Japanese Vocab 4 Flashcards by S A

___: part-time job (katakana)

arubaito

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___: shopping

kaimono

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___: class (katakana)

kurasu

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___: you

anata

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___: chair

isu

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___: dog

inu

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___: souvenir

omiyage

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___: child

kodomo

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___: rice/meal

gohan

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___: photograph/picture

shashin

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___: desk

tsukue

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___: letter

tegami

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___: cat

neko

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___: bread (katakana)

pan

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___: person

hito

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___: e-mail (katakana)

meeru

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___: temple

otera

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___: park

kouen

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___: supermarket (katakana)

suupaa

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___: bus stop (katakana/hiragana)

basutei

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___: department store (katakana)

depaato

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___: hospital

byouin

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___: hotel (katakana)

hoteru

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___: bookstore

honya

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___: town/city

machi

___: restaurant (katakana)

resutoran

~___: ...hours

jikan

___: when.../at the time of...(~の)

toki

___: to meet/to see a person (person に)

___ ___ CONJUGATE au (to meet/see a person) past affirmative, past negative

aimashita aimasendeshita

___: there is...(place に thing ガ)

aru

___ ___: CONJUGATE aru (to meet/see a person) past affirmative, past negative

arimashita arimasendeshita

___: to buy (~を)

kau

___ ___: CONJUGATE kau (to buy) past affirmative, past negative

kaimashita kaimasendeshita

___: to write (person に thing を)

kaku

___ ___: CONJUGATE kaku (to write) past affirmative, past negative

kakimashita kakimasendeshita

___: to take a picture (~を)

toru

___ ___: CONJUGATE toru (to take a pic) past affirmative, past negative

torimashita torimasendeshita

___: to wait (~を)

matsu

___ ___: CONJUGATE matsu (to wait) past affirmative, past negative

machimashita machimasendeshita

___: to understand (~が)

wakaru

___ ___: CONJUGATE wakaru (to understand) past affirmative, past negative

wakarimashita wakarimasendeshita

___: a person is in.../stays at... (place に person が)

iru

___ ___: CONJUGATE iru (a person is in...) past affirmative, past negative

imashita imasendeshita

___: about (approximate measurement)

gurai

___: I'm sorry

gomennasai

___: so/therefore

dakara

___: many/a lot

takusan

___: together with a person

___: why

doushite

___: alone

hitoride

___: to the right (~の)

miki

___: to the left (~の)

hidari

___: in front (~の)

mae

___: behind (~の)

ushiro

___: inside (~の)

naka

___: on top (~の)

___: underneath (~の)

shita

___: near/nearby (~の)

chikaku

___: next to (~の)

tonari

___: between ( Aと B の)

aida

___: there is/are X (nonliving). 1) calls for particle に instead of で, 2) に comes at beginning of sentence, 3) に followed by が

arimasu

___: there is/are X (living)

imasu

___ __ ___ __ ___: there is a watch over there

asoko ni tokei ga arimasu

___ __ ___-___ __ ___: Takeshi is over there

asoko ni takeshi san ga imasu

___: used to say there is something (nonliving) somewhere, that you have/own something, that an event took place

arimasu

___: used to say there is something (living) somewhere, that you have friends, siblings, etc.

imasu

___ __ ___: dont have a TV

terebi ga arimasen

___ __ ___ __: do you have time?

jikan ga arimasu ka

___ __ ___ __ ___: there will be a test on Tuesday

kayoubi ni tesuto ga arimasu

___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___: there will be no japanese class tomorrow

ashita wa nihongo no kurasu ga arimasen

___ __ ___ __ ___: there's an international student over there

asoko ni ryuugakusei ga imasu

___ __ ___ __ ___: i have a japanese friend

nihonjin no tomodachi ga imasu

___ __ ___ __ ___ ___: the bank is next to the library

ginkou wa toshokan no tonari desu

___ __ ___ __ ___ ___: the umbrella is under the desk

kasa wa tsukue no shita desu

___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ ___: the restaurant is between the department store and the hospital

resutoran wa depaato to byouin no aida desu

___: used when a verb is added to describe an event at a place (i waited for mary in front of the mos burger place - watashi wa mosu baagaa no mae de mary san o machimashita)

