| Japanese |
English |
| なぜ/ どうして | Why? (どうして is used more colloquially) |
| せいせき | grade |
| ひどい | is terrible (い adj.) |
| うれしい | is glad, happy (い adj.) |
| かなしい | is sad (い adj.) |
| おととい | the day before yesterday |
| あさって | the day after tomorrow |
| いいですねえ。 | How nice! (used when someone recieves good news of something which will soon occur) |
| よかったですねえ。 | How nice! (expression of happiness or support on a past event) |
| ざんねんですねえ。 | How disappointing!, Too bad! (expression of disappointment at something which won't happen) |
| ざんねんでしたねえ。 | How disappointing! (expression of disappointment at an unfortunate past occurrence) |
| がっかりです。 | I am disappointed. |
| こうへい | is fair (な adj.) |
| ふこうへい | is unfair (な adj.) |
| Sentence 1 (Reason)から、 Sentence 2 (Result)。 | S1, so S2. (the 2nd portion of this sentence structure may be omitted if understood. When S1 ends with an い adj., the です before から is often omitted) |
