Japanese Continuers

Stage 6

Vocabulary List

2000

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Contents
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Expressions
Place names
Numerals
Days/Months
Counters
Suffixes/prefixes
Prescribed kanji

love (to love)

greeting (to greet)

ice cream
period, time, interval, while
to meet
blue
red
baby
bright, light

[vi]

to go up, to enter [a Japanese house]

autumn
to give up, to abandon
to get tired of, to become bored [with something]

[vi]

to open
(

accessories (to wear accessories)

[vt]

to open

[vt]

to give, to raise
morning
*

breakfast
the day after tomorrow

leg, foot
flavour, taste
tomorrow
to leave, to deposit,
to get someone to mind something

perspiration (to perspire)

over there
to play, to amuse oneself
warm
4

head
new
that way, that one over there
hot
[vi]

to gather

[vt]

to gather, to collect

( )

( )

after, later, subsequently

you
elder brother [own]
elder sister [own]
that (over there)
apartment, flat
dangerous
aborigine
sweet
not very
rain
to wash
to be, to exist [inanimate objects]

*
(

to walk

part-time job (to work part-time)

that (over there)

(
(

)
)

( )

allergy (to have an allergy)

(
*( )

relief (to be relieved)

safety (safe)
like that, that sort of

guide (to guide, to show around)

good
to say
house
less than
-

bound for [transport]

to go
how many?, how old?
how much?
ikebana [flower arrangement]
opinion
bullying, torment
to bully, to torment

( )

doctor
more than
chair
busy
to hurry
painful, sore
to receive [humble]
strawberry
all day long
the best, the most, number one
when?
sometime, someday
anytime
together, with
with all ones might
full, a lot
generally
6

always
cousin
countryside
to disappear [animate objects]
dog
(

breach, offence (to breach)

now
meaning

immigrant / emigrant (to immigrate/emigrate)

younger sister [own]
younger sister [someone elses]

( )

unpleasant
(

earrings (to wear earrings)

to go, to come, to be [honorific]
entrance
to be, to exist [animate objects]
to need
to put in, to make [tea, coffee]
*

( )

colour
various
impression
international
internet

interview (to conduct an interview)

wool
violin
waiter
waitress
above, on, the upper part of
7

to plant
(

waterpolo (to play waterpolo)

wombat
reception (desk)

[vi]

to move
rabbit
cow, cattle
behind

lie (to lie, to tell a lie)

song
to sing
house, home, family
beautiful
arm
udon [Japanese wheat noodles]
horse
skilful, tasty
to be born
beach, sea, ocean
to be envious

counter, shop
to sell
noisy, annoying
to be happy
jacket

)
(

luck (to have good / bad luck)

driving (to drive)

driver

*(
*

exercise (to exercise)

sports carnival
8

* *

playground, sportsground

picture, painting
air conditioner / air conditioning
movie, film
movie theatre
*

English [language]
influence

* *
(

English-Japanese dictionary

nutrition (nutritious)
station
station lunch box
escalator
Edo [previous name of Tokyo],Edo period/era
postcard
great, extraordinary, superior
to choose, to select, to elect
lift, elevator
yen [Japanese currency], circle
engineer

excursion (to go on an excursion)

pencil

to hesitate, to refrain, to hold back

nephew
delicious, tasty
(

celebration (to celebrate)

return [trip, ticket]
many, numerous
big, large
size, dimensions
many [people]
New Years Eve
motorbike
owner
mother [someone elses]
sweets, lollies
funny, strange, odd
money

[vi]

to get up, to wake up

to put, to place
wife [someone elses], married woman
present, gift
to be late
to send

[vt]

to wake someone up
pocket money
to happen
to get angry
grandfather, old man
*

to teach, to tell
uncle [own]
10

uncle [someone elses], middle-aged man

(

bow (to bow)

( )

talkative, chatty
to push, to shove
late, slow
awful, terrible, dreadful, fearful
your house

