Japanese Continuers
Stage 6
Vocabulary List
2000
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Expressions Place names Numerals Days/Months Counters
Suffixes/prefixes Prescribed kanji
( ) love (to love)
( ) greeting (to greet)
ice cream
period, time, interval, while to meet
blue red baby bright, light
[vi] to go up, to enter [a Japanese house]
autumn
to give up, to abandon
to get tired of, to become bored [with something]
[vi] to open
( ) accessories (to wear accessories)
[vt] to open
[vt] to give, to raise
morning
* breakfast
the day after tomorrow
* leg, foot
flavour, taste tomorrow
to leave, to deposit,
to get someone to mind something
( ) perspiration (to perspire)
over there
to play, to amuse oneself warm
head new
that way, that one over there hot
[vi] to gather
[vt] to gather, to collect
( ) ( ) after, later, subsequently
you
elder brother [own]
elder sister [own]
that (over there) apartment, flat dangerous aborigine sweet not very rain to wash
to be, to exist [inanimate objects]
* to walk
( ) part-time job (to work part-time)
that (over there)
( ) allergy (to have an allergy)
( ) ( ) relief (to be relieved)
( ) *( ) safety (safe)
like that, that sort of
( ) guide (to guide, to show around)
good to say house less than
- - - - bound for [transport]
to go
how many?, how old?
how much?
ikebana [flower arrangement]
opinion
bullying, torment to bully, to torment
( ) ( ) doctor
more than chair busy to hurry painful, sore
to receive [humble]
strawberry all day long
the best, the most, number one when?
sometime, someday anytime
together, with with all one’s might full, a lot
generally
always cousin countryside
to disappear [animate objects]
dog
( ) breach, offence (to breach)
now meaning
( ) immigrant / emigrant (to immigrate/emigrate)
younger sister [own]
younger sister [someone else’s]
( ) unpleasant
( ) earrings (to wear earrings)
to go, to come, to be [honorific]
entrance
to be, to exist [animate objects]
to need
to put in, to make [tea, coffee]
* colour
( ) various
impression international internet
( ) interview (to conduct an interview)
wool violin waiter waitress
above, on, the upper part of
to plant
( ) waterpolo (to play waterpolo)
wombat
reception (desk)
[vi] * to move
rabbit cow, cattle behind
( ) ( ) lie (to lie, to tell a lie)
song to sing
house, home, family beautiful
arm
udon [Japanese wheat noodles]
horse skilful, tasty to be born
beach, sea, ocean to be envious
* counter, shop
to sell
noisy, annoying to be happy jacket
( ) luck (to have good / bad luck)
( ) driving (to drive)
driver
( ) *( ) exercise (to exercise)
* sports carnival
* * playground, sportsground
picture, painting
air conditioner / air conditioning movie, film
movie theatre
* English [language]
influence
* * English-Japanese dictionary
( ) nutrition (nutritious)
station
station lunch box escalator
Edo [previous name of Tokyo],Edo period/era postcard
great, extraordinary, superior to choose, to select, to elect lift, elevator
yen [Japanese currency], circle engineer
( ) ( ) excursion (to go on an excursion)
pencil
( ) to hesitate, to refrain, to hold back
nephew
delicious, tasty
( ) celebration (to celebrate)
return [trip, ticket]
many, numerous big, large
size, dimensions
many [people]
New Year’s Eve motorbike owner
mother [someone else’s]
sweets, lollies funny, strange, odd money
[vi] to get up, to wake up
to put, to place
wife [someone else’s], married woman present, gift
to be late to send
[vt] to wake someone up
pocket money to happen to get angry
grandfather, old man
* to teach, to tell
uncle [own]
uncle [someone else’s], middle-aged man
( ) bow (to bow)
( ) talkative, chatty
to push, to shove late, slow
awful, terrible, dreadful, fearful your house
[vi] to fall
* Japanese tea
to say [honorific]
change [money]
* toilet
sound, noise
father [someone else’s]
younger brother [own]
younger brother [someone else’s]
male, man boy
man
New Year’s pocket money
[vt] to drop, to let fall
the day before yesterday the year before last adult
quiet, gentle, obedient dance
to dance
to be surprised, to be amazed
( ) stomach (to become hungry)
same
older brother [someone else’s]
rice ball
older sister [someone else’s]
( ) wish (to make a wish, to request,
to ask a favour) aunt [own]
aunt [someone else’s], middle aged woman grandmother, old woman
opal
obi, sash, belt [for a kimono/yukata]
to learn by heart, to rote learn, to remember souvenir
heavy
to remember, to recollect, to recall memories, recollections
to think weight
interesting, amusing, funny parent(s)
snack to swim
origami [paper folding]
to come down, to get off [transport]
orange
to fold, to break end
to end music hot spring female, woman
girl woman
•
( ) card (to send a card)
girlfriend
seashore, coast
meeting [business], conference accountant
foreign country, overseas foreign language
( ) ( ) foreigner
* company, office
* * company employee, office worker stairs
tour guide guidebook shopping
foreign borrowed words conversation
to buy
to keep [pets]
counsellor counter
to return, to give back to go home
[vt] to change [something]
face
* science
* chemistry
to take [time], to cost [money]
( ) key, lock (to lock)
to write
to draw, to paint student
umbrella to decorate volcano
* fire
singer to lend gas number wind
( ) a cold (to catch a cold)
( ) cassette (tape)
to count family [own]
petrol
petrol station shoulder
person [honorific]
hard, tough, solid katakana [script]
to tidy up
one way [ticket, journey, etc.]
