Japanese words
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Ichi- One
Ni- two
San- three
Yon (or shi)- four
Go- five
Roku- six
Nana (or Shichi)- seven
Hachi- eight
Ku (or kyu)- nine
Ju- ten


Ohayo- Goodmorning
Oyasuminasai- Goodnight
Onegaishimasu- Please
Sumimasen- Exuse me
Konnichi wa- Hello
Bai- bye
Saionara- good bye for a long period of time
Gomen- Sorry
Gomen nasai- I'm very sorry
Arigatou -  Thank you
Ikaga desu ka- How are you doing?
O genki desu ka- Long time no see, how are you?
Dare desu ka- who is it?

Affirmation - Dansen
America-  Amerika
Autumn-Aki
Bald - Hage
Bath - Ofuro
Bathroom-Yokushitsu
Beef-Gyuniku
Bird -Tori
Bread-Pan
Bride-Hanayomi
Buckwheat Noodles - Soba
Candy - Kyande
Cheerful- Kaikatsu na
Cherry Blossom - Sakura
Comic-Manga
Cool- Kakkoii
Crab - Kani
Crazy/ witless-Shoki de Nai
Cute-Kawaii
Dog - Inu
Dragon - Ryu
Dumb - Kuchi no kikenai
Energy- Genki
Evil- Shi
Exactly - Chodo
Fermented soybeans - Natto
Good- Ii
Go out - Gaishutsu suru
Grape - Budou
Grilled chicken on a stick -Yakitori
Hamburger - Hanbaagaa
Hold in one's arms - Kakaeru
Hurry (or Quickly!) - Hayaku
I-Watakushi or Watashi. If you are a women, you can use atashi, and if you are a man, you can use                         Boku
I am-Watashi wa (your name here) desu.
Illusion - Genso
Immortality - Fudotoku
Interesting-Omoshiroi
Japan- Nippon
Japanese (language)-  Nihongo
Japanese (person) - Nihonjin
Japanese horseradish - Wasabi
Legend - Shinwa
Light-Hikari
Liquor made from grain - Shochu
Love (noun)- Ai (suru)
affection - daisuki
Magic- Maho
Male - Dansei
Meal - Gohan
Milk- Gyuunyuu
Mouse in a trap - Fukuro no nezumi
No- Iie
Ocean-Kaiyo
Old man - jiijii
Old person - rojin
Ordinary-Nami no
Paradise - Gokuraku
Pine tree- Matsu
Plate - Osara
Princess - Hime(for the title of a name, ex. Hime Sarah, not sarah is a hime)
Power- Chikara
Quantity, dormitory, shooting, hunting, fishing - Ryo
Rice - Gohan
Rice Wine - Sake
Salmon - Sake or Shake
Sea - Umi
Sea bathing-Kaisuiyoku
Shine, flash, glitter- Hikaru
Showy, gaudy - Hade
Soldier- Senshi
Soybean paste - Miso
Soy sauce - Shoyu
Spirit- Seishin (soul) Rei(mind)
Spring - Haru
Stupid- Baka
Supermarket-Supa
Sugar-Sato
Summer- Natsu
Swallowtail Butterfly - Ageha Chou
Sword- Ken
Tidal wave caused by an earthquake -Tsunami
Toilet - Toire
We - Watashitachi
We did it! - Yatta!
What! - Nanda or nande
What? - Nani
Whatever - Ikani
Wind - Kaze
Winter- Fuyu
Women, lady, wife, Mrs. - Fujin
World - Sekai
Yay!- Yatta!
Yes- Hai
You - Anata
Your - Anata no




daisukininaru- to come to like a lot, to fall in love
beloved~koishii, saiai
uninteresting (an)- mumikansou
Bermuda Triangle- ba-myu-datoraianguru
triangle- sankaku, toraianguru
forever- itsumademo, eiei, matsudai, suenagaku, sueshijuu
dislike- iyaki, iyake, en'o
dislike of smoking- ken'en
one who dislikes people- hitogirai
don't worry (id)- goshinpainaku (or sometimes Kimi Sumai)
different- kawatta, bekko, bekko
color- teishoku, kara-
cat with three colors of fur- mikeneko
escape- tonsou, tonzura, issou, dasshutsu, touhi, toubou