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Kiritsu Please stand

Ki wo tsuke stand at attention

rei bow

onegaishimasu Let's get along

chakuseki to sit

hajimemashou Let's begin

owarimashou Let's finish

shukudai homework

tatte to stand up

suwatte to sit down

akete to open

shimete to close

kaite to write

kiite to listen

shizuka ni shite to be quiet

yonde to read

mite look

ohayou gozaimasu Good morning

konnichiwa Good afternoon

konbanwa Good evening

oyasumi nasai Good night

hajimemashite Nice to meet you (first time)

[Name] desu I'm [Name].

yoroshiku onegaishimasu Let's get along/work well together

[Place] kara kimashita I'm from [place].

itadakimasu Thank you for the meal (before eating)

Gochisousama deshita Thank you for the meal (after eating)

sayounara good-bye (formal)

Arigatou gozaimasu Thank you very much

-san General honorific for people's names

-sama suffix for an honored person

-chan (suffix for girls'; close friends; cute things' names)

-kun suffix for younger people

-sensei Teacher/specialized profession

watashi I, me (used by anyone)

watakushi I, me (used formally by anyone)

ore I, me (used by men with a rough image)

boku I (used by masculine speakers)

kanada Canada

amerika America

Aisurando Iceland

chuugoku China

kankoku South Korea

oosutoraria Australia

nyuujiirando New Zealand

nihon/nippon Japan

indoneshia Indonesia

Doitsu Germany

igirisu The UK

人 -jin or "hito" for nationality or person

一 ichi (one)

二 ni (two)

三 san (three)

四 yon/shi (four)

五 go (five)

六 roku (six)

七 nana/shichi (seven)

八 hachi (eight)

九 kyuu (nine)

十 juu (ten)

inu Dog

neko Cat

osushi sushi

hanbaagaa Hamburger

namae name

Mikke Name for calico cat (three hairs)

Pochi Pochi (dog's name)

nihon-jin Japanese

kanada-jin Canadian

Arubaata Alberta

mondai Problem

Ontario Ontario

hontou real/really

resutoran Restaurant

nan or nani what

Uchuu-jin outer space alien

taitan Titan

teki Enemy

tomodachi friend

Anime Taikai Anime Convention

Pokemon Pokemon

Murasaki purple

Aka red

Ao blue

Midori green

Shiro white

Kuro black

kiiro yellow

Chairo Brown

orenji orange

shai Shy

ureshii happy

kawaii cute, pretty

hoshii to want something, to be in need of

Hontou real/really

warui bad

omoshiroi interesting; funny

kanashii sad

suki fond of; to like

arimasu to exist (inanimate)

imasu to exist (animate)

arimasen To not exist/ there isn't (inanimate)

ni ikimasu To go (to)

X kara kimashita Came from X

imasen Does not exist (animate)

X wa Y desu X is Y.

X wa Y janai desu X is not Y (for nouns and na-adjectives)

#sai desu # years old

nensei desu In grade