JAP101

• Good Morning


  Ohayo Gozaimasu
• Good night (parting ways)

  Oyasumi Minasai
• See you again


  Mata ne
• Bye (friends/someone you're familiar with)


  Ja ne
• My name is [your name]


  Watashi wa [your name] desu
• Please, be kind to me

  Dozo yoroshiku onegaishimasu
• Thank you


  Arigatou Gozaimasu
• Thank you very much (more polite)

  Domo Arigatou Gozaimasu
• Yes, it is


  Hai, sou desu ne
• No, it's not


  Iie, chigaimasu
• It's okay/I'm fine


  Daijoubu desu
• How are you?


  Genki desu ka?
• What is this?


  Kore wa nan desu ka?
• Usage examples


  • Kore wa akai buttai desu
  • Kore wa hon desu
  • Kore wa midori pen desu
• Places


  • house/home - ie
  • school - gakkou
  • restaurant - resutoran
  • airport - kuukou
  • train station - eki
  • hospital - byouin
  • toilet - toire
• Objects


  • book - hon
  • pencil - enpitsu
  • ruler - monosashi/jiogi
  • eraser - keshigomu
  • pencil case - fudebako
  • glue - nori
  • scissors - hasami
  • paper - kami
  • pen - pen
• Colors


  • red - aka
  • orange - orenji
  • yellow - kiiro
  • green - midori
  • blue - ao
  • pink - pinku
  • brown - cha
  • white - shiro
  • gray - hai
  • black - kuro
• Excuse me, where is [Place]?

  Sumimasen, [Place] wa doko desu ka?
• Is [Place] nearby?


  [Place] wa chikai desu ka?
• How do I get to [Place]?

  [Place] ni wa dou ikimasu ka?
• Is there a [Place] around here?

  Kono hen ni [Place] ga arimasu ka?
• Practice Dialogue 1


  1. Are you at home? - Ie ni imasuka?

  2. Yes, I am at home. - Hai, ie ni imasu.
• Practice Dialogue 2


  1. Are you going to school? - Gakkou ni ikimasuka?

  2. Yes, I am going to school. - Hai, gakkou ni ikimasu.
• MASU-form Verbs


  • Verbs that end with MASU are called "MASU-form verbs".
  • To make it negative, we change MASU to MASEN.
• YOMIMASU (to read)


  • YOMIMASEN (not to read)
• Counting Numbers


  • 1 - ichi
  • 2 - ni
  • 3 - san
  • 4 - yon/shi
  • 5 - go
  • 6 - roku
  • 7 - shichi/nana
  • 8 - hachi
  • 9 - kyuu/ku
  • 10 - juu
  • 11 - juuichi
  • 12 - juuni
  • 19 - juukyuu
  • 20 - nijuu
  • 21 - nijuuichi
  • 30 - sanjuu
  • 31 - sanjuuichi
  • 40 - yonjuu
  • 41 - yonjuuichi
  • 50 - gojuu
  • 51 - gojuuichi
  • 60 - rokujuu
  • 61 - rokujuuichi
  • 70 - nanajuu
  • 71 - nanajuuichi
  • 80 - hachijuu
  • 81 - hachijuuichi
  • 90 - kyuujuu
  • 91 - kyuujuuichi
  • 100 - hyaku
  • 200 - nihyaku
  • 300 - sanbyaku
  • 400 - yonhyaku/shi-hyaku
  • 500 - gohyaku
  • 600 - roppyaku
  • 700 - nanahyaku/shichi-hyaku
  • 800 - happyaku
  • 900 - kyuuhyaku
  • 1000 - sen
  • 2000 - nisen
  • 3000 - sanzen
  • 4000 - yonsen/shi-sen
  • 5000 - gosen
  • 6000 - rokusen
  • 7000 - nanasen/shichi-sen
  • 8000 - hassen
  • 9000 - kyuusen
  • 10,000 - ichi-man
• Yon and shi both mean "four", but shi is avoided in certain contexts due to its association with death.
• Nanahyaku and shichi-hyaku both mean "seven hundred", but nanahyaku is used more commonly.
• Yonsen and shi-sen both mean "four thousand", but yonsen is more frequently used.
• Counters


  • tsu - generic counter for counting objects
  • hai - cupfuls or glasses of liquid
  • hon - long cylindrical objects
  • hiki - small animals
  • nin - counting people
  • mai - thin, flat objects
• Some objects may have multiple counters depending on their context or characteristics.
• Regional dialects may use different counters for the same objects.
• GA (particle)


  Comes after a noun, indicates the subject of a sentence
• ARIMASU (verb)


  Indicates that some things are there
• 20


  twenty
• book


  hon
• pencil


  enpitsu
• ruler


  monosashi/jiogi
• eraser


  keshigomu
• pencil case


  fudebako