[CV] Lesson 3 Flashcards
(my) older sister
あね (姉)
apartment
アパート (abbreviation of アパートメント)
younger sister vs younger brother
いもうと (妹) vs おとうと (弟)
song
うた (歌)
grandfather // male senior-citizen vs grandmother // old woman; female senior citizen
おじいさん (お祖父さん) vs おばあさん (お祖母さん)
man vs woman
おとこのひと (男の人) vs おんなのひと (女の人)
older brother vs older sister
おにいさん (お兄さん) vs おねえさん (お姉さん)
company; corporation
かいしゃ (会社)
family; members of a family + brothers and sisters; siblings
かぞく (家族) + きょうだい (兄弟)
hair
かみ
mouth
口 (くち)
country
国 (くに)
car; automobile; vehicle
くるま (車)
game
ゲーム
convenience store
コンビニ
group with a common interest (e.g. students); club (e.g. company sports club); circle
サークル (omg, it’s “circle”! :o)
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; messroom
しょくどう (食堂
(my) father vs (my) mother
父 (ちち) vs 母 (はは)
DVD
DVD (or ディーブイディー but nah)
eye
目 (め)
glasses
めがね (眼鏡)
word; vocabulary; (usually) single-character word
たんご (単語 )
bright; intelligent
あたまがいい (頭がいい ) (い adj)
cute; adorable; charming; lovely; pretty
かわいい (い adj)
tall vs short (of a person)
せがたかい (背が高い) vs せがひくい (背が低い) (い adj)
long vs short
ながい (長い) vs みじかい (短い) (い adj)
fast // early
はやい (早い) (い adj)
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
しんせつ (親切) (な adj)
convenient; handy; useful
べんり (便利) (な adj)
to sing
うたう (歌う)
To get to know; to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise -> I know, I don’t know
しる (知る) (う verb) -> しっています, しりません
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
すむ (住む) - e.g. としょかん に すんでいます = I’m living in the library (te form + います)
to gain weight vs to lose weight
ふとる (太る) (う verb) -> ふとっています = to be on the heavy side VS やせる (痩せる) -> やせています = to be thin
to put on (a hat on one’s head); to wear; to have on; to pull over (one’s head); to crown (oneself)
かぶる (被る) (う verb)
to put on (items below your waist); to put on (or wear) lower-body clothing (i.e. pants, skirt, etc.); to put on (or wear) footwear
はく (履く)
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on (clothes above your waist)
きる (着る) (る verb) (~を)
to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.)
かける (掛ける) (る verb) E.g. めがね を かけます
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (in)
つとめる (勤める) (る verb)
to get married
けっこんする (結婚する) (irregular verb) (~と)
~が
…, but
なにも + negative
not _ anything
counter for people
-にん (人)
one person
一人 (ひとり)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
二人 (ふたり)
(not) particularly; (not) especially
べつに + negative
Hello? (e.g. on the phone)
もしもし
of course; certainly; naturally
もちろん (勿論)
if you like
よかったら (良かったら)