Japanese Vocab

Japanese Continuers

Stage 6

Vocabulary List

2000

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Expressions Place names Numerals Days/Months Counters Suffixes/prefixes Prescribed kanji

(

)

love (to love)

(

)

greeting (to greet) ice cream period, time, interval, while to meet blue red baby bright, light

[vi]

to go up, to enter [a Japanese house] autumn to give up, to abandon to get tired of, to become bored [with something]

[vi]

to open (

)

accessories (to wear accessories)

[vt]

to open

[vt]

to give, to raise morning *

breakfast the day after tomorrow

*

leg, foot flavour, taste tomorrow to leave, to deposit, to get someone to mind something

(

)

perspiration (to perspire) over there to play, to amuse oneself warm 4

head new that way, that one over there hot [vi]

to gather

[vt]

to gather, to collect

( )

( )

after, later, subsequently you elder brother [own] elder sister [own] that (over there) apartment, flat dangerous aborigine sweet not very rain to wash to be, to exist [inanimate objects]

* (

to walk

)

part-time job (to work part-time) that (over there)

( (

) )

( )

allergy (to have an allergy) ( *( )

)

relief (to be relieved) safety (safe) like that, that sort of

(

)

guide (to guide, to show around)

5

good to say house less than -

-

-

-

bound for [transport] to go how many?, how old? how much? ikebana [flower arrangement] opinion bullying, torment to bully, to torment

( )

(

)

doctor more than chair busy to hurry painful, sore to receive [humble] strawberry all day long the best, the most, number one when? sometime, someday anytime together, with with all one’s might full, a lot generally 6

always cousin countryside to disappear [animate objects] dog (

)

breach, offence (to breach) now meaning

(

)

immigrant / emigrant (to immigrate/emigrate) younger sister [own] younger sister [someone else’s]

( )

unpleasant (

)

earrings (to wear earrings) to go, to come, to be [honorific] entrance to be, to exist [animate objects] to need to put in, to make [tea, coffee] *

( )

colour various impression international internet

(

)

interview (to conduct an interview)

wool violin waiter waitress above, on, the upper part of 7

to plant (

)

waterpolo (to play waterpolo) wombat reception (desk)

[vi]

*

to move rabbit cow, cattle behind

(

)

(

)

lie (to lie, to tell a lie) song to sing house, home, family beautiful arm udon [Japanese wheat noodles] horse skilful, tasty to be born beach, sea, ocean to be envious

*

counter, shop to sell noisy, annoying to be happy jacket

(

) (

luck (to have good / bad luck)

)

driving (to drive) driver

(

)

*( *

)

exercise (to exercise) sports carnival 8

* *

playground, sportsground

picture, painting air conditioner / air conditioning movie, film movie theatre *

English [language] influence

* * (

English-Japanese dictionary

)

nutrition (nutritious) station station lunch box escalator Edo [previous name of Tokyo],Edo period/era postcard great, extraordinary, superior to choose, to select, to elect lift, elevator yen [Japanese currency], circle engineer

(

)

(

)

excursion (to go on an excursion) pencil

(

)

to hesitate, to refrain, to hold back

9

nephew delicious, tasty (

)

celebration (to celebrate) return [trip, ticket] many, numerous big, large size, dimensions many [people] New Year’s Eve motorbike owner mother [someone else’s] sweets, lollies funny, strange, odd money

[vi]

to get up, to wake up to put, to place wife [someone else’s], married woman present, gift to be late to send

[vt]

to wake someone up pocket money to happen to get angry grandfather, old man *

to teach, to tell uncle [own] 10

uncle [someone else’s], middle-aged man (

)

bow (to bow)

( )

talkative, chatty to push, to shove late, slow awful, terrible, dreadful, fearful your house

[vi]

to fall *

Japanese tea to say [honorific] change [money] *

toilet sound, noise father [someone else’s] younger brother [own] younger brother [someone else’s] male, man boy man New Year’s pocket money

[vt]

to drop, to let fall the day before yesterday the year before last adult quiet, gentle, obedient dance to dance to be surprised, to be amazed

