Vocabulary も: functions as “also” or “too” in English.

[Object1] は
[property1/action1] です
どおぞよろしく: my pleasure [Object2] も [property1/action1] です.
は z いめまして: nice to meet you
と: is used to join nouns together into an exhaustive list that
こちら: here functions as a single noun: ”with”, “and”.
ともだち: friend
かない - おくさん: wife の: indicates possession (functioning like the English “apostrophe-
S”)
ぎし: engineer
たいしかんいん: embassy employee に: indicates a place toward where someone or something moves.
かいしゃいん: employee place + ni (に)
がくせい: student が: marks the grammatical subject of a sentence when it is first
せいじか: politician introduced to a conversation.
べんごし: lawyer か: question
しゆふ: housewife
いぎりす: England を: marks the grammatical object of a sentence. It follows nouns
and noun phrases.
さっか: writer
くに: country Noun + o (を) + verb
おみやげ: gift よ: Sentence ender that gives a “you know” feeling, often when
さっし: magazine relaying new information.
ちす: map
うち: house
じゅうしよ: address Responses
こっき: national flag
きょう: today Affirmative: ~です
きのう: yesterday Negative: ~では ありません
じしょ: dictionary Affirmative: はい, そです
とけい: clock
Negative: いいえ ちがいます
がっこう: school
しょくど: dinner, restaurant
かいしゃ: company Mo particle for “also”
じむしょ: office
~かい: floor がんだむさんも にほんじんですか.
はいざら: ashtray はい そです.
けしごむ: rubber ereaser
いりぐち: entrance, entry gate
でぐち: exit Interrogative
おとこのひと: man
~か particle at the end of a sentence.
おなのひと: woman
ぎんこいん: bank employee これ は なんです か.
せいと: pupil それ は ほんです.

Numbers

Particles ゼロ 百
一 千
は: follows the topic the speaker wants to talk about. [ A ] wa [ B
] desu. 二 一万
三 億
 四 そちら: there (location, direction)

五 あそこ: over there

あちら: over there (location, direction)
六
the suffix ‘–chira’ is used for direction, motion
七 towards, or preference.
八 どこ: where
九
十 Interrogatives
どこの: where?
Nationalities いつの: when?
にほん にほんじん だれ: who?
ブラシル ブラシルじん どなた: who?
ドイツ ドイツじん だれの: whose?
アメリカ アメリカじん
どなたの: whose?
メキシコ メキシコじん

Position prepositions
This, that. Here, there
の間に (あいだ): between
これ: this
上に (うえ): on, top, over
この: these (need noun next)
下に (した): under, below
この鉛筆は私のです。
前に (まえ): front
Kono enpitsu wa watashi no desu.
後ろに (うしろ): behind
This pencil is mine.
中 (なか): inside

それ: that
よこ: side
その: those (need noun next)
ひだり: left
そのテレビはいくらですか？ みぎ: right
となり: next
Sono terebi wa ikura desu ka?

How much is that TV?

あの: that one over there

あれ: those over there
(need noun next)

あの人は誰ですか？

Ano hito wa dare desu ka?

Who is that person?

ここ: here
こちら: there (location, direction)
そこ: there