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L16 Vocab #2
Tobira Beginning Japanese II L16 Vocab #2
| Japanese | English |
|---|---|
| 〜だい | Counter for cars/machines/heavy mechanical objects |
| なんだい | How many cars [etc.] ? |
| 〜てん | Counter for points/score |
| れいてん | zero points |
| いってん | one point |
| はってん | eight points |
| なんてん | how many points? |
| 〜キロ | ... kilometer(s); ... kilogram(s) |
| 〜メートル | ... meter(s) |
| ほんやくする | to translate (X into Y) [X を Y に] |
| たてる | to build [building を] |
| はっけんする | to discover [thing を] |
| 〜によって | by ~person [used in passive sentences] |
| がか | painter |
| てんさい | genius |
| えらぶ | to choose; to select [thing/person を] |
| はじまる | (something) starts/begins [thing が] |
| じんせい | (one's) life |
| もくてき | purpose; objective; aim |
| りゆう | reason |
| だす | to serve [food を]; to invest; to chip in; to pay [money を]; to emit (air) [air を] |
| かわかす | to dry [clothes; thing を] |
| ボタン | button |
| ふた | lid; cover; cap |
| ハイテク | high-tech |
| しんかんせん | bullet train |
| ちほう | region; area |
| げんきをだして(ください) | (please) cheer up |
| まだまだです | There's still a ways to go |
| おととし | the year before last |
| いままで | up until now; before now |
| ずっと | the whole time; all throughout |
| また | (once) again |
| とくに | in particular |
| まえ | before [earlier in time] |
| まえの〜 | previous ~Noun |
| にねんまえ | two years ago |
| さんねんご | three years later |