Japanese - Genki 1 Lesson 1
Elementary Japanese Genki 1. Lesson 1 vocabulary, numbers, times and a few extra. English-Hiragana and vice versa. Prioritized by importance.
| Front | Back |
|---|---|
| company worker, office worker | かいしゃいん<br />さらりまん |
| そうです。 | That's right. |
| college, university | だいがく |
| だいがく | college, university |
| せんもん | school major |
| That's right. | そうです。 |
| school major | せんもん |
| 〜じん<br />「にほんじん」 | people<br />(person from a specific country) |
| people<br />(person from a specific country) | 〜じん<br />「にほんじん」 |
| o'clock<br />(postfix) | 〜じ<br />「いちじ」 |
| 〜じ<br />「いちじ」 | o'clock<br />(postfix) |
| 〜さい<br />「ろくさい」 | age, ...years old<br />(postfix) |
| age, ...years old<br />(postfix) | 〜さい<br />「ろくさい」 |
| AM | ごぜん |
| ごぜん | AM |
| ごご | PM |
| PM | ごご |
| こうこう | high school |
| high school | こうこう |
| Japanese (language) | にほんご |
| にほんご | Japanese (language) |
| 〜ご<br />「にほんご」 | language<br />(postfix) |
| がくせい | student |
| language<br />(postfix) | 〜ご<br />「にほんご」 |
| student | がくせい |
| せんせい | teacher<br />[literally: honorable master;<br />used after name: Isshiki sensei;<br />also used as title for any higher education like doctor, lawyer, engineer, accountant etc.] |
| teacher<br />[literally: honorable master;<br />used after name: Isshiki sensei;<br />also used as title for any higher education like doctor, lawyer, engineer, accountant etc.] | せんせい |
| English (language) | えいご |
| えいご | English (language) |
| What time is it now? | いま なんじ ですか。 |
| いま なんじ ですか。 | What time is it now? |
| ちょっと | a little bit<br />(casual) |
| a little bit<br />(casual) | ちょっと |
| どうぞよろしく。 | Nice to meet you.<br />[when met for the first time, <br />literally: please remember me from now on, <br />also: do me a favor (often used in that sense)] |
| Nice to meet you.<br />[when met for the first time, <br />literally: please remember me from now on, <br />also: do me a favor (often used in that sense)] | どうぞよろしく。 |
| ごちそうさま。 | Thank you for the meal.<br />(after eating)<br />[also e.g. in a restaurant to thank the chef] |
| Thank you for the meal.<br />(after eating)<br />[also e.g. in a restaurant to thank the chef] | ごちそうさま。 |
| いただきます。 | Thank you for the meal.<br />(before eating)<br />[also e.g. in a restaurant to thank for invitation] |
| Thank you for the meal.<br />(before eating)<br />[also e.g. in a restaurant to thank for invitation] | いただきます。 |
| おかえりなさい。 | Welcome home!<br />[literally: I'm glad you're home] |
| Welcome home!<br />[literally: I'm glad you're home] | おかえりなさい。 |
| now | いま |
| いま | now |
| just, simply; free of charge; ordinary | ただ |
| ただ | just, simply; free of charge; ordinary |
| I'm home! | ただいま。 |
| ただいま。 | I'm home! |
| また | again |
| again | また |
| ください。 | Please.<br />[do something] |