- ああ、そうそう。: "oh, yes (now i remember)."
- あかるい: bright; light
- あつい: hot
- ありました。: "here (or there) it is!" "I found it!"
- いう: to say
- いるいる: in various ways; about various matters
- うるさい: noisy
- おおう: to think
- おかし: sweets; snack
- おじいさん: grandfather; old man
- おそくなってすみません。: "I'm sorry I'm late."
- おてら: Buddhist temple
- おなが: stomach
- おなじ: same as X
- おばあさん: grandmother; old woman
- おべんとう: box(ed) lunch
- おんがく: music
- かお: face
- かける: to put on; wear (glasses)
- かず: number
- かまう: to mind (always used in the negative)
- かまくら: kamakura (place name)
- から: from; starting X (X being a point in time and space, i.e. monday)
- かわく: to get dry
- かん: large building (としょかん = library, えいがかん = movie theater)
- きた: north
- きょうと: Kyoto
- きよみずでら: Kiyomizu temple
- くらい: dark
- けさ: this morning
- こうはい: one's junior
- ことば: word; phrase; language
- このあいだ: the other day; recently
- こむ: to get crowded/full
- これから: from now on; from here
- さ: ...ness (changes adjectives into nouns)
- さいご: the last; the end
- さいふ: mallet
- さがす: to look for; to search for
- さむい: cold
- さんじゅうさんげんどう: Sanjusangendo
- ざいぶん: very
- しゃしん: photograph; picture
- しる: to get to know; to find out about
- すき: fond of; to like
- すく: to get empty/uncrowded
- すわる: to sit
- ずっと: much more...; far...er
- せい: (person's) height
- せき: seat
- せまい: narrow; small space
- せんぱい: one's senior
- たしか: certain; sure
- だいぶ: quite; rather; pretty...
- だいぶつ: The Big statue of buddha
- だめ: no good; hopeless; spoiled
- ちがう: to be different
- ちゃみせ: (old-fashioned) little tea house
- つぎ: next
- つくる: to make: create
- てがみ: letter
- できる: to come out; be made; to be able to do (i.e. i can tie my shoe)
- でる: to get out of
- でんしゃ: train
- という: Y called X
- とる: to take
- ない: not; non-existent
- ながい: long
- なら: nara (place name)
- ならう: to learn (from someone)
- なる: to become; get; turn...
- にし: west
- のど: throat
- はく: to put on; wear (shoes, socks, slacks, etc.)
- はじまる: for X to begin
- はじめ: the first; the beginning
- はじめる: to begin
- はやし: hayashi
- ばいてん: kiosk
- ひ: day; the sun
- ひがし: east
- ひくい: low
- びじゅつ: the fine arts
- ふとる: to get fat; gained weight
- ぶんぽう: grammar
- へいあん じんぐう: Heian shrine
- べつ: different; separate
- べんり: handy; convenient
- ぼく: I (manly informal)
- まえ: ...ago
- まかりました。: "Now I know." "I got it."
- まずい: tastes awful
- まち: town; city
- まっすぐ: directly straight
- まで: until; as far as X (X being a point in time and space, i.e. 8:00 AM)
- みせる: to show (Y to X); to let X see Y
- みなさん: everyone!; ladies and gentlemen! (addressing. polite)
- みなみ: south
- みんな: all everyone
- むずかしい: difficult
- めがね: (eye) glasses
- めじかい: short
- もう: ...more
- もっと: more; even more...
- もらう: to receive; get
- やさしい: easy
- やせる: to get thing; slim down
- やめる: to quit; give up; not do
- ゆうべ: last night
- よう: errand; something to attend
- よく: well
- よしむら: Yoshimura (surname)
- より: than X
- クラス: class
- テキサス: texas
- バー: bar (where one drinks)