５－５：日本語の単語

さん (san)

Mr, Mrs, Miss or Ms; Honorific used with occupational titles

お げんき です か。(ogenki desu ka)

How are you?

わたし (watashi)

I (for both male & female)

ぼく (boku)

I (for males only)

きぶん が わるい です。 (kibun ga warui desu.)

I'm not feeling well / sick.

まあまあ です。 (maamaa desu)

I'm so-so.

げんき です。(genki desu.)

I'm well / good / fine.

はじめまして (hajimemashite)

Nice to meet you

は (wa)

Particle used to mark the topic of a sentence. Is written with the character "ha" but is pronounced "wa."

か (ka)

Partlcle indicating question, placed at the end of a sentence. Acts like the question mark (?) in English.

おねがいします (onegaishimasu)

Please

どうぞよろしく (douzoyoroshiku)

Pleased to meet you lit. please treat me kindly

おじぎ (ojigi)

bow

です (desu)

is, am, are (polite)

お (o)

literally means: "honorable" or "honorably" added at the beginning of some words to make them more polite. e.g. おげんき ('honorably' well) , おなまえ ('honorable' name)

なまえ (namae)

name

いいえ (iie)

no

がっこう (gakkou)

school

またね (matane), じゃまた(jyamata), じゃねえ (jyanee), じゃまたね (jyamatane)

see you later

はい (hai)

yes