Japanese Vocabulary (Romaji)
nensei
(...) year student
tsuitachi
1st
futatsu
2nd
mitsuka
3rd
yokka
4th
muika
6th
gozen
A.M.
utsukushii
Beautiful
Igirisu
Britain
kanpai
Cheers!
Kaisuuken
Coupons
ki ni shinaide
Don't mention it
Hazukashii
Embarrassed
kinyoubi
Friday
koukou wo sotsugyoushimashita
Graduated Highschool
oji
Grandpa
Oyasuminasai
Have a good night!
watashi
I
boku
I (humble)
ore wa sae dekinai yo
I can't even!
ki ni shiteinai
I don't care
okane ga nai desu
I don't have any money
~na no ka na
I wonder
osore-irimasu
I'm sorry to impose
shoumeisho
ID
Dame desu
It is no good
Samui desu nee
It's cold right?
Seikatsu
Life
getsuyoubi
Monday
Kaigun
Navy
shougatsu
New Year's Day
Raigetsu
Next month
Douzo yoroshiku
Nice to meet you
kekkoudesu (when being done a favor)
No thank you
Nani mo
Nothing
gogo
P.M.
Itterasshai
Please go and come back
Te wo agete kudasai
Please raise your hand
Murasaki
Purple
nichiyoubi
Sunday
Okagesama de, genki desu
Thanks to you, I'm fine
Kanojo tachi
They (multiple females)
mokuyoubi
Thursday
kayoubi
Tuesday
suiyoubi
Wednesday
youfuku
Western clothes
Nan to iu
What did you say?
ima ga kimi wa tabebeki
You should eat now
~n'desu
`cause it is (half formal
chotto
a little
shibaraku
a little while
kurai (not dark)
about
ni tsuite (ni~ tsu)
about
gurai
about (approximately)
itsugoro
about when (about what time)
zettai
absolute
namari (not lead)
accent
jiko
accident
haiyuu
actor
jitsu wa
actually
otona
adult
susumu
advance
zenshin
advance
bouken
adventure
~chan (name suffix)
affection
ato
after
yappari
after all
hirusugi
afternoon
mata
again
kuki
air (atmosphere)
hikouki
airplane
hikoujou
airport
kuukou
airport
mezamashi
alarm
mezamashidokei
alarm clock
subete
all
zenbu
all (total)
ichinichijuu
all day long
~sasetekureta~
allow (action, ex: kare wa tabesasetekureta = he allowed me eat)
~saseru~ (sasete, etc)
allow (asking, ex:tasukesasete = allow me to help)
no you ni
almost
mou
already
~no ni
although
itsumo
always
tsune
always
zutto
always
odorokubeki
amazing
~kute
and
Soushite
and then
sorekara
and then (after that, in addition)
soshite
and then (then...)
tenshi
angel
ikatteiru (okotta)
angry
doubutsu
animal
hetsu
another
Kotae
answer
kotae
answer (solution)
fuan
anxiety
kuni Ni yorazu
any country
dare demo
anyone
nandemo
anything
bukai
apart (section meeting)
kaisu
appreciate
hodo
approximately (numbers)
sansuu
arithmetic
ude
arm
koutetsu
armour
mawari
around
toshite
as
mama
as one likes
zenzen
at all
senshu
athlete
jidousha
automobile
toori
avenue
mezamete
awake
taihen
awful (hard)
senaka
back
koutoubu
back of head
warui
bad
heta
bad at (not skilled at)
warui rei
bad example
waruku
badly
kaban
bag
ginkou
bank
yarou
bastard
Furoba (yokushitsu)
bathroom
Ittekimasu
be back soon
naoru
be cured (get well)
kimaru
be decided
mame
beans
bi~
beautiful
bishounen
beautiful boy
bichoucho
beautiful butterfly
bishoujo
beautiful girl
~no desu
because it is (full formal)
~no da
because it's (half casual)
naru
become
gyuuniku
beef
mae
before
hajimaru
begin
ushironi
behind
shinjiru
believe (trust)
sobani
beside
ichiban
best
sairyou
best
nomimono
beverage (drink)
ookii
big
okanjoo
bill (for meal)
