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Everyday Japanese: 28 lessons, from hello to the news

957 words, in teaching order

Words 201–300
話はなす
to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat; to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss; …
Godan verb
勉べん強きょう
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; lesson (for the future); discount; price reduction
Noun
働はたらく
to work; to labor; to labour; to function; to operate; to be effective; to work (i.e. ... works); to come into play; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate; …
Godan verb
住すむ
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
Godan verb
行いく
to go; to move (towards); to head (towards); to leave (for); to move through; to travel across; to walk along (e.g. a road); to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to turn out; …
Godan verb
くる
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue; …
Kuru verb
帰かえる
to return; to come home; to go home; to go back; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
Godan verb
見みる
to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe; to examine; to look over; to assess; to check; to judge; …
Ichidan verb
聞きく
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to query; to hear about; to hear of; to learn of; to follow (advice, order, etc.); to obey; …
Godan verb
言いう
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
Godan verb
作つくる
to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to cultivate; …
Godan verb
あげる
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room); to let in (e.g. a guest); to give; to enrol (one's child in school); …
Ichidan verb
もらう
to receive; to take; to accept; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch; to be affected
Godan verb
買かう
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to have a high opinion of; to appreciate; to recognize; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers); to invite (e.g. scorn); …
Godan verb
読よむ
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to forecast; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine; to pronounce; …
Godan verb
書かく
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
Godan verb
座すわる
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to kneel (on the floor); to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
Godan verb
立たつ
to stand (up); to rise; to get to one's feet; to stand on end (e.g. of hairs); to stick up; to stand (in a position; of a person, tree, building, etc.); to be situated (in, on); to be (in difficulties, the lead, etc.); to put oneself (in a position or situation); to take up (a position, post, etc.); …
Godan verb
寝ねる
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.); to ferment (of soy sauce, miso, etc.)
Ichidan verb
起おきる
to get up; to rise; to blaze up (fire); to wake up; to be awake; to stay awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen; to take place
Ichidan verb
思おもう
to think; to consider; to believe; to reckon; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to regard; to imagine; …
Godan verb
できる
to be able to do; to be possible; to be permitted (to do); to be good at; to do well; to be proficient (in); to be capable; to come into existence; to form; to appear; …
Ichidan verb
できる
to be able to do; to be possible; to be permitted (to do); to be good at; to do well; to be proficient (in); to be capable; to come into existence; to form; to appear; …
Ichidan verb
なる
to become; to get; to grow; to turn; to reach; to attain; to result in; to turn out; to end up; to prove (to be); …
Godan verb
待まつ
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to anticipate; to depend on; to need
Godan verb
使つかう
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to put to use; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to handle; to manage; to manipulate; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend; …
Godan verb
持もつ
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry; to possess; to have; to own; to maintain; to keep; to last; to be durable; …
Godan verb
会あう
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
Godan verb
入はいる
to enter; to come in; to go in; to get in; to arrive; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to enroll (in); to go into (e.g. politics); to get into; …
Godan verb
でる
to leave; to exit; to go out; to come out; to get out; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to start out; to set out; to move forward; …
Ichidan verb
家いえ
house; residence; dwelling; home; family; household; lineage; family name
Noun
内うち
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; within (e.g. a day); in the course of; among; amongst; (out) of; between; …
Noun
アパート
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
Noun
マンション
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
Noun
部屋へや
room; chamber; apartment; flat; pad; stable
Noun
台だい所どころ
kitchen; financial situation; finances
Noun
居い間ま
living room (Western style); sitting room
Noun
トイレ
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory; going to the toilet; relieving oneself
Noun
ドア
door
Noun
窓まど
window
Noun
机つくえ
desk
Noun
テーブル
table
Noun
椅い子す
chair; seat; stool; bench; post; position; office
Noun
ベッド
bed
Noun
布ふ団とん
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
Noun
ソファ
sofa; couch
Noun
棚たな
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
Noun
電でん気き
electricity; (electric) light
Noun
鍵かぎ
key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue
Noun
床ゆか
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
Noun
壁かべ
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; hindrance; difficulty; wall (of stones)
Noun
屋や根ね
roof
Noun
階かい
storey; story; floor; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
Noun
エレベーター
elevator; lift
Noun
階かい段だん
stairs; stairway; staircase
Noun
庭にわ
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
Noun
冷れい蔵ぞう庫こ
refrigerator; fridge
Noun
電でん子しレンジ
microwave oven
Noun
コップ
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (suit)
Noun
茶ちゃ碗わん
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
Noun
さら
plate; dish; platter; disc; serving; helping; course; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
Noun
ナイフ
knife
Noun
フォーク
fork; forkball
Noun
スプーン
spoon; spoon lure
Noun
タオル
towel
Noun
玄げん関かん
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule; porch; foyer; mud room
Noun
畳たたみ
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
Noun
大おおきい
big; large; great; loud; extensive; spacious; important; decisive; valuable; older; …
I-adjective
小ちいさい
small; little; tiny; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); minor; low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice); unimportant; petty; …
I-adjective
新あたらしい
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date; modern
I-adjective
古ふるい
old; aged; ancient; antiquated; antique; timeworn; long; since long ago; time-honored; of the distant past; …
I-adjective
綺き麗れい
pretty; lovely; beautiful; fair; clean; clear; pure; tidy; neat; completely; …
Na-adjective
長ながい
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
I-adjective
短みじかい
short; brief
I-adjective
暑あつい
hot; warm; sultry; heated; passionate; impassioned; burning (desire, etc.); on everybody's mind; on the radar; du jour; …
I-adjective
熱あつい
hot (to the touch); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. gaze); hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; fired up; intense; severe; …
I-adjective
寒さむい
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull; weak; corny
I-adjective
冷つめたい
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; freezing; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling; indifferent; unfriendly; distant
I-adjective
やさしい
easy; plain; simple
I-adjective
難むずかしい
difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.); impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; fastidious; …
I-adjective
早はやい
fast; quick; rapid; swift; speedy; brisk; prompt; early; soon; earlier than usual; …
I-adjective
遅おそい
slow; late; too late
I-adjective
高たかい
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.); loud; high-pitched; shrill
I-adjective
やすい
cheap; inexpensive
I-adjective
正ただしい
right; correct; proper; righteous; just; honest; truthful; lawful
I-adjective
大たい切せつ
important; significant; serious; crucial; precious; valuable; dear; cherished; beloved; careful
Na-adjective
面おも白しろい
interesting; fascinating; intriguing; enthralling; amusing; funny; comical; enjoyable; fun; entertaining; …
I-adjective
つまらない
dull; uninteresting; boring; tedious; insignificant; unimportant; trifling; trivial; worthless; absurd; …
I-adjective
強つよい
strong; potent; competent; domineering; tough; brawny; powerful; healthy; rugged; good (at); …
I-adjective
弱よわい
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
I-adjective
汚きたない
dirty; filthy; foul; unclean; disordered; messy; untidy; poor (e.g. handwriting); indecent (language, etc.); vulgar; …
I-adjective
重おもい
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; gloomy; blue; uneasy; slow; sluggish; lumbering; …
I-adjective
軽かるい
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; nimble; agile; non-serious; minor; unimportant; trivial; …
I-adjective
広ひろい
spacious; vast; wide
I-adjective
狭せまい
narrow; confined; small; cramped; limited; narrow-minded; confining
I-adjective
低ひくい
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key; low (volume)
I-adjective
明あかるい
light; bright; well-lit; well-lighted; bright (colour); cheerful; spirited; sunny (e.g. disposition); bright (future, prospects, etc.); rosy; …
I-adjective