Collins Gem Easy Learning Japanese Phrasebook

O Hhj/WiWi wakame udon/soba served

with seaweed
cb • 5 'frlii zaru soba chilled soba with dipping sauce

yasai okonomiyaki Japanese style
pizza with sliced cabbage, spring onion and egg,
prepared on a hot plate
1?1R5^/3?S yasai tempura deep-fried vegetables in
light batter

g © i!7 J\ 7 f-< - spaghetti with various
kinoko supagetii Japanese mushrooms
SfM yasai
l l J ^ sansai vegetable(s)
edible wild plants

Menu reader

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Wines and spirits

Eating out The w ine list, wain menyuu o misete kudasai
please
shirowain
white wine
aka wain
red wine
jim oto meisan no ii wain wa
Can you arimasu ka?
recom m end
a good local IfeTC&itfflbWNfc'Ste® 0 £
wine? ft'

Can you jim oto meisan no ii osake wa
recom m end arimasu ka?
a good local
sake? ...o ippon

A bottle of... hausu wain

house wine ¿5 0 f f t '

W hat liqueurs do donna osake ga arimasu ka?
you have?

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Grammar ,

Introduction

This is a guide to some of the basic concepts and Gram m ar
rules in Japanese. It is designed to enable you to
form simple sentences. There are different levels
of politeness in Japanese but polite forms, suitable
for travellers to use without being rude, have been
used throughout this book, including the dictionary
section.

Although writing is rather complicated, Japanese
grammar is simple compared to that of most
European languages. For example, there is no
gender; there are no plural forms; and verbs only
have past and non-past (present) forms.

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Grammar Sentence structure

The basic Japanese sentence has a topic and
a comment section. The topic (which is indicated
by a topic marker w a) usually comes at the
beginning of the sentence, but ifthe topic is
understood among the speakers, it is often omitted.

(Watashi wa) Yamashita desu. (I) am Yamashita.

Particles

Japanese contains particles similar to English
prepositions but in Japanese they come after the
words. Particles have the following functions.

w a topic marker
g a subject marker
k a question marker
o direct object marker
ni in-direct object marker, goal and position

marker
to means‘and’(connect words)
de indicates means

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Word order

Japanese word order is: subject - object - verb. Grammar
Therefore, ‘Ieat Sushi' becomes ‘I Su sh i e a t’;
W a ta s h i w a S u sh i o ta b e m a su . When the
comment part is long, for example, ‘Iwill eat Sushi
with my friend in London tomorrow’, as long as you
put I (which is the topic) and w ill eat, (which is the
verb) in their respective places and you move the
object together with the necessary particle, the
words can be in any order.

Questions and negatives

PoliteJapanese verbs end with m asu and a sentence
containing nouns and adjectives end with desu.

You can create a question by simply adding the
question marker ‘k a ’ at the end of the sentence.

This is Tokyo Tokyo desu
Is it Tokyo? Tokyo desu ka?

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Negative sentences can be made by changing the
ending of the predicate such as verb or adjective
accordingly.

non-past non-past past positive past negative
positive negative
Grammar -desu -dewa -deshita -dewa
arimasen -mashita arimasen
-masu deshita
-masen -masen
deshita

Ieat Sushi. Sushi o ta b e -m a su

Idon’t eat Sushi Sushi o tab e-m asen

Iate Sushi Sushi o ta b e -m a sh ita

Ididn't eat Sushi Sushi o ta b e -m a se n d e sh ita

It is quiet Shizuka desu
It is not quiet Shizuka d e w a a rim a se n
It was quiet Shizuka d e sh ita
It was not quiet Shizuka d e w a a rim a s e n d e s h ita

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Expressing desire Grammar

Change masu to ta id e su , for example, tabe-masu
to ta b e -ta id e su , 'I would like to eat’, and nomi-
masu to n o m i-ta id e su , ‘Iwould like to drink’.

Verb forms 1

The verbs can be divided into two groups.

The first group Is verbs ending In ’e ’, such as
tabe-masu (eat) and age-masu (give). This group
also includes the verbs with one syllable (see
pronunciation section) before masu such as
mi-masu (watch), kl-masu (come/puton). Afew
exceptional verbs belonging to this group include;
okl-masu (get up) and orl-masu (get off).

The second group is verbs ending in ‘¡’, such as
nomi-masu (drink) and kai-masu (buy).

