Japanese Language and Vocabulary Review

A comprehensive vocabulary set covering adjectives, nouns (places), particles, verbs, days of the week, months, and existential verbs based on the Japanese lecture notes.

Sunde imasu (すんでいます)

To live in

Machi (まち)

Town

Eki (えき)

Station

Shinja (じんじゃ)

Shrine

Otera (おてら)

Temple

Oshiro (おしろ)

Castle

Shima (しま)

Island

Tsumaranai (つまらない)

Boring

Nigiyaka (にぎやが)

Lively

Shizuka (しずか)

Quiet

Urusai (うるさい)

Noisy

Kirei (きれい)

Pretty / clean

Hiroi (ひろい)

Wide, spacious / big

Semai (せまい)

Narrow, small

Furui (ふるい)

Old

Atarashii (あたらしい)

New

Arimasu (あります)

To exist / be (for non-living things)

Imasu (います)

To exist / be (for living things like people and animals)

No (の)

Particle showing ownership or possessive (e.g., Tomodachi no uchi - friend's house)

Ka (か)

Particle indicating a question

Wa (は)

Particle marking the topic of the sentence

Mo (も)

Particle meaning also / too

O (を)

Particle marking the direct object of a verb

De (で)

Particle indicating the place where an action occurs

Ni (に)

Particle used for specific time or direction/destination

To (と)

Particle used for 'and' or to indicate a companion (with someone)

Shodou (しょどう)

Calligraphy

Ongaku (おんがく)

Music

Yakkyuu (やっきゅう)

Baseball

Ha o migakimasu (はみがきます)

Brushing teeth

Shiyawaa o abimasu (シャワーをあびます)

Showering

Shinbun o yomimasu (しんぶんをよみます)

Reading a newspaper

Souji shimasu (そうじします)

Cleaning

Nemasu (ねます)

Sleeping

Getsuyoubi (月よう日)

Monday (Moon)

Kayoubi (火よう日)

Tuesday (Fire)

Suiyoubi (水よう日)

Wednesday (Water)

Mokuyoubi (木よう日)

Thursday (Tree)

Kinyoubi (金よう日)

Friday (Gold)

Doyoubi (土よう日)

Saturday (Earth)

Nichiyoubi (日よう日)

Sunday (Sun)

Ichigatsu (一月)

January

Shigatsu (四月)

April

Shichigatsu (七月)

July

Kugatsu (九月)

September

Kyoushitsu (きょうしつ)

Classroom

Kissaten (きっさてん)

Café

Tokoro (ところ)

Place

Doko (どこ)

Where

Takusan (たくさん)

A lot / many