tori
bird
kimyou
bizzare
kuro
black
kocha
black tea
chi
blood
ao
blue
karada
body (physique)
sayu
boiled water
daitanna
bold
hone
bone
tsumaranai
boring
shounen
boy
kareshi
boyfriend
sennou
brainwash
oreru
break
asagohan
breakfast
choushoku
breakfast
hashi
bridge
joutou (colloquial)
bring it on (or: that's just fine)
chairo / kasshoku
brown
fude
brush (for writing)
soba
buckwheat noodles
konchuu
bug
tateru
build (erect)
ijime
bully
isogashii
busy
dakedo
but
demo
but
shikashi
but (however)
oshiri
butt
gyuuraku
butter
choucho
butterfly
kau
buy
~katte kuru~
buy and come back
Tamatama
by chance (luckily)
jibunde
by oneself
tokorode
by the way
kissaten
cafe
yobu
call
yobidashi
call number (phone number)
~rareru
can do
~koto ga dekiru
can do a thing
shuto
capital city
ninjin
carrot
neko
cat
~n'da
cause it's (full casual)
mannaka
center
kakujitsu
certain
tashika
certain
kawaru
change
shaberu
chat (talk)
hoo
cheek
hoozuki
cheeks
kanraku
cheese
mune
chest
toriniku
chicken
ago
chin
chugokugo
chinese language
sanagi
chrysalis
semi
cicada
jugyou
class
kyoushitsu
classroom
akari
clear (bright)
kimari monku
cliche
dokei
clock
fuku
clothes
kumo (not spider)
cloud
kumori
cloudy weather
gokiburi
cockroach
samui
cold
tsumetai
cold
kazegusuri
cold medicine
atsumeru
collect (gather)
daigaku
college
iro
color
shusshin
coming from
kuraberu
compare (contrast)
monku
complaint
kanketsu
completion (conclusion)
fukuzatsu
complicated
sakkyoku
compose music
tsudzukaru
continue
kaiwa
conversation
gohan
cooked rice
iketeru
cool (fashionable)
kakkoii
cool (good looking)
suzushii
cool (temperature)
sameru
cool down
kado
corner
wata
cotton
~nichi~
counter for days
inaka
countryside
itoko
cousin
souzou
creation
kimiwarui
creepy
hannin
criminal
hiku (slang)
cringe (literal: to pull)
naku
cry
naitcchau
crying
kiru
cut
kireru
cut well (be sharp)
odori
dance
tanpopo
dandelion
kiken (like abunai)
danger
abunai
dangerous
kurai
dark
nichiji
date and time
nichi
day
yobi
day
youbi
day of the week
kimeru
decide (agree upon)
heru
decrease
ketsubou
deficiency
oishii
delicious
mousou
delusion
oni
demon
yasha
demon
shupatsu
departure (starting)
tsukue
desk
Hakai
destruction
kuwashii
detailed
hougen
dialect
~ben
dialect
nikki
diary
jisho
dictionary
shinu
die
chigau
different
kotonaru
different
horu
dig
bangohan
dinner
yushoku (gosan)
dinner
hou
direction (side)
chiri
dirt
kitanai
dirty
hanashiau
discuss (talk over)
iyana
disgusting
donbiki (slang)
disgusting (a turn-off, to be creeped out)
fumeiyo
dishonor
kirai
dislike
iya
dislike (situational)
midareru
disturb
wakareru
divide
wakeru
divide
kawasu
dodge
inu
dog
inuyasha
dog demon
meiyou
don't have
tobira
door panel
shita
down
tonbo
dragonfly
gekiteki
dramatic
yume
dream
unten
drive
otosu
drop
mimi
ear
hayai
early
chikyuu
earth
higashi
east
kantan
easy (not difficult)
yasashi (like kantan)
easy (simple, colloquial kantan)
nasu
eggplant
keika
elapsed
chounan
eldest son
shougakkou
elementary school
zou
elephant
taishikan
embassy
suku
empty
owari
end
doryoku
endeavor (effort)
teki
enemy
ki
energy, spirit (noun)
tanoshimu
enjoy
ni yuugaku
enter a school (matriculate)
genkan
entrance (like a door)
hitoshii
