{ short phrases }Dōmo arigatoo gozaimasu – Thank you very much.Iie, kekkou desu. – No thanks.Dō itashimashite – You’re welcomeIrasshaimase – Welcome.Dozo o sakini - pls go ahead.

{Please}Dōzo – [ when offering ]Kudasai - [ when requesting something ]

{ Acknowledgements }ee desu ka – ready? | alright?a, sō desu ka – I see.so desu ne – let me see.a ii des ne. – ok.

Daijobu desu ka – Is it okay? Daijobu desu – its okay.Ja – well then (Ja mata )a – oh.ne – is that right?

suki desu – I like it.suki desu ka – you like it?kirai desu – I don’t like it. (kee lie)

* kirei desu – It’s beautiful. (kee lay)

{ greetings } Ohayo gozaimasu – Good morning Konichiwa – Good Afternoon | Hello. Kombanwa – Good evening Oyasuminasai – Good night

namae – (nama aye)namae wa kudasai. – Your name pls.

{ Chat Weather }Ee, otenki des ne. – Nice day. Isn’t it?Atsui ee des ne. – Hot, isn’t itSamui ee des ne – Cold, isn’t it.

{ communications - help}mo ichido onegaishimasu – one more time pls.yukkuri onegaishimasu – slowly pls.Eigo ga wakarimasu ka. – speak EnglishWakarimasu. – I understandIie, wakarimasen. – I don’t understand.

“Kore wa eigo de nan to imasu ka”

– How do you say this in English“Kore wa eigo de nan to yomi masu ka.” – How do you read this in English

Kaite kudasai – pls write it.sukoshi hanashimasu – I speak a little.sukoshi wakarimasu – I understand a little.

Chotto matte kudasai – one moment pls.Ikimasho – let’s go.Ikimasho ka? - Shall we go?

Sore o kudasai – pls give me this.Kore o kudasai – pls give me that.

{ Directions – doko desu }Hidari (left) | Massugu (Straight) | Migi (Right) Harijuku eki wa doko desu ka. – Where is Harijuku stn.

{ Persons } Otoko – Man Onna – Woman Kodomo - Child

{ Exclamations }Abunai - Watch out!Tasukete – Help!kaji - fire

Osewani narimashita – Thank you for your assistanceki tie desu. – I want to buy this.Tadaima – I’m back.

yoi – good warui - bad

okagi – money ocha – tea o’mizu – water kami – paper

Atarashii – newFurui - old

{ Singular interrogatory kikimasu – to ask }

nani. - What?

a, so desu ne.

a, so desu ne.

a, so desu ka

a, so desu ka

dare to - Who? naze desu ka? - Why? itsu desu ka? - When? doko desu ka? - Where?

{ Particles }:: grammatical function of Nouns (N1); not prepositional like in English, but postpostional – coming after.

Tōkyō de – at TokyoHitori de – alone (lit: “by one person”)jūgo-nichi ni – on the 15th

{ 4 forms }present formdesu – to be, is, are (affirmative)dewa arimasen – is not (negative)

past formsdeshitadewa arimasendeshita

desu – to be

{ motion verbs forms }present/future forms-masu-masen

past forms-mashita-masendeshita

ikimasu – to to kimasu – to come kaerimasu – to return (to go home)

{ introducing yourself }

Hajimemashite. ABC Fuzū no Sumisu desu.

Watashi wa James desu.

{ introducing others }

Kochira wa Nihon Ginkō no Sumisu-san desu.

Gurei-san wa bengoshi desu.

Sumisu-san wa ABC Fuzu no bengoshi desu.

Nozomi Depato no Takahasi desu

Dozo yoroshiku onegaishimasu

[namae] desu. { don’t use –san referring to yourself }

Q: Hofuman-san wa Igirisu-jin desu ka.A: Iie, Doitsu-jin desu.

Q: Sumisu-san wa gakusei desu ka.A: Hai, gakusei desu.

gakusei - student hisho – secretary bengoshi – lawyer enjinia - engineer

[ N1 + wa + N2 + desu]Q: Sumisu-san wa Nihon-jin desu ka, Chugoku desu kaA: Chugoku desu.