to win
to be disappointed school term
musical instrument
attractive, good-looking style, appearance school
* * activity
home, family, household
* home economics
corner wife [own]
sad
without fail fairly, quite a bit
( ) ( ) rich
she
bag, briefcase
kabuki [traditional Japanese theatre]
wall
( ) patience (to be patient, to endure)
paper
( ) * ( *) god, God
( ) hair
( ) gum (to chew gum)
camera
* subject [school subject]
itchy
* to commute
Tuesday
from [place], since, because salty, hot, spicy
( ) karaoke (to do karaoke)
glass
body
* karate
to borrow light [weight]
he garage calendar river side
cute, charming, pretty pitiful, pitiable, poor thing
( ) instead of, in place of
[vi] to change
to think [analytically], to consider kangaroo
environment
relationship, connection
( ) welcome (to welcome)
tourism tourist nurse
* kanji [script]
feeling [impression]
to feel
( ) simple, easy
to persist, to try hard
•
tree, wood yellow
opportunity, chance
machine
to hear, to listen, to ask [a question]
( ) danger (dangerous)
climate
to be audible, to be able to hear article [newspaper, etc.]
( ) kiss (to kiss)
season
rule, regulation north
( ) guitar (to play the guitar)
dirty, untidy, messy
* tea room, coffee shop, cafe
postage stamp
surely, undoubtedly, certainly ticket
commemoration, memory yesterday
strict, severe mood, feeling hope, desire
[vi] to be decided
you [informal]
[vt] to decide, to choose
feeling kimono
( ) ( ) ) ( * guest, customer, client
[shop]
( ) cancellation (to cancel)
( ) camp (to camp)
suddenly express [train]
beef milk salary today
( ) education (to educate)
* church
* * textbook
* * classroom
( ) race, competition (to compete)
brother(s), sister(s), siblings
( ) interest (to have an interest in)
( ) cooperation (to cooperate)
last year
( ) hate
step~, ~-in-law to cut
to wear
( ) beautiful, clean
smoking prohibited
( ) ( *) bank (bank employee)
( ) prohibition (to prohibit)
neighbourhood blond
Friday
to pay attention, to be careful
•
air-conditioner, cooler
* air
* airport smelly whale
( ) ( ) medicine (to take medicine)
please [give me]
fruit mouth shoe(s) sock(s)
country, nation neck
class, group cloud
cloudy dark
sportsground, oval classic
class club
to compare to repeat cricket [game]
Christmas to come group car
to give [to me]
black
( ) pain, trouble (to suffer troubles)
•
( ) plan, schedule (to plan)
( ) experience (to experience)
honorific language economy, economics police
mobile phone cake
( ) game (to play a game)
drama, play
* theatre [drama]
( ) injury (to be injured)
this morning scenery, view rubber, eraser
[vt] to switch off, to erase
result, outcome good [honorific]
( ) marriage, wedding (to get married)
wedding ceremony Monday
but, however
( ) quarrel, fight, argument (to quarrel)
entrance [of house], front door
( ) ( health, vigour (in good spirits, energetic)
( ) research, study (to research)
health (healthy)
currently, at present, present [time]
( ) ( ) kendo [Japanese fencing], (to do kendo)
( ) ( ) sightseeing (to sightsee)
right(s)
* * park pollution suburb
( ) passing an exam (to pass an exam)
( ) ( ) exchange (student)
( ) ( ) senior high school (student)
crossroad, intersection
* work, construction
* public phone
* factory
course coach
* tea
school principal
* school principal’s office
* traffic
* traffic accident
school playground coat
assembly hall police box coffee
* * public servant
cola
( ) * ( ) public (school)
Golden Week
national language [Japanese in Japan, English in Australia]
international domestic
blackboard here
afternoon [pm]
heart, spirit morning [am]
answer, reply to answer, to reply
kotatsu [low table with heater inside]
( ) feast (to treat someone)
here, this one, this way chef/cook
parcel glass [cup]
thing [abstract], fact this year
word, languages child, children this
the other day these days
this area [around]
( ) copy (to copy)
* meal, cooked rice