(

)

stomach (to become hungry) same 11

older brother [someone else’s] rice ball older sister [someone else’s] (

)

wish (to make a wish, to request, to ask a favour) aunt [own] aunt [someone else’s], middle aged woman grandmother, old woman opal obi, sash, belt [for a kimono/yukata] to learn by heart, to rote learn, to remember souvenir heavy to remember, to recollect, to recall memories, recollections to think weight interesting, amusing, funny parent(s) snack to swim origami [paper folding] to come down, to get off [transport] orange to fold, to break end to end music hot spring female, woman 12

girl woman

• (

)

card (to send a card) girlfriend seashore, coast meeting [business], conference accountant foreign country, overseas foreign language

(

)

( )

foreigner

*

company, office

* *

company employee, office worker stairs tour guide guidebook shopping foreign borrowed words conversation to buy to keep [pets] counsellor counter to return, to give back to go home

[vt]

to change [something] face *

science

*

chemistry

13

to take [time], to cost [money] (

)

key, lock (to lock) to write to draw, to paint student umbrella to decorate volcano *

fire singer to lend gas number wind

(

) (

a cold (to catch a cold) )

cassette (tape) to count family [own] petrol petrol station shoulder person [honorific] hard, tough, solid katakana [script] to tidy up one way [ticket, journey, etc.] to win to be disappointed school term musical instrument 14

attractive, good-looking style, appearance school * *

activity home, family, household *

home economics corner wife [own] sad without fail fairly, quite a bit

( )

( )

rich she bag, briefcase kabuki [traditional Japanese theatre] wall

(

)

patience (to be patient, to endure) paper

(

)

(

)

(

* (

*)

god, God hair

)

gum (to chew gum) camera *

subject [school subject] itchy

*

to commute Tuesday from [place], since, because salty, hot, spicy

(

)

karaoke (to do karaoke) glass 15

body *

karate to borrow light [weight] he garage calendar river side cute, charming, pretty pitiful, pitiable, poor thing

( )

instead of, in place of

[vi]

to change to think [analytically], to consider kangaroo environment relationship, connection

(

)

welcome (to welcome) tourism tourist nurse *

kanji [script] feeling [impression] to feel

( )

simple, easy to persist, to try hard

• tree, wood yellow opportunity, chance 16

machine to hear, to listen, to ask [a question] ( )

danger (dangerous) climate to be audible, to be able to hear article [newspaper, etc.]

(

)

kiss (to kiss) season rule, regulation north

(

)

guitar (to play the guitar) dirty, untidy, messy *

tea room, coffee shop, cafe postage stamp surely, undoubtedly, certainly ticket commemoration, memory yesterday strict, severe mood, feeling hope, desire

[vi]

to be decided you [informal]

[vt]

to decide, to choose feeling kimono

( )

(

)

)

(

*

guest, customer, client

[shop] ( (

) )

cancellation (to cancel) camp (to camp) 17

suddenly express [train] beef milk salary today (

)

(

education (to educate) *

church

* *

textbook

* *

classroom

)

race, competition (to compete) brother(s), sister(s), siblings

(

) (

interest (to have an interest in) )

cooperation (to cooperate) last year

( )

hate step~, ~-in-law to cut to wear

( )

beautiful, clean smoking prohibited

( (

)

(

)

*)

bank (bank employee) prohibition (to prohibit) neighbourhood blond Friday to pay attention, to be careful

• air-conditioner, cooler *

air 18

*

airport smelly whale

(

)

(

)

medicine (to take medicine) please [give me] fruit mouth shoe(s) sock(s) country, nation neck class, group cloud cloudy dark sportsground, oval classic class club to compare to repeat cricket [game] Christmas to come group car to give [to me] black

(

)

pain, trouble (to suffer troubles)

19

• (

)

plan, schedule (to plan)

(

)

experience (to experience) honorific language economy, economics police mobile phone cake

(

)

game (to play a game) drama, play *

(

theatre [drama]

)

injury (to be injured) this morning scenery, view rubber, eraser

[vt]

to switch off, to erase result, outcome good [honorific]

(

)

marriage, wedding (to get married) wedding ceremony Monday but, however

(

)

quarrel, fight, argument (to quarrel) entrance [of house], front door

( )

( (

health, vigour (in good spirits, energetic)

)

research, study (to research) health (healthy) currently, at present, present [time]

( (

) )