equal
soutou
equal
kagamitan
equipment, tool
nigeba
escape
sakubun
essay
sae
even
sura
even
~temo
even if (hypothetical)
~no ni~ (~na no ni~ when used w/ noun)
even though
ban
evening
yoru
evening (night)
mainichi
every day
nichijou
every day (regular)
maitsuki
every month
minna
everyone
tatoe
example
igai
except for
kawasuru
exchange
iiwake
excuse
SHITSUREI SHIMASU
excuse me
osaki ni shitsurei
excuse me for leaving first
iru
exist (animate objects) (noun)
sonzai
existence
deguchi
exit
hazu
expectation (that something took place)
keiken
experience
setsumei
explanation (description)
nuku
extract
maya
eyebrows
me
eyes
kao
face
men
face
tsura
face
otogi
fairy tale
Shinjin
faith
nise
fake
furu
fall
koronda
fall
korobu
fall down
mijika
familiar
kazoku
family
tooi
far (distant)
futoi
fat
unmei
fate
otosan
father
aiyou (okiniiri)
favorite
okiniiri (aiyou)
favorite
kanjiru
feel
kimochi
feeling, sensation, mood
kangofu
female nurse
kanransha
ferris wheel
sukunai
few
tatakai
fight
kenka
fight (argument)
kimatsushiken
final examination
komakai
fine (small or minute)
yubi
finger
kasai
fire
shoubousho
fire station
shoubousha
fire truck
shouboushi
firefighter
mazu
first if all (to begin with)
sakana
fish
au (not meet)
fit (match)
itsutsu
five things
kokki
flag
hira
flat
nagaru
flow
hana
flower
shuuchuu
focus (concentrate)
tame ni
for
tame ni
for (in order to, because)
nado
for example
tatoeba
for example
hitai
forehead
mori
forest
wasureru
forget
~sama (name suffix)
formal mister or miss
zenpo
forward
yottsu
four (things)
kitsune
fox
hima
free time
juu
freedom
agejaga
french fries
kara
from
korekara
from now on
itsukara
from when
kudamono
fruit
ippai
full
shimei
full name
tanoshii
fun
okashii
funny
omoshiroi
funny
mirai
future
ippanteki
general
daitai
generally
tensai
genius
chirigaku
geography
doitsugo
german language
shigusa
gestures
shuushoku
get job
yuurei
ghost
kirin
giraffe
shoujo
girl
ataeru
give
kotaeru
give an answer
kureru
give me
ka
gnat
douzo
go ahead (please, please take)
noboru
go up (climb)
agaru
go up (rise)
yoii
good
jouzu
good at (to be good at something)
kouun
good luck
oyasumi
good night
sofu
grandfather
sobo
grandmother
arigatai
grateful
midori
green
aisatsu
greetings
haiiro
grey
ha
group (faction)
kami no ke
hair strand
kamigata
hair style
kesuji
hairline
hannichi
half a day
chyuukuu
hallow
shiawase
happy
ureshii
happy
katai
hard
muzukashii
hard (difficult)
katamaru
harden (solidify)
kawattekite
has changed
boshi
hat
daikirai
hate
motsu
have (verb)
kare
he
atama
head
kenkou
health
genki
healthy
joubu (like genki)
healthy
kokoro
heart
shinzou
heart
tengoku
heaven
omoi
heavy
kakato
heel
jigoku
hell
haisai
hello
tasukeru
help (save)
koko
here
iseiaisha
heterosexual
oi
hey
takai
high
koukou (short for / colloquial)
high school
koutougakkou
high school
anji
hint
seinen
his
rekishi
history
tataku
hit
utsu
hit (strike)
eto
hmm (hmm... / well... / let me see...)
te wo tsunagu
hold hands
yasumi
holiday
jitaku
home
katei
home
shukudai
homework
douseiaisha
homosexual
shoujiki
honesty
meiyo
honor
uma
horse
byouin
hospital
atsui
hot
oyu
hot water
ie
house
dou
how
do iu wake de ne...
how do I say the reason...
