Gerald Flashcards
- どう致しまして
- どういたしまして
You’re welcome
- 長い
- ながい
Long (time)
- 病院
- びょういん
Hospital
- 仕事
- しごと
Job, occupation (noun)
- する
- します
- “shiru” be sorry if she tries… it herself
To do (verb)
- どの位?
- どのくらい?
How long, how far, how much?
- ご心配なく
- ごしんぱいなく
Don’t worry about it, no worries
- 大丈夫
- だいじょうぶ
- “daijiyobu”?… (My job?…)
It’s alright, it’s okay
- いいね
- “iine” it… to feel wanted
That’s good, that’s nice
- 今日
- きょう
Today
- 空腹
- くうふく
Hungry
- 楽しい
- たのしい
Enjoyable, fun, pleasant, happy, delightful (い adjective)
- 夜
- よる
Evening, night (noun, adverb)
- 夕飯
- ゆうはん
- Are “yuuhan”gry by… time?
Evening meal, dinner, supper (noun)
- 楽しみ
- たのしみ
- Enjoyment, pleasure, diversion, amusement, hobby (な adjective, noun)
- Anticipation, looking forward to (な adjective, noun)
- 楽しみにする
- たのしみにする
To look forward to something (expression, suru verb)
- 会う
- あう
To meet, to encounter, to see (godan verb, intransitive verb)
- またしましょうね
Let’s do it again
- 何れ
- どれ
Which (of three or more) (pronoun)
- どうでしたか?
How was it?
- 週末
- しゅうまつ
- “shyoumatsu” take a break this…
Weekend (adverb, noun)
- 見る
- みる
- When you look in the “miru” what do you..?
- To see, to look, to watch, to view, to observe
- To examine, to look over, to assess, to check, to judge
- To look after, to attend to, to take care of, to keep an eye on
- To experience, to meet with (misfortune, success, etc.)
- (Ichidan verb, transitive verb)
- 修正
- しゅうせい
- Amendment, correction, revision, modification, alteration, retouching, update, fix
- (noun or participle taking the aux. verb する, transitive verb)
- 美味しい
- おいしい
- Good(-tasting), nice, delicious, tasty
- Attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.), appealing, convenient, favorable, desirable, profitable
- (い adjective)
- 水
- みず
- Water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water)
- Fluid (esp. in an animal tissue), liquid
- Flood, floodwaters
- (noun)
- どこ
- どちら (formal)
- Where, what place
- How much (long, far), what extent
- (pronoun)
- ここ
- こっち (informal)
- こちら (formal)
- Here, this place
- This point, here, now
- The next … (e.g. few days), these next …
- (pronoun)
- そこ
- そっち (informal)
- そちら (formal)
- There (place relatively near listener)
- There (place just mentioned), that place
- Then (of some incident just spoken of), that (of point just raised)
- (pronoun)
- あそこ
- あっち (informal)
- あちら (formal)
- There, over there, that place, yonder, you-know-where
- That far, that much, that point
- (pronoun)
- Genitals, private parts, nether regions
- That far, that much, that point
- (noun)
- 駅
- えき
- Railway station, train station
- (noun)
- バス停
- バスてい
- Bus stop
- なるほど
- I see, that’s right, indeed
- (interjection, adverb)
- 遊ぶ / び
- あそぶ (verb)
- あそび (noun)
- Play, amuse oneself, enjoy oneself
- Spend one’s time idle, do nothing
- For an item not to be in use, be spare or idle
- かばん
- Bag, satchel, briefcase, basket
- (noun)
- 地図
- ちず
- Map, atlas, chart, plan
- (noun)
- 切符
- きっぷ
- Ticket
- (noun)
- じゃないです (informal)
- じゃありません (more formal)
- ではありません (most formal - for writing)
- “jiyana”ial is to say something…
- Is not, am not, are not
- Isn’t it?
