Basic Japanese vocabulary (romanji)
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cronopio on April 17, 2008
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A list of 129 Japanese words (or thereabouts) suggested as a basic first set by the online Japanese course 'Japanese is Possible' (Google to find).
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Japanese I, Geography 100 CSUSB, Japanese, Personal Sharing, Japanese, japanese 1A UCB (see more)
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111 terms
Japanese, Romaji | English |
|---|---|
 anata | you (pronoun) |
| hito | person (noun) |
| muzukashii | hard, difficult (adj) |
| atarashii | new (adj) |
| tsumetai | cold (adj) |
| hitsuyou | necessary (adj) |
| kisama | you (pronoun, extremely disrespectful) |
| mijikai | short (adj, as e.g. hair) |
| hayai | fast (adj) |
| dare | who? (interrogative) |
| samui | cold (adj) |
| sagasu | search (for) (verb) |
| muri | hopeless, impossible (adj) |
| tomaru | stop (verb) |
| kuru | come (verb) |
| tasukeru | rescue (verb) |
| mukau | face, head for (verb) |
| mono | thing, object (concrete) (noun) |
| okaasan | mother (noun) |
| iru | exist (animate objects) (noun) |
| minna | everyone |
| kotae | answer (noun) |
| iku | go (verb) |
| boushi | hat (noun) |
| osu | push (verb) |
| kare | he (pronoun) |
| makoto | truth (noun) |
| erabu | choose (verb) |
| otousan | father (noun) |
| tsuzukeru | continue (verb) |
| yukkuri | slowly, leisurely (adverb) |
| uta | song (noun) |
| temee | you (rude) (pronoun) |
| kuchi | mouth (noun) |
| terebi | TV (noun) |
| kanarazu | without a doubt (adverb) |
| ningen | human (noun) |
| obake | ghost (noun) |
| hidoi | terrible, awful (adj) |
| korosu | kill (verb) |
| densha | train (noun) |
| itsumo | always (adverb) |
| bakemono | monster (noun) |
| heya | room |
| motsu | have (verb) |
| kage | shadow (noun) |
| warui | bad (adj) |
| chiisai | small (adj) |
| kikoeru | be heard (verb) |
| nomu | drink (verb) |
| inu | dog (noun) |
| doko | where? (interrogative) |
| hashiru | run (verb) |
| miru | see, watch (verb) |
| pasokon | computer (noun) |
| onna | woman (noun) |
| hontou | true (adj) |
| akai | red (adj) |
| ikutsu | how many? (interrogative) |
| chikara | power (noun) |
| omae | you (pronoun) |
| kiku | listen (verb) |
| arigatou | thanks (casual) (excl) |
| chikai | near (adj) |
| tamesu | test (verb) |
| okane | money (noun) |
| amai | sweet, naive (adj) |
| kanojo | she (neutral) (pronoun) |
| furui | old (adj) |
| kumo | cloud (noun) |
| kokoro | heart (noun) |
| tooi | far (adj) |
| ame | rain (noun) |
| kesshite | never (adverb) |
| kuruma | car (noun) |
| taberu | eat (verb) |
| ooki | big (adj) |
| mise | store (noun) |
| tekagen suru | hold back (verb) |
| ki | energy, spirit (noun) |
| mitsukeru | find (takes o particle) (verb) |
| asa | morning (noun) |
| ai | love |
| tabemono | food, food item (noun) |
| kami | 1. god 2. hair (noun) |
| sore | that (independent) (close to listener) (demonstrative pronoun) |
| akai | red (adj) |
| atsui | hot (adj) |
| noru | ride (verb) |
| osoi | slow (adj) |
| nante | such a thing as (particle) |
| kuroi | black (adj) |
| chi | blood (noun) |
| neko | cat (noun) |
| hon | book (noun) |
| iku | go (verb) |
| nani | what? (interrogative) |
| jibun | oneself, yourself (pronoun) |
| tataku | hit (verb) |
| itsu | when? (interrogative) |
| hanasu | speak (verb) |
| shiroi | white (adj) |
| otoko | man (noun) |
| tsukeru | attach (verb) |
| aruku | walk (verb) |
| toru | take (verb) |
| utau | sing (verb) |
| nagai | long (adj) |
| aoi | blue (adj) |
| atama | head (noun) |
| tsukiau | hang around, date (verb) |
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