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Japanese Tutotial
Japanese Tutotial
I
私 わたし watashi (formal for males, normal for
females)
I
僕 ぼく boku
(normal for males)
彼 かれ kare he
you
あなた あなた anata
(singular/normal)
ここ ここ koko here
this
この この kono
(descriptive - ex. this pen)
そこ そこ soko there
that
その その sono
(descriptive - ex. that pen)
人 ひと hito person
犬 いぬ inu dog
猫 ねこ neko cat
家 いえ ie house
頑張ってくださ がんばってくだ gambatte kudasai
(can also be written "ganbatte Hang in there
い さい kudasai")
Romaji
漢字 - Kanji ひらがな - Hiragana English Meaning
(English Letters)
一 いち ichi one
二 に ni two
三 さん san three
五 ご go five
六 ろく roku six
八 はち hachi eight
Numbers after 10 are a piece of cake once you know 1 through 10. 11 is simply ten with a one after it, 十
一 (じゅういち, juuichi), 12 - juuni, 13 - juusan, 14 - juuyon, etc. 20 is simply 二十 (にじゅう, nijuu), 21 -
nijuuichi, and so forth.
Put these numbers in front of the character for time 時 and you've got the time of the day.
Romaji
漢字 - Kanji ひらがな - Hiragana English Meaning
(English Letters)
...etc.
Now just put the character for moon 月 after a number and you've got a month.
Romaji
漢字 - Kanji ひらがな - Hiragana English Meaning
(English Letters)
...etc.
Japanese days of the week don't follow such an easy pattern but here they are anyway along with some
other time-related words.
Romaji
漢字 - Kanji ひらがな - Hiragana English Meaning
(English Letters)
今 いま ima now
Romaji
漢字 - Kanji ひらがな - Hiragana English Meaning
(English Letters)
会う あう au to meet
勝つ かつ katsu to win
売る うる uru to sell
飲む のむ nomu to drink
死ぬ しぬ shinu to die
to go
行く いく iku (Remember the exception for
Bases "te"and "ta")
Romaji
漢字 - Kanji ひらがな - Hiragana English Meaning
(English Letters)
to exist (animate), to be
いる いる iru
somewhere
見る みる miru to see
寝る ねる neru to sleep
Romaji
漢字 - Kanji ひらがな - Hiragana English Meaning
(English Letters)