Irodori Japanese for Life in Japan: Starter (A1)

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

本ほん

book; volume; script; this; present; current; ... in question; ... at issue; main; head; …

Noun

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

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

掃そう除じ

cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing

Noun

洗せん濯たく

washing; laundry; relaxation; rejuvenation; melting away (of worries, fatigue, etc.)

Noun

散さん歩ぽ

walk; stroll

Noun

勉べん強きょう

study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; lesson (for the future); discount; price reduction

Noun

日ひ

day; days; sun; sunshine; sunlight; (the) day; daytime; daylight; date; deadline; …

Noun

大たい抵てい

mostly; ordinarily; usually; generally; probably; most; almost all; ordinary; proper; appropriate; …

Na-adjective

全ぜん然ぜん

(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; completely; totally

Adverb

テニス

tennis

Noun

パチンコ

pachinko; mechanical gambling game superficially resembling pinball; slingshot; catapult

Noun

外そと

outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else; outside one's group (family, company, etc.)

Noun

人にん

counter for people

Counter

ごろごろ

rumbling (of thunder, one's stomach, etc.); grumbling; growling; purring; rolling (of something large and heavy); tumbling; all over the place; everywhere; commonly; in great numbers; …

Adverb

かなあ

I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that

Particle

偉えらい

great; excellent; admirable; commendable; laudable; honorable; wonderful; outstanding; extraordinary; distinguished; …

I-adjective

ショッピング

shopping

Noun

ファッション

fashion

Noun

夏なつ祭まつり

summer festival; summer matsuri

Noun

会かい場じょう

assembly hall; meeting place; venue; site; grounds

Noun

イベント

event

Noun

広ひろ場ば

public square; square; plaza; piazza; forum; open space; clearing

Noun

入にゅう場じょう料りょう

entrance fee; admission fee; admission; entrance charge; admission charge

Noun

円えん

yen (currency of Japan); circle

Noun

場ば所しょ

place; location; spot; position; area; room; space; sumo tournament

Noun

ホール

hall (dance, concert, etc.); dining area of a restaurant

Noun

交こう流りゅう

exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; mingling; mixing; coming together; alternating current; AC

Noun

バーベキュー

barbecue; barbeque; BBQ

Noun

日にち時じ

date and time (of a meeting, departure, etc.); days and hours

Noun

駐ちゅう車しゃ場じょう

parking lot; car park; carpark; parking garage

Noun

フェスティバル

festival (esp. music, film, etc.)

Noun

入にゅう場じょう

entrance; entering; admission; admittance

Noun

無む料りょう

free (of charge); gratuitous

No-adjective

何なん月がつ

what month

Noun

何なん日にち

what day; how many days

Noun

明日あした

tomorrow

Noun

明後日あさって

day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)

Noun

今こん週しゅう

this week

Noun

来らい週しゅう

next week

Noun

パーティー

party (social gathering); party (group of people participating in an activity, esp. mountain climbing); (political) party

Noun

空から手て

karate; being empty-handed; having nothing in one's hands

Noun

試し合あい

match; game; bout; contest

Noun

忘ぼう年ねん会かい

year-end party; "forget-the-year" party; bōnenkai

Noun

もちろん

of course; certainly; naturally

Adverb

楽たのしみ

enjoyment; pleasure; amusement; delight; joy; fun; diversion; hobby; anticipation; looking forward to; …

Noun

そうですね

that's so, isn't it

Expression

まだ

still; as yet; only; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least; comparatively; relatively; unfinished; …

Adverb

残ざん念ねん

regrettable; unfortunate; disappointing; vexing

Na-adjective

焼やき肉にく

yakiniku; Japanese dish of grilled meat similar to Korean barbecue; roasted meat; grill

Noun

ハイキング

hiking

Noun

飲のみ会かい

drinking party; get-together (usu. involving alcoholic drinks)

Noun

一いっ緒しょに

together (with); at the same time; in one lump; in the same category

Adverb

今こん度ど

this time; now; next time; another time; shortly; soon; recently; lately; the other day

Noun

今こん晩ばん

tonight; this evening

Noun

また今こん度ど

another time; some other time

Expression

電でん車しゃ

train; electric train

Noun

バス

bus

Noun

タクシー

taxi

Noun

地ち下か鉄てつ

subway; metro; underground (railway)

Noun

飛ひ行こう機き

airplane; aeroplane; plane; aircraft

Noun

船ふね

ship; boat; watercraft; vessel; seaplane; tank; tub; vat; trough; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)

Noun

乗のる

to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to board; to take; to embark; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to jump on; to sit on; to mount; …

Godan verb

空くう港こう

airport

Noun

市民病院しみんびょういん

municipal hospital; city hospital

Noun

番ばん

number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; lookout; rank; standing; position; bout; match; …

Noun

駅えき

railway station; train station; counter for railway stations and bus stations

Noun

番ばん線せん

track number; platform number; wire gauge

Noun

乗のり場ば

place for boarding vehicles; bus stop; bus terminal; railway platform; taxi stand; jetty; wharf

Noun

快かい速そく

high speed; rapidity; rapid-service train (not as fast as express); rapid train

Noun

各かく駅えき停てい車しゃ

train that stops at every station; local train

Noun

この

this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; past; you (as in "you liar")

Pre-noun adjectival

反はん対たい側がわ

opposite side; opposition

Noun

先さき

point; tip; end; nozzle; head (of a line); front; first; before; ahead (of); (the way) ahead; …

Noun

止とまる

to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to cease; to be stopped; to be suspended; to alight; to perch on

Godan verb

次つぎ

next; following; subsequent; stage; station

Noun

終しゅう点てん

terminus; last stop (e.g. train)

Noun

線せん

line; stripe; stria; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad); track; route; …

Noun

武蔵むさし

Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)

Noun

山さん

Mt.; Mount; temple

Suffix

乗のり換かえ

transfer (trains, buses, etc.); change; connection; switch (to another ideology, party, system, method, etc.); conversion; switching (stock); chromosomal crossover; crossing over

Noun

出で口ぐち

exit; way out; outlet; vent

Noun

右みぎ側がわ

right side; right-hand side

Noun

時じ間かん

time; hour; period; class; lesson

Noun

どうやって

how; in what way; by what means

Expression

自じ転てん車しゃ

bicycle; bike

Noun

バイク

motorcycle; motorbike; bike; bicycle

Noun

車くるま

car; automobile; vehicle; wheel; castor; caster

Noun

歩あるく

to walk

Godan verb

どのぐらい

how long; how far; how much

Expression

かかる

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend; to deal with; to handle; to have started to; …

Godan verb

雨あめ

rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)

Noun

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