P1: Donata desu ka. (can use dare [ informal ] )

P2: Nakamura desu.P1: Hai, dozo

dōzō – pleasedōmo arigato gozaimasu – thank you

watashi no – my meishi – business card namae - name ee – (informal yes ‘eeh’) sō desu. – that’s right kaisha – company, office jūsho – address merū-adoresu

keitai – cell phone kasa – umbrella hon – book shimbun – newspaper kagi – key tokei –watch denwa bango

o denwa - phoneo bango - number

� desu (is, are)� dewa arimasen (is not)� deshita ( was ) past� dewa arimasedeshita (was not)

ka (particle denotes question)

no (partical denotes affliation or ownership)

anata – informal ‘you’ Rondon – London Ginkō – bank Tokyō Daigaku – Tokyo University

{ Pronouns - PN }

Kore wa – This | Kono (used before noun)

Sore wa – That | Sono (ex. Sono aoi T-

shatsu desu)Are wa – That over there| Ano (ex. Ano ōkii ringo)

Q: Kore wa hon desu ka.A: Hai, hon desu.

Q: Kore wa tokei desu ka.A: Iie, tokei dewa arimasen

Q: Kore wa nan desu ka.A: Kagi desu.

{Belongs to someone: N1 wa N2 no N3 desu ka }Q: Kore wa Sasaki-san no kasa desu ka.A1: Hai, Sasaki-san no desu.A2: Iie, Sasaki-san no dewa arimasen.

{Who’s is it}Q: Kore wa dare no hon desu ka.A: Chan-san no desu.

{State phone number}Sumisu-san no denwa-bangō wa zero san no san-yon-roku-roku no ichi-ni-hachi-yon desu.

Q: Takahashi-san no denwa-bango wa nan-ban desu ka.

Taishikan – embassy nan-ban – what number

Q: Kore wa Nakamura san no hon desu ka.A: Iie, watashi no dewa arimasen.Q: Dare no hon desu ka.

Possessive

no

Possessive

no

Do not use when referring to yourself

-san

Do not use when referring to yourself

-san

Dare - whoDare - who

A: Chan-san desu.

Q: Kore wa Takahashi-san no techō desu ka.A: Ee, sō desu. (Yes. it is) Domo.

{Find out times – ji (nan-ji)}

Q: Sumimasen, ima nan-ji desu ka.A: Ku-ji gojuppun desu.

Q: Na-ji ( kara | made ) desu ka. (open|close)

Q: Depato wa nan-ji kara desu kaA: Ju-ji kara desu. (it opens at 10)

Q: Nan-ji made desu ka.A: Gogo hachi-ji made desu ka.

ima – now nan-ji – what time ji – o’clock

Gogo kyu-ji made desu.Gozen hachi-ji kara desu.

gozen yo-ji (4am)gogo go-ji (5pm)

depāto – dept. store sūpā - supermarket resutoran - restaurant yūbinkyoku – post office ginkō - bank

onna no hito – womano onna - femaleo hito - person

kara – particle From made – particle Until

Q: Shigoto wa nan-ji kara nan-ji made desu ka.A: Shigoto wa gozen roku-ji kara juji made desu.

Q: Suzuki-san no P ā tī wa nan-ji kara desu ka.

shigoto – work kaigi – meeting [kind nee] Pātī – party Eiga – movie [ain ya]

asa-gohan – breakfasto asa: morning

o gohan: meal hiru-yasumi (hiru-gohan– lunch break/lunch

meal)o hiru: afternoono yasumi: break

ban-gohano ban: evening

pūru – pool jimu – gym foronto – front desk hoteru – hotel :: hoteru de – at the hotel

sō desu. – that’s right. ee desu ka. – Are you ready? sō desu ka. – I see / Is that so?

{Numbers to 100 – jū }

rei, zero (0) ichi (1) ni (2) san (3) yon(4) go (5)roku(6) nana(7) hachi(8) kyu/kū (9) jū (10); jūichi (11) ; jūni (12); jūsan (13) jūsan (14)jūgo (15) jūrokū (16)

nijū (20) sanjū (30) yonjū (40) gojū (50) rokuju (60) nanaju (70) hachiju (80) kyuju (90) hyaku (100)

{Time – ji } ichi-ji (1:00) ni-ji (2:00) san-ji (3:00) yo-ji (4:00) go-ji (5:00) shichi-ji (7:00) hachi-ji (8:00) ku-ji (9:00) ju-ji (10:00) ju-ichi-ji (11:00) ju-ni –ji (12:00)