___ __ ___ ___ __ ___ __ ___-___ __ ___: i waited for mary in front of the mos burger place

watashi wa mos burger no mae de mary san o machimashita

___ ___ __ ___ ___ __ ___ ___: professor yamada was a student at Sakura University

yamada sensei wa Sakura Daigaku no gakusei deshita

___ __ ___ __ ___ __ __ ___ ___: that was not a japanese movie

are wa nihon no eiga ja na katta desu

___: past affirmative form of desu

deshita

__ __ ___ ___: past negative form of ja nai desu

ja na katta desu

___-___ __ ___ ___ ___ __ ___: mary returned home at about nine

mary san wa kuji goro uchi ni kaerimashita

___ __ ___ ___ __ ___: i did not study japanese yesterday

watashi wa kinou nihongo o benkyoushimasendeshita

___ __ ___ ___ __ ___: i went to kyoto yesterday

watashi wa kinou kyoto ni ikimashita

___ ___ __ ___ ___ __ ___: professor yamashita went to kyoto yesterday, too

yamashita sensei mo kinou kyoto ni ikimashita

__: used when something is the same as the first thing, when 2 or more people do the same thing, when someone buys/eats/sees 2 or more things, go to 2 or more places, do something at 2 or more locations

___-___ __ ___ __ ___: mary bought shoes

mary san wa kutsu o kaimashita

___-___ __ ___ __ ___: mary bought a bag, too

mary san wa kaban mo kaimashita

___ __ ___ ___ __ ___: i went to kyoto last week

watashi wa senshuu kyoto ni ikimashita

___ __ __ ___: i went to okasa, too.

osaka ni mo ikimashita

___-___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___: robert went to a party on saturday

robert san wa doyoubi ni paatii ni ikimashita

___ __ __ ___ __ ___: went to a party on sunday, too

nichiyoubi ni mo paatii ni ikimashita

__, __, or __: replaced by mo

wa ga o

__: not replaced by mo and used together with it instead

___ __ ___ ___ __ ___ __ ___: i ate bread yesterday in the park

watashi wa kinou kouen de pan o tabemashita

___-___ __ ___ __ ___ __ __ ___ ___: robert was not a student in america

robert san wa amerika de gakusei ja na katta desu

___ (yes/no): are particles used when expressing the duration of activity?

___-___ __ ___ __ ___-___ __ ___ ___: mary waited for takeshi there for an hour

mary san wa soko de takeshi san o ichijikan machimashita

___ __ ___ ___ __ ___ ___ ___: yesterday i studied japanese for about 3 hours

watashi wa kinou nihongo o sanjikan gurai benkyoushimashita

___ __ ___ ___ ___ ___: i slept for 7 and a half hours last night

watashi wa kinou shichijikan han nemashita

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noun o

___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ ___: AFTER o: i took many pictures in kyoto

watashi wa kyoto de shashin o takusan torimashita

___ __ ___ __ ___ ___ __ ___: BEFORE noun: i took many pictures in kyoto

watashi wa kyoto de takusan shashin o torimashita

___ __ ___ ___: AFTER o: ate a lot of vegetables

yasai o takusan tabemashita

___ ___ __ ___: BEFORE noun: i ate a lot of vegetables

takusan yasai o tabemashita

___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___: i speak japanese and english

watashi wa nihongo to eigo o hanashimasu

___ __ ___ __ ___: went to kyoto and osaka

kyoto to osaka ni ikimashita

___-___ __ ___-___ __ ___ __ ___: mary will go to korea with sue

mary san wa sue san to kankoku ni ikimasu

__: used when talking abt subject matter, taking abt something existing (arimasu/imasu), and ownership of something (X __ arimasu/imasu).

