3-5 Flashcards
job
(o)shigoto
medical doctor
isha (Note: Wehn addressing a medical doctor, one uses the doctor’s last name, followed by “sensei”. E.g., Oda Sensei. In this case, “isha” is not used.
medical doctor (polite form of “isha”)
oishasan. (Note: Often used to refer to doctors outside one’s own family.)
hospital
byooin
lawyer
bengoshi
company employee
kaishain
housewife
shufu
engineer
enjinia
now
ima
before
mae
- government worker
- koomuin
- accountant
- kaikeishi
- secretary
- hisho
- pilot
- pairotto
- flight attendant (female)
- suchuwaadesu
- real estate salesperson
- fudoosanya
- company president
- shachoo
- nurse
- kangofu
See Grammar on page 68.
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was
deshita.
wasn’t/was not
de wa arimasen deshita.
ja arimasen deshita.
My father wa a company employee before.
Chichi wa mae kaishain deshita.
My mother was a teacher before.
Haha wa mae sensei deshita.
I was not a student of this school before.
Watashi wa mae kono gakkoo no seito de wa arimasen deshita.
What is your father’s occupation?
Otoosan no oshigoto wa nan desu ka?
Where does he work?
Oshigoto wa doko desu ka?
What grade is your older brother?
Oniisan wa nannensei desu ka?
What (=Where) is you older brother’s school?
Oniisan no gakkoo wa doko desu ka?
My mother is an analyst at the Hawaii State Capitol.
Haha no oshigoto wa Hawaii State Legislature no analyst desu.
My grandmother is a teacher at Moanalua Elementary School.
Obaasan wa Moanalua Shoogakkoo no sensei desu.
pickled plum
umeboshi
seasoned dry seaweed
nori
