Vocab Flashcards

1
Q

てはいけない
―__―――
ちゃいけない

A

You shouldn’t/one should not

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2
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ちゃじゃだめ
だめ
_―

A

な adjective
No good, not serving it’s purpose, useless, broken
Hopeless, wasted, in vain, purposeless
Cannot, must not, not allowed

Noun
Neutral point (in go)

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3
Q

Adjectives into adverbs

A

Replace い with く

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4
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ではない

A

Formal
To not be (am not, is not, are not)

でわありません is formal and polite

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5
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じゃない

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Casual
To not be (am not, is not, are not)

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6
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ていぬい(な)
―___
丁寧な

A

な adjective
Polite, courteous, civil

Careful, thorough, close, conscientious

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7
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けど

A

Casual
But, however
Although
Used between two contradicting ideas/things

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8
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けれども

A

Formal, polite
But, however
although

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9
Q

どれぐらい

A

How much (About how much/around how much)

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10
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いちど
_――
ひとたび
_―__

A

Noun
Once, one time, on one occasion

Meaning restricted to ひとたび
Noun/adverb
Temporarily, for a moment

いちど
一度1度

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11
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まだ

A

Still, not yet

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12
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まだ〜てい (ません/なき)

A

Have not yet
Ex:
まだ食べていません
I have not eaten yet

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13
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まで

A

Particle
Until, as far as, to (extent)
Even
Could follow noun 学校まで until school 家まで as far as home そこまで to there 涙まで to the point of tears

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14
Q

前に

A

Before
寝る前に
Before going to sleep
買い物前に
Before shopping

In front of
眼の前に
In front of your eyes

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15
Q

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With negatives, becomes ‘nor’

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16
Q

もう
_―
―_

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Adverb
Again, another

With negatives
Anymore, no longer

Now, soon, shortly

17
Q

なけいようし
な形容詞

A

Na adjectives

18
Q

いやだ

A

な adjective
嫌だ
Disagreeable, detestable
To reject something in an almost tantrum manor
嫌な
unpleasant, reluctant

19
Q

きょうれつ
強烈な

A

な adjective
Intense

20
Q

A

Particle
Don’t do
(Direct, an order)
Used with dictionary form verb

Do
Imperative; used with ます stem

Interjection
Hey, hey you
See also: なあ

21
Q

なあ
なぁ

A

Sentence end particle
Used to express admiration, emotion
Wow, ooh

な can be used like よ、ね

22
Q

ないで

A

Conjunctive
Without doing
Follows a verb in ない form adding で and then following w another verb
Doing B without doing A

23
Q

ないで

A

The more polite version of asking someone not to do something.
To make it more polite, use ください

24
Q

ないといけない

A

Replaces ます in verbs.
Must do, have an obligation to do
Less formal ないとだめ
Least formal ないと

じゃ/ではいけない
If you do〜then it’s no good = must not

25
Q

(を)なくちゃいけない
なくてはいけない

A

Must do, need to do
なくては is more formal, used more in written settings.
いけない can contract into more formal だめん
Subjective

26
Q

(を)なくてはならない

A

Must do, need to do
(Sense of duty/obligation)

27
Q

なくちゃ

A

Must do, need to do, gotta do
(Casual)

28
Q

なくてもいい

A

Don’t have to
- put verb in な form and then add くてもいい
(やら)in front, maybe 🤔🧐

29
Q

(に)なる

A

To become
Works in this form for nouns, na-adjectives.
For i-adjectives, switch form to く and add なる

30
Q

のです

A

To explain something, express reason
(Polite)
Talking about reasons or facts for why something is a certain way,
難しいです it’s difficult
むずがしいのです it is that it’s difficult
When used with か particle, it becomes questioning that fact.

31
Q

んです

A

To explain something, express reason
(Casual)

32
Q

に行く

A

Go to do (verb)
Follows stem verb
Can be used with nouns that contain action. Any noun that can be turned into a very (travel, shopping), and some other nouns. I.e any nouns that can be used with する
買い物しに行く to go do shopping
Add し after the noun

33
Q

にする

A

To decide to, to decide on
コーヒーにする

34
Q

ので

A

Because of, given that, since
Follows the explanation
More formal than から, and more focused on explaining the reason

35
Q

試験
しけん

A

exam