A
a little: sukoshi, shooshoo
a lot: takusan
abdomen: o-naka
about: gurai
add: tasu
address: juusho
adult: otona
after: ato de
afternoon: gogo
again: mata
age: toshi, sai
airplane: hikooki
airport: kuukoo
all: zenbu
allergy: arerugii
almost: hotondo
already: moo
always: itsumo
and: to
and then: soshite
animal: doobutsu
anything: nandemo
apple: ringo
Asia: Ajia
assistance: o-tetsudai
at: de, ni
aunt: oba-san
autumn: aki
awaken: okiru
B
back: senaka
bad: warui, dame
bag: fukuro
bald: hage
banana: banana
barley tea: mugi-cha
baseball: yakyuu
basket: kago
bath: ofuro
be: iru (animate); aru (inanimate)
become: naru
beer: biiru
before: mae, osaki ni, konoaida
begin: hajimaru, hajimeru
beginning: hajimari
bend: magaru
between: aida
big: ookii
bike: jitensha
bird: tori
birthday: o-tanjoobi
birthplace: furusato, o-umare
bite: kamu
blanket: moofu
blue: ao, aoi
body: karada
book: hon
born: umareru
boss: shachoo
both: ryoohoo, mo, tomo
bow: o-jigi suru
boy: otoko-no-ko
boyfriend: kareshi, booifurendo
bread: pan
break: kowareru
breakfast: asa gohan
bride: o-yome-san
bridge: hashi
brown: chairo
buckwheat noodles: soba
Buddhist altar: butsudan
bullet train: Shinkansen
burn: moeru
bus: basu
bus stop: basutei
business card: meishi
bust: basuto
but: ga, kedo
butter: bataa
button: botan
buy: kau
bye-bye: bai-bai
C
call: yobu, yoru
calligraphy: shuuji, shodoo
camera: kamera
car: kuruma
carry: motsu
catch (a cold): kaze o hiku
centimeters: senchi
chair: isu
change: kawaru
change (money): o-tsuri, o-kaeshi
character (letter): ji
cheap: yasui
cheat: kanningu suru
check-out: chekku-auto
cheers: kapai
cherry blossoms: sakura
chicken: niwa tori
child: kodomo
China: Chuugoku
Chinese characters: kanji
Chinese noodles: raamen
chocolate: choko
chopsticks: o-hashi
cigarettes: tabako
city: toshi, shi
cleaning: o-sooji
clear up (weather): hareru
close: chikai, chikaku
coast: kaigan
coffee: koohii
cold: samui
come: kuru
come here: oide
come with: tsuku
company: kaisha
compare: kuraberu
conclusion: ketsuron
condition: chooshi
congratulations: omedetoo
consider: kentoo suru
cook: ryoori suru
cool: suzushii
cooler (air conditioner): kuuraa
copy: kopii
corner: kado
correct: tadashii, attari
couch: sofa
country: kuni
countryside: inaka
cry: naku
customer: o-kyakusama
cut: kiru
cute: kawaii
D
dance: odoru
dark: kurai
daughter: musume
day: hi, nichi
daytime: o-hiru
decision: kimari
defer: omakasemasu
delicious: oishii, umai
departure: shuppatsu
desert: sabaku
dialect: hougen, ben
diapers: o-mutsu
difficult: muzukashii
direction: hoo
dirty: kitanai
dish: osara
dislike: suki ja nai, iyagaru
disposable chopsticks: waribashi
do: suru, yaru
dog: inu
drape: kakeru
dried: hoshita
drink: nomu
drinking party: enkai
driver's license: menkyoshoo
driving: unten
drop in: yoru
drum: taiko, tataku
E
each: zutsu
eat: taberu
edge: hashi
egg: tamago
eggplant: nasubi
eight: hachi
eighth day: yooka
English: eigo
enter: hairu
entryway: genkan, omae
etiquette: echiketto
evening: oban, yuugata
evening meal: yuhan
every: mai
everyone: mina-san, mina-sama
excuse me: sumimasen, moshi-moshi
expensive: takai
extra: yobun
F
face: kao
fake: nise
fall (precipitation): furu
family: kazoku
family name: myooji
famous: yuumei
fast: hayai
father: o-too-san
father (own): chi-chi
favor: onegai
favorite: dai suki
fee: ryookin
feeling: kimochi
feet: ashi
females: josei, joshi
fever: netsu
fight: kenka
