873 everyday words with readings, romaji, and native audio
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トイレ を 貸して くださいトイレをかしてください
toire wo kashite kudasai
May I please use the bathroom? — more formal and polite way to ask for bathroom — literal: please lend me the bathroom — Note: kasu (to lend) te form = _____て
そうしましょう
sou shimasou
Let's do [it]! Note: response to A: shall we do X? B: Yes, let's do it! — そう (sō) = that / like that / in that way — しましょう = polite volitional form of する → “let’s do”
ここで止めてくださいここでとめてください
koko de tomete kudasai
Please stop [the car] here ____ -te: Stop (the て-form of the verb "止める," meaning "to stop") - imperative command — also meru version is transitive meaning you’re asking someone to stop a direct object (like a car)
赤坂駅を出てくださいあかさかえきをでてください
Akasaka eki wo dete kudasai
Please exit Akasaka Station —__te : Exit (the て-form of the verb "出る" meaning "to exit" or "to leave") - imperative command
右に曲がってくださいみぎにまがってください
migi ni magatte kudasai
Please turn right — _____te : Turn (the て-form of the verb "曲がる" meaning "to turn") - imperative command
まっすぐ行ってくださいまっすぐいってください
massugu itte kudasai
Please go straight — 行って : Go (て-form of 行く meaning "to go") - imperative command
大きい交差点を左に曲がってくださいおおきいこうさてんをひだりにまがってください
ooki kousaten wo hidari ni magatte kudasai
Please turn left at the big intersection — _____ te : Turn (the て-form of "曲がる" meaning "to turn") - imperative command — you can put ni or wo after the direction of the turn but in this case it must be wo ni to be correct
50メートルくらい行ってください50メートルくらいいってください
50 metoru kurai itte kudasai
Please go about 50 meters — __ te : Go (the て-form of "行く" meaning "to go") - imperative command — kurai and gurai are interchangeable
左に見てくださいひだりにみてください
hidari ni mite kudasai
Please look to the left __te: Look (the て-form of the verb "見る" meaning "to see" or "to look") - imperative command
痛いいたい
itai
painful, hurts, sore (adj)
どこが痛いですかどこがいたいですか
doko ga itai desu ka
where does it hurt?
頭が痛いですあたまがいたいです
atama ga itai desu
my head hurts I have a headache
手と足が痛いですてとあしがいたいです
te to ashi ga itai desu
My hands and feet hurt
昨日頭が痛かったですきのうあたまがいたかったです
kinou atama ga itakatta desu
My head hurt yesterday I had a headache yesterday
痛くないですいたくないです
itakunai desu
It doesn't hurt
かわいそうかわいそう(です)
kawai sou
poor, pitiful, how pitiful, how sad ex. 彼は風邪をひいて、________です。 kare wa kaze wo hiote, _____ ___ desu He caught a cold, how sad/pitiful
お会計おかいけい
okaiekei
bill, check
お会計をお願いしますおかいけいをおねがいします
okaikei wo onegaishimasu
May I have the bill/check, please? The bill/check, please. — more polite than kudasai
A: Thank you! B: Likewise, thank you! / No, the pleasure is mine.