to be troubled, to be in trouble rubbish
rubbish bin to be crowded rubber
comedy
( ) golf (to play golf)
this
after this, from now on to fall over, to trip scared, afraid
[vt] to break
[vi] to be broken
this month concert this week
this time, next time such as this, this sort of tonight
( ) convenience store
computer tonight
•
service
( ) surfing (to surf)
recently
( ) ( ) the last (lastly, finally)
( ) the first (firstly, in the beginning)
purse, wallet
materials, ingredients
[vt] to look for, to search
fish
[vi] to go down
to bloom [flowers]
cherry tree, cherry blossom composition
( ) sake [rice wine]
( ) sashimi [sliced raw fish]
to invite soccer
a little while ago magazine
( ) sugar
* * tea ceremony
desert
lonely/to miss someone cushion [for sitting on]
lonely/to miss someone cold [weather]
samurai warriors
( ) plate
the week after next the year after next salad
salary earner, office worker monkey
to make a noise, to make a fuss to touch
( ) participation (to participate in)
industry
( ) agreement (to agree)
sandal(s) sandwich
regrettable, disappointing
( ) a walk (to go for a walk)
•
poem, poetry
letter, character
( ) game, match (to play a match)
( ) happiness (happy)
CD, compact disc jeans
chef/cook
( ) salt
qualification
square, rectangular but, however
to be scolded time, hour
timetable [school]
ceremony
( ) examination (to pass an examination)
( ) examination (to sit for an examination)
accident
( ) ( ) self-introduction (to introduce oneself)
( ) job, work (to work)
dictionary earthquake
( ) quiet
nature
under, below, beneath era, period, time underwear intimate, close
( ) unemployment (to lose one’s job)
actually, to tell the truth, the fact is
( ) failure (to fail)
( ) question (to ask a question) dictionary
bicycle
* vending machine
to die
for a while, for some time one’s own, oneself
island
sister school
* * sister city
[vi] to shut, to close
( ) conservative
[vt] to shut, to close
* society, social studies
( ) photograph (to take a photo)
managing director, president of a company shirt
to talk, to chat
( ) shower (to have a shower)
( ) ( ) freedom (free)
custom, habit
* religion
address
( ) employment (to find employment)
juice judo weekend
school lesson, class juku [cram school]
homework
( ) ( ) husband [someone else’s]
prime minister
( ) * departure (to depart)
capital [city]
housewife hobby, interest kind, type order, turn
( ) preparation (to prepare)
( ) introduction (to introduce)
( ) ( ) primary school (student)
( ) ( ) New Year
primary school scholarship
shogun [commander in chief]
( ) * ( ) honest
common sense
( ) ( ) good at
novel
( ) invitation (to invite)
( ) ( ) joke (to tell a joke)
( ) ( ) horseriding (to ride a horse)
( ) healthy, strong, sturdy
information
( ) soy sauce
future
* Showa era/period
( ) jogging (to jog)
occupation
( ) * meal (to have a meal)
plant
* Japanese calligraphy
to inform, to notify
to investigate, to check up private school
to know
( ) castle
white
shinkansen, bullet train population
signal, traffic light
* * shrine [Shinto shrine]
to believe
family relation, relative
( ) kind
* * Shinto [religion]
( ) ( ) worry (to worry)
newspaper journalist
( ) progress (to make progress)
close friend
•
( ) swimming (to swim)
watermelon switch
to be uncrowded, to be empty Wednesday
mathematics
( ) supermarket
soup
( ) skirt (to wear a skirt)
( ) skiing (to ski)
( ) squash (to play squash)
( ) ( ) like, favourite
sukiyaki [name of dish]
at once, immediately few
terrific, great, incredible a little, a few
bit by bit, a little at a time to pass, to spend time
( ) sushi
cool [weather]
( ) start (to start)
much [more], all the way, all the time sour
steak
( ) lovely, good looking
[vt] to discard, to throw away
stereo
strike, stop work sand
wonderful, splendid spaghetti
( ) speech (to give a speech)
speed spoon sport trousers to live
sumo wrestling slippers