( (

) )

kendo [Japanese fencing], (to do kendo) sightseeing (to sightsee) right(s)

• 20

* *

park pollution suburb

(

)

passing an exam (to pass an exam) (

(

)

(

)

( )

)

exchange (student) senior high school (student) crossroad, intersection

*

work, construction

*

public phone *

factory course coach

*

tea school principal *

school principal’s office

*

traffic

*

traffic accident school playground coat assembly hall police box coffee

*

*

public servant cola

(

)

* (

)

public (school) Golden Week national language [Japanese in Japan, English in Australia] international domestic 21

blackboard here afternoon [pm] heart, spirit morning [am] answer, reply to answer, to reply kotatsu [low table with heater inside] (

)

feast (to treat someone) here, this one, this way chef/cook parcel glass [cup] thing [abstract], fact this year word, languages child, children this the other day these days this area [around]

(

)

copy (to copy) *

meal, cooked rice to be troubled, to be in trouble rubbish rubbish bin to be crowded rubber comedy

(

)

golf (to play golf) 22

this after this, from now on to fall over, to trip scared, afraid [vt]

to break

[vi]

to be broken this month concert this week this time, next time such as this, this sort of tonight

(

)

convenience store computer tonight

• service (

)

surfing (to surf) recently

( ) ( )

( )

the last (lastly, finally) the first (firstly, in the beginning) purse, wallet materials, ingredients

[vt]

to look for, to search fish

[vi]

to go down to bloom [flowers] cherry tree, cherry blossom composition

( )

sake [rice wine] 23

( )

sashimi [sliced raw fish] to invite soccer a little while ago magazine

( )

sugar * *

tea ceremony desert lonely/to miss someone cushion [for sitting on] lonely/to miss someone cold [weather] samurai warriors

( )

plate the week after next the year after next salad salary earner, office worker monkey to make a noise, to make a fuss to touch (

)

participation (to participate in) industry

(

)

agreement (to agree) sandal(s) sandwich regrettable, disappointing

(

)

a walk (to go for a walk)

• poem, poetry 24

letter, character (

)

game, match (to play a match)

( )

happiness (happy) CD, compact disc jeans chef/cook

( )

salt qualification square, rectangular but, however to be scolded time, hour timetable [school] ceremony (

)

examination (to pass an examination)

(

)

examination (to sit for an examination) accident

( (

)

)

(

)

self-introduction (to introduce oneself) job, work (to work) dictionary earthquake

( )

quiet nature under, below, beneath era, period, time underwear intimate, close (

)

unemployment (to lose one’s job) actually, to tell the truth, the fact is

(

)

failure (to fail) 25

(

)

question (to ask a question) dictionary bicycle *

vending machine to die for a while, for some time one’s own, oneself island sister school * *

[vi]

sister city to shut, to close

( )

conservative [vt]

to shut, to close *

(

society, social studies

)

photograph (to take a photo) managing director, president of a company shirt to talk, to chat

(

)

( )

shower (to have a shower) ( )

freedom (free) custom, habit

*

religion address

(

)

employment (to find employment) juice judo weekend school lesson, class juku [cram school] homework 26

( )

( )

husband [someone else’s] prime minister

(

)

*

departure (to depart) capital [city] housewife hobby, interest kind, type order, turn

(

)

preparation (to prepare)

(

)

(

)

introduction (to introduce) ( )

( )

primary school (student)

( )

New Year primary school scholarship shogun [commander in chief]

( )

* (

)

honest common sense

( )

( )

good at novel

(

)

( (

invitation (to invite) )

)

( (

( )

)

)

joke (to tell a joke) horseriding (to ride a horse) healthy, strong, sturdy information

( )

soy sauce future * (

)

Showa era/period jogging (to jog) occupation

(

)

*

meal (to have a meal) 27

plant *

Japanese calligraphy to inform, to notify to investigate, to check up private school to know

( )

castle white shinkansen, bullet train population signal, traffic light * *

shrine [Shinto shrine] to believe family relation, relative

( )

kind * *

(

)

(

Shinto [religion] )

worry (to worry) newspaper journalist

(

)

progress (to make progress) close friend

• (

)

swimming (to swim) watermelon switch to be uncrowded, to be empty Wednesday mathematics

(

)

supermarket soup 28

(

)