[vi]

to fall
*

Japanese tea
to say [honorific]
change [money]
*

toilet
sound, noise
father [someone elses]
younger brother [own]
younger brother [someone elses]
male, man
boy
man
New Years pocket money

[vt]

to drop, to let fall

the day before yesterday
the year before last
adult
quiet, gentle, obedient
dance
to dance
to be surprised, to be amazed

stomach (to become hungry)

same
11

older brother [someone elses]

rice ball
older sister [someone elses]
(

wish (to make a wish, to request,

to ask a favour)
aunt [own]
aunt [someone elses], middle aged woman
grandmother, old woman
opal
obi, sash, belt [for a kimono/yukata]
to learn by heart, to rote learn, to remember
souvenir
heavy
to remember, to recollect, to recall
memories, recollections
to think
weight
interesting, amusing, funny
parent(s)
snack
to swim
origami [paper folding]
to come down, to get off [transport]
orange
to fold, to break
end
to end
music
hot spring
female, woman
12

girl
woman

card (to send a card)

girlfriend
seashore, coast
meeting [business], conference
accountant
foreign country, overseas
foreign language

( )

foreigner

company, office

* *

company employee, office worker

stairs
tour guide
guidebook
shopping
foreign borrowed words
conversation
to buy
to keep [pets]
counsellor
counter
to return, to give back
to go home

[vt]

to change [something]
face
*

science

chemistry

13

to take [time], to cost [money]

(

key, lock (to lock)

to write
to draw, to paint
student
umbrella
to decorate
volcano
*

fire
singer
to lend
gas
number
wind

)
(

a cold (to catch a cold)

)

cassette (tape)
to count
family [own]
petrol
petrol station
shoulder
person [honorific]
hard, tough, solid
katakana [script]
to tidy up
one way [ticket, journey, etc.]
to win
to be disappointed
school term
musical instrument
14

attractive, good-looking
style, appearance
school
* *

activity
home, family, household
*

home economics
corner
wife [own]
sad
without fail
fairly, quite a bit

( )

( )

rich
she
bag, briefcase
kabuki [traditional Japanese theatre]
wall

patience (to be patient, to endure)

paper

* (

*)

god, God
hair

gum (to chew gum)

camera
*

subject [school subject]

itchy

to commute
Tuesday
from [place], since, because
salty, hot, spicy

karaoke (to do karaoke)

glass
15

body
*

karate
to borrow
light [weight]
he
garage
calendar
river
side
cute, charming, pretty
pitiful, pitiable, poor thing

( )

instead of, in place of

[vi]

to change
to think [analytically], to consider
kangaroo
environment
relationship, connection

welcome (to welcome)

tourism
tourist
nurse
*

kanji [script]
feeling [impression]
to feel

( )

simple, easy
to persist, to try hard

tree, wood
yellow
opportunity, chance
16

machine
to hear, to listen, to ask [a question]
( )

danger (dangerous)
climate
to be audible, to be able to hear
article [newspaper, etc.]

kiss (to kiss)

season
rule, regulation
north

guitar (to play the guitar)

dirty, untidy, messy
*

tea room, coffee shop, cafe

postage stamp
surely, undoubtedly, certainly
ticket
commemoration, memory
yesterday
strict, severe
mood, feeling
hope, desire

[vi]

to be decided
you [informal]

[vt]

to decide, to choose
feeling
kimono

( )

guest, customer, client

[shop]
(
(

)
)

cancellation (to cancel)

camp (to camp)
17

suddenly
express [train]
beef
milk
salary
today
(

education (to educate)

*

church

* *

textbook

* *

classroom

race, competition (to compete)

brother(s), sister(s), siblings

)
(

interest (to have an interest in)

