Japanese Expressions,phrases,vocabulary

Basic Japanese Phrases

English	Japanese
Hello	Konnichi wa
How are You?	Ogenki desu ka?
I'm fine	Genki desu
Thank-you very much	Arigatou Gozaimasu
You are welcome	Do itashimashite

Japanese Phrases for Greetings

English	Japanese
Good Morning	Ohayo Gozaimasu
Hello	Konnichi wa
Good Evening	Konban wa
Good Night	Oyasumi Nasai

Japanese Phrases for Eating

English	Japanese
Let's Eat	Itadakimasu
That Looks Delicious	Oishii sou
Taste's Great	Oishii
What is this?	Kore wa nan desu ka?
Cheers	Kampai
I'm full	Onaka ippai
Thanks for the meal	Gochisousama deshita

Japanese Phrases for Shopping

English	Japanese
What’s this?	Kore wa nan desu ka?
How much?	Ikura desu ka?”
Just looking!	Miteru dake desu!
Anything else?	Nanika hokani arimasu ka?
That’s all!	Sore de zenbu desu!
Anything Smaller?	Motto chiisai no wa?
Anything Bigger?	Motto ookii no wa?
Too expensive	Taka sugimasu

Japanese Phrases for Introductions

English	Japanese
How do you do?	Hajimemashite
My name is	Watashi no namae wa
I am a student	Watashi wa gakusei desu
I came from America	Amerika kara kimashita
It was nice to meet you.	Dozo yoroshiku onegaishimasu

Japanese Phrases for Weather

English	Japanese
It's sunny today	Kyo wa hare desu
It's raining today	Kyo wa ame desu
It's hot isn't it?	Atsui desu ne
It's cold isn't it?	Samui desu ne
It's nice weather isn't it	Ii tenki desu ne
What's the weather tomorrow?	Ashita no tenki wa

Japanese Phrases for Directions

English	Japanese
Straight	Masugu
Left	Hidari
Right	Migi
Here	Koko
North	Kita

Japanese Phrases for Love

English	Japanese
I Really Like You	Dai Suki Dayo
May I kiss You?	Kisu shite mo ii?
I Love You	Ai shiteru
Will You Marry Me?	Kekkon shite kureru

Ten Favorite Japanese Expressions!!!
1.Yatta (I did it!)

2.Honto (Realty)

3.A, so desu ka (Realty)

4.Mochiron (Of course!)

5.A, yokatta (Oh, good)

6.Zenzen (Not at all)

7.Nani (What?)

8.Ooshiyo (What shall I do?)

9.A, bikkurishita (What a surprise!)

10.Ylappari (I knew it Would happen)
-------------------------------------------------------------
JLPT Level 4 Kanji List
一　 - One

二 - Two

三 - Three

四 - Four

五 - Five

六 - Six

七 - Seven

八 - Eight

九 - Nine


十 - Ten

百 - Hundred


千 - Thousand


万 - Ten thousand


上 - Above, up


下 - Below, down, descend, give, low, inferior

中 - In, inside, middle, mean, center


人 - Person


今 - Now


休 - Rest, day off, retire, sleep


会 - Meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join

何 - What

先 - Before, ahead, previous, future, precedence


入 - Enter, insert


円 - Circle, yen, round


出 - Exit, leave

分 - Part, minute of time, segment

前 - In front, before


北 - North

南 - South

東 - East

西 - West, Spain


午 - Noon


半 - Half, middle, odd number


友 - Friend

古 - Old

新 - New


左 - Left


右 - Right


名 - Name, noted, distinguished, reputation


国 - Country


土 - Soil, earth, ground


外 - Outside


多 - Many, frequent, much

小 - Little, small


大 - Large, big

天 - Heavens, sky, imperial


女 - Woman, female

男 - Man,male


子 - Child


学 - Study, learning, science

安 - Relax, cheap, low, quiet, rested, contented, peaceful


少 - Few, little


山 - Mountain


川 - Stream, river


年 - Year, counter for years

店 - Store, shop


後 - Behind, back, later


日 - Day, sun, Japan


時 - Time, hour

書 - Write


月 - Month, moon


木 - Tree, wood


本 - Book, present, main, true, real


来 - Come, due, next, cause, become


校 - Exam, school, printing, proof, correction

母 - Mother


父 - Father


毎 - Every


気 - Spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood


水 - Water

火 - Fire


生 - Life, genuine, birth


白 - White


手 - Hand

口 - Mouth

耳 - Ear


目 - Eye, class, look, insight, experience

足 - Leg, foot, be sufficient


社 - Company, firm, office, association, shrine


空 - Empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum


立 - Stand up

間　- interval / between


聞 - Hear, ask, listen


花 - Flower


行 - Going, journey


見 - See, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible

言 - Say

話 - Tale, talk


語 - Word, speech, language


読 - Read


買 - Buy

車 - Car


週 - Week


道 - Road-way, street, district, journey, course


金 - Gold


長 - Long, leader


間 - Interval, space

雨 - Rain

電 - Electricity

食 - Eat, food

飲 - Drink, smoke, take


駅 - Station

高 - Tall, high, expensive


魚 - Fish
-------------------------------------------------------------
Basic Vocabulary
Numbers :

