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 Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 7:42 pm
Japanese
lots of essential words and phrases for every situation
Common Greetings
hello- konnichiwa
good morning- ohayo gozaimasu
good evening- konbanwa
good bye- bai bai or sayonara
how are you?(informal)- genki?
how are you?(formal)- ogenki desu ka?
fine, thanks. and you?(formal)- hai, okagesamade. anata wa?
my name is.......- watashi no namae wa .....desu
nice to meet you- hajimemashite
ill see you later- ja, mata
whee
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 7:54 pm
Polite Expressions
please- onegai shimasu
thank you - arigato
your welcome- doitashimashite
yes,thank oyu- hai arigato
no thank you- lie, kekko desu
im sorry- sumimasen
pardon me- gomen nasai
thats okay- do itashimashite
it doesnt matter- daijobu desu
yes- hai
no- lie
maybe- tabun
i dont know- wakarimasen
its my pleasure- do itashimashite
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:01 pm
Days
monday- getsuyoobi
tuesday- kayoobi
wednesday- suiyoobi
thursday- mokuyoobi
friday- kin'yoobi
staurday- doyoobi
sunday- nichiyoobi
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:06 pm
Months
january- ichigatsu
february- nigatsu
march- sangatsu
april- shigatsu
may- gogatsu
june- rokugatsu
july- shichigatsu
august- hachigatsu
september- kugatsu
october- juugatsu
november- juuichigatsu
december- juunigatsu
what date is it today?- kyo wa nan nichi desuka
today is thursday september 22- kyo wa ku gatsu ni ju ni nichi,mokuyoobi desu
yesterday was wednesday september 21- kino wa ku gatsu ni ju ichi nichi,suiyoobi deshita
tomorrow is friday september 23- ashita wa ku gatsu ni ju san nichi kinyoobi desu
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:08 pm
Numbers
one- ichi
two- ni
three- san
four- shi
five- go
six- roku
seven- shichi,nana
eight- hachi
nine- kyuu, ku
ten- juu
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:12 pm
Colors
blue- ao
red- aka
yellow- kiiro
green- midori
white- shiro
black- kuro
brown- chairo
gray- nezumiiro,haiiro
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:20 pm
Food
food- tabemono
dinner- yuushoku,bangohan
breakfast- chooshoku,asagohan
lunch- chuushoku,hirugohan
meat- niku
chicken- chikin
pork- pooku
beef-biifu
fish- sakana
shrimp- ebi
bread- pan
egg- tamago
cheese- chiizu
vegetable- yasai
fruit- furuutsu
water- mizu
drink- nominmono
im hungry- onaka go sukimashita
im thirsty- nodo go kawakimashita
dessert- dezato
chocolate- chokoreeto
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:35 pm
Here and There
koko- here,this place
soko- there,that place
asoko- there, that place over there
doko- where
doko desu ka?- where is it?
kochira- this way
sochira- that way
what? nani or nan desuka
who- dare desuka
when- itsu deska
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:39 pm
Time
what time is it- ima nan ji desuka
it is noon- shogo desu
it is midnight- mayonaka desu
its 9:00 am- gozen ku ji desu
its 1:00pm- gogo ichi ji desu
now- ima
later- ato(de)
immediately- shikyu
soon- sugu
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:47 pm
Other words
dance- dansu
diamond- diyamondo
jam- jamu
jazz- jazzu
calendar- karendaa
market- maaketto
ill finish later
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:27 pm
How do you know this?! you're not even Japanese! Dang.
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:30 pm
Did you forget to put the suffixes? you know, chan, san, sama, ect.
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:32 pm
[.strawberry pocky.] Did you forget to put the suffixes? you know, chan, san, sama, ect. eh ill do it later my hand kinda hurts
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:36 pm
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 10:17 pm
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