)

cooperation (to cooperate)

last year

( )

hate
step~, ~-in-law
to cut
to wear

( )

beautiful, clean
smoking prohibited

(
(

*)

bank (bank employee)

prohibition (to prohibit)
neighbourhood
blond
Friday
to pay attention, to be careful

air-conditioner, cooler
*

air
18

airport
smelly
whale

medicine (to take medicine)

please [give me]
fruit
mouth
shoe(s)
sock(s)
country, nation
neck
class, group
cloud
cloudy
dark
sportsground, oval
classic
class
club
to compare
to repeat
cricket [game]
Christmas
to come
group
car
to give [to me]
black

pain, trouble (to suffer troubles)

19

plan, schedule (to plan)

experience (to experience)

honorific language
economy, economics
police
mobile phone
cake

game (to play a game)

drama, play
*

theatre [drama]

injury (to be injured)

this morning
scenery, view
rubber, eraser

[vt]

to switch off, to erase

result, outcome
good [honorific]

marriage, wedding (to get married)

wedding ceremony
Monday
but, however

quarrel, fight, argument (to quarrel)

entrance [of house], front door

( )

(
(

health, vigour (in good spirits, energetic)

research, study (to research)

health (healthy)
currently, at present, present [time]

(
(

)
)

(
(

)
)

kendo [Japanese fencing], (to do kendo)

sightseeing (to sightsee)
right(s)

20

* *

park
pollution
suburb

passing an exam (to pass an exam)

(

( )

exchange (student)
senior high school (student)
crossroad, intersection

work, construction

public phone
*

factory
course
coach

tea
school principal
*

school principals office

traffic

traffic accident
school playground
coat
assembly hall
police box
coffee

public servant
cola

* (

public (school)
Golden Week
national language [Japanese in Japan,
English in Australia]
international
domestic
21

blackboard
here
afternoon [pm]
heart, spirit
morning [am]
answer, reply
to answer, to reply
kotatsu [low table with heater inside]
(

feast (to treat someone)

here, this one, this way
chef/cook
parcel
glass [cup]
thing [abstract], fact
this year
word, languages
child, children
this
the other day
these days
this area [around]

copy (to copy)

*

meal, cooked rice

to be troubled, to be in trouble
rubbish
rubbish bin
to be crowded
rubber
comedy

golf (to play golf)

22

this
after this, from now on
to fall over, to trip
scared, afraid
[vt]

to break

[vi]

to be broken
this month
concert
this week
this time, next time
such as this, this sort of
tonight

convenience store
computer
tonight

service
(

surfing (to surf)

recently

( )
( )

( )

the last (lastly, finally)

the first (firstly, in the beginning)
purse, wallet
materials, ingredients

[vt]

to look for, to search

fish

[vi]

to go down
to bloom [flowers]
cherry tree, cherry blossom
composition

( )

sake [rice wine]

23

( )

sashimi [sliced raw fish]

to invite
soccer
a little while ago
magazine

( )

sugar
* *

tea ceremony
desert
lonely/to miss someone
cushion [for sitting on]
lonely/to miss someone
cold [weather]
samurai warriors

( )

plate
the week after next
the year after next
salad
salary earner, office worker
monkey
to make a noise, to make a fuss
to touch
(

participation (to participate in)

industry

agreement (to agree)

sandal(s)
sandwich
regrettable, disappointing

a walk (to go for a walk)

poem, poetry
24

letter, character
(

game, match (to play a match)

( )

happiness (happy)
CD, compact disc
jeans
chef/cook

( )

salt
qualification
square, rectangular
but, however
to be scolded
time, hour
timetable [school]
ceremony
(

examination (to pass an examination)

examination (to sit for an examination)

accident

(
(

self-introduction (to introduce oneself)

job, work (to work)
dictionary
earthquake

( )

quiet
nature
under, below, beneath
era, period, time
underwear
intimate, close
(

unemployment (to lose ones job)

actually, to tell the truth, the fact is

failure (to fail)

