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An Introduction To Written Japanese
An Introduction To Written Japanese
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YAKU * (official) post, use, role;
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KAN aida interval, space, among;
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Gis | SEL regulate
tL FP BR Ie eee ee
Je 96/7 | RX principle, reason
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HOO* direction; region;
# rele kata. person” (hon.)
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perk? PERG Awy Vee
Bw Whe panur ewer’ Ween
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CPt rowan a po eed tnrnew pra pe Sean boLESSON 5
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x. Knvtoo-nr ni wa nani o simasita ka, Gozen wa ginkoo to monbu-
s¥00 ¢ itte, gogo wa kooea to doobutuen ¢ ikimasits, 2, Siyakusyo ©
wa itu ikimasita ka. Doyoo-bi ai itte Tayama-san kyoodai ni aimasita.
Denwa de tugoo o kite kara itta no desu. 3. Sityoo no Tayama-san
wa niisan desu ka, Te, alisan no Tayama-san wa Tywya Sinron 0
hheasyuu site imasu. 4. Tyoosa Sinron wa zassi desu ka. Soo dest. Ano
hiito wa syooseta mo kakimasu. Anata wa ano hito no Simaisen o
yomimasita ka, 5. Sono syoosetu wa Kiita koto mo atimasen. Watasi
wa yonda koto ga arimasea ga, ani wa taihen homnete imasu, 6. Yokei
‘na koto desu gs, ano hen na mono wa nan desu ks. Saa, oan da ka
watasi wa sitimasen. Watasi no ani no ko no mono nan’ desu,
Kookogeku o benkyoo site ite, tokidoki hen na hurui mono o kaus”
desu. Sono hoa wa anata no desu ka, 7. Kore desu ka. Kore wa ane
tno desu. Neesan no desu ka. Mite mo ii desu kt. 8. Motiron ii desu,
Kore wa hizyoo ni mezurasii hon desu. Hyoosi wa arimasen ga naka
‘no kami wa taihen kitei desu. Anata wa ituka yomu tumoti desu ka.
‘5 E,nitiyoo-bi no asa ni yom tumori desu. Watasi wa yoku huru-hon,
© kaimasu ga, kono hon wa mise de mita koto ga arimasen, Neesan
vwa kore o ura tumori desyoo ka. xo. Saa, sirimasen, Watasi ga katte
‘mo ii desu. rx. Ane ni hanasimasyoo. Anata wa konban soto €
dekakemasu kx. 12. Ie, dekakemasen. Eigakan cikimasyoo ka. 13. ete
mo ii desu ga. Zikan ga arimasen a. 14. Konban wa syorui 0 seiri
suru tumori dattan? desu. Nagaku kakarimasu ka. x5. Amati nagaka
wwa kakaranai desyoo. Gogo denwa 0 kakemasyoo ks. 16. Sono hoo
ga ii desu, Watasi wa ikanakute mo iin’ desu. 17. Tic, ikimasyoo.
‘Biga wa nanai ni hazirnasimnasa ka. Hatizi ni hezimarimast. Anata wa
uti o sitixi ni dete mo ma ni au desyoo. x8. Doko de simasyoo ka.
Bigakan no mae ga il desyoo.
Notes
2 Siyakenyo © wa: on this use of wa, 2 0. to Lesson 3, No.5
denvea de: ‘by phone, this being the ‘instrumental tse of de.
‘goo o Kclite Kara’ agoo means ‘cumstances; coavenience’, usually in the
‘ease of one’s stuation in regard to other aftangements of commitments,
‘The -te bara constrscion mesna ‘elise —ing” and must be distinguished
from (bil)te kara, “asted and wo.
3 nilsan: polite form of av, used hete ofa thied person who is not present t0
show sespect to him.
fae]LESSON 5,
4 Tyooya Sinton: Now Notional Review, a fictitious name for a periodical, The
fies ewo characters are seadl Asaw 28a family name ete, but ead Soya they
sean the Cour andthe wil’ ie "he cata sed the country; the whole
55 mo: used here with a negative form of the twa (Hite) hates art construction,
it can be translated a ‘(have nevet) even’.
