Japanese Vocabulary (Romaji)

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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)


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