25

question (to ask a question)

dictionary
bicycle
*

vending machine
to die
for a while, for some time
ones own, oneself
island
sister school
* *

[vi]

sister city
to shut, to close

( )

conservative
[vt]

to shut, to close
*

society, social studies

photograph (to take a photo)

managing director, president of a company
shirt
to talk, to chat

( )

shower (to have a shower)

( )

freedom (free)
custom, habit

religion
address

employment (to find employment)

juice
judo
weekend
school lesson, class
juku [cram school]
homework
26

( )

( )

husband [someone elses]

prime minister

departure (to depart)

capital [city]
housewife
hobby, interest
kind, type
order, turn

preparation (to prepare)

introduction (to introduce)

( )

( )

primary school (student)

( )

New Year
primary school
scholarship
shogun [commander in chief]

( )

* (

honest
common sense

( )

( )

good at
novel

(
(

invitation (to invite)

)

(
(

( )

joke (to tell a joke)

horseriding (to ride a horse)
healthy, strong, sturdy
information

( )

soy sauce
future
*
(

Showa era/period
jogging (to jog)
occupation

meal (to have a meal)

27

plant
*

Japanese calligraphy
to inform, to notify
to investigate, to check up
private school
to know

( )

castle
white
shinkansen, bullet train
population
signal, traffic light
* *

shrine [Shinto shrine]

to believe
family relation, relative

( )

kind
* *

Shinto [religion]
)

worry (to worry)

newspaper
journalist

progress (to make progress)

close friend

swimming (to swim)

watermelon
switch
to be uncrowded, to be empty
Wednesday
mathematics

supermarket
soup
28

skirt (to wear a skirt)

skiing (to ski)

( )

squash (to play squash)

( )

like, favourite
sukiyaki [name of dish]
at once, immediately
few
terrific, great, incredible
a little, a few
bit by bit, a little at a time
to pass, to spend time

( )

sushi
cool [weather]
(

start (to start)

much [more], all the way, all the time
sour
steak

( )

lovely, good looking

[vt]

to discard, to throw away

stereo
strike, stop work
sand
wonderful, splendid
spaghetti

speech (to give a speech)

speed
spoon
sport
trousers
to live
29

sumo wrestling
slippers
to do, to play [games or sport]
to sit down

height (to be tall / short)

character, personality

*(

way of life, life (to live)

century

success (to succeed)

politics
politician
marks, academic result

( )

luxurious, extravagant
pupil
system
government
uniform
a living thing, biology
*

the West
sweater, jumper
world
seat

cough (to cough)

responsibility

( )
(

absolutely, definitely
)

explanation (to explain)

back [body]
by all means
narrow, small
30

zero
( )

to take care of someone, to look after someone

(

election (to elect)

last month
the other day
player, athlete
last week
teacher

...

not at all
war
centre

( )

laundry (to do the laundry)

all, everything, the whole (altogether)

( )

Japanese rice cracker

cleaning (to clean)

sausages

discussion, consultation (to discuss)

straw thongs
there
and after that, and in addition
there, that one, that way

graduation (to graduate)

graduation ceremony
outside
that
beside, nearby

( )

soba [buckwheat noodles]

grandfather [own]
(

softball (to play softball)

31

grandmother [own]
*

sky
that
and after that
or
besides, in addition to that
about time, by and by

respect (to respect)

like that, that sort of
not that much

physical education
gymnasium
athletics carnival
(

( )

( )

university (student)
( )

hate, detest
carpenter
embassy
all right, O.K.