(

skirt (to wear a skirt)

)

skiing (to ski)

(

)

( )

squash (to play squash) ( )

like, favourite sukiyaki [name of dish] at once, immediately few terrific, great, incredible a little, a few bit by bit, a little at a time to pass, to spend time

( )

sushi cool [weather] (

)

start (to start) much [more], all the way, all the time sour steak

( )

lovely, good looking

[vt]

to discard, to throw away stereo strike, stop work sand wonderful, splendid spaghetti

(

)

speech (to give a speech) speed spoon sport trousers to live 29

sumo wrestling slippers to do, to play [games or sport] to sit down

• (

(

)

height (to be tall / short) character, personality

(

)

*(

)

way of life, life (to live) century

(

)

success (to succeed) politics politician marks, academic result

( )

luxurious, extravagant pupil system government uniform a living thing, biology *

the West sweater, jumper world seat

(

)

cough (to cough) responsibility

( ) (

absolutely, definitely )

explanation (to explain) back [body] by all means narrow, small 30

zero ( )

to take care of someone, to look after someone (

)

election (to elect) last month the other day player, athlete last week teacher

...

not at all war centre

(

)

(

( )

)

laundry (to do the laundry) all, everything, the whole (altogether)

( )

Japanese rice cracker

• (

)

cleaning (to clean) sausages

(

)

discussion, consultation (to discuss) straw thongs there and after that, and in addition there, that one, that way

(

)

graduation (to graduate) graduation ceremony outside that beside, nearby

( )

soba [buckwheat noodles] grandfather [own] (

)

softball (to play softball) 31

grandmother [own] *

sky that and after that or besides, in addition to that about time, by and by

(

)

respect (to respect) like that, that sort of not that much

• physical education gymnasium athletics carnival (

)

( )

( )

university (student) ( )

hate, detest carpenter embassy all right, O.K.

( ) ( )

( ) ( )

love important, precious almost all, mostly usually kitchen typhoon very, terrible, awful towel high, tall, expensive height therefore 32

to hold in one’s arms, to hug a lot, many taxi *

taxi stand to put out, to send to help, to save just, free of charge

*

correct, right [as opposed to wrong] tatami mat to stand

(

)

table tennis (to play table tennis) vertical building for example enjoyable to enjoy to look foward to to request, to ask a favour

(

)

cigarettes (to smoke) *

trip, journey perhaps, maybe multiculturalism food to eat egg occasionally

( )

no good, not be allowed (no good, useless) to accumulate, to save to be enough, to suffice who? 33

someone, somebody anyone, everyone word, vocabulary ( )

( ) (

birthday

)

dance (to dance) gradually rice field, rice paddy

(

)

(

)

blood (to bleed) small, little cheese team

*

underground, basement near to differ, to be wrong nearby, closely

*

subway, underground railway *

shortcut the earth chicken [cooked]

(

)

being late (to be late) map father [own] *

locality, region, district

* *

brown

( )

teacup, bowl (

)

care, attention, caution (to pay attention, to take care, to warn)

(

)

( )

junior high school (student) 34

junior high school China * (

)

(

)

(

car park )

parking (to park a car) order (to place an order) chalk exactly, just chocolate a little bit, for a moment

* *

geography

tour (

)

about ~, regarding ~ (

)

* (

)

interpreter (to interpret) to use to be tired month, moon following, after, next to arrive desk to make Japanese pickles

[vt] (

to switch on, to attach convenience (convenient/inconvenient)

[vt] [vi]

to continue to continue boring that is to say cold [to touch] nail, claw 35

intention (

)

fishing (to fish) crane to take [someone along] to bring [someone along] to work, be employed rainy season [usually in June in Japan] strong

• hand T-shirt set meal disk disco date (to go on a date) (

polite table tape tape recorder letter to go out text to be able to do, to be completed as much as possible technology exit dessert therefore test to help, to assist, to aid 36

(

)

tennis (to play tennis) department store but

( )

( )

*

temple [Buddhist temple] to leave, to go out, to come out, to attend television telephone card

*

shop assistant weather weather forecast / report electricity

( )

typical e-mail train [electric]

(

)

tradition (traditional) emperor tempura [name of dish]

(

/

)

(

/

) telephone (to telephone)

• door toilet how?, in what way? why? at any cost, no matter what (

)

(

)

arrival (to arrive) tofu [bean curd]

*

animal

*

*

zoo how?