Kimi no asa wa dou desu ka?
how is your morning going?
dono kurai
how much
desukedo
however
datte
however (because, as well)
houyou
hug
dekai (slang)
huge (slang)
na?
huh?
ningen
human
jinrui
humanity
itai
hurt
goshyujin
husband (someone else's)
aho
idiot
nara
if
~tara
if
~nara
if (for verbs, like tara but not for nouns)
moshi
if (in case of)
~reba
if you can
byouki
illness
kaze (not wind)
illness
souzou (not creation)
imagination
sugu ni
immediately (at once)
daiji
important
juuyou
important
fukanou
impossible
zenbu de
in all (in total)
hayaru
in style
~no kawari ni~ (or ~kawari ni~)
in the place of (this instead of that)
fueru
increase
naibu
inside
naka
inside
uchi (not house or me)
inside
kawari
instead
bujoku
insult
tsumori
intention (purpose)
kanshin
interest
kyoumigaaru
interested
youtsukado
intersection
shiraberu
investigate
muteki
invincible
~to onaji kurai~
is about the same as
~na no ka
is it?
sou nanda
is that so (is that so?)
sono
it (or that, possessive form)
sore
it (that)
iwareru
it is said
atsukatta
it was hot
owari desu
it's over
rouya
jail
wafuku
japanese clothing
en
japanese dollar
joudan
joke
sabaku
judge
kouhai
junior
dakede
just
choudo
just (exactly)
tada
just (only)
inga
karma
kagi
key
keru
kick
yasashii
kind
seppun
kiss
gengo
language
kotoba
language
saigo
last
motsu (not to have)
last long
sengetsu
last month
sakunen
last year (formal, used in writing mostly)
bengoshi
lawyer
namakemono
lazy person
namari
lead
happa (or ha)
leaf
manabu
learn
mananda
learned
nokosu
leave (leave undone)
hidari
left
hidarigawa
left side
ashi
leg
chisa
lettuce
nameru
lick
usotsuki
lie
hikari
light
karui
light (weight)
inazuma
lightning
kiniiri (suki)
like
suki
like (to like)
sen
line
naraberu
line up
gengogaku
linguistics
kuchibiru
lips
kiicha
listen
kiku
listen
ongaku o kikimasu
listen to music
imouto
little sister
ikimono
living creatures
jou (not up)
lock
hitoribotchi
lonely
sabishii
lonely
bansai
long life
hisashiburi
long time no see
niteiru
look like (resemble)
makeru
lose
ai
love
aijou
loving (affectionate)
sageru
lower (turn down)
choshouku
lunch
hirugohan
lunch
tasuu
majority
tsukuru
make
takusan
many (a lot)
chizu
map (atlas)
kekkon
marriage
otonage
maturity
tabun
maybe
imi
meaning
muimi
meaningless
keisoku
measure
niku
meat
kusuri
medicine (or drugs
bonyou
mediocre
au
meet
kaigi
meeting
deai
meeting (redezvous, encounter)
jihi
mercy
chyuugakkou
middle school
gyuunyuu
milk
shousuu
minority
shousuuha
minority group
kagami
mirror
itazura
mischief (prank)
~san
mister or miss
gokai
misunderstanding
kane (like okane)
money
bakemono
monster
kaibutsu
monster
getsu
month
kibun
mood
tsuki
moon
Tsukiyomi
moon god
ijou
more than
asa
morning
koke
moss
haha
mother
yama
mountain
kuchi
mouth
utsusu
move
ugokasu
move (something
undou
movement (exercise)
kurai (not dark)
much
ooku (like ooki)
much (big)
~nakute wa ikenai~
must do (it's not okay if you don't do)
waga
my
fushigi
mysterious
kugi
nail (spike)
shizen
nature
kami
nature spirits
chikai
near
chikaku
near (distance, time, etc)
hitsuyou
necessity (need)
kubi
neck
shoukyokuteki
negative
oi (not hey)
nephew
otaku
nerd
~na no ni
nevertheless
atarashii
new
tsugi
next
jikai
next time
tonari
next to (next door)
suteki
nice
hajimemashite
nice to meet you
mei
niece
kokonotsu
nine (things)
dame
no good
dou sureba
no matter what
urusai
noisy
denpa (colloquial)
nonsense
hiru
noon
kita
north
hana (not flower)
nose
tondemo arimasen (like zenzen)
not at all
zenzen (+ negative)
not at all
amari
not much
~denakute~
not only this but also...