Jhomete imasn: the ~ in construction is wsed hereto convey much the same
‘dea of constant or habitual action asthe Eaglish present form ‘praises
In No. 6 below, however, bukyeo ste ite leary indicates continuing action.
6 Yokei na koto: is “something superfluous, uncalled for’, and the clause ex-
prose ie He that "This oding to do wih what we were taking abot,
7 Noes th bother ha ted the laa word an of it own ste, bute oer
Tees nota penis with npn sh
fo Lesion 4 No
‘Mite moth devas even looking alight?” ‘The-t (enor:
on (he me estes omit) expec the mening "0X Say
allege Gon) >on with fees onl ste soon ence
offNo, to bow), would noe mind
8 ies a ome ine (r sneer)
9 yokes in adloa to el? reat mean ‘so, fe! at does ere.
‘eeyoor expeniog the ia ‘ie wl probably bei is often tall a
Suppor ao doubt wl ead nis teropative form, as"T wonder
hanacanyo Lew pedi oat
sx apasinanyo' Leto i.
2s Mmaeyoo kas ‘Shal we go?
35 ll dena ent ed as. conjention, gray vay fn fore frm a weak ‘snd! toa
‘Seay rene Sot Whe the total cane left eoeapned
Steaps aden a fing and imps these atau owing 2
statement in English.
14 datta: the past form of da, both being plain forms equivalent to the-art leve
‘forms derte and de respectively.
‘Nagakc kakarimasa ka? common meaning of bakers i ‘take (time, money,
‘te but remember that tis intransitive, es, haw ga Rear ‘it costs money”.
Tt being bere dearly a matter of time, the adverb nape is used alone: “Wil i
‘ake (tine) toa long exent?™
16 Sono hoo gait literally ‘tat dizetion (in the sense of “alternative” i goods
Thence, ‘hati would be beter’. ‘This ute of bo or an equivalent (tr, cfr,
cc.) with an adjective or adverb i the commonest way of expressing a com-
parative in Jopanse.
17 ana ni au: liely tthe gag’, this expression covers the meanings of ‘meet
-equitements; seve the parpose; be (good) enough’ and, with referee to
time, ‘bea tine (fo).
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yw ots [1 -warde, forth
4 \ [> [> lw par
"OO ue top, part shove nobo(Fa) ria
= jaga(ru) vi sisesage(ea) of raive, give (dep.)
tk cs
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PPP Pe > ay
Sh g[sx | DOO hatara(ka) sf work
eh i ie le fe Ue [ie [ots
2ojf8 | 700 party
SI support; branch
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646 | ZI motu) 2 hold
2 it Be
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ran SI omo(u) of think
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61/9 | 1 mind, purpose
61x | HETU. kanara(zu) without failu46)3
gsise | HYOO mark, target
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Ga, [za0N ne, sania
5 tat fa [a ee [a Jae
(GE sita bottom; kuda(eara) #7 condescend;
12 |teuda(ru) 9, kuda(su) of come (bring) down
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Popa ds ws eid oe eR TRA Co RA BB
~ AaB Canara Kiekn Be QR n~ yr ww?
tl Rs Sc Rw Rw ee BA ROD Rw Ray HAT =
BH Vek enh Keke wlan ne
Dec eee ec ke dee Re A AN BAD
@ CTR ew PNAS Pe eee ee RK
a oe eee
rekon NHR RK
Ra dwaab yA mat caw ead a de Re RH
Baro na’ bern Redo MR Ce nwam vee do
th on ee RES Gece Ka 4H Re eee
FAC eC Pe ht Pm hn”LESSON 6
ROKU
x. Dane ni tegemi 0 kaite imasu ka. Eikokuzin no tomodati desu.
Nikon ni zyuugonen izy00 mo sunde iru hito desu ga, kyonen kika
simasita, Roodootoo o siz tite ita koto ga aru no de, Nihon no seihu
‘wa nagaku kika 0 syooti sinaksttan’ desu. 2, Roodootoo o sizi suru
hhito wa mina abumai sisoo 0 motte iru to omottan’ desyoo ka. Soo
nan’ desyoo. 3, Sisoo no mondai wa motiron yoku tyuui suru koto
gt hitayoo desyoo ga, roodoot0o fo sisoo ga abunai to omou no wa
hen desu ne. Seibu ga surn koto wa nandemo hyoozyun ika desu.
