Index of terms:
n. noun
v. verb
adj. adjective
adv. adverb
pron. pronoun
part. particle (in Japanese)
English/Japanese:
English Japanese
about, extent (adv.) hodo
above ue
again, once more mata
also, too, as well mo
always, forever itsu mo
AM, morning gozen
and then, now soshite
any, anything, whatever nandemo
April shigatsu
arm ude
arranged introduction for marriage omiai
as well, though, still de mo
August hachigatsu
autumn, fall aki
back senaka
bad, evil, wrong (adj.) warui
bad, wrong ikenai
bath (n.) furo
bathing suit mizugi
be, exist (polite form of iru) irassharu
before, not later than made ni
beginning (n.) hajime
behind, rear ushiro
black (adj.) kuroi
black (n.) kuro
blood (figuratively, life force) chi
blue (adj.) aoi
blue (n.) ao
book hon
book store honya
boy otoko no ko
boy, son bocchan
bread pan
break, destroy (v.) kowasu
bridge hashi
brown (adj.) chairo no
brown (n.) chairo
buy, purchase (v.) kau
by all means doshite mo
calling card, business card meishi
can be done dekiru
cannot do dekimasen
cat, kitten neko
catch a cold kaze o hiku
chair isu
change kawaru
cheap (adj.) yasui
chest, breast, bust mune
child kodomo
children kodomora
children kodomotachi
chopsticks hashi
cigarettes, tobacco tabako
circle, yen en
city shi
cloudy kumori
cold (n.) kaze
cold, chilly samui
colour iro
company, firm kaisha
conscience ryoushin
cooked rice, meal han, gohan
corner kado
countryside inaka
cousin itoko
crisis kiki
cry, weep naku
cut, slash (v.) kiru
cute, darling kawaii
dangerous (description or warning) abunai
dark (adj.) kurai
daughter musume
death shi
debt, loan shakkin
December junigatsu
deity kami
desire, want hoshii
did shita
dislike (n.) kirau
dissapointment shitsubou
do not shinai
doctor isha
dog inu
doll ningyou
dream, vision yume
drink (v.) nomu
ear mimi
east higashi
egg tamago
eight hachi
electricity denki
end, close (v.) owaru
England Eikoku
English language eigo
enter, come in hairu
et cetera (suffix) nado
every (prefix) mai-
everything mina, minna
excuse gomen
explanation setsumei
eye me
face kao
fall, come down, drop (v.) ochiru
fast, quickly (adj.) hayaku
father (one's own) chichi
February nigatsu
film, movie eiga
few, some, little sukoshi
fire hi
first, best ichiban
fish sakana
fish uo
five go
five (counting items) itsutsu
flower arrangement ikebana
flower, blossom hana
fool, idiot baka
foreign country gaikoku
foreigner gaijin
foreigner gakokujin
four shi
four yon
frequently, many times tabitabi
Friday kinyoubi
from then on, after that sorekara
from, since, because (part.) kara
front mae
garden, courtyard niwa
girl onna no ko
give, confer, bestow (v.) kudasaru
glasses megane
go (v.) iku
good afternoon, good day konnichi wa
good bye (long term only) sayonara
good, fine ii
good, fine yoi
gratitude, thanks (n.) kansha
green (n.) midori
hair kami
hair cut sampatsu
half han
haze, mist kasumi
healthy (adj.) genki na
hello moshi moshi
henpecked husband kyousai-ka
here koko
hobby, interest shumi
hospital byouin
hot atsui
hot spring, spa onsen
how long, until when itsu made
hundred hyaku
hurry, hasten(v.) isogu
I, me, myself watakushi
I, me, myself watashi
in front of, ago mae ni
in that case, if so de wa
indeed, to be sure naruhodo
inn ryokan
insect, bug, worm mushi
inside, interior naka
instructor, teacher, doctor sensei
introduction, recommendation shoukai
it is (conditional form: "to be") desu
January ichigatsu
Japan nippon, nihon
joke, jest joudan
June rokugatsu
just a minute chotto
key kagi
kindness, goodness shinsetsu
language,speech, word, term kotoba
last month sengetsu
last night yuube
last week senshuu
last year kyonen
late, behind osoi
lately, recently konogoro
laugh (v.) warau
lawyer bengoshi
left hidari
letter, note tegami
lie, falsehood uso
life (n.) inochi
light (adj.) karui
living room ima
little, a few, some sukoshi
long, lengthy, prolonged nagai
love (fondness, liking) suki
love (parental) ai
love (romantic) koi
love letter koibumi
lover, sweetheart koibito
luxury zeitaku
magazine, periodical zasshi
man otoko
mandarain orange mikan
March sangatsu
marriage, cermony (n.) kekkon
May gogatsu
may be, possibly desho
maybe, perhaps tabun
meat niku
merchant shounin
mind, heart, spirit kokoro
minute fun (pun)
mirror kagami
Monday getsuyoubi
money kane, okane