amari
not really (not much)
mazui
not tasty
~janakute~ (informal ja nai desu / de wa nakute in te form)
not/but (aka janakute ao / not red but blue)
nandemonai
nothing
shousetsu
novel
genzai
now
ima
now
bangou
number
kangoshi
nurse
okoru
occur (to happen)
kaiyou
ocean
mochiron
of course
yoku
often
daijoubu
okay
furui
old
jiji
old man
baba
old woman
toshiue
older (senior)
toshoue
older (senior)
hitotsu
one
ichinichi
one day
Ofukuro
one's mother
jibun
oneself
tamanegi
onion
dake
only
hantai
oppose (object)
matawa
or
daidaiiro
orange
chuumon
order
futsui
ordinary
nami
ordinary
gaibu
outside
soto
outside
achira
over there
murigakiku
overexert
afureru
overflow
kaigai
overseas
itami
pain
kurushii
painful (agonizing)
tsurai
painful (heart-breaking)
te no hira
palm of hand
zubon
pants
aite
partner
goukaku
pass (test)
kako
past
~katta
past tense ending
enpitsukezuri
pencil sharpener
~jin
people
hito
person
denwa
phone
denwa bangou
phone number
shashin
photo
taiiku
physical education
tsuranuku
pierce
makura
pillow
momoiro
pink
kaizoku
pirate
tokoro
place
shokubutsu
plants
asobu
play
onegaishimasu
please
o'shizuka ni onegaishimasu
please be quiet
ore no tomodachi ni naru kudasai
please become my friend
Chotto matte kudasai
please wait (give me a minute)
keisatsu
police
omawarisan
police officer (colloquial)
motemote
popular
ninki
popular
sekkyokuteki
positive
kanousei
possibility
kanou
possible
yuubinkyoku
post office
kitte
postage stamp
jagaimo
potato
chikara
power
teiden
power outage
renshuu
practice
inoru
pray (wish)
ninshin
pregnancy
juunbi
preparation
youi
preparation
daitouryou
president
kirei
pretty (clean)
keimusho
prison
mondai
problem (question)
kyouju
professor
fukai
profound
yakusoku
promise
hatsuon
pronunciation
shoumei
proof
chanto
properly (well)
hiku
pull
naguru
punch
junjou
pure of heart
tame
purpose
osu
push
shimau
put away
ireru
put in
haku
put on (shoes, pants, items below your waist, etc)
shitsumon
question
otonashii
quiet (meek)
bunbougu
quill
~tte
quoting particle (can be used for if, then, irony, insisting certainty, etc)
denpa
radio wave
tetsudou
railway
ame
rain
amedama
rainbow
sasu
raise
mezurashii
rare (scarce)
yomu
read
jitsu
real
hontou
real (true or honest
jitsuzai
reality
jissai
reality (actual state)
daisuki
really like (to really like)
riyuu
reason
wake
reason
morau
receive
saikin
recently
tonaero
recite
aka
red
koukai
regret
~kun (name suffix)
regular
kankei
relationship
shuukyou
religion
nokoru
remain (be left over)
hatsugen
remark
omoidasu
remember
hangyakusha
renegade
naosu
repair (fix)
seiseki
results (grade)
mawari-butai
revolving stage
shushoku
rice
migi
right
migigawa
right side
yubiwa
ring
kawa
river
douro
road
heya
room
nekko (ne)
root
shitsurei
rude
monosashi
ruler
hashiru
run
anzen
safe
anzen na
safe
tte
said that
kyuuriyou
salary
shio
salt
shoppai
salt
shioaji
salty
suna
sand
douyoubi
saturday
itte (speaking)
say
kowai
scary
jikanwari
schedule
gakkou
school
hasami
scissors
choukoku
sculpture
umi
sea
byou
seconds
okawari
seconds (more food)
himitsu
secret
miru
see
uru
sell
urikire
sell out
okuru
send
senpai
senior
honki
serious
nanatsu
seven (things)
kage
shadow
kanojo
she
hitsuji
sheep
tate
shield
kutsu
shoe
kaimono
shopping
mijikai
short
mijikai
short (length)
subeki
should
~subeki
should
~beki
should do
kata
shoulder
waneku
shout
tojiru
shut close (eyes, books, etc)
damare
shut up
kyoudai
sibling
yoko
side (width across)
hodou
sidewalk
gin
silver
gintama
silver soul
shimai
sisters
suwaru
sit (sit down)
medashibou
