Japanese

• aisatsu


  Japanese term for "greetings"
• ohayou gozaimasu - good morning

  konnichiwa - hello

  konbanwa - good evening


  Common Greetings in Japanese
• jikoshoukai


  Japanese term for self-introduction
• hajimemashite


  Nice to meet you
• ohayou gozaimasu! watashi wa [name] desu, douzo yoroshiku onegai shimasu


  How to introduce yourself in japanese
• Douzo yoroshiku onegai shimasu


  "Please treat me well" phrase in japanese when introducing yourself
• Doumo arigato gozaimasu


  Thank you very much
• hai, sou desu ne


  Yes, it is
• iie, chigaimas


  No, it's not
• Sumimasen (or) Gomen nasai


  Excuse me, sorry
• daijoubu desu


  It's okay/I'm fine
• Dōitashimashite


  You're welcome
• Konnichiwa, watashi wa Takeshi desu. Hajimemashite


  Hello, I'm Takeshi. Nice to meet you
• Konnichiwa, genki desu ka?


  Hello, how are you
• Kore wa nan desu ka?

  kore - This

  wa - Topic marker particle

  nani - What

  desu - Is/am/are (copula

  What is this?
• Kore wa akai buttai desu

  (akai - red)

  (buttai - object)

  This is a red object.
• Kore wa hon desu

  (hon - book)

  This is a book.
• KOSAODO words


  Japanese demonstratives are called?
• koko

  soko

  asoko

  doko


  here

  there

  over there

  where
• ie


  house
• gakkou


  school
• kuukou


  airport
• resutoran


  restaurant
• eki


  station
• byouin


  hospital
• toire


  toilet
• ginkou


  bank
• Sumimasen, [place] wa doko desu ka?


  Excuse me, where is [place]?
• [place] wa chikai desu ka?


  Is [place] close/near?
• [place] ni wa dou ikimasu ka?


  How do I go to [place]?
• Kono hen ni [place] ga arimasu ka?


  Is there a [place] around here?
• Ie ni imasu ka?

  Hai, ie ni imasu


  Are you at home?

  - Yes, I am at home
• Gakkou ni ikimasu ka?

  - Hai, gakkou ni ikimasu


  Are you going to school?

  - Yes, I am going to school
• To make it negative, we change MASU to MASEN.


  Changing verbs to negative
• Yomimasu

  - Yomimasen


  to read

  - not to read
• ichi

  ni

  san

  yon (shi)

  go

  roku

  shichi (nana)

  hachi

  kyuu (ku)

  juu


  1-10 in Japanese
• juu ichi

  juu ni

  juu san

  juu yon

  juu go

  juu roku

  juu shichi

  juu hachi

  juu kyuu

  ni juu

  11-20
• nijuu ichi

  nijuu ni

  nijuu san

  nijuu yon

  nijuu go

  nijuu roku

  nijuu shichi

  nijuu hachi

  nijuu kyuu

  sanjuu

  21- 30
• tsu


  generic counter
• hai

  cupfuls