- (expression, い adjective)
- 地下鉄
- ちかてつ
- Subway, metro, underground (railway)
- (abbreviation, noun)
- 空港
- くうこう
- Airport
- (noun)
- 半
- はん
- Half, semi-
- Half-past
- Odd number
- (noun, noun (prefix))
- ごろ
- Around, about
- (noun, adverb, noun (suffix))
- 今
- いま
- Now, the present time, just now, soon, immediately
- (noun taking the genitive case particle の, adverb)
- Another, more
- (adverb)
- 頃
- ころ
- Suitable time (or condition)
- Time of year, season
- (noun, adverb, noun (suffix))
- 何時
- なんじ
- When, at what time, how soon
- (pronoun)
- 時
- じ
- Hour; o’clock
- (specified) Time; when …; during …
- (suffix, noun which may take the genitive case particle の)
- 面白い
- おもしろい
- Interesting, fascinating, intriguing, enthralling
- Amusing, funny, comical
- Enjoyable, fun, entertaining, pleasant, agreeable
- Good, satisfactory, favourable, desirable, encouraging
- (い adjective)
- その
- That, the (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener)
- Part (as in “part two”) (preceding a number)
- (pre-noun adjectival)
- Um …, er …, uh …
- (interjection)
- この
- This (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker
- Last (couple of years, etc.), these, past, this (in ref. to a stretch of time or date)
- You (as in “you liar”) (emphatic, accusatory, insulting)
- (pre-noun adjectival)
- 明るい
- あかるい
-Light, well-lit, well-lighted
- Bright (of a colour), brightly-coloured, brightly-colored
- Cheerful, bright, spirited, sunny (e.g. disposition)
- Encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.), promising, of fair prospects
- Familiar (with), knowledgeable (about), well versed (in)
- (い adjective)
- それら
- Those (near the second person)
- (pronoun)
- これら
- These
- (pronoun)
- 靴
- くつ
- Shoe, shoes, boots, footwear, footgear
- (noun)
- 白い
- しろい
- White
- (い adjective)
- 赤い
- あかい
- Red, crimson, scarlet, vermilion, vermillion
- Red, communist
- (い adjective)
- 傘
- かさ
- Umbrella, parasol
- Something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat, shade (of a lamp), mushroom cap, pileus
- (noun)
- 帽子
- ぼうし
- Hat, cap
- (noun)
- そこ
- There (place relatively near listener)
- There (place just mentioned), that place
- Then (of some incident just spoken of), that (of point just raised)
- (pronoun)
- ここ
- Here, this place
- This point, here, now
- These past … (e.g. three years), these last … (followed by a duration noun)
- The next … (e.g. few days), these next … (followed by a duration noun)
- (pronoun)
- 大学
- だいがく
- University, college
- (noun)
- えき
- Railway station, train station
- (noun)
- デパート
- Department store
- Department
- (noun)
- バス停
- バスてい
- Bus stop
- (noun)
- コンビニ
- Convenience store
- (noun)
- 週間
- しゅうかん
- Week
- (noun)
- 未だ
- まだ
- いまだ
- still, as yet, only
- (not) yet
- more, (more) still
- at least, comparatively, relatively
- (adverb)
- unfinished, incomplete, not yet done
- (な adjective)
- 探す
- さがす
- to search for, to look for, to hunt for, to seek
- to search (a house, pocket, etc.), to search through, to rummage in (e.g. a drawer), to fish around
- (godan verb, transitive verb)
- 新しい
- あたらしい
- new, novel, fresh, recent, latest, up-to-date, modern
- (い adjective)
- 教員
- きょういん
- teacher, instructor, teaching staff, faculty member
- (noun)
- 思考
- しこう
- thought, consideration, thinking
- (noun or participle taking the aux. verb する, transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun taking the genitive case particle の)
- なる
- to become, to get, to grow, to turn, to reach, to attain
- to result in, to turn out, to end up, to prove (to be)
- to consist of, to be composed of, to be made up of
- to be completed, to be realized, to succeed, to be attained, to be accomplished
- to change (into), to turn (into), to transform
- to come (to do), to begin (to do), to grow (to do)
- to come to, to amount to, to add up to, to make
- to play (the part of), to act as
- to be used for, to be useful for, to serve as
- (godan verb, intransitive verb)
- 習う
- ならう
- to take lessons in, to be taught, to learn (from a teacher), to study (under a teacher), to get training in
- (godan verb, transitive verb)
- ないといけない
- have to (verb), must (verb) (after negative base of verb)
- is indispensable, absolutely necessary
- (expression, い adjective)
- 月
- つき
- month
- Moon
- moonlight
- (a) moon, natural satellite
- (noun)
- 月間
- げっかん
- month-long period, (during) month
- (noun or verb acting prenominally)
- 誕生日
- たんじょうび
- “danjyoubi”s to be a clown for kid’s…
- birthday
- (noun)
- 最近
- さいきん
- Haven’t been “saikin”…
- recently, lately, these days, nowadays, right now
- (noun taking the genitive case particle の, adverb)
- nearest, closest
- (noun taking the genitive case particle の)
- 起きる
- おきる
- おきます
- It’s not “okiru” to sleep in. I should really…
- to get up, to rise, to blaze up (fire)
- to wake up, to be awake, to stay awake
- to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents), to happen, to take place
- (Ichidan verb intransitive verb)
- 晩御飯
- ばんごはん
- “bangohan” the table when hungry for…
- dinner, evening meal
- (noun)
- 毎晩
- まいばん
- I sit on “maiban”s every…
- every night
- (noun, adverb)
- 弁当
- べんとう
- By midday, I’m “bentoo”ver with hunger for a…
- boxed lunch (noun)
- 昼ご飯
- ひるごはん
- Whoever feeds me… is my “hirogo”
- lunch, midday meal
- (noun)
- 朝御飯
- あさごはん
- If I’m running late I eat… “asago”
- breakfast
- (noun)
- 毎朝
- まいあさ
- I struggle to get off “maiasa” every…
- every morning
- (noun, adverb)
- 飲む
- のむ
- のみます
- It’s “nomu” to… water
- to drink, to gulp, to swallow, to take (medicine)
- to smoke (tobacco)
- to engulf, to overwhelm
- to keep down, to suppress
- to accept (e.g. demand, condition)
- to make light of, to conceal
- (godan verb, transitive verb)
- 毎日
- まいにち
- Are your eyes itchy today? “main(are)ichi”…
- every day
- (noun, adverb)
- 食べる
- たべる
- たべます
- It is “taberu” to… during Ramadan.