ski mask (balaclava)
umaku
skillfully (well)
hifu
skin
sora
sky
sode
sleeve
chisai
small
chibiru
small (informal)
kozeni
small change
atamagaii
smart
nioi
smell
hohoemi
smile
namerakana
smooth
keishoku
snack
dedemushi
snail
zurui (or kosui)
sneaky
yuki
snow
dakara
so
~koto no nai you~
so as not to
sekken
soap
shakai
society
kitsushita
socks
yawarakai
soft
tsuchi
soil
ichibu
some
itsuka (not 5th)
some day
dareka
someone
nanika
something
tokidoki
sometimes
musuko
son
uta
song
tamashii
soul
oto
sound
minami
south
kirakira
sparkling (glitter-like)
sokudo
speed
karai
spicy (salty as well(
kumo
spider
haru
spring
kaidan
stairs
tatsu
stand
houjungo
standard dialect
hotchikisu
stapler
denpun
starch
yuge
steam
kuki (not air)
stem
katai (not hard)
stiff
yamu
stop
tomaru
stop (verb)
omise
store
hen
strange
mugiwara
straw
michi
street
gakkusei
student
benkyou
study
ryougaku
study abroad
baka
stupid
kakkou
style (or form)
oshare
stylish
sonna
such
satou
sugar
shoukan
summon
taiyou
sun
hare
sunny weather
joutou
superiority (first-class, very good)
kitto
surely
yojou
surplus
utagawashii
suspicious
amai
sweet
satsumaimo
sweet potato
oyogu
swim
toru
take (verb)
tsureteiku
take along
sainou
talent
aji
taste
umai
tasty
sensei
teacher
namida
tear
kyoukasho
textbook
yori
than
arigatou gozaimasu
thank you very much
arigatou
thanks
okage
thanks
okagesama de
thanks to you
ano
that (all the way over there, possessive form)
are
that one
sochira
that way
ototoi
the day before yesterday
yatou
the opposition
Riyuudesu
the reason
ichibansaishou
the very first
kurashikata
the way you live
soko
there
aru
there is
yama hodo iru
there's mountains of them (an expression)
desukara
therefore
konogoro
these days
karera
they (multiple males)
atsusa
thickness
futomomo
thigh
koto
thing (figuratively, not physically like "mono")
mono
thing (physically, not figuratively like koto)
~dano
things like
da no
things like (list of things, including, such things as)
you
things to do
youji
things to do
kore
this
kono
this (possessive)
kongetsu
this month
konkai
this time
kochira
this way
kotoshi
this year
kotoshi (colloquial)
this year
kedo
though
mittsu
three (things)
nodo
throat
~sugara
throughout; as something is happening
kaminari (inazuma)
thunder (lightning)
shimeru
tighten (fasten)
jikan
time
jikan keika
time elapsed (time passed)
doui
to agree
aru teido
to an extent
okoraseru
to anger
tsuku
to arrive
~rareru
to be
dekiru
to be able (can do)
umareru
to be born
umoreru
to be buried (to be covered)
ki wo tsukeru
to be careful
kinisuru
to be concerned
sonawaru
to be furnished with
kikoeru
to be heard
namakeru
to be lazy
~you ni
to be like
mitai
to be like (similar to, resembling)
ninkigaaru
to be popular
you ni suru
to be sure to do something
odoroku
to be surprised
komaru
to be troubled
nigate
to be weak in
kekkou
to be well (things are very well)
motemakuru
to become popular
aku
to become unoccupied
kowareru
to break
kowasu
to break
yobimasu
to call
kosu
to come
tatoeru
to compare
shimeru
to compose (to account for)
tsunagaru
to connect
tsunageru
to connect
ayasu
to cuddle
tsukiau
to date (going steady)
suru
to do
yaru
to do
itasu
to do (humble)
~makuru
to do extremely
ganbaru
to do one's best
kurau
to eat (taberu but voraciously, like "ravage")
hairu
to enter
kesu
to erase (or turn off)
sugureru
to excel (to surpass)
shire
to face
taoreru (like koronda)
to fall (collapse)
kibun ga warui
to feel sick
eru
to get (obtain)
ikaru
to get angry
tsukareru
to get tired
atsumaru
to get together
okiru