*

the East, the Orient 37

road, street far away, distant toast *

street, road

*

to pass, to go along big city, metropolis time, when *

( )

sometimes good at reading especially, in particular

( )

special watch, clock where? somewhere anywhere place by the way year, age

( )

( )

old person library on the way, midway which one, which way special express train very who? [honorific] next door, next to which? [of 3 or more] how much?, about how many?, how long? to fly, to jump 38

[vi]

*

to stop

[vi]

*

to stay [at a hotel, etc]

(

)

(

*( )

*(

)

friend (to become friends) )

friend (to make friends) Saturday

(

)

drive (to go for a drive) drama

(

)

playing cards (to play cards) chicken meat Shinto shrine gateway

(

)

effort (to make an effort) to take, to take off, to get dollar which? [of 3 or more things] crumbed pork cutlet fast, rapidly what kind of? tomato

knife [vi]

to be fixed, to recover inside long length to cry

[vt]

to lose to die [animate], to disappear [inanimate] why? summer nostalgic, remember fondly 39

etc, and so on what? something nothing, not anything name to learn [vi]

to be in a row, to stand in line to become to get used to what? anything, everything

to suit smell bitter ( )

unskilful, bad at

( )

lively, bustling meat to smile west Sunday diary Japan Japanese food luggage to resemble, to be similar school entrance ceremony

(

)

(

)

entering a school (to enter a school) news according to~ garden 40

doll (

)

(

)

popularity (to be popular)

to take off [shoes, dress, etc]

a tie cat price fever (

) (

necklace (to wear a necklace) )

netball (to play netball) to oversleep sleepy to sleep, to go to bed, to lie down

agriculture note book, exercise book [vt]

to leave

[vi]

to remain, to be left over later throat to climb drink to drink a kind of seaweed to change [transport]

[vi]

to get on [transport], to ride to take it easy, to relax

•

• tooth, teeth 41

*

circumstances, case party barbeque hike, hiking violin haiku [Japanese 17 syllable poem] dentist stall, canteen, kiosk to enter postcard

( )

idiot (stupid) nothing but to put on [shoes, trousers, etc] museum box scissors bridge

( )

chopsticks [vt]

to begin, to start at first, firstly for the first time

[vt]

to begin to run *

place, location to be shy, to be ashamed, to be embarrassed bus bus stop

(

)

basketball (to play basketball) to pass [tests, exams] passport 42

butter twenty years old *

to work pachinko [vertical pinball]

( )

showy, flashy, loud [taste] (

)

badminton (to play badminton) nose flower

( )

( )

flower viewing story to talk, to speak banana fireworks mother [own] pub quick, fast early woods to pay spring

(

)

volleyball (to play volleyball) clear [weather] evening, night bread handkerchief program [TV, radio] number *

dinner, evening meal handsome, good-looking

(

)

opposite, opposition (to oppose) 43

half month half year handbag hamburger half

•

• (

earrings [pierced] (to wear pierced earrings, to have one’s ears pierced)

(

piano (to play the piano) heater beach beer east to play [strings, keyboard] low picnic aeroplane lap, knee(s) pizza visa art [subject], fine arts art gallery secretary biscuit left video to be surprised to move [house] sheep ( )

necessity (necessary) 44

person terrible, horrible, awful *

people alone, by oneself plastic, vinyl spare time, free time, leisure free sunscreen hospital sickness hiragana [script] building

( )

( )

*

lunch daytime broad, wide, spacious, vast to pick up bottle pink

(

•

ping-pong (to play ping-pong)

• (

)

fax (to send a fax) computer games family restaurant to increase fork pool deep clothes to blow, to play [a wind instrument]

( )

complicated 45

(

)

revision (to revise) bag pig pork

( )

general(ly), usual(ly) * (

)

Buddhism [religion] football (to play football)

*

physics calligraphy brush to put on weight futon [Japanese bedding] ship

( )

inconvenient winter blouse platform (

)

present, gift (to give a present) furoshiki [a Japanese piece of square cloth used for wrapping/carrying things] to fall [rain, snow, etc] old [objects] professional