to do, to play [games or sport]
to sit down
•
( ( ) height (to be tall / short)
character, personality
( ) *( ) way of life, life (to live)
century
( ) success (to succeed)
politics politician
marks, academic result
( ) luxurious, extravagant
pupil system government uniform
a living thing, biology
* the West
sweater, jumper world
seat
( ) cough (to cough)
responsibility
( ) absolutely, definitely
( ) explanation (to explain)
back [body]
by all means narrow, small
zero
( ) to take care of someone, to look after someone
( ) election (to elect)
last month the other day player, athlete last week teacher
... not at all
war centre
( ) ( ) laundry (to do the laundry)
( ) all, everything, the whole (altogether)
( ) Japanese rice cracker
•
( ) cleaning (to clean)
sausages
( ) discussion, consultation (to discuss)
straw thongs there
and after that, and in addition there, that one, that way
( ) graduation (to graduate)
graduation ceremony outside
that
beside, nearby
( ) soba [buckwheat noodles]
grandfather [own]
( ) softball (to play softball)
grandmother [own]
* sky
that
and after that or
besides, in addition to that about time, by and by
( ) respect (to respect)
like that, that sort of not that much
•
physical education gymnasium
athletics carnival
( ) ( ) university (student)
( ) ( ) hate, detest
carpenter embassy all right, O.K.
( ) ( ) love
( ) ( ) important, precious
almost all, mostly usually
kitchen typhoon
very, terrible, awful towel
high, tall, expensive height
therefore
to hold in one’s arms, to hug a lot, many
taxi
* taxi stand
to put out, to send to help, to save just, free of charge
* correct, right [as opposed to wrong]
tatami mat to stand
( ) table tennis (to play table tennis)
vertical building for example enjoyable to enjoy
to look foward to
to request, to ask a favour
( ) cigarettes (to smoke)
* trip, journey
perhaps, maybe multiculturalism food
to eat egg
occasionally
( ) no good, not be allowed (no good, useless)
to accumulate, to save to be enough, to suffice who?
someone, somebody anyone, everyone word, vocabulary
( ) ( ) birthday
( ) dance (to dance)
gradually
rice field, rice paddy
( ) ( ) blood (to bleed)
small, little cheese team
* underground, basement
near
to differ, to be wrong nearby, closely
* subway, underground railway
* shortcut
the earth
chicken [cooked]
( ) being late (to be late)
map
father [own]
* locality, region, district
* * brown
( ) teacup, bowl
( ) care, attention, caution
(to pay attention, to take care, to warn)
( ) ( ) junior high school (student)
junior high school China
* car park
( ) ( ) parking (to park a car)
( ) order (to place an order)
chalk
exactly, just
chocolate
a little bit, for a moment
* * geography
tour
( ) about ~, regarding ~
( ) * ( ) interpreter (to interpret)
to use to be tired month, moon
following, after, next to arrive
desk to make
Japanese pickles
[vt] to switch on, to attach
( convenience (convenient/inconvenient)
[vt] to continue
[vi] to continue
boring
that is to say cold [to touch]
nail, claw
intention
( ) fishing (to fish)
crane
to take [someone along]
to bring [someone along]
to work, be employed
rainy season [usually in June in Japan]
strong
•
hand T-shirt set meal disk disco
date (to go on a date)
( polite
table tape
tape recorder letter
to go out text
to be able to do, to be completed as much as possible
technology exit
dessert therefore test
to help, to assist, to aid
( ) tennis (to play tennis) department store but
( ) ( ) * temple [Buddhist temple]
to leave, to go out, to come out, to attend television
telephone card
* shop assistant
weather
weather forecast / report electricity
( ) typical
train [electric]
( ) tradition (traditional)
emperor
tempura [name of dish]
( / ) ( / ) telephone (to telephone)
•
door toilet
how?, in what way?
why?
at any cost, no matter what
( ) ( ) arrival (to arrive)
tofu [bean curd]
* animal
* * zoo
how?