( )
( )

( )
( )

love
important, precious
almost all, mostly
usually
kitchen
typhoon
very, terrible, awful
towel
high, tall, expensive
height
therefore
32

to hold in ones arms, to hug

a lot, many
taxi
*

taxi stand
to put out, to send
to help, to save
just, free of charge

correct, right [as opposed to wrong]

tatami mat
to stand

table tennis (to play table tennis)

vertical
building
for example
enjoyable
to enjoy
to look foward to
to request, to ask a favour

cigarettes (to smoke)

*

trip, journey
perhaps, maybe
multiculturalism
food
to eat
egg
occasionally

( )

no good, not be allowed (no good, useless)

to accumulate, to save
to be enough, to suffice
who?
33

someone, somebody
anyone, everyone
word, vocabulary
( )

( )
(

birthday

dance (to dance)

gradually
rice field, rice paddy

blood (to bleed)

small, little
cheese
team

underground, basement
near
to differ, to be wrong
nearby, closely

subway, underground railway

*

shortcut
the earth
chicken [cooked]

being late (to be late)

map
father [own]
*

locality, region, district

* *

brown

( )

teacup, bowl
(

care, attention, caution

(to pay attention, to take care, to warn)

( )

junior high school (student)

34

junior high school

China
*
(

car park
)

parking (to park a car)

order (to place an order)
chalk
exactly, just
chocolate
a little bit, for a moment

* *

geography

tour
(

about ~, regarding ~
(

* (

interpreter (to interpret)

to use
to be tired
month, moon
following, after, next
to arrive
desk
to make
Japanese pickles

[vt]
(

to switch on, to attach

convenience (convenient/inconvenient)

[vt]
[vi]

to continue
to continue
boring
that is to say
cold [to touch]
nail, claw
35

intention
(

fishing (to fish)

crane
to take [someone along]
to bring [someone along]
to work, be employed
rainy season [usually in June in Japan]
strong

hand
T-shirt
set meal
disk
disco
date (to go on a date)
(

polite
table
tape
tape recorder
letter
to go out
text
to be able to do, to be completed
as much as possible
technology
exit
dessert
therefore
test
to help, to assist, to aid
36

tennis (to play tennis)

department store
but

( )

( )

temple [Buddhist temple]

to leave, to go out, to come out, to attend
television
telephone card

shop assistant
weather
weather forecast / report
electricity

( )

typical
e-mail
train [electric]

tradition (traditional)
emperor
tempura [name of dish]

) telephone (to telephone)

door
toilet
how?, in what way?
why?
at any cost, no matter what
(

arrival (to arrive)

tofu [bean curd]

animal

zoo
how?

the East, the Orient

37

road, street
far away, distant
toast
*

street, road

to pass, to go along
big city, metropolis
time, when
*

( )

sometimes
good at
reading
especially, in particular

( )

special
watch, clock
where?
somewhere
anywhere
place
by the way
year, age

( )

( )

old person
library
on the way, midway
which one, which way
special express train
very
who? [honorific]
next door, next to
which? [of 3 or more]
how much?, about how many?, how long?
to fly, to jump
38

[vi]

to stop

[vi]

to stay [at a hotel, etc]

*(
)

*(

friend (to become friends)

)

friend (to make friends)

Saturday

drive (to go for a drive)

drama

playing cards (to play cards)

chicken meat
Shinto shrine gateway

effort (to make an effort)

to take, to take off, to get
dollar
which? [of 3 or more things]
crumbed pork cutlet
fast, rapidly
what kind of?
tomato

knife
[vi]

to be fixed, to recover
inside
long
length
to cry

[vt]

to lose
to die [animate], to disappear [inanimate]
why?
summer
nostalgic, remember fondly
39

etc, and so on
what?
something
nothing, not anything
name
to learn
[vi]

to be in a row, to stand in line

to become
to get used to
what?
anything, everything

to suit
smell
bitter
( )

unskilful, bad at

( )

lively, bustling
meat
to smile
west
Sunday
diary
Japan
Japanese food
luggage
to resemble, to be similar
school entrance ceremony

entering a school (to enter a school)

news
according to~
garden
40

doll
(

popularity (to be popular)

to take off [shoes, dress, etc]

a tie
cat
price
fever
(

)
(

necklace (to wear a necklace)

