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Hajimemashite
はじめまして
初めまして
Nice to meet you
How do you do?
Watashi wa Natsuko desu
わたしはなつこです
私は夏子です
I am Natsuko.
Kochira koso hajimemashite.
こちらこそ、はじめまして
こちらこそ、初めまして
Same here.
Nice to meet you / How do you do?
Watashi wa Kawamoto Natsuko desu.
わたしはかわもとなつこです
私は川本夏子です
I am Natsuko Kawamoto.
Dōzo yoroshiku onegai shimasu.
どうぞよろしくおねがいします
どうぞ宜しくお願いします
Please be very kind to me, as I intend to be kind to you. (very, very loose translation)
"Watashi
わたし
私"
I
Anata
あなた
貴方
You
Kare/Kanojo
かれ/かのじょ
彼/彼女
He/She
Also can be boyfriend/girlfriend, in the romantic sense.
Watashi tachi
わたしたち
私達
We
Ka
Question form
Anata wa Nihon-jin desu ka?
あなたはにほんじんですか
貴方は日本人ですか
Are you Japanese?
Isogashii
いそがしい
忙しい
Busy
Samui
さむい
寒い
Cold (This can also be used to mean not funny).
Doko
どこ
where
Dare
だれ
who
Anata wa dare desu ka.
あなたはだれですか
貴方は誰ですか
Who are you? (In this dialogue, we conformed the dialogue to fit our instructional goal. The question itself, while abrasive, is grammatically correct, and can be used for certain situations that call for it.)
Kare wa dare desu ka.
かれはだれですか
彼は誰ですか
Who is he?
Kanojo wa dare desu ka.
かのじょはだれですか
彼女は誰ですか
Who is she?
Santa/Santa-san
サンタ/サンタさん
Santa
Merī Kurisumasu
メリークリスマス
Merry Christmas
Nihongo
にほんご
日本語
Japanese
Poddo
ポッド
Pod as in podcast (poddokyasuto・ポッドキャスト)
Ichi-maru-ichi
いち-まる-いち
一○一
101
De gozaimasu
でございます
Extremely polite form of desu (です-roughly the verb to be)
Ohayō
おはよう
Good morning
Ohayō gozaimasu
おはようございます
Good morning (extremely polite) used at place of work or formal situations.
Tōkyō
とうきょう
東京
Tokyo
Konbanwa
こんばんは
今晩は
Good evening.
Nyūyōku
ニューヨーク
New York
Konnichiwa
こんにちは
今日は
Good afternoon.
Rondon
ロンドン
London
Suteki
すてき
素敵
Beautiful, Handsome, Very Nice Looking!, Good looking, Gorgeous
Kirei
きれい
綺麗
Beautiful, pretty
Utsukushii
うつくしい
美しい
Beautiful, pretty
Kakkou ii
かっこういい
格好いい
Good looking, cool and many more!
Urusai
うるさい
五月蝿い
Noisy, loud, annoying
Totemo
とても
Very, really
Akemashite Omedetō Gozaimasu
あけましておめでとうございます
明けましておめでとうございます
Happy New Year (Gozaimasu can be dropped in informal situations friends, family, etc.)
Kotoshi mo yoroshiku onegai shimasu
ことしもよろしくおねがいします
今年も宜しくお願いします
Please be kind to me, as I will to you, this year too!
Akeome
あけおめ
Slang/short for Akemashite Omedetou
あけましておめでとう
Happy New Year.
Kotoyoro
ことよろ
Slang/short for Kotoshi mo yoroshiku onegai shimasu
ことしもよろしくおねがいします
Please be kind to me, as I will to you, this year too!
"Ōmisoka
おおみそか
大晦日 "
New Year's Eve
"Kōhaku uta gassen
こうはくうたがっせん
紅白歌合戦"
Battle of the sexes singing competition (rough translation). Girls vs. the guys, with all types of singers from J-pop to J-rap to Enka- traditional Japanese songs. Broadcast every year.
"Toshi koshi soba
としこしそば
年越し蕎麦"
buckwheat noodles eaten on New Year's Eve (before the strike of midnight!) yearcrossing noodles
"O-toshi dama
おとしだま
お年玉"
money given as a gift at the New Year (in an envelope to children (primarily as I am sure some young adults out there are milking it))
Yoi o-toshi wo
よいおとしを
良いお年を
Happy New Year (before the end of the year, usually to someone you see or speak to for the last time that year)