* the East, the Orient
road, street far away, distant toast
* street, road
* to pass, to go along
big city, metropolis time, when
* sometimes
( ) good at
reading
especially, in particular
( ) special
watch, clock where?
somewhere anywhere place by the way year, age
( ) ( ) old person
library
on the way, midway which one, which way special express train very
who? [honorific]
next door, next to which? [of 3 or more]
how much?, about how many?, how long?
to fly, to jump
[vi] * to stop
[vi] * to stay [at a hotel, etc]
( ) *( ) friend (to become friends)
( ) *( ) friend (to make friends)
Saturday
( ) drive (to go for a drive)
drama
( ) playing cards (to play cards)
chicken meat
Shinto shrine gateway
( ) effort (to make an effort)
to take, to take off, to get dollar
which? [of 3 or more things]
crumbed pork cutlet fast, rapidly
what kind of?
tomato
knife
[vi] to be fixed, to recover
inside long length to cry
[vt] to lose
to die [animate], to disappear [inanimate]
why?
summer
nostalgic, remember fondly
etc, and so on what?
something
nothing, not anything name
to learn
[vi] to be in a row, to stand in line
to become to get used to what?
anything, everything
to suit smell bitter
( ) unskilful, bad at
( ) lively, bustling
meat to smile west Sunday diary Japan
Japanese food luggage
to resemble, to be similar school entrance ceremony
( ) ( ) entering a school (to enter a school)
news
according to~
doll
( ) ( ) popularity (to be popular)
to take off [shoes, dress, etc]
a tie cat price fever
( ) necklace (to wear a necklace)
( ) netball (to play netball)
to oversleep sleepy
to sleep, to go to bed, to lie down
agriculture
note book, exercise book
[vt] to leave
[vi] to remain, to be left over
later throat to climb drink to drink
a kind of seaweed to change [transport]
[vi] to get on [transport], to ride
to take it easy, to relax
• •
tooth, teeth
* circumstances, case party
barbeque hike, hiking violin
haiku [Japanese 17 syllable poem]
dentist
stall, canteen, kiosk to enter
postcard
( ) idiot (stupid)
nothing but
to put on [shoes, trousers, etc]
museum box scissors bridge
( ) chopsticks
[vt] to begin, to start
at first, firstly for the first time
[vt] to begin
to run
* place, location
to be shy, to be ashamed, to be embarrassed bus
bus stop
( ) basketball (to play basketball)
to pass [tests, exams]
passport
butter
twenty years old
* to work
pachinko [vertical pinball]
( ) showy, flashy, loud [taste]
( ) badminton (to play badminton)
nose flower
( ) ( ) flower viewing
story
to talk, to speak banana
fireworks mother [own]
pub
quick, fast early woods to pay spring
( ) volleyball (to play volleyball)
clear [weather]
evening, night bread
handkerchief
program [TV, radio]
number
* dinner, evening meal
handsome, good-looking
( ) opposite, opposition (to oppose)
half month half year handbag hamburger half
• •
( earrings [pierced] (to wear pierced earrings, to
have one’s ears pierced)
( piano (to play the piano)
heater beach beer east
to play [strings, keyboard]
low picnic aeroplane lap, knee(s) pizza
visa
art [subject], fine arts art gallery
secretary biscuit left video
to be surprised to move [house]
sheep
( ) necessity (necessary)
person
terrible, horrible, awful
* people
alone, by oneself plastic, vinyl
spare time, free time, leisure free
sunscreen hospital sickness
hiragana [script]
building
( ) ( ) * lunch
daytime
broad, wide, spacious, vast to pick up
bottle pink
( ping-pong (to play ping-pong)
• •
( ) fax (to send a fax)
computer games family restaurant to increase fork
pool deep clothes
to blow, to play [a wind instrument]
( ) complicated
( ) revision (to revise) bag
pig pork
( ) general(ly), usual(ly)
* Buddhism [religion]
( ) football (to play football)
* physics
calligraphy brush to put on weight
futon [Japanese bedding]
ship
( ) inconvenient
winter blouse platform
( ) present, gift (to give a present)
furoshiki [a Japanese piece of square cloth used for wrapping/carrying things]
to fall [rain, snow, etc]
old [objects]
professional
( ) Japanese bath
culture literature grammar stationery
• •
Heisei period/era
* peace
