| Term | Definition |
|---|
| greeting | あいさつ |
| good evening | こんばんは |
| how are you? | お-げんき です か |
| yes, I'm fine | はい, げんき です |
| no (you're wrong) | いいえ |
| together | いしょに |
| please say... | いって ください |
| Mr, Ms | -さん |
| thank you | ありがとう ございます |
| thank you very much | ども ありがとう ございます |
| also, too | もう |
| one more time | もう いち-ど |
| years old | -さい |
| topic marker | は |
| be | です |
| Japan | にほん |
| Holland (the Netherlands) | おらんだ |
| China | ちゅうごく |
| -ese (nationality) | -じん |
| teacher | きょうし |
| student | がくせい |
| high school student | こうこうせい |
| university student | だいがくせい |
| taxman | かんさ-いん |
| unemployed | ふりいたあ |
| I | わたし |
| nice to meet you | はじめまして |
| let's continue our friendship | どうぞ よろしく |
| for | の ため に |
| work | はたらいて |
| continuity marker | います |
| self-introduction | じこしょうかい |
| 's | の |
| businessperson (at company) | かいしゃ-いん |
| name | なまえ |
| this | これ |
| name card | めいし |
| here you are | どうぞ |
| please do ... | -て ください |
| English (language) | えいご |
| in English | えいご で |
| -ish (language) | -ご |
| secretary | ひしょ |
| what? | なん |
| ? | か |
| yes, that's right | はい, そう です |
| Germany | どいつ |
| Thailand | たい |
| America, USA | あめりか |
| Australia | おうすとらりあ |
| England, UK | いぎりす |
| lawyer | べんごし |
| engineer | えんじにあ |
| goodbye | さよなら |
| member | -いん |
| you | あなた |
| starting | はじめ |
| you're welcome | どう いたしまして |
| house | いえ |
| on, up | うえ |
| little, a little while (female says this) | ちょっと |
| wait | まって |
| blue (color name) | あお |
| blue (adjective) | あおい |
| hey! (male says this) | おい |
| what? | なに |
| Austria | おうすとりあ |
| with, using | で |
| yes, you're right | はい |
| let's continue our friendship | よろしく おねがいします |
| please, 'I beg you' | おねがいします |
| London | ろんどん |
| dream, big wish | のぞみ |
| department store | でぱあと |
| PC | ぱそこん |
| this one | こちら |
| who? (polite) | どなた |
| 1 | いち |
| 2 | に |
| 3 | さん |
| 4 (normal) | し |
| 4 (counter) | よん |
| 5 | ご |
| 9 | きゅう |
| 10 | じゅう |
| shell | かい |
| tree | き |
| oyster | かき |
| chrysanthemum; to listen | きく |
| to write | かく |
| write! | かけ |
| carp; romantic love, yearning, pining | こい |
| hill | おか |
| autumn | あき |
| pond | いけ |
| densely | こけ |
| indebted | おう |
| past | かこ |
| regret | くい |
| station | えき |
| 0 | ぜろ |
| 0 | れい |
| 6 | ろく |
| 7 | なな |
| 7 | しち |
| 8 | はち |
| 9 | く |
| 100 | ひゃく |
| 300 | さん-びゃく |
| time (2x, 3x etc) | -ど |
| number | ばんごう |
| phone number (landline) | でんは-ばんごう |
| telephone | でんは |
| which number? | なん-ばん |
| you (to a close friend) | きみ |
| isn't it?, right? | ね |
| name | なまえ |
| address | じゅうしょ |
| mobile number | けいたい-ばんごう |
| mobile | けいたい |
| umbrella | かさ |
| book | ほん |
| newspaper | しんぶん |
| key | かぎ |
| school | がこ |
| watch, clock | とけい |
| 'belly clock', appetite | はら-どけい |
| this | これ |
| that (near listener) | それ |
| that (away from speaker or listener) | あれ |
| what?, which? | どれ |
| here | ここ |
| there (near listener) | そこ |
| there (away from speaker or listener) | あこ |
| where? | どこ |
| not be | では ありません |
| alarm clock | めざまし-どけい |
| shoulder | かた |
| who? | だれ |
| whose? | だれ の |
