BASIC VOCABULARIES

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I watashi(wa) わたし（わ） this kore これ

you anata あなた that sore それ

he kare かれ that(far) are あれ

she kanojo かのじょ here koko ここ

Ms/Mr ___san ___さん there soko そこ

name namae なまえ overthere asoko あそこ

job shigoto しごと thisway kochira こちら

age toshi とし thatway sochira そちら

nationality kokuseki こくせき thatway(far) achira あちら

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what nan/nani なん なに what time nanji なんじ

who dare/donata だれ どなた which way dochira どちら

where doko どこ how many ikutsu いくつ

where dochira どちら how much ikura いくら

how old nan sai なん さい what nani -jin なに -じん

nationality

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teacher sensei せんせい student gakusei がくせい

teacher(job) kyoshi きょし employee kaishain かいしゃいん

bank employi ginkoin ぎんこいん doctor isha いしゃ

researcher kenkyuin けんきゅいん hospital byoin びょいん

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ROOT KO-こ SO-そ A-あ DO-ど

PRONOUNS kore-これ-this sore-それ-that are-あれ-that dore-どれ-which one

ADJECTIVE kono-この-this sono-その-that ano-あの-that dono-どの-which

TYPE/KIND konna-こんな sonna-そんな anna-あんな donna-どんな-which

-this kind of -that kind of -that kind of kind of

MODE/ kou-こう-like sou-そう-like aa-ああ-like that dou-どう-how,in

MANNER this so in this that, in that way what way
way

LOCATION koko-ここ-here soko-そこ-there asoko-あそこ doko-どこ-where

-over there

MOTION kochira-こちら sochira-そちら achira-あちら dochira-どちら

-here -there -there -where?which way?
KO-here RE-indicate thing CHIRA-direction,motion,preference
SO-that(near) NO-demonstrative adj. HITO​- use when refering to man
A-there(far) NNA-type of thing KATA​-in combination adjective
DO-question KO-location Ex:Kono kata ga Natali san desu

English Romanji Nihongo

good morning ohayoo gozaimasu おはよお ございます

good afternoon konnichiwa こんにちわ

good evening konbanwa こんばんわ

good bye sayoonara/shitsuree shimasu さよおなら/しつれえ します

good night oyasumi nasai おやすみ なさい

excuse me shitsuree しつれえ します/すみません

shimasu/sumimasen

I’m sorry Gomen nasai ごめん なさい

Thank you very much Doomo arigatou gozaimasu どおも ありがとう ございま
す
excuse me for a while chotto sumimasen ちょtと すみません

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book hon ほん

dictionary jishiyo じしよ

newspaper shinbun しんぶん

notebook nooto ノオト

business card meishi めいし

pencil enpitsu えんぴつ

key kagi かぎ

clock tokei とけい

umbrella kasa かさ

bag kaban かばん

rain ame あめ

salt shio しお

desk tsukue つくえ

textbook kyoukasho きょうかしょ

airport kuukou くうこう

sugar satou さとう

photograph shashin しゃしん

autumn aki あき

spring haru はる

food tabemono たべもの

subway chikatetsu ちかてつ

train densha でんしゃ

telephone denwa でんわ

winter fuyu ふゆ

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box hako はこ

airplane hikouki ひこうき

medicine kusuri くすり

car kuruma くるま

building, structure tatemono たてもの

chair isu いす

color Iro いろ

orange Orenji オレンジ

yellow Ki-iro きいろ

blue Ao あお

red Aka あか

green Midori みどり

black kuro くろ

brown Cha-iro ちゃいろ

pink Pinku ピンク

purple Murasaki むらさき

white Shiro しろ

gray Hai-iro はいいろ

gold Kin-iro きんいろ

silver Gin-iro ぎんいろ

bronze Buronzu-iro ぶろんずいろ

multi-colored Tashokuno たしょくの

rainbow Niji にじ