Lesson 1

Question 1

私

Answer 1

【わたし】 I, me; private affairs, personal matter, secrecy; selfishness

Question 2

私たち

Answer 2

【わたしたち】 we, us

Question 3

あなた

Answer 3

you (referring to someone of equal or lower status); dear (what a wife calls a husband)

Question 4

あの人

Answer 4

【あのひと】 he, she, that person; you

Question 5

あの方

Answer 5

【あのかた】 that gentleman (lady), he, she

Question 6

皆

Answer 6

【みな】 all, everyone, everybody; everything

Question 7

さん

Answer 7

Mr., Mrs., Miss, Ms., -san; makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)

Question 8

ちゃん

Answer 8

suffix for familiar person

Question 9

君

Answer 9

【くん】 Mr (junior), master, boy

Question 10

人

Answer 10

【じん】 -ian (e.g. Italian), -ite (e.g. Tokyoite), indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.; -er (e.g. performer, etc.), person working with …, indicates expertise (in a certain field); (usu. in compound words) man, person, people

Question 11

先生

Answer 11

【せんせい】 teacher, master, doctor; with names of teachers, etc. as an honorific; previous existence

Question 12

教師

Answer 12

【きょうし】 teacher (classroom)

Question 13

学生

Answer 13

【がくせい】 student (esp. a university student)

Question 14

会社員

Answer 14

【かいしゃいん】 company employee

Question 15

社員

Answer 15

【しゃいん】 company employee; company stockholders (esp. in legal contexts), members of a corporation

Question 16

銀行員

Answer 16

【ぎんこういん】 bank employee, bank staff member, bank clerk

Question 17

医者

Answer 17

【いしゃ】 (medical) doctor, physician

Question 18

研究者

Answer 18

【けんきゅうしゃ】 researcher

Question 19

エンジニア

Answer 19

engineer

Question 20

大学

Answer 20

【だいがく】 post-secondary education institution, incl. university, college, etc.; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning - one of the Four Books

Question 21

病院

Answer 21

【びょういん】 hospital

Question 22

電気

Answer 22

【でんき】 electricity; (electric) light

Question 23

誰

Answer 23

【だれ】 who

Question 24

歳

Answer 24

【さい】 -years-old; ability, gift, talent, aptitude, genius

Question 25

何歳

Answer 25

【なんさい】 how old?, what age?

Question 26

はい

Answer 26

yes, that is correct; understood, I see, OK, okay; present, here; pardon?, what’s that?, come again?; giddy-up, giddap

Question 27

いいえ

Answer 27

no, nay; well, er, why

Question 28

失礼します

Answer 28

【しつれいします】 excuse me

Question 29

名前

Answer 29

【なまえ】 name, full name; given name, first name

Question 30

はじめまして

Answer 30

How do you do?, I am glad to meet you

Question 31

どうぞよろしく

Answer 31

pleased to meet you

Question 32

こちら

Answer 32

this way (direction close to the speaker or towards the speaker), this direction; here (place close to the speaker or where the speaker is); this one (something physically close to the speaker); I, me, we, us; this person (someone physically close to the speaker and of equal or higher status)

Question 33

から

Answer 33

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity), since; from (originator), by; because, since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after, since

Question 34

アメリカ

Answer 34

America; United States of America

Question 35

インド

Answer 35

India

Question 36

インドネシア

Answer 36

Indonesia

Question 37

韓国

Answer 37

【かんこく】 South Korea, Republic of Korea; Korean Empire (1897-1910)

Question 38

たい

Answer 38

Thailand

Question 39

中国

Answer 39

【ちゅうごく】 China; Chugoku region of western Honshu (incl. Okayama, Hiroshima, Shimane, Tottori and Yamaguchi prefectures); central part of a country, main region

Question 40

ドイツ

Answer 40

Germany

Question 41

日本

Answer 41

【にほん】 Japan

Question 42

フランス

Answer 42

France

Question 43

ブラジル

Answer 43

Brazil