fine: kekko, genki
first: ichiban
fish: sakana
fishing: sakana tsuri
five: go
fix: naosu
flashy: hade
flat: heitan
floor (in a building): kai, gai
floor cushion: zabuton
flower: o-hana
flower arrangement: ikebana
food: tabemono
foreigner: gaikokujin, gaijin
forget: wasureru
forgive: yurusu
fork: fooku
formal (clothing): seisoo
four: yon, shi
fourth day: yokka
free: saabisu, tada
free (time): hima
Friday: kinyoobi
fried: furai
friend: o-tomodachi
from: kara
front: mae
front desk: furonto
fruit: furuutsu, kudamono
full: ippai
funeral: o-sooshiki
funny: okashii
fur: ke
G
garbage: gomi
garden: niwa
gas station: gasorin sutando
gentle: yasashii
gifts: o-miyage
girl: onna-no-ko
girlfriend: gaarufurendo
give: ageru, kureru
go: iku
god, goddess: kami-sama
goldfish: kingyo
good: ii
good (polite): yoku
good afternoon: konnichiwa
good evening: konbanwa
good morning: o-hayou
goodbye: sayoonara
graduation: sotsugyooshiki
grams: guramu
grandfather (own): sofu
grandfather: o-jii-san
grandma (own): sobo
grandmother: o-baa-san
grapes: budoo
gray: haiiro, nezumi-iro
great: sugoi
green: midori
greeting: aisatsu
guest: o-kyaku-san
H
hair: kaminoke
half hour: han
hamburger: hanbaagaa
hand: te
Happy New Year (after): Akemashite omedetoo
Happy New Year (before): Yoi o-toshi o
hate: kirai
have: aru, motsu
head: atama
health: kenkoo
heater: hiitaa
heavy: omoi
height: se
hello: konnichiwa
Hello (on the phone): moshi-moshi
help: o-tetsudai, tasukeru
her: kanojo
here: koko
hip: hippu
hit: hitto
hobby: shumi
hold: motsu
home: uchi
home (own): jitaku
home (someone else's): o-taku
hometown: furusato
hot: atsui
hot spring: onsen
hot water: o-yu
hotel: hoteru
hour: ji
house: ie
how: doo
how many: ikutsu
how much: o-ikura
how to (suffix): kata
hundred: hyaku, byaku, pyaku
husband (own): otto
husband (someone else's): danna-san, go-shujin
I
I'm sorry: gomennasai
ice cream: aisu kuriimu
import: yunyuu suru
incident: koto
inferior: koohai
inside: naka
intention: tsumori
interest: kyoumi
interesting: omoshiroi
international: kokusai
invite: yobu
is: desu
island: shima
it: kore, sore, are
J
Japan: Nihon
Japanese: nihongo
Japanese chess: shoogi
Japanese clothing: wafuku
Japanese harp: koto
Japanese mafia: yakuza
Japanese pub, bar: izakaya
Japanese religion: shintoo
Japanese rice liquor: o-sake
Japanese room: washitsu
Japanese style (anything): wafuu
Japanese traditional theater: noo
Japanese wrestling: sumoo
Japanese-style guesthouse: minshuku
Japanese-style hotel: ryokan
jealous: urayamashii
job: shigoto
juice: juusu
just: honno
K
kill: korosu
kilogram: kiro
kind: shinsetsu
kitchen: daidokoro
kite: tako
knife: naifu
knot, belt: shimeru
know: shiru
L
ladies and gentlemen: mina-sama, mina-san
lake: mizuumi
late: okureru
law: hooritsu
learn: oboeru
leave: deru
left: hidari
legs: ashi
lie down: neru
life-force energy: ki
like: suki
line: sen
live: sumu
lively: genki
living room: ima
loan: kasu
locker: rokkaa
lonely: samishii
long: nagai
long ago: mukashii
long time no see: o-hisashiburi
long white radish: daikon
look: miru
looking forward to: tanoshimi
lotus root: renkon
loud: urusai
love: ai suru
lovely: suteki
lower back: koshi
luggage: nimotsu
lunch: hiru gohan, ranchi
lunch recess: hiruyasumi
M
machine: kikai
majority: tasuu
make: tsukuru
male: danshi
man: otoko no hito
map: chizu
market: ichi
marriage: kekkon
massage: massaaji
me: jibun, watashi, atashi, boku
