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46 Cards in this Set
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Hajimemashite
はじめまして 初めまして |
Nice to meet you
How do you do? |
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Watashi wa Natsuko desu
わたしはなつこです 私は夏子です |
I am Natsuko.
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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? |
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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.
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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)
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"Watashi
わたし 私" |
I
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Anata
あなた 貴方 |
You
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Kare/Kanojo
かれ/かのじょ 彼/彼女 |
He/She
Also can be boyfriend/girlfriend, in the romantic sense. |
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Watashi tachi
わたしたち 私達 |
We
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Ka
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Question form
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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?
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Isogashii
いそがしい 忙しい |
Busy
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Samui
さむい 寒い |
Cold (This can also be used to mean not funny).
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Doko
どこ |
where
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Dare
だれ 誰 |
who
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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.)
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Kare wa dare desu ka.
かれはだれですか 彼は誰ですか |
Who is he?
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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?
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Santa/Santa-san
サンタ/サンタさん |
Santa
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Merī Kurisumasu
メリークリスマス |
Merry Christmas
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Nihongo
にほんご 日本語 |
Japanese
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Poddo
ポッド |
Pod as in podcast (poddokyasuto・ポッドキャスト)
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Ichi-maru-ichi
いち-まる-いち 一○一 |
101
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De gozaimasu
でございます |
Extremely polite form of desu (です-roughly the verb to be)
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Ohayō
おはよう |
Good morning
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Ohayō gozaimasu
おはようございます |
Good morning (extremely polite) used at place of work or formal situations.
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Tōkyō
とうきょう 東京 |
Tokyo
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Konbanwa
こんばんは 今晩は |
Good evening.
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Nyūyōku
ニューヨーク |
New York
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Konnichiwa
こんにちは 今日は |
Good afternoon.
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Rondon
ロンドン |
London
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Suteki
すてき 素敵 |
Beautiful, Handsome, Very Nice Looking!, Good looking, Gorgeous
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Kirei
きれい 綺麗 |
Beautiful, pretty
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Utsukushii
うつくしい 美しい |
Beautiful, pretty
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Kakkou ii
かっこういい 格好いい |
Good looking, cool and many more!
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Urusai
うるさい 五月蝿い |
Noisy, loud, annoying
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Totemo
とても |
Very, really
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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.)
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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!
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Akeome
あけおめ |
Slang/short for Akemashite Omedetou
あけましておめでとう Happy New Year. |
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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! |
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"Ōmisoka
おおみそか 大晦日 " |
New Year's Eve
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"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.
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"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
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"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))
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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)
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