( )

Japanese bath culture literature grammar stationery

46

•

• Heisei period/era *

peace page vegemite

( )

bad at, unskilful

(

)

another, separate, different pet bed *

room

[vt]

to reduce

[vi] (

to decrease, to become fewer )

bell (the bell rings) belt

( )

strange, weird penfriend (

)

(

)

study (to study) lawyer

(

)

*(

)

answer, reply (to reply) bench

( )

boxed lunch convenient, handy, useful

•

• direction, way boyfriend foreign trade after school cap, hat (to wear a hat) boat, rowing platform 47

homestay homeroom law hall ball (

)

other, other than, besides I, me [used by boys] *

farm [grazing only] pocket sick room PD/H/PE

(

)

protection (to protect) to want, wish to have poster mail box thin

(

)

hockey (to play hockey) hotdog pop [music] hotel almost, mostly bone volunteer

(

)

bowling (to go bowling) book bookshelf

( ) (

( ) )

real(ly), true (truly) translation (to translate)

48

to become lost, to be lost front, before, previous to turn to be defeated, to lose grandchild serious, conscientious first of all unpalatable, unappetising, yucky, tastes bad again not yet, still town mistake to make a mistake * ( )

to wait festival straight until, as far as, up to window to learn to be on time

(

)

nail polish (to wear nail polish) manager to defend, to adhere to, to keep, to protect mayonnaise marathon round surrounding area comic, cartoon home unit centre, middle 49

meat pie to be visible, to be able to see to polish, to brush [teeth] mandarin right short (length) water swimming costume lake shop to show miso miso soup * [vt]

road, street, path to find green everyone south ear to see, to watch, to look milk everyone, all

to go to pick up a person to come to pick up a person old times, long ago the oppposite side, the other side, over there humid difficult 50

son daughter ( )

waste (wasteful) village purple

( )

impossible, beyond one’s power

eye niece business card (

)

glasses (to put on/to take off glasses) uncommon, rare, unusual to stand out menu

(

)

licence, (to get one’s licence) duty-free store member

already, now soon Thursday if ( )

rice cakes wasted, a waste, regrettable to have, to hold to take to take home to bring more to return [to the starting point] 51

thing [concrete] ruler monorail to receive forest, wood gate, gateway to complain problem, question, issue

*

greengrocer, fruit and vegetable shop yakitori [chicken on a skewer]

(

)

baseball (to play baseball) about, approximately

(

)

promise, appointment (to promise) to be useful, to be helpful vegetable easy, gentle, kind cheap

( )

( )

rest, holiday, absence, break, recess to rest, to be absent to lose weight at last after all, as expected, as I thought mountain

[vt]

to stop [doing something] to give [to someone of lower status], to do soft, tender

*

amusement park gum tree, eucalypts, eucalyptus 52

*

early evening youth hostel post office last night

( )

( )

famous sense of humourr (to have a sense of humour) yukata [a cotton kimono] snow

(

)

(

)

(

)

export (to export) slowly (to relax) uniform

(

)

(

)

import (to import) finger

( (

)

ring (to wear a ring)

)

(

)

dream (to dream)

good (

)

preparation (to prepare) *

[Western] clothes well/often side, next to, horizontal budget program, schedule, plan in the middle of the night, midnight to call, to invite to read

(

)

appointment, reservation (to make an appointment / reservation) yacht 53

night to be pleased very well, that’s good weak ( )

( ) (

comfort (comfortable)

)

rugby (to play) radio Chinese noodle

* * (

science [school subject]

)

recycle (to recycle) reason

(

)

(

)

study abroad (to study abroad) overseas student fashion, craze dormitory fee, charge, fare parents [own] both

(

)

cuisine (to cook) *

(

)

* (

inn [Japanese style] )

travel (to travel) apple

not at home

example refrigerator history restaurant 54

report, essay lemon lemonade ( (

)

practice (to practise)

)

contact (to contact)

corridor, passage Roman letters, romanisation locker rock [music] ( )

romantic

word processor business shirt wine *

*

Japanese-English dictionary young to understand to divide, to distribute

* *

Japanese style room

*

Japanese food, cuisine to forget, to leave behind lost property I, me to cross to laugh, to smile bad