)

netball (to play netball)

to oversleep
sleepy
to sleep, to go to bed, to lie down

agriculture
note book, exercise book
[vt]

to leave

[vi]

to remain, to be left over

later
throat
to climb
drink
to drink
a kind of seaweed
to change [transport]

[vi]

to get on [transport], to ride

to take it easy, to relax

tooth, teeth
41

circumstances, case
party
barbeque
hike, hiking
violin
haiku [Japanese 17 syllable poem]
dentist
stall, canteen, kiosk
to enter
postcard

( )

idiot (stupid)
nothing but
to put on [shoes, trousers, etc]
museum
box
scissors
bridge

( )

chopsticks
[vt]

to begin, to start
at first, firstly
for the first time

[vt]

to begin
to run
*

place, location
to be shy, to be ashamed, to be embarrassed
bus
bus stop

basketball (to play basketball)

to pass [tests, exams]
passport
42

butter
twenty years old
*

to work
pachinko [vertical pinball]

( )

showy, flashy, loud [taste]

(

badminton (to play badminton)

nose
flower

( )

( )

flower viewing
story
to talk, to speak
banana
fireworks
mother [own]
pub
quick, fast
early
woods
to pay
spring

volleyball (to play volleyball)

clear [weather]
evening, night
bread
handkerchief
program [TV, radio]
number
*

dinner, evening meal

handsome, good-looking

opposite, opposition (to oppose)

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half month
half year
handbag
hamburger
half

earrings [pierced] (to wear pierced earrings, to

have ones ears pierced)

piano (to play the piano)

heater
beach
beer
east
to play [strings, keyboard]
low
picnic
aeroplane
lap, knee(s)
pizza
visa
art [subject], fine arts
art gallery
secretary
biscuit
left
video
to be surprised
to move [house]
sheep
( )

necessity (necessary)
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person
terrible, horrible, awful
*

people
alone, by oneself
plastic, vinyl
spare time, free time, leisure
free
sunscreen
hospital
sickness
hiragana [script]
building

( )

( )

lunch
daytime
broad, wide, spacious, vast
to pick up
bottle
pink

ping-pong (to play ping-pong)

fax (to send a fax)

computer games
family restaurant
to increase
fork
pool
deep
clothes
to blow, to play [a wind instrument]

( )

complicated
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revision (to revise)

bag
pig
pork

( )

general(ly), usual(ly)
*
(

Buddhism [religion]
football (to play football)

physics
calligraphy brush
to put on weight
futon [Japanese bedding]
ship

( )

inconvenient
winter
blouse
platform
(

present, gift (to give a present)

furoshiki [a Japanese piece of square cloth
used for wrapping/carrying things]
to fall [rain, snow, etc]
old [objects]
professional

( )

Japanese bath
culture
literature
grammar
stationery

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Heisei period/era
*

peace
page
vegemite

( )

bad at, unskilful

another, separate, different

pet
bed
*

room

[vt]

to reduce

[vi]
(

to decrease, to become fewer

)

bell (the bell rings)

belt

( )

strange, weird
penfriend
(

study (to study)

lawyer

*(

answer, reply (to reply)

bench

( )

boxed lunch
convenient, handy, useful

direction, way
boyfriend
foreign trade
after school
cap, hat (to wear a hat)
boat, rowing
platform
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homestay
homeroom
law
hall
ball
(

other, other than, besides

I, me [used by boys]
*

farm [grazing only]

pocket
sick room
PD/H/PE

protection (to protect)

to want, wish to have
poster
mail box
thin

hockey (to play hockey)

hotdog
pop [music]
hotel
almost, mostly
bone
volunteer

bowling (to go bowling)

book
bookshelf

( )
(

( )
)

real(ly), true (truly)

translation (to translate)

