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basic Japanese words
jap
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| にんげん、人間 – ningen | Human |
| じんるい、人類 – jinrui | Humanity |
| ひと、人 – hito | Person |
| おとこ、男 – otoko | Male |
| おとこのひと、男の人 – otokonohito | Man |
| おとこのこ、男の子 – otokonoko | Boy |
| おんな、女 – onna | Female |
| おんなのひと、女の人 – onnanohito | Woman |
| おんなのこ、女の子 – onnanoko | Girl |
| しょうじょ、少女 – shoujo | Girl |
| しょうねん、少年 – shounen | Boy |
| あかちゃん、赤ちゃん – akachan | Baby |
| わかもの、若者 – wakamono | Youth, young person |
| わたし、私 – watashi | I, myself |
| わたくし、私 – watakushi | I, myself [most formal] |
| ぼく、僕 – boku | I, myself [mainly used by males] |
| おれ、俺 – ore | I, myself [mainly used by males [informal]] |
| あたし、私 – atashi | I, myself [mainly used by females [softer sounding]] |
| もう – mō | Already (Reaching a point)||| Already (Strengthen an emotion)||| Already (Shortly, soon)||| More, further ||| Anymore and again (Chiefly in the negative) ||| |
| まだ – mada | Still, yet, unfinished, not done |
| ずっと – zutto | Always |
| とても – totemo | Very |
| こう – kō | Like this |
| そう – sō | Like that |
| ああ – ā | In that other way |
| しばしば – shibashiba | Often |
| この – kono | This |
| その – sono | That |
| あの – ano | That |
| どの – dono | Which |
| はい – hai | Yes |
| いいえ – iie | No |
| でも - demo | But |
| しかし – shikashi | But, however |
| そして – soshite | And then, Then. . . |
| それに – soreni | Besides |
| もっと - motto | More |
| いろ、色 – iro, shikisai | Color |
| あか、赤 – aka | Red |
| オレンジ – orenji | Orange |
| きいろ、黄色 – kiiro | Yellow |
| みどり、緑 – midori | Green |
| あお、青 – ao | Blue |
| むらさき、紫 – murasaki, murasakiiro | Purple |
| ピンク – pinku | Pink |
| ちゃいろ、茶色 – chairo | Brown |
| はいいろ、灰色、ねずみいろ、鼠色 – haiiro, nezumiiro | Grey |
| くろ、黒 – kuro | Black |
| しろ、白 – shiro | White |
| れい、ゼロ、零 – rei, zero | Zero |
| いち、一 - ichi | One |
| に、二 – ni | Two |
| さん、三 – san | Three |
| よん、し、四 – yon, shi | Four |
| ご、五 – go | Five |
| ろく、六 – roku | Six |
| なな、しち、七 – nana, shichi | Seven |
| はち、八 – hachi | Eight |
| きゅう、く、九 – kyū, ku | Nine |
| じゅう、十 – jū | Ten |
| ひゃく、百 – hyaku | Hundred |
| せん、千 – sen | Thousand |
| まん、万 – man | Ten thousand |
| おく、億 – oku | One hundred million |
| ひとつ、一つ – hitotsu | One, one thing |
| ふたつ、二つ – futatsu | Two, two things |
| みっつ、三つ – mittsu | Three, three things |
| よっつ、四つ – yottsu | Four, four things |
| いつつ、五つ – itsutsu | Five, five things |
| むっつ、六つ – muttsu | Six, six things |
| ななつ、七つ – nanatsu | Seven, seven things |
| やっつ、八つ – yattsu | Eight, eight things |
| ここのつ、九つ – kokonotsu | Nine, nine things |
| とお、十 – (tō) | Ten, ten things |
| いい、よい、良い – ii, yoi | Good |
| すごい、凄い – sugoi | Amazing |
| すばらしい、素晴らしい – subarashii | Wonderful |
| わるい、悪い – warui | Bad, inferior |
| たかい、高い – takai | Expensive, high |
| ひくい、低い – hikui | Low |
| やすい、安い – yasui | Cheap |
| おおきい、大きい – ōkii | Big |
| ちいさい、小さい – chiisai | Small |
| ほそい、細い – hosoi | Thin |
| ふとい、太い – futoi | Thick |
| ふるい、古い – furui | Old (Not of a person) |
| あたらしい、新しい – atarashii | New (Latest) |
| わかい、若い – wakai | Young, lesser in an order |
| かるい、軽い – karui | Light, easy |
| おもい、重い – omoi | Heavy |
| やさしい、易しい – yasashii | Easy, simple |
| むずかしい、難しい – muzukashii | Difficult |
| やわらかい、柔らかい – yawarakai | Soft |
| かたい、硬い、堅い – katai | Hard |
| あつい、熱い、暑い – atsui | Hot (Body temperature, weather, passion, object feeling) |
| つめたい、冷たい – tsumetai | Cold (As in acting towards someone; unfriendly. Object feeling) |
| さむい、寒い – samui | Cold (As in weather) |
| おいしい、美味しい – oishii | Delicious (Appealing, tasting good, looking attractive in slang) |
| うまい、美味い、旨い – umai | Delicious, appetizing, good (To be be good or favorable at something) |
| まずい、不味い – mazui | Tastes awful |
| あまい、甘い – amai | Sweet |
| からい、辛い – karai | Hot (Spicy; food. Acting towards someone; harsh) |
| しょっぱい、塩っぱい – shoppai | Salty, stingy, scowling, calculating ||| Rough, unpleasant (Of a voice) |
| にがい、苦い – nigai | Bitter, unpleasant (describing something) |
| うつくしい、美しい – utsukushii | Beautiful |
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