| e-mail address | めえる-あどれす |
| embassy | たいしかん |
| supermarket | すうぱあ |
| restaurant | れすとらん |
| post office | ゆうびんきょく |
| bank | ぎんこう |
| not yet | まだ |
| September | くがつ |
| month | がつ |
| day of the month | にち |
| Tuesday | かようび |
| today | きょう |
| hour, o'clock | じ |
| minute | ふん |
| work, job | しごと |
| researcher | けんきゅうしゃ |
| sociology | しゃか-ろん |
| social | しゃか |
| logic | ろん |
| research | けんきゅう |
| -er | -しゃ |
| master, teacher | -し |
| politeness prefix for nouns (not for loan words) | お- |
| -th | -か |
| say | いいます |
| good, OK | いい |
| Is this OK? | これ で いい です か |
| meeting | かいぎ |
| birthday | たんじょうび |
| party | ぱあち |
| birthday | ばあすでえ |
| Christmas | くりすます |
| afternoon | ひる |
| break, rest | やすみ |
| lunch break | ひる-やすみ |
| movie | えいが |
| half past | はん |
| AM (followed by the time) | ごぜん |
| naughty girl | おてんば |
| 600 | ろっぴゃく |
| 800 | はっぴゃく |
| 1000 | せん |
| 3000 | さんぜん |
| time | じかん |
| hour, o'clock | じ |
| 4 o'clock | よじ |
| 9 o'clock | くじ |
| 10 past | じゅっぷん |
| 1 past | いっぷん |
| 3 past | さんっぷん |
| 4 past | よんっぷん |
| 6 past | ろっぷん |
| 8 past | はっぷん |
| PM (followed by the time) | ごご |
| noon | しょうご |
| exactly | しょう |
| before | ぜん |
| after | ご |
| midnight | まよなか |
| now | いま |
| from | から |
| until | まで |
| steep road | さか |
| snack | かし |
| world | せかい |
| number one worldwide | せかい いち |
| octopus; stupid | たこ |
| squid | いか |
| father | ちち |
| moon | つき |
| iron | てつ |
| age | とし |
| morning | あさ |
| agenda | てちょう |
| manager | かちょう |
| captain | たいちょう |
| CEO, company president | しゃちょう |
| head (fig.) | ちょう |
| receptionist, reception desk | うけつけ |
| yes (less formal than hai) | ええ |
| this (possessive) | この |
| that (possessive) (close to listener) | その |
| that (possessive) (far from speaker and listener) | あの |
| woman | おんな の ひと |
| female | おんな |
| person | ひと |
| meal; cooked rice | ごはん |
| evening | ばん |
| pool | ぷうる |
| gym | じむ |
| front desk of a hotel | ふろんと |
| is that so... | そお です か |
| eggplant, aubergine | なす |
| summer | なつ |
| crab | かに |
| older brother | あに |
| dog | いぬ |
| die | しぬ |
| silk | きぬ |
| cat | ねこ |
| older sister | あね |
| axe | おの |
| chopsticks | はし |
| flag | はた |
| box | はこ |
| flower | はな |
| duck | あひる |
| generally | ふつう |
| clothes | ふく |
| blowfish | ふぐ |
| dangerous | あぶない |
| fart (noun) | へ |
| fart (noun) | おなら |
| star | ほし |
| skin | ひふ |
| something | なにか |
| bone | ほね |
| leaf | このは |
| clumsy | へた |
| wish | ほしい |
| enjoyable | たのしい |
| boat | ふね |
| navel | へそ |
| cloth | ぬの |
| sarcasm | ひにく |
| west | にし |
| east | ひがし |
| north | きた |
| south | みなみ |
| gate, mouth | くち |
| west gate | にしぐち |
| doctor | いしゃ |
| fine art | かいげ |
| what kind of? | なん の |
| long (after measurement of time) | かん |
| excuse me a moment | ちょっと すみません |
| eight years old | はさい |
| day off, holiday | やすみ |
| Sunday | にちようび |
| Monday | げつようび |
| Wednesday | すいようび |
| Thursday | もくようび |
| Friday | きにょうび |
| Saturday | どようび |
| weekend | しゅうまつ |
| week | しゅう |
| end | まつ |
| be (past tense) | でした |
| yesterday | きのう |
| tomorrow | あした |
| every day | まいにち |
| every, each | まい |
| heavy job | たいへん |
