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Question 1

job

Answer 1

(o)shigoto

Question 2

medical doctor

Answer 2

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.

Question 3

medical doctor (polite form of “isha”)

Answer 3

oishasan. (Note: Often used to refer to doctors outside one’s own family.)

Question 4

hospital

Answer 4

byooin

Question 5

lawyer

Answer 5

bengoshi

Question 6

company employee

Answer 6

kaishain

Question 7

housewife

Answer 7

shufu

Question 8

engineer

Answer 8

enjinia

Question 9

now

Answer 9

ima

Question 10

before

Answer 10

mae

Question 11

• government worker

Answer 11

• koomuin

Question 12

• accountant

Answer 12

• kaikeishi

Question 13

• secretary

Answer 13

• hisho

Question 14

• pilot

Answer 14

• pairotto

Question 15

• flight attendant (female)

Answer 15

• suchuwaadesu

Question 16

• real estate salesperson

Answer 16

• fudoosanya

Question 17

• company president

Answer 17

• shachoo

Question 18

• nurse

Answer 18

• kangofu

Question 19

See Grammar on page 68.

Answer 19

Study!

Question 20

was

Answer 20

deshita.

Question 21

wasn’t/was not

Answer 21

de wa arimasen deshita.

ja arimasen deshita.

Question 22

My father wa a company employee before.

Answer 22

Chichi wa mae kaishain deshita.

Question 23

My mother was a teacher before.

Answer 23

Haha wa mae sensei deshita.

Question 24

I was not a student of this school before.

Answer 24

Watashi wa mae kono gakkoo no seito de wa arimasen deshita.

Question 25

What is your father’s occupation?

Answer 25

Otoosan no oshigoto wa nan desu ka?

Question 26

Where does he work?

Answer 26

Oshigoto wa doko desu ka?

Question 27

What grade is your older brother?

Answer 27

Oniisan wa nannensei desu ka?

Question 28

What (=Where) is you older brother’s school?

Answer 28

Oniisan no gakkoo wa doko desu ka?

Question 29

My mother is an analyst at the Hawaii State Capitol.

Answer 29

Haha no oshigoto wa Hawaii State Legislature no analyst desu.

Question 30

My grandmother is a teacher at Moanalua Elementary School.

Answer 30

Obaasan wa Moanalua Shoogakkoo no sensei desu.

Question 31

pickled plum

Answer 31

umeboshi

Question 32

seasoned dry seaweed

Answer 32

nori