page vegemite
( ) bad at, unskilful
( ) another, separate, different
pet bed
* room
[vt] to reduce
[vi] to decrease, to become fewer
( ) bell (the bell rings)
belt
( ) strange, weird
penfriend
( ) ( ) study (to study)
lawyer
( ) *( ) answer, reply (to reply)
bench
( ) boxed lunch
convenient, handy, useful
• •
direction, way boyfriend foreign trade after school
cap, hat (to wear a hat) boat, rowing
platform
homestay homeroom law
hall ball
( ) other, other than, besides
I, me [used by boys]
* farm [grazing only]
pocket sick room PD/H/PE
( ) protection (to protect)
to want, wish to have poster
mail box thin
( ) hockey (to play hockey)
hotdog pop [music]
hotel
almost, mostly bone
volunteer
( ) bowling (to go bowling)
book bookshelf
( ) ( ) real(ly), true (truly)
( ) translation (to translate)
to become lost, to be lost front, before, previous to turn
to be defeated, to lose grandchild
serious, conscientious first of all
unpalatable, unappetising, yucky, tastes bad again
not yet, still town
mistake
to make a mistake
* to wait
( ) festival
straight
until, as far as, up to window
to learn to be on time
( ) nail polish (to wear nail polish)
manager
to defend, to adhere to, to keep, to protect mayonnaise
marathon round
surrounding area comic, cartoon home unit
meat pie
to be visible, to be able to see to polish, to brush [teeth]
mandarin right
short (length) water
swimming costume lake
shop to show miso miso soup
* road, street, path
[vt] to find
green everyone south ear
to see, to watch, to look milk
everyone, all
to go to pick up a person to come to pick up a person old times, long ago
the oppposite side, the other side, over there humid
difficult
son daughter
( ) waste (wasteful)
village purple
( ) impossible, beyond one’s power
eye niece
business card
( ) glasses (to put on/to take off glasses)
uncommon, rare, unusual to stand out
menu
( ) licence, (to get one’s licence)
duty-free store member
already, now soon
Thursday if
( ) rice cakes
wasted, a waste, regrettable to have, to hold
to take to take home to bring more
to return [to the starting point]
thing [concrete]
ruler monorail to receive forest, wood gate, gateway to complain
problem, question, issue
* greengrocer, fruit and vegetable shop yakitori [chicken on a skewer]
( ) baseball (to play baseball)
about, approximately
( ) promise, appointment (to promise)
to be useful, to be helpful vegetable
easy, gentle, kind cheap
( ) ( ) rest, holiday, absence, break, recess
to rest, to be absent to lose weight at last
after all, as expected, as I thought mountain
[vt] to stop [doing something]
to give [to someone of lower status], to do soft, tender
* amusement park
gum tree, eucalypts, eucalyptus
* early evening youth hostel post office last night
( ) ( ) famous
sense of humourr (to have a sense of humour) yukata [a cotton kimono]
snow
( ) ( ) export (to export)
( ) slowly (to relax)
uniform
( ) ( ) import (to import)
finger
( ) ring (to wear a ring)
( ) ( ) dream (to dream)
good
( ) preparation (to prepare)
* [Western] clothes
well/often
side, next to, horizontal budget
program, schedule, plan
in the middle of the night, midnight to call, to invite
to read
( ) appointment, reservation
(to make an appointment / reservation) yacht
night
to be pleased
very well, that’s good weak
( ) ( ) comfort (comfortable)
( ) rugby (to play)
radio
Chinese noodle
* * science [school subject]
( ) recycle (to recycle)
reason
( ) ( ) study abroad (to study abroad)
overseas student fashion, craze dormitory
fee, charge, fare parents [own]
both
( ) cuisine (to cook)
* inn [Japanese style]
( ) * ( ) travel (to travel)
apple
not at home
example refrigerator history restaurant
report, essay lemon
lemonade
( ) practice (to practise)
( ) contact (to contact)
corridor, passage
Roman letters, romanisation locker
rock [music]
( ) romantic
word processor business shirt wine
* * Japanese-English dictionary
young
to understand
to divide, to distribute
* * Japanese style room
* Japanese food, cuisine
to forget, to leave behind lost property
I, me to cross
to laugh, to smile bad
Expressions
Oh! Ah!