| and (between nouns) | と |
| friend | ともだち |
| I'm so sorry, my sympathies | かはいそう |
| sun | にち |
| day before yesterday | おととい |
| day after tomorrow | あさって |
| new | あたらしい |
| vocabulary | ことば |
| direct object marker | -お |
| beer | びいる |
| Coca-Cola | こか-こら |
| sake (rice wine) | さけ |
| drink (trans. verb) | のみます |
| write (trans. verb) | かきます |
| letter | てがみ |
| listen to (trans. verb) | ききます |
| music | おんがく |
| jazz | じゃず |
| classical music | くらしく |
| opera | おぺら |
| CD | しいぢい |
| read (trans. verb) | よみます |
| magazine | ざし |
| novel | しょうせつ |
| column (in the newspaper) | こらむ |
| buy | かいます |
| bread | ぱん |
| knife | めす |
| glass | こっぷ |
| shoe | くつ |
| car | くるま |
| what (direct object) | なに-お |
| take a break from, take a day off from (trans. verb) | やすみます |
| next week | らいしゅう |
| next | らい |
| lesson | れっすん |
| converse with, talk with (takes 'to') | はなします |
| create, produce, make | つくります |
| cooking, cuisine | りょうり |
| eat | たべます |
| salad | さらだ |
| call on the phone (takes phone as direct object, destination with 'ni') | かけます |
| sleep, go to bed | ねます |
| to wake up, get up | おきます |
| night | よる |
| particle for destination | に |
| on, at (with time) | に |
| take a shower | あびます |
| shower | しゃはあ |
| to see, to watch | みます |
| TV | てれび |
| to study | べんきょうします |
| to do shopping (intr. verb) | かいものします |
| to wash (clothes) | せんたくします |
| to take a walk | さぽします |
| to clean (house, room) (trans. verb) | そうじします |
| to have a meal | しょくじします |
| meal | しょくじ |
| to do | します |
| apartment | あぱあと |
| French fries | ふらいど ぽてと |
| radio | らじお |
| hamburger | はんばが |
| cross, wrong, false, negative | ばつ |
| circle, right, true, affirmative | まる |
| non-past affirmative verb | -ます |
| non-past negative verb | -ません |
| past affirmative verb | -ました |
| past negative verb | -ませんでした |
| last week | せんしゅう |
| but | でも |
| boss | ぼす |
| lunch | らんち |
| to lick | なめる |
| mother | あはに |
| when? | いつ |
| work, opus | さくひん |
| child, baby | こども |
| French fries | ふらいど ぽてと |
| hamburger | はんばが |
| mother | まま |
| cross; wrong, false, negative | ばつ |
| circle; right, true, affirmative | まる |
| e-mail | いめえる |
| sick, ill | びょうき |
| 14th | じゅうよか |
| slowly | ゆっくり |
| why | なぜ |
| hobby | しゅみ |
| level | だん |
| design | でざいん |
| often | よく |
| exercise | れんしゅう |
| example | れい |
| and (sentences) | そして |
| and (nouns) | と |
| my (trendy usage) | まい |
| ear | みみ |
| insect; to ignore | むし |
| cavity | むしば |
| hello? (on phone) | もし もし |
| to tell | もします |
| you can't say that, how shameless | もじ もじ |
| apartment | まんしょん |
| fancy apartment | おくしょん |
| dot | てん |
| half (1/2) | はんぶん |
| digital camera | でじかめ |
| video camera | びでお-かめら |
| CD player | CD-ぷれえやあ |
| good connection, luck | ごえん |
| coffee | こひ |
| coffee in a can | かんこひ |
| boxed lunch, lunchbox | おべんと |
| how much | いくら |
| shop | みせ |
| mechanical pencil | しゃあぷぺんしる |
| ballpoint pen | ぼうるぺん |
| 8000 | はっせん |
| 10,000 | いちまん |
| France | ふらんす |
| around, approximately | だいたい |
| Euro | よろ |
| dictionary | じしょ |
| Spain | すぺん |
| then; well then | じゃ |
| fine, well, healthy | だいじょ |