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to become lost, to be lost

front, before, previous
to turn
to be defeated, to lose
grandchild
serious, conscientious
first of all
unpalatable, unappetising, yucky, tastes bad
again
not yet, still
town
mistake
to make a mistake
*
( )

to wait
festival
straight
until, as far as, up to
window
to learn
to be on time

nail polish (to wear nail polish)

manager
to defend, to adhere to, to keep, to protect
mayonnaise
marathon
round
surrounding area
comic, cartoon
home unit
centre, middle
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meat pie
to be visible, to be able to see
to polish, to brush [teeth]
mandarin
right
short (length)
water
swimming costume
lake
shop
to show
miso
miso soup
*
[vt]

road, street, path

to find
green
everyone
south
ear
to see, to watch, to look
milk
everyone, all

to go to pick up a person
to come to pick up a person
old times, long ago
the oppposite side, the other side, over there
humid
difficult
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son
daughter
( )

waste (wasteful)
village
purple

( )

impossible, beyond ones power

eye
niece
business card
(

glasses (to put on/to take off glasses)

uncommon, rare, unusual
to stand out
menu

licence, (to get ones licence)

duty-free store
member

already, now
soon
Thursday
if
( )

rice cakes
wasted, a waste, regrettable
to have, to hold
to take
to take home
to bring
more
to return [to the starting point]
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thing [concrete]
ruler
monorail
to receive
forest, wood
gate, gateway
to complain
problem, question, issue

greengrocer, fruit and vegetable shop

yakitori [chicken on a skewer]

baseball (to play baseball)

about, approximately

promise, appointment (to promise)

to be useful, to be helpful
vegetable
easy, gentle, kind
cheap

( )

( )

rest, holiday, absence, break, recess

to rest, to be absent
to lose weight
at last
after all, as expected, as I thought
mountain

[vt]

to stop [doing something]

to give [to someone of lower status], to do
soft, tender

amusement park
gum tree, eucalypts, eucalyptus
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early evening
youth hostel
post office
last night

( )

( )

famous
sense of humourr (to have a sense of humour)
yukata [a cotton kimono]
snow

export (to export)

slowly (to relax)
uniform

import (to import)

finger

(
(

ring (to wear a ring)

dream (to dream)

good
(

preparation (to prepare)

*

[Western] clothes
well/often
side, next to, horizontal
budget
program, schedule, plan
in the middle of the night, midnight
to call, to invite
to read

appointment, reservation
(to make an appointment / reservation)
yacht
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night
to be pleased
very well, thats good
weak
( )

( )
(

comfort (comfortable)

rugby (to play)

radio
Chinese noodle

* *
(

science [school subject]

recycle (to recycle)

reason

study abroad (to study abroad)

overseas student
fashion, craze
dormitory
fee, charge, fare
parents [own]
both

cuisine (to cook)

*

* (

inn [Japanese style]

)

travel (to travel)

apple

not at home

example
refrigerator
history
restaurant
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report, essay
lemon
lemonade
(
(

practice (to practise)

contact (to contact)

corridor, passage
Roman letters, romanisation
locker
rock [music]
( )

romantic

word processor
business shirt
wine
*

Japanese-English dictionary
young
to understand
to divide, to distribute

* *

Japanese style room

Japanese food, cuisine

to forget, to leave behind
lost property
I, me
to cross
to laugh, to smile
bad

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Expressions

Oh! Ah!
(

Happy New Year! (honorific)

I say, um, well
Oh! [female]

Thank you (polite incomplete/complete)

No, thats okay

You mustnt
Thank you for the meal/drink [said before
eating/drinking]
Bye!, Im off!, See you later! [person leaving]
Bye!, See you later! [person staying]
Welcome! [restaurants, shops]

no [informal]
yes [informal]

Well, let me see

Welcome home!
Excuse me for going ahead
[when leaving/eating before other people]
Please go ahead, after you
Excuse me for disturbing you
Goodbye [sorry I disturbed you]
Thank you for looking after me
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Sorry Im late
Take care [to someone who is sick]
(

Thank you, you must be tired

[used when requesting something,
asking a favour]
May I have ~ ? / May I speak to ~?
Good morning
Good morning [honorfic]
Sorry to have kept you waiting

Congratulations!
Good night

Certainly sir/madam.

