Japanese Notes

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Japanese

Hiragana

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Phone numbers

Denwa - telephone

Denwa desu - telephone!

Denwa bangou - telephone number

Denwa bangou wa? - What’s your phone number?

Eeto… - umm

Moshi moshi - hello (on the phone)

Mou ichido - say it again

Answer: Denwa bangou wa……. Desu

Name

Namae - name

Onamae - your name

Onamae wa - What is your name?

Desu - It is…, I am…

Answer: Watashi wa ….. desu

Address

Doko - where?

Dokoni sundeimasuka? - where do you live?

End with ni sundeimasu

Answer: shidonii no kyampushi ni sundeimasu.

Age

Nansai desu ka - how old are you

… sai - years old

Answer: ….. Sai desu.

Time

Nanji - what time?

Ima nanji desu ka - what’s the time?

Ima - now

Ji - o’clock

Ji han - half past…. O’clock

Sumimasen - excuse me

Ichi ji - 1 o’clock

Ni ji - 2 o’clock

San ji - 3 o’clock

Yo ji - 4 o’clock

Go ji - 5 o’clock

Roku ji - 6 o’clock

shi chi ji - 7 o’clock

Hachi ji - 8o’clock

Ku ji - 9 o’clock

Juu ji - 10 o’clock

Juu ichi ji - 11 o’clock

Juu ni ji - 12 o’clock

If half past : han

For example:

Ichi ji han - 1:30

Go zen - am

Gogo - pm

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Greetings

Ohayou gozaimasu - good morning

Konnichiwa - Hello/good day/good afternoon

Konbanwa - Good evening

Oyasumi nasai - good night

Sayounara - goodbye (formal)

Ja mata ne - see you again

Ja ne - see you

Kun - used after boy’s name

San - used after last names and girl’s names

Minasan - everyone

Gakusei - students

Sensei - teacher

Classroom greetings

Kiritsu - stand up

Rei - bow/greet

Chakuseki - sit down

Introducing a friend

Tomodachi - friend

Tomodachi no (name) san desu - This is my friend, (name)

(Name) desu. Douzo yoroshiku - Nice to meet you.

Animals

Inu - Dog

Sakana - Fish

Neko - Cat

Kame - Turtle

Nezumi - Rat

Ushi - Cow

Tora - Tiger

Usagi - Rabbit

Tatsu - Dragon

Hebi - Snake

Uma - Horse

Hitsuji - Sheep

Saru - Monkey

Tori - Bird/Rooster

Inoshishi - Pig/Wild Boar

Zodiac Signs

Question: Na ni do shi desu ka? - What zodiac sign are you?

Answer: (animal) do shi desu.

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Introducing your pet

Commenting

Adjectives are describing words. For example in English, we use words like cute, pretty, fun etc.

Urusai - noisy, annoying

(Oo)kii - big

Kawaii - cute

Kitanai - dirty

Kowai - scary

(chii)sai - small

Sugoi - fantastic, amazing

To agree

Soudesune - I agree.

Vocabulary

Watashi- I/me

Watashi no - my

Watashi no (animal) desu - This is my animal

Namae wa (name) desu - It name is …

(Animal) no namae wa? - What is the (animal’s) name?

(Animal) no namae wa (name) desu. - The (animal’s) name is …