___: 1 hour

ichijikan

___: 2 hours

nijikan

___: 3 hours

sanjikan

___: monday

getsuyoubi

___: tuesday

kayoubi

___: wednesday

suiyoubi

___: thursday

mokuyoubi

___: friday

kinyoubi

___: saturday

doyoubi

___: sunday

nichiyoubi

___: january

ichigatsu

___: february

nigatsu

___: march

sangatsu

___: april

shigatsu

___: may

gogatsu

___: june

rokugatsu

___: july

shichigatsu

___: august

hachigatsu

___: september

kugatsu

___: october

juugatsu

___: november

juuichigatsu

___: december

juunigatsu

___: the 1st

tsuitachi

___: the 2nd

futsuka

___: the 3rd

mikka

___: the 4th

yokka

___: the 5th

itsuka

___: the 6th

muika

___: the 7th

nanoka

___: the 8th

youka

___: the 9th

kokonoka

___: the 10th

tooka

___: the 11th

juuichinichi

___: the 12th

juuninichi

___: the 13th

juusannichi

___: the 14th

juuyokka

___: the 15th

juugonichi

___: the 16th

juurokunichi

___: the 17th

juushichinichi

___: the 18th

juuhachinichi

___: the 19th

juukunichi

___: 4 hours

yojikan

___: 5 hours

gojikan

___: 6 hours

rokujikan

___: 8 hours

hachijikan

___: 7 hours

shichijikan

___: 9 hours

kujikan

___: 10 hours

juujikan

___: 11 hours

juuichijikan

___: 20 hours

nijuujikan

___: 36 hours

sanjuurokujikan

___: the 20th

hatsuka

___: the 21st

nijuuichinichi

___: the 22nd

nijuuninichi

___: the 23rd

nijuusannichi

___: the 24th

nijuuyokka

___: the 25th

nijuugonichi

___: the 26th

nijuurokunichi

___: the 27th

nijuushichinichi

___: the 28th

nijuuhachinichi

___: the 29th

nijuukunichi

___: the 30th

sanjuunichi

___: the 31st

sanjuuichinichi

___: day before yesterday

ototoi

___: yesterday

kinou

___: today

kyou

___: tomorrow

ashita

___: day after tomorrow

asatte

___: 2 weeks ago

nishuukanmae

___: last week

senshuu

___: this week

konshuu

___: next week

raishuu

___: week after next

saraishuu

___: 2 months ago

nikagetsumae

___: last month

sengetsu

___: this month

kongetsu

___: next month

raigetsu

___: month after next

saraigetsu

___: the year before last

ototoshi

___: last year

kyonen

___: this year

kotoshi

___: next year

rainen

___: year after next

sarainen

___: 日

nichi

___: 本

hon

___: 人

jin

___: 月

gatsu

___: 曜

you

___: 火

___: 水

sui

___: 木

moku

___: 金

kin

___: 土

___: 上

___: 半

han

___: 一

ichi

___: 二

___: 三

san

___: 四

yon

___: 五

___: 七

nana

___: 八

hachi

___: 九

kyuu

___: 十

juu

___: 百

hyaku

___: 円

___: 千

sen

___: 万

man

___: 六

roku

___: 時

___: 下

shita

___: 中

naka

___: new

atarashii

___: hot (weather/thing)

atsui

___: busy (people/days)

isogashii

___: large

ookii

___: interesting/funny

omoshiroi

___: good-looking (conjugates like ii)

kakkoii

___: frightening

kowai

___: cold (weather only)

samui

___: fun

tanoshii

___: small

chiisai

___: boring

tsumaranai

___: old (thing only)

furui

___: difficult

muzukashii

___: easy (problem)/kind (person

yasashii

___: inexpensive/cheap (thing)

yasui

___ __: disgusted with/to dislike (~が)

kirai na

___ __: beautiful/clean

kirei na

___ __: healthy/energetic

genki na

___ __: quiet

shizuka na

___ __: to hate (～が）

daikirai na

___ __: fond of/to like (~が）

suki na

___ __: lively

nigiyaka na

___ __: not busy/to have a lot of free time

hima na

___ ___ ___ __ ___: I saw an interesting movie yesterday

kinou omoshiroi eiga o mimashita

___ ___ __ ___ ___ ___: Professor Yamashita is a scary teacher

yamashita sensei wa kowai sensei desu

___ __ ___ __ ___: I took a beautiful picture

kirei na shashin o torimashita

___ ___ __ ___ __ ___ ___: professor yamashita is an energetic teacher

yamashita sensei wa genki na sensei desu

____ ____ ____ ____: conjugate samui (present affirm, present negative, past affirm, past negative)

samuidesu samukunaidesu samukattadesu samukunakattadesu

___ ___ ___ ___: conjugate genki na (present affirm, present negative, past affirm, past negative)

genkidesu genkijanaidesu genkideshita genkijanakattadesu

__: if a na adjective is put before the verb, it has to include __. but if it's put after the verb, it doesn't need it.

___ __ ___ __ ___ ___: the sea of Okinawa was very beautiful

okinawa no umi wa totemo kireideshita

___ ___ __ ___ ___ ___: this room is a little hot

kono heya wa chotto atsui desu

___: sea

umi

___: postal stamps

kitte

___: ticket

kippu

___: surfing (katakana)

saafin

___: homework

shukudai

___: food

tabemono

___: birthday

tanjoubi

___: test

tesuto

___: weather

tenki

___: drink

nomimono

___: postcard

hagaki

___: bus (katakana)

basu

___: airplane

hikouki

___: room

heya

___: I (used by men)

boku

___: holiday/day off/absence

yasumi

___: travel

ryokou

___: to swim

ogoyu

___: to ask (person に)

kiku

___: to ride/to board (~に）

noru

___: to do/to perform

yaru

___: to go out

dekakeru

___: together

isshoni

___: extremely

sugoku

___: and then

sorekara

___: it's okay/not to worry/everything's under control

daijoubu

___: very

totemo

___: what kind of..

donna

~___: counter for flat objects

mai

~___: to (a place)/as far as (a place)/till (a time)

made

___-___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___Robert likes his Japanese class

robert san wa nihongo no kurasu ga sukidesu

___: to like very much

daisukidesu

___: to hate (dislike very much)

daikiraidesu

___-___ __ ___ __ ___: takeshi likes coffee a lot

takeshi san wa koohii ga daisukidesu

___-___ __ ___ __ ___: ms. Kim hates natto.

kim san wa natto ga daikiraidesu

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___: neither like or dislike