( ) Happy New Year! (honorific)
I say, um, well Oh! [female]
( ) Thank you (polite incomplete/complete)
No, that’s okay You mustn’t
Thank you for the meal/drink [said before eating/drinking]
Bye!, I’m off!, See you later! [person leaving]
Bye!, See you later! [person staying]
Welcome! [restaurants, shops]
no [informal]
yes [informal]
Well, let me see
Welcome home!
Excuse me for going ahead
[when leaving/eating before other people]
Please go ahead, after you Excuse me for disturbing you Goodbye [sorry I disturbed you]
Sorry I’m late
Take care [to someone who is sick]
( ) Thank you, you must be tired
[used when requesting something, asking a favour]
May I have ~ ? / May I speak to ~?
Good morning
Good morning [honorfic]
Sorry to have kept you waiting
( ) Congratulations!
Good night
Certainly sir/madam.
( ) ( ) Take care
•
( ) No, thank you
( ) ( ) ( ) Goodbye, take care
( ) ( ) ( ) How are you?
•
( ) Thank you for the meal [said after a meal]
Likewise (the pleasure is mine) Excuse me, is anybody home?
Sorry
Good evening
Hello, good afternoon, good day
Well, well now
Well now [getting to the point]
Goodbye
( ) Excuse me, I’m sorry
Excuse me [incomplete]
Goodbye [complete]
( ) It’s been a long time
Well, well then
( ) ( ) See you again
Is that so?
That’s right
•
( ) Are you all right?
Hi, I’m home!
Please wait a moment
Well, well then
You are welcome
What happened? What’s wrong?
Please go ahead! Here you are.
Thanks, Thank you, Sorry
( ) Thank you very much
[polite - imcomplete/complete]
( ) How do you do? (Pleased to meet you)
( ) It’s been a long time
Is that so?
What?, Indeed! [informal]
Look! There!
See you again!
Hello [on the telephone]
Welcome
( ) ( ) Thank you [in advance]
[please help me in the future]
( ) Give my regards (to )
Oh! Wow!
Place names ( )
Asia Africa Arab
South America Europe
America England Italy Iraq Iran India Indonesia Holland Canada
Korea Cambodia Greece Singapore Switzerland Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Thailand Germany China
New Zealand France Brazil Philippines Vietnam Portugal Hong Kong
South Africa
Mexico Russia
Australia NSW
Queensland Victoria
South Australia Western Australia Tasmania
Melbourne Adelaide Perth Canberra
Darwin Brisbane Cairns Hobart Sydney
Japan Hokkaido Honshu Shikoku Okinawa Kyushu Sapporo Sendai Tokyo
Narita Ueno Ginza
Shinjuku Shibuya Yokohama Nagoya Kyoto Nara Osaka
Kobe Hiroshima
Fukuoka Nagasaki
Numerals
20 99 100 1,000 10,000 1,000,000 10,000,000 100,000,000
10 11 12
Auxiliary numerals
things things people
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10
Days of the week Days of the month (
Sunday 1st day of the month
Monday 2nd
Tuesday 3rd
Wednesday 4th
Thursday 5th
Friday 6th
Saturday 7th
8th
Months (
9thJanuary 10th
February 11th
March 12th
April 14th
May 20th
June 24th
July August September October November December
Counters
yen
lesson/chapter
days of month [dates]
days floor
no. of times school terms
months [period of time]
months [names of months]
length of time kilo / kilograms kilo / kilometres small/round objects ages
books
~ o’clock
hours [period of time]
school lessons / period weeks
century centimetres cents
general things marks
degrees times dollars people years year level numbers
ordinal numbers nights
small animals, fish minutes
long, thin objects flat objects ordinal numbers metres
Suffixes
less than bound for more than
* employee
side
* ward
about [length of time]
[after boy’s name]
* prefecture
language about [a time]
( [after names]
* city
nationality past each made in ~
[after teachers/doctors]
* plural for people
[after child’s name]
during
with / included half
club
* shop
Prefixes
(prefix for ordinal numbers) (prefix “every” for time) (prefix “next” for time)
PRESCRIBED KANJI
Active Use (150) Recognition only (50)
Adjectives
Body/Health
Culture (nil) Family/
Friends Nature
Numbers/ (nil)
Counters
Occupations (nil) Places
Positions (nil)
School Time
Transport/
Travel Verbs
Miscellaneous