( )

( )

Take care

No, thank you

( )

( )

(
)

( )

Goodbye, take care

How are you?

Thank you for the meal [said after a meal]

Likewise (the pleasure is mine)
Excuse me, is anybody home?
Sorry
Good evening
Hello, good afternoon, good day

Well, well now

Well now [getting to the point]
Goodbye
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Excuse me, Im sorry

Excuse me [incomplete]
Goodbye [complete]
(

Its been a long time

Well, well then

( )

See you again

Is that so?
Thats right

Are you all right?

Hi, Im home!

Please wait a moment

Well, well then

You are welcome

What happened? Whats wrong?
Please go ahead! Here you are.
Thanks, Thank you, Sorry
(

) Thank you very much

[polite - imcomplete/complete]

How do you do? (Pleased to meet you)

Its been a long time

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Is that so?

What?, Indeed! [informal]

Look! There!

See you again!

Hello [on the telephone]

Welcome
(

Thank you [in advance]

[please help me in the future]

Give my regards (to )

Oh! Wow!

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Place names (

)
Asia
Africa
Arab
South America
Europe
America
England
Italy
Iraq
Iran
India
Indonesia
Holland
Canada
Korea
Cambodia
Greece
Singapore
Switzerland
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sweden
Thailand
Germany
China
New Zealand
France
Brazil
Philippines
Vietnam
Portugal
Hong Kong
South Africa
Mexico
Russia

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Australia
NSW
Queensland
Victoria
South Australia
Western Australia
Tasmania
Melbourne
Adelaide
Perth
Canberra
Darwin
Brisbane
Cairns
Hobart
Sydney
Japan
Hokkaido
Honshu
Shikoku
Okinawa
Kyushu
Sapporo
Sendai
Tokyo
Narita
Ueno
Ginza
Shinjuku
Shibuya
Yokohama
Nagoya
Kyoto
Nara
Osaka
Kobe
Hiroshima
Fukuoka
Nagasaki
61

Numerals
20
99
100
1,000
10,000
1,000,000
10,000,000
100,000,000

10
11
12

Auxiliary numerals
things

things

people

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
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Days of the week

Days of the month (

Sunday

1st day of the month

Monday

2nd

Tuesday

3rd

Wednesday

4th

Thursday

5th

Friday

6th

Saturday

7th
8th

Months (

9th
January

10th

February

11th

March

12th

April

14th

May

20th

June

24th

July
August
September
October
November
December

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Counters
yen
lesson/chapter
days of month [dates]
days
floor
no. of times
school terms
months [period of time]
months [names of months]
length of time
kilo / kilograms
kilo / kilometres
small/round objects
ages
books
~ oclock
hours [period of time]
school lessons / period
weeks
century
centimetres
cents
general things
marks
degrees
times
dollars
people
years
year level
numbers
ordinal numbers
nights
small animals, fish
minutes
long, thin objects
flat objects
ordinal numbers
metres
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Suffixes

*
*

(
*

less than
bound for
more than
employee
side
ward
about [length of time]
[after boys name]
prefecture
language
about [a time]
[after names]
city
nationality
past
each
made in ~
[after teachers/doctors]
plural for people
[after childs name]
during
with / included
half
club
shop

Prefixes
(prefix for ordinal numbers)
(prefix every for time)
(prefix next for time)

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PRESCRIBED KANJI
Active Use (150)

Recognition only (50)

Adjectives

Body/Health
Culture

(nil)

Family/
Friends
Nature

Numbers/
Counters
Occupations

(nil)

(nil)

Places

Positions

(nil)

School
Time

Transport/
Travel
Verbs

Miscellaneous
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