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Expressions

Oh! Ah! (

)

Happy New Year! (honorific) I say, um, well Oh! [female]

(

)

Thank you (polite incomplete/complete)

No, that’s okay You mustn’t Thank you for the meal/drink [said before eating/drinking] Bye!, I’m off!, See you later! [person leaving] Bye!, See you later! [person staying] Welcome! [restaurants, shops]

no [informal] yes [informal]

Well, let me see

Welcome home! Excuse me for going ahead [when leaving/eating before other people] Please go ahead, after you Excuse me for disturbing you Goodbye [sorry I disturbed you] Thank you for looking after me 56

Sorry I’m late Take care [to someone who is sick] (

)

Thank you, you must be tired [used when requesting something, asking a favour] May I have ~ ? / May I speak to ~? Good morning Good morning [honorfic] Sorry to have kept you waiting

(

)

Congratulations! Good night

Certainly sir/madam.

( )

( )

Take care

• (

)

No, thank you

( )

(

( )

(

)

( )

( )

)

Goodbye, take care How are you?

• (

)

Thank you for the meal [said after a meal] Likewise (the pleasure is mine) Excuse me, is anybody home? Sorry Good evening Hello, good afternoon, good day

Well, well now Well now [getting to the point] Goodbye 57

(

)

Excuse me, I’m sorry

Excuse me [incomplete] Goodbye [complete] (

)

It’s been a long time Well, well then

( )

(

)

See you again

Is that so? That’s right

• (

)

Are you all right? Hi, I’m home!

Please wait a moment

Well, well then

You are welcome What happened? What’s wrong? Please go ahead! Here you are. Thanks, Thank you, Sorry (

) Thank you very much [polite - imcomplete/complete]

(

(

)

)

How do you do? (Pleased to meet you)

It’s been a long time

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Is that so?

What?, Indeed! [informal]

Look! There!

See you again!

Hello [on the telephone]

Welcome (

)

(

)

Thank you [in advance] [please help me in the future]

(

)

Give my regards (to )

Oh! Wow!

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Place names (

) Asia Africa Arab South America Europe America England Italy Iraq Iran India Indonesia Holland Canada Korea Cambodia Greece Singapore Switzerland Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Thailand Germany China New Zealand France Brazil Philippines Vietnam Portugal Hong Kong South Africa Mexico Russia

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Australia NSW Queensland Victoria South Australia Western Australia Tasmania Melbourne Adelaide Perth Canberra Darwin Brisbane Cairns Hobart Sydney Japan Hokkaido Honshu Shikoku Okinawa Kyushu Sapporo Sendai Tokyo Narita Ueno Ginza Shinjuku Shibuya Yokohama Nagoya Kyoto Nara Osaka Kobe Hiroshima Fukuoka Nagasaki 61

Numerals 20 99 100 1,000 10,000 1,000,000 10,000,000 100,000,000

10 11 12

Auxiliary numerals things

things

people

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 62

Days of the week

Days of the month (

Sunday

1st day of the month

Monday

2nd

Tuesday

3rd

Wednesday

4th

Thursday

5th

Friday

6th

Saturday

7th 8th

Months (

9th January

10th

February

11th

March

12th

April

14th

May

20th

June

24th

July August September October November December

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Counters yen lesson/chapter days of month [dates] days floor no. of times school terms months [period of time] months [names of months] length of time kilo / kilograms kilo / kilometres small/round objects ages books ~ o’clock hours [period of time] school lessons / period weeks century centimetres cents general things marks degrees times dollars people years year level numbers ordinal numbers nights small animals, fish minutes long, thin objects flat objects ordinal numbers metres 64

Suffixes

* *

*

( *

*

*

less than bound for more than employee side ward about [length of time] [after boy’s name] prefecture language about [a time] [after names] city nationality past each made in ~ [after teachers/doctors] plural for people [after child’s name] during with / included half club shop

Prefixes (prefix for ordinal numbers) (prefix “every” for time) (prefix “next” for time)

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PRESCRIBED KANJI Active Use (150)

Recognition only (50)

Adjectives

Body/Health Culture

(nil)

Family/ Friends Nature

Numbers/ Counters Occupations

(nil)

(nil)

Places

Positions

(nil)

School Time

Transport/ Travel Verbs

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