meal: gohan, meshi, shokuji
measure: hakaru
meat: niku
medium: chuu
meet: au
meeting: uchiawase
menu: menyuu
milliliters: miririttoru
minute: fun, pun
money: o-kane
month: tsuki, getsu, gatsu
moon: tsuki
more: motto
morning: asa
mosquito: ka
mountain: yama
mouth: kuchi
movie: eiga
music room: ongakushitsu
N
name: namae
nap: o-hirune
near: chikai, chikaku
need: iru
neighbor: kinjo
New Year: o-shoogatsu
next: tsugi
next to: yoko, tonari
next week: raishuu
nice: yasashii, shinsetsu, suteki
Nice to meet you.: hajimemashite
night: yoru
nine: kyuu, ku
ninth day: kokonoka
no: iie
noise: oto
noisy: urusai
nonreserved seat: jiyuuseki
noodles: men
noon: shoogo
noon meal: hiru gohan
normal, regular: futsuu
north: kita
nose: hana
not: ja nai
not allowed: ikemasen
not at all: zenzen
not enough: tsumaranai, tarinai
not very: amari
now: ima
O
ocean: umi
octopus: tako
of course: mochiron
okay: daijoobu
older brother: o-nii-san, ani
older sister: o-nee-san, ane
oldest son: choonan
once more: moo ikkai, moo ichido
one: ichi, hitotsu
oneself: jibun
only: dake
oolong tea: uuron-cha
open: aku
orange (color and fruit): orenji
organic: munoo yaku
outside: soto
over there: mukoo, asoko, soko
oysters: kaki
P
packages: nimotsu
pain: itami
painful: itai
pair: katahoo, soku (shoes counter)
pants: zubon
paper: kami
paper doors: shooji
park: kooen
party: paateii
path: michi
peaceful: heiwa
pencil: enpitsu
people: hito-tachi
perhaps: kamoshirenai
persimmons: kaki
person: nin, jin, hito
personal computer: pasokon
pesticide: nooyaku
pick up: mukae
pickle: tsukeru
pickled Japanese apricot: umeboshi
pickled vegetables: tsukemono
pillow: makura
pink: pinku
pizza: piza
place: tokoro, basho
platform: ban, noriba
play: asobu, asobi
please: kudasai, doozo
polite: teinei
population: jinkoo
potato: jaga imo
potato chips: poteto chippusu
prefecture: ken
preparation: junbi
president: shachoo (company), daitooryoo (country)
pretty: kirei
probably: tabun, ka mo shirenai
public bath: sentoo
purple: murasaki
put on: kiru, tsukeru
Q
quickly: hayaku
R
rain: ame
raise: sodatsu
rare: mezurashii
rat: nezumi
raw: nama
razor: kamisori
read: yomu
really: hontoo (ni)
reason: ryuu
receipt: reshiito, ryooshuusho
receive: morau, itadaku (humble)
recently: kono mae, kono aida, saikin
recital: happyookai
red: aka
refuse: kotowaru
regular: futsuu
relaxing: nonbiri
remote control: rimokon
remove: nugu
rental car: rentakaa
reservation: yoyaku
reserved seat: shiteiseki
rest: yasumi
restaurant: resutoran
restroom: toire, tearai
rice: o-kome
rice liquor: o-sake
right: migi (direction), tadashii (correct)
ring: wa
road: michi, doro
Roman letters: roomaji
room: heya, shitsu
rude: shitsurei
run: hashiru
S
safe: anshin
salad: sarada
same: onaji, issho
satisfied: manzoku
sauna: sauna
say: shaberu, iu, hanasu
scary: kowai
scent: kaori, nioi
schedule: yotei (plans), jikokuhyoo (bus, train)
school: gakkoo
sea: umi
seal: shiiru
season: kisetsu
seat: seki
second day: futsuka
second party: nijikai
second term: nigakki
see: miru
self introduction: jiko shokai
sell: uru
send: okuru
set: setto
set meal/menu: teishoku
seven: nana, shichi
seventh day: nanoka
shellfish: kai
shoes: kutsu, shuuzu
shopping: kaimono (suru)
show: miseru
shower: shawaa
shrimp: ebi
shrine: jinja
shut: shimaru, shimeru
shy: hazukashii
sibling: kyoodai
side: gawa
sign: sain (suru)
signature: sain
signature stamp: hanko, inkan
sing: utau