| April | しがつ |
| September | くがつ |
| -th for (some) days of the month | -にち |
| only | だけ |
| sauerkraut | ざうあくらうと |
| stewardess | すちゅは-です |
| curry | かれ |
| bathroom | ばする-む |
| toilet | といれ |
| to do | します |
| really? (expression of surprise) | あら |
| lilas (type of flower) | りら |
| to laugh | わらう |
| to comprehend | りかいする |
| yellow (color name) | きいろ |
| yellow | きいろい |
| queue | れつ |
| watch out; take care (phrase) | きお つけて |
| psychology | しんり |
| to grasp; to seize; to mould sushi | にぎる |
| raw fish dish | さしみ |
| soy sauce | しょうゆ |
| Japanese hodgepodge, ingredients in broth | おでん |
| seaweed | のり |
| sushi roll | のりまき |
| roll (noun) | まき |
| cucumber sushi roll | かっぱまき |
| Japanese water sprite | かっぱ |
| fox | きつね |
| potato-based liquor | しょうちゅう |
| pub | いざかや |
| thin noodles | そば |
| thick noodles | うどん |
| tea over rice | おちゃずけ |
| to sing | うたいます |
| to dance | おどります |
| rice with seaweed wrap | おにぎり |
| tempura, food in batter | てんぷら |
| miso soup | みそしる |
| soup | しる |
| counter for flat, square objects | -まい |
| counter for cylindrical objects | -ほん |
| one (default counter) | ひとつ |
| two (default counter) | ふたつ |
| three (default counter) | みっつ |
| four (default counter) | よっつ |
| five (default counter) | いつつ |
| six (default counter) | むっつ |
| seven (default counter) | ななつ |
| eight (default counter) | やっつ |
| nine (default counter) | ここのつ |
| ten (default counter) | とう |
| postcard | はがき |
| stamp | きって |
| T-shirt | T-しゃつ |
| red | あかい |
| black | くろい |
| apple | りんご |
| big, large | おおきい |
| small | ちいさい |
| tangerine, mandarin | みかん |
| orange | おれんじ |
| rice wine | さけ |
| eel | うなぎ |
| satay, skewered food | やきとり |
| Switzerland | すいす |
| South Korea | かんこく |
| potato-based liquor | しょうちゅう |
| counter for small objects | -こ |
| dried plum | うめぼし |
| drink (noun) | のみもの |
| pretty please (child would say this) | どうか |
| request; please | おねがい |
| towel | たおる |
| wine | わいん |
| can I help you?; welcome | いらっしゃいませ |
| cream puff | しゅうくりむ |
| expensive | たかい |
| airport | くうこう |
| branch office | ししゃ |
| to go, go away from present location | いきます |
| to come, approach present location | きます |
| return home, return to 'base' | かえります |
| park (noun) | こうえん |
| house, home | うち |
| toward, for, in the direction of (particle) | え |
| Amsterdam | あむすてらだむ |
| central | ちゅうおう |
| last year | きょねん |
| boyfriend | かれし |
| nose | はな |
| nosebleed | はなじ |
| blood | ち |
| to continue | つずく |
| parents | りょうしん |
| in-law | ぎり |
| parents-in-law | ぎり の りょうしん |
| husky voice | はすきい ぼいす |
| what kind of | どんな |
| bookstore | ほにゃ |
| store | -や |
| anywhere, nowhere | どこも |
| I don't remember | おぼていません |
| on the road | ろめん |
| train | でんしゃ |
| tram | ろめんでんしゃ |
| bicycle | じてんしゃ |
| business trip | しゅっちょう |
| king | おう |
| I'm waiting for you | おまちしています |
| have a nice trip | いってらっしゃい |
| bus | ばす |
| counter for years | ねん |
| 14th (day of the month) | じゅうよっか |
| 20th (day of the month) | はつか |
| 24th (day of the month) | にじゅうよっか |
| 1st (day of the month) | ついたち |
| 2nd (day of the month) | ふつか |
| 3rd (day of the month) | みっか |
