Japanese Core 1000 - Step 3

閉じる [とじる]

shut, close (books, eyes, etc.)

時 [とき]

time, moment

米 [こめ]

rice (grain)

切る [きる]

cut

楽しい [たのしい]

fun, enjoyable

服 [ふく]

clothes (colloquial)

後ろ [うしろ]

back, behind

嬉しい [うれしい]

happy, glad

腰 [こし]

waist, lower back

日曜日 [にちようび]

Sunday

昼 [ひる]

daytime, midday

お母さん [おかあさん]

mother, mom (respectful)

大学生 [だいがくせい]

university student

終わり [おわり]

end, finish

背 [せ]

height, stature

手伝う [てつだう]

help, assist

鼻 [はな]

nose

起きる [おきる]

occur, happen

載せる [のせる]

place, put on

悲しい [かなしい]

sad

しゃべる

chat, talk

近く [ちかく]

in the near future, before long

甘い [あまい]

sweet

テーブル

table

食べ物 [たべもの]

food (colloquial)

始まる [はじまる]

begin

ゲーム

game (loan word)

十 [じゅう]

ten

天気 [てんき]

weather

暑い [あつい]

hot (of weather)

太い [ふとい]

thick, fat

晩 [ばん]

evening, night (from sunset to bedtime)

土曜日 [どようび]

Saturday

痛い [いたい]

sore, painful

お父さん [おとうさん]

father, dad (respectful)

多分 [たぶん]

probably, perhaps

時計 [とけい]

clock, watch

泊まる [とまる]

stay overnight

どうして

how come

掛ける [かける]

hang, put on

曲がる [まがる]

make a turn, turn

お腹 [おなか]

stomach, belly

ミーティング

meeting (loan word)

嫌い [きらい]

hate, dislike

金曜日 [きんようび]

Friday

要る [いる]

need, require

無い [ない]

to not be

黄色い [きいろい]

yellow

風邪 [かぜ]

cold (illness)

優しい [やさしい]

gentle, kind

晴れる [はれる]

be sunny, clear up

汚い [きたない]

dirty

茶色 [ちゃいろ]

brown

空く [すく]

be empty, become less crowded

上る [のぼる]

go up, climb

ご飯 [ごはん]

meal, cooked rice

日 [にち]

counter for days

髪の毛 [かみのけ]

hair, each single hair

つける

switch on, turn on

月曜日 [げつようび]

Monday

入る [はいる]

enter

カタカナ

katakana

今週 [こんしゅう]

this week

開く [ひらく]

open (books, eyes, etc.)

水 [みず]

water

あれ

that (over there)

二 [に]

two

締める [しめる]

tighten, fasten

まずい

bad (taste), distasteful

平仮名 [ひらがな]

hiragana

曇る [くもる]

become cloudy

触る [さわる]

touch, feel

駄目 [だめ]

no good

飲み物 [のみもの]

beverage, drink

木曜日 [もくようび]

Thursday

曜日 [ようび]

day of the week

そば

side, vicinity

こっち

here, this way (casual)

火曜日 [かようび]

Tuesday

渇く [かわく]

be thirsty

三 [さん]

three

水曜日 [すいようび]

Wednesday

二つ [ふたつ]

two (things)

今晩 [こんばん]

this evening, tonight

千 [せん]

thousand

六日 [むいか]

six days, sixth of the month

お姉さん [おねえさん]

older sister

直る [なおる]

be repaired, get fixed

ちょっと

just a moment, just a little

四 [よん]

four (Japanese origin)

これから

from now on, after this

考える [かんがえる]

think, consider

戻る [もどる]

return to a point of departure

変える [かえる]

change (something), alter

朝 [あさ]

morning

歯 [は]

tooth

頑張る [がんばる]

work hard, do one's best

携帯電話 [けいたいでんわ]

cellular phone

雨 [あめ]

rain

金 [かね]

money (colloquial)