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Genki Chapters 1-4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ええ | yes (informal) |
| はい | yes (formal) |
| えいご | English (language) |
| がくせい | student |
| こうこう | high school |
| ごご | P.M. |
| ごぜん | A.M. |
| ~さい | ...years old |
| ~さん | Mr./Mrs. ... |
| ~じ | o'clock |
| ~じん | ...people |
| せんせい | teacher, professor |
| そうですか | I see; Is that so? |
| ともだち | friend |
| なに | what |
| にほん | Japan |
| ~ねんせえ | ...year student |
| はん | half |
| わたし | I |
| アメリカ | America (USA) |
| イギリス | Britain |
| オーストラリア | Australia |
| かんこく | Korea |
| スウェエデン | Sweden |
| ちゅうごく | China |
| おかあさん | mother |
| おとおさん | father |
| おねえさん | older sister |
| おにいさん | older brother |
| いもおと | younger sister |
| おとおと | younger brother |
| ~です | It is ... |
| X は Y です。 | X is Y. As for X, it is Y. |
| か | particle: question marker |
| なん | what |
| の | particle (shows possession) |
| あの | um... |
| は | particle that marks the topic of a sentence |
| ぜろ | 0 |
| れい | 0 |
| かいしゃいん | office worker |
| いま | now |
| ~ぷん | minutes |
| これ | this one |
| それ | that one |
| あれ | that one (over there) |
| どれ | which one |
| この | this... |
| その | that... |
| あの | that... (over there) |
| どの | which... |
| ここ | here |
| そこ | there |
| あそこ | over there |
| どこ | where |
| だれ | who |
| きっさてん | cafe |
| ぎんこう | bank |
| トイレ | toilet, restroom |
| としょかん | library |
| ゆうびんきょく | post office |
| いくら | how much |
| ~えん | ...yen |
| たかい | expensive; high |
| (~を)おねがいします | ... please |
| (~を)ください | Please give me... |
| じゃあ | then...; if that is the case,... |
| どうぞ | Please.; Here it is. |
| どうも | thank you |
| noun も | ...too |
| じゃないです | is not |
| じゃありません | is not |
| ではありません | is not |
| ~ね | right? |
| ~よ | I tell you (emphasis). (particle) |
| わかりましたか | Do you understand? |
| わかりました | I understand./I understood. |
| わかりません | I don't understand/I don't know |
| ゆっくりいってください | Please say it slowly |
| もういちどいってください | Please say it again |
| ちょっとまってください | Please wait |
| きいてください | Please listen./Please ask. |
| えいか | movie |
| おんがく | music |
| ざっし | magazine |
| スポーシ | sports |
| テニス | tennis |
| テレビ | TV |
| あさごはん | breakfast |
| コ-ヒ- | coffee |
| みず | water |
| いえ | home, house |
| うち | home; house; my place |
| がっこう | school |
| あさ | morning |
| あした | tomorrow |
| いつ | when |
| きょう | today |
| ~ごろ | at about ... |
| こんばん | tonight |
| じゅうまつ | weekend |
| どようび | Saturday |
| にちようび | Sunday |
| まいにち | every day |
| まいばん | every night |
| いく | To go (Destination; U-Verb) |
| かえる | to return (u verb) |
| きく | To listen; hear (U-Verb) |
| のむ | To drink (U-Verb) |
| はなす | To speak; talk (U-Verb) |
| おきる | To get up (RU-Verb) |
| たべる | To Eat (RU-Verb) |
| ねる | To Sleep; to go to sleep (RU-Verb) |
| みる | To see; look at; watch (RU-Verb) |
| くる | To Come (Irregular-Verb) |
| する | To Do (Irregular-Verb) |
| べんきょうする | To Study (Irregular-Verb) |
| いい | good |
| はやい | early |
| あまり | not much |
| ぜんぜん | not at all |
| たいでい | usually |
| ちょっと | a little |
| ときどき | sometimes |
| よく | often; much |
| そうですね | That's right.; Let me see. |
| でも | but |
| どうですか | How about...?; How is...? |
| を | particle that indicates direct objects, the kind of things that are directly involved in, or affected by, the event. |
| で | particle that indicates where the event described by the verb takes place |
| に | Goal toward which things move the time at which an event takes place |
| へ | particle: to (direction) |
| ~ませんか | invitational |
| Sentence Structure | topic は frequency time object を/goal へ verb です/ます/... 。 |
| クラス | class |
| かいもの | shopping |
| あなた | you |
| いす | chair |
| いぬ | dog |
| おみやげ | souvenir |
| こども | child |
| ごはん | rice; meal |
| しゃしん | picture; photograph |
| つくえ | desk |
| でがみ | letter |
| ねこ | cat |
| パソ | bread |
| ひと | person |
| メイル | |
| おてら | temple |
| こうえん | park |
| ス-パ- | supermarket |
| デパートー | department store |
| バスでい | bus stop |
| びょういん | hospital |
| ホテル | hotel |
| ほんや | bookstore |
| まち | town, city |
| レストラソ | restaurant |
| きのう | yesterday |
| ~じかん | ...hours |
| いちじかん | one hour |
| せんしゅう | last week |
| とき | when...; at the time of... |
| げつようび | Monday |
| かようび | Tuesday |
| すいようび | Wednesday |
| もくようび | Thursday |
| きんようび | Friday |
| あう | To meet; to see (a person) U-verb |
| ある | there is... U-verb |
| かう | to buy (u-verb) |
| かく | to write (u verb) |
| とる | to take (a picture) (u-verb) |
| まつ | to wait (u-verb) |
| わかる | to understand (u-verb) |
| いる | (a person) is in...; stays at... ru-verb |
| ~ぐらい | about (approximate measurement) |
| ごめんなさい | I'm sorry |
| だから | so, therefore |
| たくさん | many, a lot |
| ~と | together with (a person) |
| どうして | why |
| ひとりで | alone |
| みぎ | right |
| ひだり | left |
| まえ | front |
| うしる | back |
| なか | inside |
| うえ | on |
| した | under |
| ちかく | near, nearby |
| となり | next |
| あいだ | between (A と B の) |
| あります | there is, are (inanimate objects) |
| います | there is, are (animate objects) |
| みき | to the right of |
| ひだり | to the left of |
| まえ | in front of |
| うしる | behind |
| なか | inside |
| うえ | on/above |
| した | under, below |
| ちかく | near |
| となり | next to |
| ~でした | past tense of です |
| ~じゃなかつたです | past tense of じゃないです |
| ~ました | affirmative verb ending for past tense |
| ませんでした | negative verb ending for past tense |
| も | particle; expresses too or also |
| と | Particle for "and"/"together with" |