| 4th (day of the month) | よっか |
| 5th (day of the month) | いつか |
| 6th (day of the month) | むいか |
| 7th (day of the month) | なのか |
| 8th (day of the month) | ようか |
| 9th (day of the month) | ここのか |
| 10th (day of the month) | とうか |
| date of birth | せいねん がっぴ |
| festival (typically religious) | まつり |
| travel, trip | りょこう |
| winter | ふゆ |
| ago | まえ に |
| front, before | まえ |
| even | でも |
| how, by what means | なん で |
| subway | ちかてつ |
| taxi | たくし |
| Japanese bullet train | しかんせん |
| airplane | ひこうき |
| driver | うんてんしゅ |
| which (possessive) | どの |
| subject marker | が |
| oh (interjection to attract attention) | あ |
| this week | こんしゅう |
| last month | せんげつ |
| this month | こんげつ |
| next month | らいげつ |
| last year | きょねん |
| this year | ことし |
| next year | らいねん |
| alone | ひとり で |
| well then (polite) | でわ |
| goodbye (lit. 'I'm going to be rude') | しつれいします |
| there (where listener is) | そちら |
| company, the office | かいしゃ |
| sorry (for interrupting) | すみません |
| please show me | みせて ください |
| one million | ひゃくまん |
| one hundred million | いちおく |
| one trillion | いっちょう |
| DVD | ぢいぶいぢい |
| credit card | かあど |
| fine, OK | けっこう |
| Italy | いたりあ |
| kilogram | きろ |
| coffee cup | こうひい-かっぷ |
| Hong Kong | ほんこん |
| Osaka | おうさか |
| Kyoto | きょうと |
| Yokohama | よこはま |
| oh (interj. used to get someone's attention) | あ |
| counter for numbers | -ばん |
| please come in | おはいりください |
| come right this way | どおぞ こちら え |
| counter for years | -ねん |
| day of the week (suffix) | -ようび |
| counter for months | -がつ |
| summer vacation | なつ-やすみ |
| by foot | あるいて |
| hotel | ほてる |
| Okinawa (islands on southwestern tip of Japan) | おきなわ |
| family | かぞく |
| Nikko (scenic area north of Tokyo) | にっこう |
| be, exist (inanimate) | あります |
| Buddhist temple | お-てら |
| and, and so on (indefinite enumeration) | や |
| Shinto shrine | じんじゃ |
| hot spring (resort) | おんせん |
| what is/are...? | って なん です か |
| counter for floors (in building) | -がい |
| first floor, ground floor | いっかい |
| basement | ちか |
| first basement floor (level -1) | ちか いっか |
| restroom | お-てあらい |
| parking lot | ちゅうさじょう |
| fridge | れいぞうこ |
| bed | べっど |
| sofa | そふああ |
| table | てえぶる |
| chair | いす |
| briefcase, tote bag | かばん |
| top, above | うえ |
| bottom, below, under | した |
| front, before | まえ |
| back, behind | うしろ |
| inside, middle | なか |
| next to | となり |
| vicinity, nearby | ちかく |
| be, exist (animate) | います |
| anything (nothing with neg. verb) | なに も |
| anybody (nobody with neg. verb) | だれ も |
| lake | みずうみ |
| man | おとこ の ひと |
| male, man | おとこ |
| pen | ぺん |
| wallet | さいふ |
| sweater | せえたあ |
| (cold) water | みず |
| drawer | ひきだし |
| pocket | ぽけっと |
| waterfall | たき |
| over there | あそこ |
| convenience store | こんびに |
| stand (for taxis, buses etc) | のりば |
| police box | こうばん |
| hospital | びょういん |
| hairdresser | びよういん |
| medicine | くすり |
| drugstore | くすりや |
| eraser | けしごむ |
| pencil | えんぴつ |
| stapler | ほtちきす |
| scissors | はさみ |
| cellotape | せろ-てえぷ |
| file (on computers also directory) | fあいる |
| one person | ひとり |
| two people | ふたり |
| counter for people | -にん |
