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Kana Chapter 23
Japanese for Busy People I - Kana Version - Chapter 23 - Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ショコラ ショコラ shokora shokora | Chocolat-Chocolat (fictitious product name) |
| なごや Nagoya | Nagoya (city in central Japan) |
| すんで います sunde imasu | am living (present progressive) |
| すみます sumimasu | to live |
| もうしわけ ございません Moushiwake gozaimasen | I'm sorry to have to tell you this (politer than sumimasen) |
| たいへん taihen | very much, extremely (politer way of saying totemo) |
| しって います shitte imasu | am knowing (present progressive) |
| うって います utte imasu | am selling (present progressive) |
| うります urimasu | to sell |
| つとめて います tsutomete imasu | am employed (present progressive) |
| つとめます tsutomemasu | to be employed |
| いとう Itou | Ito (surname) |
| J B P ジャパン JBP japan | JBP Japan (fictitious company name) |
| あんどう Andou | Ando (surname) |
| しながわ Shinagawa | Shinagawa (district in Tokyo) |
| そちて sochite | and (conjunction connects sentences) |
| レストラン とうきょう Resutoran Toukyou | Restaurant Tokyo (fictitious restaurant name) |
| ふじコンピューター Fuji Conpyuutaa | Fuji Computers (fictitious company name) |
| でんきや denki-ya | electronics store |
| メープルシロップ meepurushiroppu | maple syrup |
| こじま Kojima | Kojima (surname) |
| やました Yamashita | Yamashita (surname) |
| こばやし Kobayashi | Kobayashi (surname) |
| ワン Wan | Wang (surname) |
| ホンコンししゃ Hon Kon shisha | Hong Kong (branch) office |
| すしまさ Sushi masa | Sushi masa (fictitious sushi bar name) |
| さあ saa | let me see |
| さあ、 わかりません saa, wakarimasen | I don't know (the saa expresses the speaker's hesitation about immediately answering "I don't know) |
| こども kodomo | child (related to the speaker) |
| おこさん okosan | child (related to others) |
| むすこ musuko | son (related to the speaker) |
| むすこさん musukosan | son (related to others) |
| むすめ musume | daughter (related to speaker) |
| おじょうさん / むすめさん ojousan / musumesan | daughter (related to others) |
| あに ani | older brother (related to speaker) |
| おにいさん oniisan | older brother (related to others) |
| あね ane | older sister (related to speaker) |
| おねえさん oneesan | older sister (related to others) |
| おとうと otouto | younger brother (related to speaker) |
| おとうとさん otoutosan | younger brother (related to others) |
| いもうと imouto | younger sister (related to speaker) |
| いもうとさん imoutosan | younger sister (related to others) |
| すんで いません sunde imasen | I am not living (present progressive, negative) |
| つとめてません tsutomete masen | I am not employed (present progressive, negative) |
| しりません shiri masen | I am not knowing (present progressive, negative) |
| うって いません utte imasen | I am not selling (present progressive, negative) |