suki demo kirai demo nai desu

___ __ ___ __ ___ __ ___ ___: this is my favorite book

kore wa watashi no suki na hon desu

___: let's...(do this)

mashou

___: would you like to...(do this)?

mashouka

___ ___ __ ___: let's study in the library together

isshoni toshokan de benkyoushimashou

___ __ ___ __ ___: shall we drink coffee at a coffee shop?

kissaten de koohii o nomimashouka

___: number words come (before/after) the items counted

after

___-___ __ ___ __ ___ ___: Lee bought three stamps

lee san wa kitte o sanmai kaimashita

___: used when describing a person who is busy

isogashii

___ __: used when describing places/things that are busy/lively

nigiyaka na

___-___ __ ___ ___: takeshi is busy

takeshi san wa isogashii desu

___ __ ___ ___: tokyo is busy

tokyo wa nigiyaka desu

___ __ ___ ___: busy on sunday

nichiyoubi wa isogashii desu

___ __ ___ ___ ___: the drink was a little hot

nomimono wa chotto atsukatta desu

___ ___ ___ __ ___ ___: the very easy homework was not fun

totemo yasashi shukudai wa tanoshikunai desu

___ __ ___ __ ___ ___: the children in the park were not quiet

kodomo wa kouen de shizukajanakatta desu

___ __ ___ __ ___ ___ ___: the beautiful airplane was extremely small

kirei na hikouki wa sugoku chiisakunakatta desu

___: 山

yama

___: 川

kawa

___: 元

gen

___: 気

___: 天

ten

___: 私

watashi

___: 今

ima

___: 今日

kyou

___ __: 元気な

genki na

___: 田

___-___: 田中さん

tanaka san

___-___: 山田さん

yamada san

___: 女

onna

___ __ ___: 女の人

onna no hito

___: 男

otoko

___ __ ___: 男の人

otoko no hito

___: 見

___: 見る

miru

___: 行

___: 行く

iku

___: 食

___: 食べる

taberu

___: 飲

___: 飲む

nomu

____ ____ ____ ____: conjugate atarashii (new) present affirm, present neg, past affirm, past neg

atarashiidesu atarashikunaidesu atarashikattadesu atarashikunakattadesu

____ ____ ____ ___: conjugate atsui (hot) present affirm, present neg, past affirm, past neg

atsuidesu atsukunaidesu atsukattadesu atsukunakattadesu

____ ____ ____ ____: conjugate isogashii (busy person) present affirm, present neg, past affirm, past neg

isogashiidesu isogashikunaidesu isogashikattadesu isogashikunakattadesu

____ ____ ____ ____: conjugate ookii (big) present affirm, present neg, past affirm, past neg

ookiidesu ookikunaidesu ookikattadesu ookikunakattadesu

___ ___ ___ ___: conjugate omoshiroi (interesting/funny) present affirm, present neg, past affirm, past neg

omoshiroidesu omoshirokunaidesu omoshirokattadesu omoshirokunakattadesu

___ ___ ___ ___: how to conjugate ii verbs (present affirm, present neg, past affirm, past neg)

desu kunaidesu kattadesu kunakattadesu

___ ___ ___ ___: conjugate ii (good) present affirm, present neg, past affirm, past neg

iidesu yokunaidesu yokattadesu yokunakattadesu

___ ___ ___ ___: how to conjugate na verbs (present affirm, present neg, past affirm, past neg)

desu janaidesu deshita janakattadesu