| a lot, many, much | たくさん |
| child | こ |
| boy | おとこ の こ |
| girl | おんな の こ |
| how many? (small objects) | いくつ |
| garden | にわ |
| meeting room | かいぎしつ |
| luggage cart | かあと |
| bus stop | ばすてい |
| entrance | いりぐち |
| about, around (used with a moment in time, but not a period) | ごろ |
| class | くらす |
| classroom | きょうしつ |
| already | ほう |
| room | へや |
| how; in what way; by what means | どうやって |
| movie theater | えいがかん |
| never (with neg. verb) | いつも |
| car (wheeled vehicle) | じどうしゃ |
| see you | じゃ, また |
| arrive at, reach | つく |
| to remember | おぼえる |
| to understand | わかる |
| to cry | なく |
| ball | ぼる |
| to read | よむ |
| to speak | はなす |
| to walk | あるく |
| right (not left) | みぎ |
| left (not right) | ひだり |
| desk | つくえ |
| cherry blossom | さくら |
| well, I'm looking forward to see you | じゃ, お-まちして います |
| to take transportation | のります |
| place | ば |
| liquor store | さかや |
| McDonald's | まくどなるど |
| lead (metal) | えん |
| brush | ひつ |
| magnet | まぐねっと |
| rubber band | わごむ |
| to erase | けし |
| to pull | ひき |
| to go out | だし |
| not be (informal) | じゃ ありません |
| to leave | でます |
| place | ここ |
| to get off (a vehicle) | おります |
| long (duration) | かん |
| to do | します |
| mostly; most | だいたい |
| why? | どうして |
| really stupid (archaic) | ぱあ |
| and then | それ から |
| paper | かみ |
| fondness, liking | すき |
| plural suffix | -たち |
| bottle of water | みず |
| corpse (lit. dead person) | しにん |
| 2 or 3 people (change numbers as needed) | に さん にん |
| a few people (less than 10) | なんにんか |
| Kyoto | きょう |
| not exist (animate; casual form) | いない |
| exist (inanimate; casual form) | いる |
| supper | ゆう-はん |
| evening | ゆう |
| tea (lit. red tea) | こうちゃ |
| burgundy red | こう |
| green tea | お-ちゃ |
| oolong tea | うろん ちゃ |
| soup | すうぷ |
| milk | みるく |
| (cow's) milk | ぎゅうにゅう |
| cow | ぎゅう |
| milk (from any animal) | にゅう |
| juice | じゅうす |
| sandwich | さんどいtち |
| sandwich (casual) | さんど |
| orange juice | おれんじ じゅうす |
| to win | かつ |
| schnitzel sandwich | かつ さんど |
| pork schnitzel | とんかつ |
| counter for cups or bowls | -はい |
| to jog | じょぎんぐ お します |
| football; soccer | さっか |
| volleyball | ばれぼおる |
| (classical) ballet | ばれ |
| studying (noun) | べんきょう |
| Africa | あふりか |
| shopping (noun) | かいもの |
| cooking (noun) | りょうり |
| things (to + verb root) | -もの |
| foods | たべもの |
| to change shape | ばける |
| ghost | ばけもの |
| beverage | のみもの |
| reading material | よみもの |
| vehicle | のりもの |
| to wear | きます |
| footwear | はきもの |
| clothes; kimono | きもの |
| every month (lit. moon) | まいつき |
| every month | まいげつ |
| every year | まいねん |
| to hear (different kanji than 'to listen') | ききます |
| steak | すてえき |
| bar | ばあ |
| beef steak | びふてっき |
| library | としょかん |
| ticket | ちけっと |
| sports club | すぽうつ-くらぶ |
| sports | すぽうつ |
| club | くらぶ |
| ping pong | ぴん ぽん |
| (professional) table tennis | たっきゅう |
| table | たく |
| ball | きゅう |
| vegetable | やさい |
| (other person's) wife | おくさん |
| walk (noun) | さんぽ |
| egg | たまご |
| (speaker's) wife | つま |
| anywhere (nowhere with negative) | どこ も |
| golf | ごるふ |
| tennis court | てにす-こうと |
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