One - いち　- ichi

Two - に - ni

Three - さん - san

Four - よん　/　し - yon / shi

Five - ご - go

Six - ろく - roku

Seven - なな　/　しち - nana / shichi

Eight - はち - hachi

Nine - きゅう　/　く - kyuu / ku

Ten - じゅう - juu

Hundred - ひゃく - hyaku

Thousand - せん - sen

Ten Thousand - いち まん - ichi man

Days :


Sunday　- nichi-yoobi -にちようび

Monday - getsu-yoobi - げつようび

Tuesday - ka-yoobi - かようび

Wednesday - sui-yoobi - すいようび

Thursday - moku-yoobi - もくようび

Friday - kin-yoobi - きんようび


Saturday - do-yoobi - どようび

Every day Vocabulary :


Mr, Mrs, Ms, Miss - 〜さん - san

This way, this person - こちら kochira

Am, is, are - です desu

Pleased to meet you - はじめまして hajimemashite

I, me - わたし watashi

You - あなた anata

Please favour me - どうぞよろしく doozo yoroshiku

Person from - 〜じん -jin

Yes - はい hai

No - いいえ iie

Japan - にほん nihon

Japanese (person) - にほんじん nihonjin

School - がっこう gakkoo

Student - がくせい gakusei

Company - かいしゃ kaisha


Employee, company employee - かいしゃいん kaishain


Station, train station - えき eki

Post office - ゆうびんきょく yuubinkyoku

Bank - ぎんこう ginkoo


Introduce - しょうかいします shookai shimasu

Thank you very much - ありがとう ございます arigatoo gozaimasu

Home - うち uchi

Clock, watch - とけい tokei

Book - ほん hon

Newspaper - しんぶん shimbun

Key - かぎ kagi

Car - くるま kuruma

Excuse me., I'm sorry - すみません sumimasen

Friend - ともだち tomodachi

Now - いま ima


Yesterday - きのう kinoo

Today - きょう kyoo


Tomorrow - あした ashita

Day (of the month) - 〜にち -nichi

Day (of the week) - 〜ようび -yoobi

Month (of the year) - 〜がつ -gatsu

Year - ねん nen

Who? (hon.) - どなた donata

Who? - だれ dare

What? - なに nani

Where? - どこ doko

When? - いつ itsu

Why?, how? - どうして dooshite


-------------------------------------------------
Japanese Writing Sysyem
Modern Japanese writing system uses three main scripts:

    Kanji - are the Chinese characters that are used in the modern Japanese logographic writing system along with hiragana , katakana and the Arabic numerals.
    Hiragana - are used for words for which there are no kanji.
    Katakana - katakana are most often used for transcription of words from foreign languages. For example, "television" is written terebi (テレビ). Similarly, katakana is usually used for country names, foreign places, and personal names.

Hiragana and katakana each consist of 46 signs

Hiragana - ひらがな



Katakana - かたかな

-----------------------------

Basic Japanese Phrases


Hello.

こんにちは。　Konnichiwa.

I
わたし。 Watashi.

You
　 あなた。 Anata.

How are you?
　おげんき　ですか。　O-genki desu ka?

Fine, thank you.
　げんき　です。　Genki desu.

What is your name?
おなまえ は なんですか。 O-namae wa nan desu ka?　

My name is Pradeep
わたしの なまえ は Pradeep です。Watashi no namae wa Pradeep desu.

Nice to meet you.
はじめまして。　Hajimemashite.

Please. (request)
おねがいします。　Onegai shimasu.

Please. (offer)
どうぞ。 Dōzo.

Thank you.
どうもありがとう。 Dōmo arigatō. /ありがとう　ございました　Arigatō　Gozaimashita.

You're welcome.
どういたしまして。 Dō itashi mashite.

Yes.
はい。 Hai.

No.
いいえ。 Iie.

Excuse me.
すみません。 Sumimasen.

I'm sorry.
ごめんなさい。 Gomen-nasai.


Goodbye. (long-term)
さようなら。 Sayōnara.

Goodbye. (informal)
それでは。 Sore dewa.

Good morning.
おはよう ございます。 Ohayō gozaimasu.

Good afternoon
こんにちは。Konnichiwa.

Good evening.
こんばんは。 Konbanwa.

Good night (to sleep)
おやすみ なさい。 Oyasuminasai.

I Understood
わかりました。 Wakarimashita.

I don't understand.
わかりません。 Wakarimasen.