to get up
nareru
to get used to (become)
kudasaru
to give
ageru
to give (colloquial)
umu
to give birth
itte (movement)
to go
dekakeru
to go out (to depart)
sotsugyou
to graduate
you ni suru
to have
tsunagu
to hold (or connect with)
joutatsu
to improve
hanasu (not to speak)
to let go
ikiru
to live
sumu
to live
yaseru
to lose weight
iru (not to exist)
to need (like hitsuyou)
iranai
to not need
okoru (not to get angry)
to occur (to happen)
akeru
to open
tanomu
to order
nakunaru
to pass away
oku
to place something
jukukou
to ponder
furi wo suru
to pretend
mamoru
to protect
yameru
to quit
itadaku
to recieve
kaeru
to return (or exchange)
noru
to ride
iu
to say
tsutomeru
to serve
kyouyuu
to share
terasu
to shine on
kagu
to smell
suu
to smoke
ubaou
to snatch away (dispossess, steal)
oto wo dasu
to sound like
tetsuyasuru
to stay up all night
masaru
to surpass
utagau
to suspect (to doubt)
kakaru
to take
dasu
to take out (hand in)
omou
to think
kangaeru
to think about
sawaru
to touch
ogorasete
to treat (someone)
magaru
to turn
magarikado
to turn corner
okasu
to violate (to commit a crime)
okosu
to wake someone up
mukaeru
to welcome (a visitor)
shinpaisuru
to worry
kaku
to write
kyou
today
isshou
together
benka
tomato
ashita
tomorrow
asu mo
tomorrow too
konya
tonight
densha
train
tensei
transformation (reincarnation)
gomibako
trashcan
ryokou
travel
moku
tree
kaigairyokou
trip to a foreign country
shinjitsu
truth
futago
twins
futsuka
two days
minikui
ugly
busu
ugly (informal)
eto
uh
kasa
umbrella
ano---
umm...
rikai
understanding
motonimodosu
undo (restore)
futou
unfair
danketsu
unite
made
until
hodoku
unwind
jou
up
~tachi
us
tsukau
use
tsukai
user
futsuu
usually, commonly
yuukouna
valid
jidouhanbaiki
vending machine
hen (not strange)
vicinity
tazuneru
visit
koe
voice
onsei
voice
matsu
wait
matte
wait
aruku
walk
sumitai
want to live
taisen
war
youfukudansu
wardrobe
atatakai
warm (weather)
senshi
warrior
~te ita~
was doing something
~sareta
was done
arau
wash
mizu
water
suika
watermelon
michisugara
way
yowai
weak
yowasa
weakness
kaburu
wear (put on head)
shuu
week
shoumatsu
weekend
de wa
well then
jaa
well then (de wa informal)
nishi
west
nani
what
Ima nani wo yatte iru no desu ka
what are you doing right now? (sounds interrogative)
Nani yatteta-no?
what did you do
doushita
what happened
nanda
what is it
donna
what kind of
doushitaraii
what should one do
dousuru
what to do
nani ga okotte iru
what's happening (what's going on)
doushita no
what's wrong
nani yaru ni shite mo
whatever you do
mugi
wheat
toki
when
doko
where
doko shusshin
where are you from?
yare yare
whew
dore
which one
dono
which...
nagara
while
shiro
white
hakusho
white paper
dare
who
donata
who (polite)
dare ga ore to isshou ni ikudarou?
who will go with me?
doushite
why
~deshou
will (or would polite form)
~darou
will (would)
~ni suru
will do (will decide on)
katsu
win
kaze
wind
tsubasa
wing
fuyu
winter
kareru
wither
kanarazu
without exception (always)
ki ni sezuni
without hesitation
ookami
wolf
tsuma
woman (or wife)
tango
word
hataraku
work
sekai
world
saitei
worst
sensei shitekurenai
wouldn't agree
tekubi
wrist
sakushi
writing lyrics
chigau
wrong
imo
yam
nen
year
toshi
year (age)
nendo
year (school year)
~dai
years
kiiro
yellow
onegaishimasu (when being done a favor)
yes please
kinou
yesterday
mada
yet
anata
you
kisama
you (extremely disrespectful)
kimi
you (friendly)
omae
you (rude)
otsukaresama deshita
you worked hard
wakai
young
wakamono
young people
Rei
zero
~sa
~ness (ex: sutekisa = niceness)