- to eat
- to live on (e.g. a salary), to live off, to subsist on
- (Ichidan verb, transitive verb)
- 野球
- やきゅう
- It was good “yakyuu” got such good seats for the… game
- baseball
- noun
- 雑誌
- ざっし
- “zaashi” always do the crosswords in the..?
- journal, magazine, periodical
- (noun)
- 本
- ほん
- “hon”estly I don’t read many…
- book, volume, script
- (noun)
- this, present, current, … in question, … at issue
- main, head, principal
- real, genuine, regular, proper
- (prefix)
- counter for long, cylindrical things, counter for films, TV shows, etc., counter for goals, home runs, etc., counter for telephone calls
- (counter)
- 読む
- よむ
- よみます
- ‘“yomu”ight be surprised to learn I don’t… very much because I don’t like books.
- to read
- to recite (e.g. a sutra), to chant
- to predict, to guess, to forecast, to read (someone’s thoughts), to see (e.g. into someone’s heart), to divine
- to decipher
- to count, to estimate
- to read (a kanji) with its native Japanese reading
- (godan verb, transitive verb)
- 音楽
- おんがく
- The… began playing right “ongaku”
- music
- (noun)
- 聞く
- きく
- ききます
- You must… the music to “kiku” out the jams
- to hear
- to listen (e.g. to music)
- to ask, to enquire, to query
- to hear about, to hear of, to learn of
- to follow (advice, order, etc.), to obey, to listen to, to comply with
- to hear (e.g. a plea), to grant (a request), to accept (e.g. an argument), to give consideration to
- to smell (esp. incense), to sample (a fragrance)
- to taste (alcohol), to try
- (godan verb, transitive verb)
- 時々
- ときどき
- It’s “tokidoki” to… make mistakes
- sometimes, occasionally, at times, from time to time, now and then, once in a while, at intervals
- (adverb, noun taking the genitive case particle の)
- seasonal, of the season, appropriate (for the season or occasion)
- (noun taking the genitive case particle の, noun)
- 作
- つくる
- つくります
- “tsukuru” to… model planes
- to make, to produce, to manufacture, to build, to construct
- to prepare (food), to brew (alcohol)
- to raise, to grow, to cultivate, to train
- to till
- to draw up (a document), to make out, to prepare, to write
- to create (an artistic work, etc.), to compose
- to coin (a phrase), to organize, to organise, to establish, to found
- to have (a child)
- to make up (one’s face, etc.)
- to fabricate (an excuse, etc.)
- to give a (false) appearance, to feign (a smile, etc.), to put on a show of emotion
- to form (a line, etc.)
- to set (a record)
- to commit (a sin, etc.)
- (godan verb, transitive verb)
- 昨日
- きのう
- It feels like only… I was in “kinou”garten.
- yesterday
- (noun, adverb)
- 晩
- ばん
- It’s annoying how the neighbours “ban”g on the walls at…
- evening, night
- (noun, adverb)
- counter for nights
- (counter)
- 料理屋
- りょうりや
- You live here. What is the best… “ryooriya”?
- restaurant
- (noun)
- する
- します
- “shiru” regret trying… that on her own.
- to do, to carry out, to perform
- to cause to become, to make (into), to turn (into)
- to serve as, to act as, to work as
- to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
- to judge as being, to view as being, to think of as, to treat as, to use as
- to decide on, to choose
- (suru verb)
- to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.)
- to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
- to be worth, to cost
- to pass (of time), to elapse
- to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B
- to transform A to B, to make A into B, to exchange A for B
- to make use of A for B, to view A as B, to handle A as if it were B
- to feel A about B
- (suru verb, transitive verb)
- verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech “vs”)
- (suffix, suru verb)
- creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with “o” or “go”)
- to be just about to, to be just starting to, to try to, to attempt to
- (auxiliary verb, suru verb)