高橋さんはリビングでテレビを見ていますたかはしさんはリビングでテレビをみています
takahashi san wa ribingu de terebi wo miteimasu
Takahashi is watching TV in the living room
日本語を勉強していますにほんごをべんきょうしています
nihongo wo bekyoushiteimasu
I am studying Japanese (ongoing state) suru -> te form -> te continuous form (te iru or te imasu)
ちょっと待ってくださいちょっとまってください
chotto matte kudasai
Please wait a moment
見られるみられる
mirareru
can see/watch ( casual ) — potential form for ichidan -iru/-eru verbs: replace final -ru with rareru
見られますみられます
miraremasu
can see/watch ( polite -masu form ) — potential form ichidan (-iru/-eru) verbs: replace final -ru with -rareru
話せるはなせる
hanaseru
can speak ( casual ) — potential form of godan verbs = change final -u sound to -eru or -emasu
話せますはなせます
hanasemasu
can speak, talk, tell ( polite ) — potential form of godan verbs = change final -u sound to -eru or emasu
スマホでYouTubeが見られますスマホでYouTubeがみられます
sumaho de YouTube ga miraremasu
[I] can watch YouTube on [my] smartphone ( polite ) Note: ga is used instead of wo beacuse of a rule that is associated with ga referring to being able to do 1 of many other things so wo cannot be used
日本語が話せますにほんごがはなせます
nihongo ga hanasemasu
I can speak Japanese ( polite )
聞けますきけます
kikemasu
can listen / hear / ask ( polite ) kiku (Godan) -> replace u with eru or emasu
聞けるきける
kikeru
can listen, hear, ask ( casual )
スマホで音楽が聞けますスマホでおんがくがきけます
sumaho de ongaku ga kikemasu
I can listen to music on my smartphone ( polite )
使えるつかえる
tsukaeru
can use — (tsukau -> godan casual potential form = change final -u sound to -eru or -emasu)
使えますつかえます
tsukaemasu
can use polite potential form of tsukau godan = change final -u to -eru or -emasu
スマホがあるから、インターネットが使えますスマホがあるから、インターネットがつかえます
sumaho ga aru kara, intanetto ga tsukaemasu
Because I have a smartphone, I can use the internet ( formal ) I have a smartphone so I can use the internet
スキーができる
suki ga dekiru
I can ski ( casual )
入ってもいいですかはいってもいいですか
haitte mo ii desu ka
May I enter? Is it okay if I come in? Note: [te form] + [mo ii] = may I [te verb] hairu -> ____te
入ってはいけませんはいってはいけません
haitte wa ikemasen
You may not enter Note: te form + wa + ikemasen (can't go / neg potential form of iku) = you may not [te verb]
ビールを飲んでもいいですかビールをのんでもいいですか
biiru wo nonde mo ii desu ka
May I drink beer?
ビールを飲んではいけませんビールをのんではいけません
biiru wo nonde wa ikemasen
You may not drink beer
ビールを飲んでもいいですビールをのんでもいいです
biiru wo nonde mo ii desu
You may drink beer
入ってもいいですはいってもいいです
haitte mo ii desu
You may enter
いくらしますか
ikura shimasu ka
How much does it cost? (shimasu version)
一万円しますいちまんえんします
ichi man en shimasu
It costs 10,000 yen
お腹が空いたおなかがすいた
Onaka ga suita
I'm hungry (past tense form, casual ) Literal: my stomach has emptied
入ってもいいですはいってもいいです
haitte mo ii desu
You may enter You entering is okay Note: te form + mo ii = may I [te verb] hairu -> ____te
おかげ さま で 元気 ですおかげさまでげんきです
okage sama de genki desu
Thank you for asking, I am doing well.
か (mid sentence particle)か
ka
or — Links alternatives more casually than soretomo — General "or" for options in questions/statements
どんな
donna
what kind of, what type of, what sort of
おばあさんに車のことを話しますおばあさんにくるまのことをはなします
obaasan ni kuruma no koto wo hanashimasu
I will tell my grandmother about the car ( polite ) — ni marks that obasaan is told something — kuruma no koto: about or regarding cars — wo marks the conversation is about (no koto) cars
nande watashi ni shukudai no koto wo hanasanakatta no
Why didn't you tell me about the homework? ( casual ) — why can also mean how come — ni marks watashi as the person who is being told — shukudai no koto : about or regarding homework — wo marks shukudai no koto as the thing that is being talked about (no koto) — no : informal question marker seeking explanation
父に彼のことを話したちちにかれのことをはなした
chichi ni kare no koto wo hanashita
I told my father about my boyfriend ( casual ) — ni: marks otousan as the person who is being told something — kare no koto : about or regarding the boyfriend — wo: marks kare no koto as the thing that is being talked about (no koto)
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