___ ___ ___ ___: conjugate kakkoii (cool/good-looking) present affirm, present neg, past affirm, past neg

kakkoiidesu kakkoikunaidesu kakkoikattadesu kakkoikunakattadesu

___ ___ ___ ___: conjugate kowai (scary) present affirm, present neg, past affirm, past neg

kowaidesu kowakunaidesu kowakattadesu kowakunakattadesu

___ ___ ___ ___: conjugate tanoshii (fun) present affirm, present neg, past affirm, past neg

tanoshiidesu tanoshikunaidesu tanoshikattadesu tanoshikunakattadesu

___ ___ ___ ___: conjugate chiisai (small) present affirm, present neg, past affirm, past neg

chiisaidesu chiisakunaidesu chiisakattadesu chiisakunakattadesu

___ ___ ___ ___: conjugate tsumaranai (boring) present affirm, present neg, past affirm, past neg

tsumaranaidesu tsumaranakunaidesu tsumaranakattadesu tsumaranakunakattadesu

___ ___ ___ ___: conjugate furui (old thing) present affirm, present neg, past affirm, past neg

furuidesu furukunaidesu furukattadesu furukunakattadesu

___ ___ ___ ___: conjugate muzukashii (difficult) present affirm, present neg, past affirm, past neg

muzukashiidesu muzukashikunaidesu muzukashikattadesu muzukashikunakattadesu

___ ___ ___ ___: conjugate yasashii (easy/kind) present affirm, present neg, past affirm, past neg

yasashiidesu yasashikunaidesu yasashikattadesu yasashikunakattadesu

___ ___ ___ ___: conjugate yasui (inexpensive/cheap) present affirm, present neg, past affirm, past neg

yasuidesu yasukunaidesu yasukattadesu yasukunakattadesu

___ ___ ___ ___: conjugate kirai na (disgusted with) present affirm, present neg, past affirm, past neg

kiraidesu kiraijanaidesu kiraideshita kiraijanakattadesu

___ ___ ___ ___: conjugate kirei na (beautiful/clean) present affirm, present neg, past affirm, past neg

kireidesu kireijanaidesu kireideshita kireijanakattadesu

___ ___ ___ ___: conjugate shizuka na (quiet) present affirm, present neg, past affirm, past neg

shizukadesu shizukajanaidesu shizukadeshita shizukajanakattadesu

___ ___ ___ ___: conjugate suki na (to like) present affirm, present neg, past affirm, past neg

sukidesu sukijanaidesu sukideshita sukijanakattadesu

___ ___ ___ ___: conjugate daikirai na (to hate) present affirm, present neg, past affirm, past neg

daikiraidesu daikiraijanaidesu daikiraideshita daikiraijanakattadesu

___ ___ ___ ___: conjugate daisuki na (to love) present affirm, present neg, past affirm, past neg

daisukidesu daisukijanaidesu daisukideshita daisukijanakattadesu

___ ___ ___ ___: conjugate nigiyaka na (lively) present affirm, present neg, past affirm, past neg

nigiyakadesu nigiyakajanaidesu nigiyakadeshita nigiyakajanakattadesu

___ ___ ___ ___: conjugate hima na (not busy) present affirm, present neg, past affirm, past neg

himadesu himajanaidesu himadeshita himajanakattadesu