Friday, October 7, 2011

Japanese 100 or so basic words

after                      no ato de                          again                    mo ichido
also                       mo/mata                          always                   itsumo
and                       to                                      before______      _____no mae ni
big                        ookii                                  but                       demo de
can(v)                  dekimasu                          come(v)                kimasu (kuru)
do, make              shimasu (suru)                find                       mitsukemasu        
first                       dai ichi no                        friend                    yuujin
go                         ikimasu                             good bye               sayoonara
happy                   ureshii                               have                      motte arimasu
how                      doo shite                           how much             ikura desu ka
how many            ikutsu                               if                          moshi____naraba
in, at____            ____ni                           know (facts)         shimasu
like____               ____ ga suki desu        not like____         ____ ga kirai desu
look, watch          mimasu                            many                    ooku no
more                    yuri ooi                             new                      atarashii
old                    furui (things) toshi (people)   only                      dake
other                   hoka no                              or                         mata wa
people                 hito                                     please                   kudasai
same                   onaji                                   some, a little          ikuraka no
sometimes           toki doki                            still, yet                 mada
tell, speak            hanashimasu                     thank you              arigato
then                     sore kara                           there is (are)____  ____  arimasu
thing                    mono (obj) koto (matter)  think (opinion)       omoimasu
this                      kono___, kore                 that                        sono, ano__, sore, are
time                     toko                                   under                     shita
use(v)                  shiyoo shimasu                 very                       hijoo ni
what?                  nan                                    when                      itsu, toki ni
which                  dochira no                        who                        dare
why                     naze                                   yes, no                   hai, ie

     You'll probably notice that there are only about 60 words on this list.  I'll be adding some as I go and correcting errors as I find them.  The verbs are all in the formal present tense.  They are easily changed to past by replacing the -su to -shita.  I also am only using romaji, the latin alphabet.  I've just about got hiragana down, but romaji is quicker for me right now.  By the time hirigana is automatic for me, I'll know this  list.  I've only just met the katagana and kanji writing systems, so that will take a bit longer.
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