Tag Archives: Japanese vocabulary

Word of the Day

Posted on 04. Jan, 2010 by in Uncategorized

Let’s start the new year with a new fervor to learn Japanese? Need a tool to help you learn Japanese? Try the Word of the Day! Every month I post a couple of words either in English or Japanese. Your job is to figure out the meanings. If post the word in Japanese, answer in English. If I post the word in English, answer in Japanese. The Word of the Day contains an audio mechanism which you can click to hear how the word is pronounced. On top of that, it provides a sentence containing the word, so you get a sense of the context in which it’s being used! I’ll post the answers (along with the links) in the next blog post.

1 – 足りる

2 – もったいない

3 – まずい

4 – やる

5 - しつれします

6 - ごめんなさい

7 – おげんきですか

8 – お久しぶりです

9 – おもう

10 – 疲れつ

11 - おやつ

12 -

13 – 苦手

14 – 上げる

15 – ペンきり

“Place/Items” Vocabulary

Posted on 19. Dec, 2009 by in Uncategorized

The last two posts described how to talk about the location of places and items in Japanese. Here are some vocabulary words that you can insert within the formula that was mentioned in the last two posts.

いえ () : home, house

うち : home, house

えき () : station

おしる : castle

おてら (お寺) : temple

おてあらい (お手洗い) : restroom

おべんとう (お弁当) : boxed lunch

おまんじゅう : sweet bun

おもち : rice cake

おみやげ (お土産) : souvenir

おもちゃ : toy

おんせん (温泉) : spa, hot spring

かいしゃ (会社) : company

こうえん (公園) : park

しゅくだい (宿題) : homework

ちかてつ (地下鉄) : subway

でんわ (電話) : telephone

ふく () : clothes

Answers To The Word Of The Day

Posted on 07. Dec, 2009 by in Uncategorized

1 – 呉れる (to give) http://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/japanese.htm?date=08-01-2009

2 – ごちそうさまでした (hard to find a direct translation for this in English, but it’s used to mean ”it was a feast” or “thank you for the meal” spoken after consuming a meal) http://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/japanese.htm?date=08-02-2009

3- to clear up, to straighten up (片付ける) http://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/japanese.htm?date=08-03-2009

4 – 本物 (the real thing, original) http://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/japanese.htm?date=08-04-2009

5 – (disagreeable, unpleasant, hateful) http://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/japanese.htm?date=08-08-2009

6 – troublesome, annoying, hassle (めんどうくさい) http://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/japanese.htm?date=08-11-2009

7 – ボロ (rag) http://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/japanese.htm?date=08-12-2009

8 – 素敵 (lovely) http://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/japanese.htm?date=08-13-2009

9 – good afternoon (こんにちは) http://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/japanese.htm?date=08-14-2009

10 – handsome, stylish, cool (かっこいい) http://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/japanese.htm?date=08-17-2009

11 – コラボ (collaboration) http://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/japanese.htm?date=08-18-2009

12 – gift, souvenir (土産) http://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/japanese.htm?date=08-21-2009

13 – 同期 (classmate) http://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/japanese.htm?date=08-22-2009

14 – 菓子 (pastry, sweets) http://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/japanese.htm?date=08-24-2009

15 – 古い (old, used, stale) http://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/japanese.htm?date=08-26-2009

16 – 定年 (retirement) http://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/japanese.htm?date=08-27-2009

17 – 願書 (application) http://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/japanese.htm?date=08-28-2009

18 – 稼ぐ (to earn money) http://blogs.transparent.com/wotd/today/japanese.htm?date=08-29-2009