Lesson 1 Flashcards
One
くんよみ ひとつ
おんよみ イチ，イツ
一 one
一度 one time
一つ one thing
一月 January
一日 first day of the month
一般 normal, general
Two
くんよみ ふたつ
おんよみ 二
二 two
二つ two things
二月 February
二日 second day of the month
二階 second floor
二時 two O’clock
Three
くんよみ みっつ
おんよみ サン
三 three
三月 March
三日 third day of the month
三角 a triangle
三つ three things
三次元 third dimension
Four
くんよみ よっつ
おんよみ シ，ヨン
四 four
四月 April
四日 fourth day of the month
四角 a square
四つ four things
四季 four seasons
Five
くんよみ いっつ
おんよみ ゴ
五 five
五月 May
五日 fifth day of the month
五冠 five senses
五分 five minutes
Six
くんよみ むっつ、むい
おんよみ ロク、ロッ
六 six
六日 sixth day of the month
六月 June
六つ six things
六十 60
六百 600
how long; how much (time, money)
どれぐらい、どのぐらい
(about) how long ago
どれぐらいまえ
a nurse
かんごふ(さん)
the other day
このあいだ
telephone bill
でんわだい
hello (telephone only)
もしもし
from now (starting from now)
いまから
starting now (from now on)
これから
again later
またあとで
page
ページ
Los Angeles (short version)
ロス
amazing, great, wow (い adjective)
すごい
to go or come back, return (regular)
もどる
to do your best (regular)
がんばる
to stay (overnight) (regular)
とまる
to work (regular)
はたらく
to speak or talk (regular)
はなす
もどる verb usage
かえる is usually used only when you are going to return to the place or origin. もどる can be used when returning to the place of origin or any point along the way. It can also be used when referring to non-physical places such as “returning to the beginning”
[place] にもどる
return to [place]
がんばる verb usage
[something] をがんばる
do your best at [something]
とまる verb usage
[place] にとまる
stay over at [place]
はたらく verb usage
[place]ではたらく
work at [place]
はなす verb usage
[person] とはなす
talk with [person]
[person]にはなす
tell/inform [person]
[thing]のことをはなす
talk about [thing]
Time spans
When counting time spans for days, months, and years, sometimes the suffix かん is added at the end (except 1 for days). It is optional for days, months, and years but not for hours or weeks.
Using まえ to mean “ago”
When used with time spans, まえ means “ago” の is not needed to connect まえ with the time span.
[time span]+まえ(に)
[time span] ago
Use に when talking about stuff in the past.
page counter
The word page comes after the number. When referring to a specific page the particle に must be used.
The difference between これから and いまから
いまから can be used in expressions like 「いまから三ねんまえに」 (three years ago from now) which refers to events in the past. This is the only difference.
Come here soon
はやくきてね
Do your best
がんばってね