[ o’clock+ number + fun / + juppun / + han ]

yo-ji go-fun (4:05)san-ji jugo-fun (3:15)san-ji gojū go–fun (3:55)

ju-ji juppun (10:10)

san-ji nijuppun (3:20)

-juppunsanjuppun(30) ; yonjuppun (40); gojuppun (50)

ni-ji han (2:30) han – half past{ Shopping }

Sore o misete kudasai – pls show me that oneJa, kore o kudasai – well the, I’ll take this one.Kore mo sanzen-en desu - That one is 3k also.

mo – also, too ja – well then, well mise – shop, store, restaurant irashaimase – may I help you. welcome sore – that one ikura – how much number-en – yen

{High Numbers }

(-hyaku) hyaku (100) nihyaku (200) sambyaku (300) yonhyaku (400) gohyaku (500) roppyaku (600) nanahyaku (700) happyhyaku (800) kyūhyaku (900)

(-sen) sen (1000) nisen (2000) sanzen (3000) yonsen (4000) gosen (5000) rokusen (6000) nanasen (7000) hassen (8000) kyūsen (9000)

(-man) ichiman (10,000) niman (20K) samman (30K) yomman (40K) goman (50K) rokuman (60K) nanaman (70K) hachiman (80K)

kyūman (90K) jūman (100k) hyakuman (1 Million)

{decimals – ten(.) }rei ten nana hachi (0.78)

{ Products } terebi – TV rajio – radio pasokon – PC dejikame – digital camera bideo-kamera – video camera CD-purēya – CD Player zasshi – magazine

{ identifying objects }Q: (Sore/Kore/Are) wa N1 desu ka.A: (Sore/Kore/Are) wa N1 desu.

{ identify cost of objects } (Sore/Kore/Are) wa ikura N1 desu ka. (Sore/Kore/Are) cost-en desu.

Sore wa terebi desu – This is a TV.Are wa pasokon desu. – That over there is a PCKore wa CD desu. Are mo CD desu. – That is a CD. That over there is also a CD

DVD [dibuidi] – DVD shāpupenshiru – mechanical pencil bōrupen – ballpoint pen Furansu-go – French language jisho – dictionary Eigo - English

kādo – credit card

Kore wa ikura desu ka? – How much is this?kādo demo ii desu ka. – Is a Credit card alright?demo ii desu ka – Is it alright?ii desu ka – it it ok?

Hai, kekkō desu. – That’s fine.

ano – that over there aio – blue (ah ee oooh)

(Pronouns (PN) Kono/Sono/Ano)PN + N1 + wa + N2 + desuKono hon wa watashi no desu. - This book is mine.

Q: Ano aoi T-shatsu wa ikura desu ka. – How much is that blue T-shirt?

Don’t forget

desu

Don’t forget

desu

PN Always precedesthe noun

PN Always precedesthe noun

A: Dore desu ka – which one?Q: Ano aoi t-shatsu. – That one.A: Sen-en desu. – 1K.

Q: Sono akai t-shatsu wa ikura desu ka.- How much is that red t-shirt?Ja, sore o ni-mai kudasai. – Well then, give me two of those.dore – which one?hagaki – postcardkitte – stampT-shatsu – t-shirt

akai – redaoi – bluekuroi – black

{ Counting Things }-mai :: used to count thin or flat things-pon/hon/bon :: used to count long slender items-tsu/ō :: used for everthing else

1 ichi-mai ippon hitotsu2 ni-mai ni-hon futatsu3 san-mai sam-pon mittsu4 yon-mai yon-hon yottsu5 go-mai go-hon itsutsu6 roku-mai roku-hon muttsu7 nana-mai nana-hon nanatsu8 hachi-mai happon yattsu9 kyū-mai kyū-hon kokonotsu10 jū-mai juppon tō

Asking for things:Sore o futatsu kudasai. – I’ll have two of those pls.Sore o go-mai kudasai. – I’ll have Ringo o futatsu kudasai.

Sono ringo o futatsu kudasai. – Give me two of those apples.

{Days of the Week – Yōbi }

nichi-yōbi (Sunday) getsu-yōbi (Monday) ka-yōbi (Tuesday) sui-yōbi (Wednesday) moku-yōbi (Thurs) kin-yōbi (Friday) do-yōbi (Saturday)