‹ Japanese decksIrodori Japanese for Life in Japan: Starter (A1)
724 words, in teaching order
大変very; greatly; terribly; awfully; immense; enormous; great; serious; grave; dreadful; …
Adverb
降りるto descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to come down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to disembark; to dismount; to step down; to retire; to give up; …
Ichidan verb
乗り換えるto transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
Ichidan verb
市場market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
Noun
市役所municipal office; council; city hall
Noun
センターcentre; center; center fielder
Noun
モール(shopping) mall; shopping centre; mall (pedestrianized street)
Noun
桜cherry tree; cherry blossom; sakura; light pink; fake buyer; paid audience; shill; seat filler; hired applauder; horse meat
Noun
東口east entrance; east exit
Noun
西口west entrance; west exit
Noun
南口south entrance; south exit
Noun
北口north entrance; north exit
Noun
改札examination of tickets; ticket gate; ticket barrier
Noun
バス乗り場bus terminal; bus station
Noun
コンビニconvenience store
Noun
あちらthat way; that direction; over there; yonder; that (one); that person; there; foreign country (esp. a Western nation)
Pronoun
あっちthat way; that direction; over there; yonder; that (one); that person; there; foreign country (esp. a Western nation)
Pronoun
ビルmulti-floor building; multi-storey building
Noun
奥inner part; interior; back (of a drawer, one's throat, etc.); depths (e.g. of a forest); recesses (e.g. of a cave); heart; end (of a road, garden, etc.); living quarters (at the back of a house); inner room; recesses (of one's mind); …
Noun
すいませんsorry; excuse me; thank you
Expression
前in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; previously; prior; ago; (minutes) to (the hour); (the) front; frontal part; …
Noun
後ろback; behind; rear
Noun
そっちthat way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family; your company; that person
Pronoun
すぐimmediately; at once; right away; directly; soon; before long; shortly; easily; readily; without difficulty; …
Adverb
待つto wait; to await; to look forward to; to anticipate; to depend on; to need
Godan verb
大きなbig; large; great
Pre-noun adjectival
小さなsmall; little; tiny
Pre-noun adjectival
高いhigh; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.); loud; high-pitched; shrill
I-adjective
低い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
賑やかbustling; busy; crowded; lively; prosperous; thriving; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy; merry; …
Na-adjective
商店街shopping district; shopping street; downtown
Noun
野球場baseball ground; baseball field; baseball stadium; ballpark
Noun
川river; stream; River; the ... river
Noun
通りstreet; road; avenue; thoroughfare; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; running; transmission (of sound); …
Noun
有名famous; well-known
Na-adjective
あれthat; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there)
Pronoun
札幌Sapporo (city in Hokkaido)
Noun
たくさんa lot; lots; plenty; many; a large number; much; a great deal; a good deal; enough; sufficient; …
No-adjective
そうだねsure; yeah; I know
Expression
危険danger; peril; hazard; risk
Noun
注意attention; notice; heed; care; caution; precaution; looking out (for); watching out (for); advice; warning; …
Noun
通行止めclosure (of a road); suspension of traffic; Road Closed; No Through Road; closed to traffic
Noun
煙草tobacco; cigarette; cigar; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
Noun
銀行bank; banking institution
Noun
定休日regular holiday; fixed day off; regular closing day
Noun
準備中in preparation; (shop) not yet open for business
Noun
祝public holiday; celebration (of)
Noun
営業business; trade; operations; sales
Noun
年中無休open every day of the year; open year-round; operating 365 days a year
No-adjective
スーパーsupermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
Noun
ショッピングセンターshopping centre; shopping center; shopping mall
Noun
ホームセンターhardware store; DIY store; home improvement retailer
Noun
デパートdepartment store; department
Noun
浴衣yukata; light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe
Noun
欲しいwanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
I-adjective
駅前in front of a station
Noun
店store; shop; establishment; restaurant
Noun
とかand the like; such as; among other things; and so on; or something; something like; a (certain); I hear that ...; people say that ...; rumour has it that ...
Particle
醤油soy sauce; soya sauce; shoyu
Noun
蛍光灯fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light
Noun
暮らし(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life
Noun
フロアfloor; dance floor; sales floor; floor (of a building); storey; story
Noun
服clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; costume; suit; outfit; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
Noun
メンズmen's (fashion, wear, etc.)
No-adjective
レディースladies' (fashion, etc.)
No-adjective
婦人woman; lady; adult female
Noun
食品food; food products; foodstuffs
Noun
ドライヤーdryer (esp. hair); drier; blower
Noun
かっこいいattractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat; with-it; groovy
I-adjective
やすいcheap; inexpensive
I-adjective
面白いinteresting; fascinating; intriguing; enthralling; amusing; funny; comical; enjoyable; fun; entertaining; …
I-adjective
素敵lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great; splendid; marvellous (marvelous); fantastic; superb
Na-adjective
おしゃれstylish; fashionable; trendy; chic; smartly dressed; careful about one's appearance; dressing (oneself) up; dressing smartly; dressing nicely; making oneself look attractive; …
Na-adjective