motto - more mou - already mou sugu - soon (~ni) mukau - to go against mukou - over there Abc... N nagara - while nai - (there) isn't / (I) don't (have) nakanaka (~nai) - (not) easily na keiyoushi - na-adjective namae - なまえ / 名前 - name nan - なん - what nanda - なんだ - oh (is that all) naru - to become (~ga) naru - to ring / sound naruhodo - indeed / I see negau - to wish (for) ~nensei - ~year/grade student (o) netsu - temperature / fever nigiyaka - busy / lively Nihon-go de - にほんごで - in Japanese ninki - popularity nioi - smell / scent Abc... O obasan - おばさん - aunt oiharau - to drive off oishii (desu) - delicious oisha-san - doctor ojiisan - おじいさん - grandfather ojigi - おじぎ - bowing ojisan - おじさん - uncle okurimasu - to send omoshiroi (desu) - interesting omuraisu - an omelette and rice ongaku - music oni - おに / 鬼 - demon / ogre / devil / troll onna no ko - girl ookina - big (~o) oriru - to get off ~ oshieru - to teach osoi desu - late / slow oto - おと - sound otoko no ko - boy otto - おっと - husband owari - end owarimasu - to finish Abc... P pan - パン - bread pasokon - パソコン - personal computer Abc... R raishuu - next week (o) rei - gratitude / thanks renraku - contact renshuu (shimasu)- practice (to practice) rentaishi - demonstrative ringo - apple rouka - hallway ryokou - travel / trip Abc... S saisho - first sakini - beforehand / ahead of -san - ~さん - Mr / Mrs / Miss sanka - participate saraishuu - the week after next week sassoku - right away sasu - to open (an umbrella) sekai - せかい - world senario - シナリオ - scenario senshu - player / athlete setsubiji - suffix setsubun - せつぶん / 節分 - the day before spring setsuzokushi- conjunction settoushi - prefix shabushabu - a type of hot pot dish shashin - photograph shiai - game / match shigoto - job / work (o) shinamono - item or items / goods / merchandise shio - salt shita - at the bottom of shiti- marason - city marathon (go) shoukai - introduction shoukaisuru - to introduce shourai - one's future shukudai - homework (go) shuppatsu - departure (~o) shuppatsu (suru) - to depart (from) (go) shusseki - attendance (~ni) shusseki (suru) - attendance (to attend) soko - そこ - there / that place soreni - furthermore sorosoro - quietly / soon / gradually soto - そと - outside sou sou - right, right (go) soudan - advice / consultation / talk soudan (suru) - to consult / to talk with (~o) suberu - to slide (down / along) ~ sugu - soon / immediately suguni - soon suimasu - to inhale or suck in / to smoke (~ni) sumu - to live (in / at) sutemasu - to throw away suzushii - cool (temperature) Abc... T (o) tabako - tobacco / cigarette(s) taihen - terrible / very (more formal than "とても") taiko - たいこ - drum taisetsu (na)- important taishikan - embassy tanoshimi - pleasure / fun tannin - homeroom teacher tarimasu (~ga) - to be sufficient/enough tasukeru - to help / save (~ga) tatsu - to stand te - て - hand / arm to - と - door toki - time tomago - egg tomemasu - to stop someone or something toru - とる - take totsuzen - suddenly tsugi - next (go) tsugo - (some one's) convenience tsukaimasu - to use (~ga) tsukareru - to get tired tsukemasu - to attach tsukue - つくえ - desk Abc... U uchi - うち - house / home ukeru - to accept / recieve un - yeah / yes undou (suru) - sports / exercise (to do sports, to exercise) unten (shimasu) - うんてん - drive (to drive) utaimasu - to sing uun - uh-uh (no) Abc... V Abc... W warau - to laugh / to smile watashi - me / I (~ni ~o) watasu - to hand / give (something to someone) Abc... Y yakisoba - pan-fried noodles yaku - role yakyuu - baseball (o) yama - やま / 山 - mountain yaru - to do yasashii desu - easy, gentle / kind yasui - cheap yoku - often / very much yomimasu - to read yori - more/less ~ than / compared to yorokobu - to be happy yoru - night yoshi - all right / good yotei - schedule youbi - day yousu - situation / appearance / condition yowai - weak (go) yoyaku - reservation yoyaku (suru) - to make a reservation yuki - ゆき - snow yukkuri - slowly yuushou (suru) - victory / championship (to win) Abc... Z zairyou - ingrediants Abc... 
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