4- Watasi ga hataraite ira hakubutukan wa koosea no guai ga taihen
‘warui no desu ga, seihu wa hakubutukan nado ni wa amasi kane 0
akemasen kara komarimasu. Watasi no yakusyo no heya mo hizyoo
ti kurai desu, Ieuka tyootyo0 to Ueda-hakase no tyoonan ga kita koto
fg arimasita ga, kurakute syorui o yomu koto ga dekimasen desta.
5. Anata no tomodati no Eikokuzin wa donna koto o site irun’ desu
‘ka. Bukkyoo ni hizyoo ni kyoomi o motte ite, Kyoto de benkyoo
siteimasu. 6, Bikoku € wa kzeranain’ desu ka. Ano hito wa Eikoku
yori Nihon no hoo ga nandemo ii to omotte imasu. kara kaeranai
desyoo. 7. Sono hito wa Nihongo o zyoom ni hanasun’ desyoo. E,
s00 desu. 8. Nihongo wa gsikokuzin ni wa muzukasii to omoimasen
x, Yomu koto to kaku koto wa muzukasii desyoo. 9. Bukkyoo no
benkyoo wa hone ge areru desyoo ne. Soo omoimasu. Watasi wa
syuukyoo no koto wa yokn sitimasea ga. 10. Watasi no ie no kinzyo
‘i sunde ira Yamasita-san wa tosiyori na no ni buturigaku no beakyoo
© hazimemasits, Taihen na mono 0 benkyoo site imasu ne. xx. Ano
hhito wa nandemo nai koto to omotte ira ka mo siremasen. Buturigaka
to kagaku to dotira ga muzukasti desyoo ka. 12. Kagaku wa buts
gaku hodo muzakasiku nai desyoo.. Yoks sitimasen ga. Ima, nanzi
desu ka, Watasi wa tokei o motte inain? desu. x3. Zytuitiai desu.
‘Watasi wa zyunizi ai tomodati ni au yakusoku ga atimasu Kara sugu
dekakemasu. 14. Watasi mo dekakemasyoo. Itumo iku honya ga
tikai desu kara, watasi wa soko ¢ ikimasu. Watasi wa eki e iku densya
‘0 matimasu. 15. Soo desu ka. Raisyun no kai ai wa kimasu ne, E,
Kanarazu ikimasu, x6, Dewa, sayonara. Sayonara.
Notes
1 symagonen lsyoo mo: words beginning with his / (yon “and sbore's ie,
“Eod below, ce) should ele nce te en Co Gch they ate che
ti wil do so hea ely matters em Hr rota, “re men wndet
Sh ocr Bt thy are oen ued 0 can emply sore thane ha,
2c; and in the pene ee i does not mates whether the tndation Jo
‘ty years and more or tore than ry yea
"The sense of mw here can be wadcstood by thinking of it at ‘ren. Te
‘plies «erin wonder or vrprie at the exe mentioned inthe preeding
fas]
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phrase —‘as much as" would hese but translation bya separate phrase often
sist seg Koo gt rao de iff had bet ed Wit sf vied
{ete ie gene ent wold hav ota at eps ii he pate
‘soporte me ofthe pet coninuctie is tw shows tha the ion,
‘ahead of having ton more ls monty, conto’ for Some tine
dsc co suport woth be «ona ttton
"No dy thei tha, nfo fare emng ut like nay
in Japaneses vel of polite mally Clowes plain (nd 00
3 fon of the eb
2 Roodooten, smote es: » whotdoa® clase dgeding on che Sal 1
ti dejo fy Won ibe (Se govern Bong thow CO) ee!
to omou no wien desu ne: scm.o Laon Noon this contain
"Ne (or ma) sch ved in japanese to ck specient, ora lest some
poe, em the pon added c the enh verb par?
sndemo’ ved wits postive verb texan no ater whats) everting’s
ev slno No Gand, Novt blow,
hyoosyui ka low sana
sien ca at neues wed olen wane in
satan ona che ihre ‘exe ad sich place.