sit: suwaru
six: roku
sixth day: muika
size: saizu, ookisa
skin: hada, hifu
sleep: neru
slippers: surippa
slowly: yukkuri
small: chiisai
small talk: maefuri
smell: nioi (suru)
smelly: kusai
smoke: kemuri, suu
snake: hebi
snow: yuki
soccer: sakkaa
socks: sokkusu
sometimes: tokidoki
soon: sorosoro, moo sugu
sorry: gomennasai
so-so: maa-maa
sound: oto
soup: otsuyu, shiru
south: minami
souvenirs: o-miyage
soybean paste: miso
spacious: hiroi
Spanish: supeingo
speak: shaberu, iu, hanasu
special: tokubetsu
special of the day: o-susume
spicy: karai
spoon: supuun
sports: supootsu
sports festival: undookai, taiikusai
spring: haru
stairs: kaidan
stamp: kitte
staple food: shushoku
start: sutaato, hajimari
state: shuu
steak: suteeki
step up: agaru
sticker: shiiru
still (ongoing): mada
stinky: kusai
stop: yameru, tomaru
store: mise
straight: massugu
stretch out: nobasu
strong: tsuyoi
student: seito
study: benkyoo (suru)
subtitles: jimaku
subtle: jimi
subway: chikatestu
such as: nado
suddenly: kyuu ni
suit: suutsu
summer: natsu
sunset: hinoiri, yuuhi
superior: senpai
supposing: nara
sweet: amai
swim: oyogu
T
tablespoon: oosaji
take: toru
take it easy: tekitoo (ni)
tall: takai
tangerine: mikan
tax: zeikin
taxi: takushii
tea: o-cha
tea ceremony: sadoo
teach: oshieru
teacher: sensei
teaspoon: kosaji
television: terebi
temperature: ondo
temple: o-tera
ten: juu
ten thousand: man
tenth day: tooka
than: yori
thank you: arigatoo, doomo
that: sore, are, sono, ano
there: soko
therefore: dakara
thin (color, taste): usui
thing: mono
think: kangaeru, omou
think (polite): tono koto desu
third day: mikka
this: kore, kono
this area: kono hen
this morning: kesa
thought: kangae
thousand: sen, zen (three)
thread: ito
three: san
Thursday: mokuyoobi
ticket: kippu
tidal wave: tsunami
tie: shimeru
time: jikan
tip: chippu
tiredness: tsukare
to: ni
tofu: toofu
together: issho (ni)
toilet: toire
tonight: konya
too: mo
too much: sugiru
toothbrush: haburashi
toothpaste: hamigakiko
top: koma
touch: sawaru
tour: tsuaa
towel: taoru
town: machi
train: densha
train station: eki
travel: ryokoo
travel company: ryokoo gaisha
tree: ki
turn: magaru, mawaru
twenty years old: hatachi
two: ni
typical: tenkeiteki (na)
U
U.S.A.: Amerika
understand: wakaru, kashiko-marimasu (humble)
until: made
unusual: mezurashii
use: tsukau
V
vacation: yasumi
vegetarian: bejitarian
very: tottemo
vice principal: kyootoo-sensei
video: bideo
visit: yoru, asobi ni iku/kuru
voice: koe
W
waist: uesuto
wait: matsu, o-machi (polite)
wake up: okiru
wake up (someone): okosu
wake-up call: mooningu kooru
wake up early: hayaoki
walk: aruku
wallet: saifu
walnut: kurumi
want: hoshii
warm: attakai
warrior: samurai
wash: arau
washing area: araiba
water: mizu
wear: kiru, haku, suru, hameru, shimeru
weather: tenki
week: shuu
weight: taijuu
welcome: irasshaimase, yookoso
welcome home: o-kaeri
well done: joozu
well …: jaa
west: nishi
what: nani, nan, doo
what (kind of): dono, donna
what (style, type of): doo iu fuu, donna fuu
when: itsu
whenever: itsudemo
where: doko
which: dotchi, dono
who: dare
why: naze, dooshite
wind: kaze
wing: hane
winter: fuyu
without: nashi
woman: onna no hito
work: hataraku
wrap: tsutsumu
write: kaku
Y
yarn: keito
year: toshi, nen
yellow: kiiro
yen: en
yes: hai
you: anata, kimi (informal, punitive), omae (punitive)
you are welcome: doo itashimashite
younger brother: otooto
younger sister: imooto