month tsuki
moon tsuki
more, much motto
morning asa
mother (one's own) haha
mountain yama
mouth kuchi
music ongaku
name na, namae
nature shizen
neck kubi
neighborhood kinjo
newspaper shimbun
next week raishuu
next year rainen
niece mei
nine ku, kyu
no iie
noodle udon
north kita
not good, futile dame na
November juichigatsu
now ima
now, just now, in a minute tadaima
now, soon, shortly mou
number kazu
number, turn, order ban
October jugatsu
on the way, en route, halfway tochu de
once more, again mou ichido
one hitotsu
one ichi
oneself jibun
or soretomo
other, another hoka no
outside soto
over there (distant proximity) asoko
page peeji
paint, draw kaku
paper kami
parent oya
patient (literally, sick person) byounin
peace heiwa
person hito
pink pinku
please (go ahead) douzo
please give me onegai shimasu
PM, afternoon gogo
poetry, poem shi
point, tip saki
pond ike
purple murasaki
question marker, logical "or" ka
quiet (adj.) shizuka na
rather than (this, not that) yori
recive, accept itadakimasu
red (adj.) akai
red (n.) aka
refreshments saka
return kaeru
rice field ta
rice wine sake
right (direction) migi
right, privilege kenri
ring yubiwa
river kawa
romanization romaji
room, chamber heya
rope nawa
rose flower bara
safe, secure (adj.) daijobu
salary, wages kyuryou
salt shio
sandals (for a kimono) zouri
school gakkou
sea, ocean umi
season kisetsu
season, time, occasion setsu
September kugatsu
seven shichi
signature shomei
sing (v.) utau
six roku
six days, sixth day muika
skin, leather kawa
sky sora
slope, hill saka
slowly (adv.) yukkuri
small, little chiisai
small, little chiisana
smile (n.) hohoemi
snow yuki
soap sekken
sometimes tokidoki
somewhat, somehow nandaka
song uta
some, little, a few sukoshi
soul, spirit tamashii
sound, noise oto
south minami
soy bean paste miso, nattou
soy sauce shouyu
Spring haru
star hoshi
station eki
store, business (honya = book store) -ya
study (n.) benkyou
study (v.) benkyou suru
sugar satou
summer natsu
sun, day hi, ni, nichi
Sunday nichiyoubi
take a bath furo ni hairu
tea cha, ocha
tea ceremony sadou
teacher kyoushi
tear, rip namida
telephone denwa
television terebi
ten ju
ten to
ten thousand man
that sono
that sore
that (distant proximity, used w/noun) ano
that's right sou
the last, the end saigo
the West, the Occidental world seiyou
there sochira
there soko
there is (existance) aru
there is (humble form of arimasu) gozaimasu
there is not (non-existance) arimasen
thief, robber dorobou
thin, slender, narrow (adj.) hosoi
think (v.) kangaeru
think, consider (v.) omou
this kono
this evening komban
this one, this way, here kochira
this time, now, next time kondo
this, this one kore
thousand sen
three mittsu
three san
throat nodo
Thursday mokuyoubi
ticket kippu
time, hour jikan
time, hour toki
to be, exist, reside iru
to begin hajimaru
to come (v.) kuru
to do, to try (v.) suru
to eat taberu
to forget (v.) wasureru
to get married (v.) kekkon suru
to put out, to extinguish (v.) kesu
to put up with, to endure (v.) shinobu
to see (v.) miru
to sleep (v.) neru
to talk, speak hanasu
to, at, in, toward (part.) ni
today kyou
toilet otearai
toilet, washroom gofujou
tomorrow ashita
town, city machi
train (railway) kisha
trip, journey ryokou
trouble mendou
true (adj.) hontou no
Tuesday kayoubi
two futatsu
two ni
two days futsuka
umbrella kasa
under, below shita
understand wakaru
university daigaku
until, up to (part.) made
USA Beikoku
vegetables yasai
very much, really doumo
view, scenery nagame
vigour, spirit (n.) genki
village mura
visible (v.) mieru
voice koe
wall, fence hei
want, need, require iru
was, it was (conditional form: "to be") deshita
watch tokei
water mizu
weak, frail (adj.) yowai
Wednesday suiyoubi
weighty, heavy omoi
well, in that case (abbrev. "de wa") ja
west nishi
what nan, nani
when itsu
where doko
which (pron.) docchi
which, what dono
which, what dore
while nagara
white (adj.) shiroi
white (n.) shiro
who dare
who, anyone, somebody donata
why (also "doshite") naze
why (also "naze") doshite
wide, broad hiroi
wife, spouse tsuma
wind, breeze kaze
window mado
winter fuyu
woman onna
wonderful, great, splendid suteki na
wooden clogs geta
wooden sword shinai
world sekai
worry, trouble, anxiety shimpai
yes hai
yesterday kinou
you anata
younger sister imouto