Ete == yom kot gx debimasen dertat on th fe fim, sce 5 12
Tesoo, Not, the potenti coowscton nia to gr dln (ere
eal fang was unaenaiefinponatle) wound ae Mtesuy and ll
Es convertors cyt ue Onset soe to Lesson Nos
5 Bul nl-- homo mote ei he main part of the dass, te
iscrrciog Btw belog seep advebil,‘extordnaly
6 noo ge sss dksacenrio Laon p Noe
9 hous ga orerat mena isa “on ogee bi, the expression i ofa
"ued o Jibs dite, aborow ake
siimacn ga ths cae aed set aeitngh wae te prsediog
‘tuscan The soa det would tefone be tino go 10 omanar
Sa the connection Betwean the ewo'ceen ct ealy be shown in Engh
Eyranlatng gr bese though Ss also Nova below
10 woalyort na no eran san nape of bingo Like mb
ed the sinple proc focas m mand go mm wsally follow he pla
fomofhe ve; burwiea is wos be dy mime end. (Do aoe ree,
relncg toes earl pt when aap ewstng ar}
‘et verbac un ode tot a esp oe
“Tain na mono: cxaanoryespresion, Whats ig
4x fandem gai tos natin whic olga alk: Something whic
ute unimporact, tii or, i this cootexe, of oii aa
1a bolurigatat odo shamaastia nalsts not dil to the extent of (od)
hyn’ a py
1» ate grain te nape tomet (have singed 0
15 kin tkimasa! Japanese more conten log naa Ents
tweatmeat of the ides of coming” and ‘going’. Kew is always used of move-
‘ment to place where the spake is oF with which he identifies himself; iis
always used of movement away from such Pace. ‘Thus, while i English it
would be possible ro ay, “Yea, come” ia reply to the enguiry here, ian
4s the oaly posibility ia ‘i
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3
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sulé | KI* spit, vapour
lal | AAR
elt | ZOKU family, group
Sl Pb bb be ee
668 | SAN scatter
TT EE ee de ie ee la
FFOU-(aira)eF be
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162/7 | prpass (throughyby/along);too(ei)oad, manner
7 hal?" [r lala al ala baba
GIS | 00 ‘omte) sie
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60/8 | GO (hon. pref.)
= ii ee ie le Te Tee
vale | HAN. (ooked se
o_LP EEE EE raw
Gs)LESSON 7
Z, [sss |2 ee many
wW ie “(7 [21% 3 3
y tas | S¥OO suko(si) alittle; sulcu(nai) few
% 1 JA yay ys
a wiejo | SYOKU w(beru) fat
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61/0 | SIN kokoro heart, mind
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2S Gly | Me any
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ails SOO (ai) mutual.
#8 (20914) | SYOO Minister (of State)
ost te Ur ft [+ ft fanaa a ae
ae 3149/8 | DAN talk
TT PREREE EER RRR
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ayy? Bel Tf [4/5 [2]* ele
3G 162/y [DOO mitt oad, way
fad ee ed dd cd
1534/4 | KA goods, coin
ie TT PEPE S eee
asg/tr | TEN change, turn round/over
IF be” = fe
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4oftt | SATU investigate, conjecture
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My Cély_| SYOU_ province
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Hh gals [Zi earth, land
(i Co ad ad A
ae 173/7 | SIN huru(ernu) 9? shake, tremble
All PFEFFER
3 | 015 JAN case, safe; yasu(i) cheap
xo = Tele le]
* ier ee ene Me ee Mi (hon)
AS LS He ee a be ae De
PP | r49/6 | SE tose
P\CT PERE EERE
187/13 | KEN examine
SVAN | el |B Wy Wet ls lo ne
my 24/7 | NAN minami south
S) I> Dlr [Pa la a
z 4l6 | KEN ta(era) 1# build
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err aed’ Exe ee tt wPe aos ES 3
eo pee we RSKE shee anwmanevrRs tor’ rand &
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so ma oe xen RHee A LR
seeeR ere
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cXM Spree
woth’ Se eweer eet ee cy eo
Sade owt — kw was wre
YD Ce Kw Kw oe seo al Vt K
Ree Oxo rs ew ec wet an
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SH Zona a RE
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REPRE REC HCE Ente odor pee vow ped
env ities ko
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