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Everyday Japanese: 28 lessons, from hello to the news

957 words, in teaching order

Words 101–200
大人おとな
adult; grown-up
Noun
若わかい
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
I-adjective
年とし寄より
old person; elderly person; senior citizen; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
Noun
隣となり
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour; next-door neighbor
No-adjective
さん
Mr; Mrs; Miss; Ms; -san; politeness marker
Suffix
ちゃん
suffix for familiar person
Suffix
一いち
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; a (single); one (of many); ace; …
Numeric
二に
two; 2
Numeric
三さん
three; 3
Numeric
四よん
four; 4
Numeric
五ご
five; 5
Numeric
六ろく
six; 6
Numeric
七なな
seven
Numeric
八はち
eight; 8
Numeric
九きゅう
nine; 9
Numeric
十じゅう
ten; 10
Numeric
百ひゃく
hundred; 100
Numeric
千せん
thousand; 1,000
Numeric
万まん
10,000; ten thousand; myriad
Numeric
一ひとつ
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
Numeric
二ふたつ
two
Numeric
三みっつ
three; three years of age
Numeric
四よっつ
four; 4; four years of age; ten o'clock (in the old time system); cross grips
Numeric
五いつつ
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
Numeric
独ひとり
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself; alone; just; only; simply
Noun
ふたり
two persons; two people; pair; couple
Noun
人にん
counter for people
Counter
円えん
yen (currency of Japan); circle
Noun
時じ
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
Suffix
分ふん
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
Noun
半はん
half; semi-; partial; half-past; odd number
Prefix
番ばん
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; lookout; rank; standing; position; bout; match; …
Noun
番ばん号ごう
number; series of digits
Noun
数かず
number; amount
Noun
最さい初しょ
beginning; outset; first; onset
No-adjective
最さい後ご
end; conclusion; last; final; latest; most recent; once ...; the moment ... (, that's it); if ... occurs (, ... will follow); do ..., and it's all over; …
Noun
たくさん
a lot; lots; plenty; many; a large number; much; a great deal; a good deal; enough; sufficient; …
No-adjective
少すこし
a little; a bit; a small amount; a few; some; slightly; somewhat; a little while; a short time; a moment; …
Adverb
少すくない
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient; seldom; rare
I-adjective
多おおい
many; numerous; a lot; large amount of; large quantity of; much; frequent; common
I-adjective
全ぜん部ぶ
all; entire; whole; altogether
Noun
いくつ
how many; how old
Adverb
いくら
how much; something over; and something; -odd; however (much); no matter how
Noun
もっと
(some) more; even more; longer; further
Adverb
回かい
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; game; Hui (people); Islam
Counter
枚まい
counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; counter for ranks; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers
Counter
本ほん
book; volume; script; this; present; current; ... in question; ... at issue; main; head; …
Noun
匹ひき
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); roll of cloth
Counter
飲のみ物もの
drink; beverage
Noun
食たべる
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
Ichidan verb
飲のむ
to drink; to swallow; to take (medicine); to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down; to hold back; to swallow (one's tears); …
Godan verb
水みず
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout; break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout
Noun
お茶ちゃ
tea (esp. green or barley); tea break; teatime; tea ceremony
Noun
コーヒー
coffee
Noun
牛ぎゅう乳にゅう
(cow's) milk
Noun
ご飯はん
cooked rice; meal
Noun
パン
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
Noun
卵たまご
eggs; egg; spawn; roe; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); budding ...; beginning; origin; …
Noun
肉にく
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); thickness; content; substance; ink pad
Noun
魚さかな
fish
Noun
鶏とり肉にく
chicken meat
Noun
野や菜さい
vegetable
Noun
りんご
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
Noun
バナナ
banana
Noun
みかん
mandarin (esp. the satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)); mandarin orange; tangerine; clementine; satsuma; citrus (Citrus spp.)
Noun
トマト
tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
Noun
サラダ
salad
Noun
塩しお
salt; common salt; table salt; sodium chloride; hardship; toil; trouble; saltiness
Noun
醤しょう油ゆ
soy sauce; soya sauce; shoyu
Noun
味み噌そ
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key point; main point; good part (of something)
Noun
酒さけ
alcohol; sake
Noun
ビール
beer
Noun
ジュース
juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
Noun
ケーキ
cake
Noun
お菓か子し
confections; sweets; candy; cake
Noun
朝あさごはん
breakfast
Noun
昼ひるご飯はん
lunch; midday meal
Noun
晩ばんご飯はん
dinner; evening meal
Noun
レストラン
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
Noun
店てん員いん
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
Noun
メニュー
menu; schedule; program; programme; course; services
Noun
注ちゅう文もん
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
Noun
お会かい計けい
bill (at a restaurant); check
Noun
美味おいしい
good(-tasting); nice; delicious; tasty; attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient; favorable; desirable; profitable
I-adjective
まずい
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; unsavoury; unsavory; awful; terrible; unpleasant; poor; unskillful; unskilful; …
I-adjective
お腹なか
belly; abdomen; stomach
Noun
いただきます
thank you (for the meal just served); I receive (this meal)
Expression
ごちそうさま
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal
Interjection
箸はし
chopsticks
Noun
寿す司し
sushi; range of dishes made with vinegared rice combined with fish, vegetables, egg, etc.
Noun
ラーメン
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
Noun
する
to do; to carry out; to perform; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); …
Suru verb
欲ほしい
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
I-adjective
好すき
liking; being fond of; to one's liking; to one's taste; preferred; favourite; liking (romantically); being in love with; beloved; faddism; …
Na-adjective
嫌きらい
disliking; hating; detesting; tendency; smack (of); touch (of); distinction; discrimination
Na-adjective
知しる
to know; to be aware (of); to be conscious (of); to learn (of); to find out; to discover; to sense; to feel; to notice; to realize; …
Godan verb
わかる
to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized (realised); …
Godan verb