In order to make a request or ask permission, you
need to know how to make the so called te-form of
the verbs. For the verbs in the first group, you can

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simply replace ‘masu’with ‘te’tabe-te, age-te,
mi-te and ki-te. However, for the second group, you
have to pay attention to which syllable comes
before ‘masu’.

syllable before change to verbs e.g. te-form
‘masu’

Grammar shi shite hanashi- hanashite
i, chi, ri (no change) masu (talk)
ki.gi.ji tte kai-masu katte
mi, ni, bi,
(buy)
ite kiki-masu kiite

(listen/ask)
nde yomi-masu yonde

(read)

Making a request

Ifyou would like someone to provide you with
something, you can use the words kudasai (please
give me) or onegaishimasu (please). For example,
R e sh iito o ku d a sa i, ‘Can I have a receipt please’, or
R e sh iito , o n e g a ish im a u , ‘receipt please’.

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Ifyou want something to be done, use the verb Grammar
te-form then add kudasai at the end: for example,
‘please speak’, h a n a sh ite k u d a sa i; 'please buy’,
k a tte k u d a sa i; ‘please eat’, ta b e te k u d a sa i.

Asking permission

Use the verb te-form and add m o ii d e su ka. Is It all
right to eat? T a b e te m o ii d e su ka. Is it all right to
take a photo? S h a s h in o to tte m o ii d e su ka.
(shashln: photo(s), o: object marker, totte: te-form
of verb torlmasu, take)

Asking possibility/ability

Use the noun plus d e k im a su ka. For example,
'Can we park here?’ K o k o ni c h u u s h a d e k im a su
k a ‘Can we hold a meeting?’M iitin gu g a
d e k im a su k a Can we eat here?’K o ko d e sh o k u ji

ga dekim asu ka

However, ifyou would like to use verbs, you must
rememberthe two groups (see above).

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For verbs in the first group, you simply change
-masu to -raremasu, then add the question marker
ka at the end for the first group. So, ifyou would like
to say, Can we eat here?, It would be K o ko de ta b e -
ra re m a su ka, and Can we watch TVhere? would be

Koko de terebi ga m i-rarem asu ka.

Grammar For verbs in the second group, you need to change
the vowel i In the syllable before masu to e as
shown below.

verbs e.g. change to English Japanese

iki-masu ike-masu Can we go Tokyoo ni ike-
masu ka?
(go) (can go) to Tokyo? Sore ga kae-
masu ka?
kai-masu kae-masu Can we buy it? Rajio ga kike-
masu ka?
(buy) (can buy) Shimbun ga
yome-
kiki-masu kike-masu Can we listen masu ka?

(listen/ask) (can listen/ask) to the radio?

yomi- yome-masu Can we read

masu (can read) the papers?

(read)

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Magic word Grammar

Sumimasen; excuse me or sorry, is a m agic word in
Japanese and similar to how please is used in English.
As long as you use this word, especially when you
are making a request, asking permission, or trying
to get som eone’s attention, you will be fine.

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Public holidays

Public holidays Most shops and offices are closed on the first three
days in January. Department stores are very busy
with people buying presents at the end of the year

and mid-summer. Although Obon (13-16 August),

which is similar to Christmas, is not a National
holiday, many people take holidays and go back to
their hometown so the roads and public transport
become extremely busy.

Similarly, during the so called Golden week holiday
(end of April to the beginning of May) it is extremely
busy with Japanese people travelling. Make sure you
have reservations in advance ifyou are planning to
travel during these periods.

National holidays Injapan

January 1 71!El ganjitsu New Year’s Day

2nd Monday JSACDB seijin no hi

in January Coming of Age Day

February 11 i i l l l l l f i ^ E I kenkoku kinen-bi

National Foundation Day

Equinox Day shumbunnohi

(around 21 March) Vernal Equinox Day

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April 29 B afO © B shoowanohl Public holidays
Showa Day
M ay3 kempoo kinen-bi
Constitution Memorial Day
May 4
^ ¿ f D © B midorinohi
May 5 Greenery Day

3 rd Monday Zd ^ C D B kodomonohi
in July
Ch ildren ’s Day
3 rd Monday ; § © B um lnohi Marine Day
in Septem ber
Ü ( ^ © B keiroonohi
Equinox Day Respect for the Aged Day
(around
23 September) ÎW i© B shuubunnohl
Autum nal Equinox Day
2 nd Monday
in October # L p f f f iB tailku no hi
Health and Sports Day
November 3
X f b f f lB bunkanohl
November 23 National Cultural Day

December 23 Ü lT Îü S U tfflB kinrookansha
nohl Labour Thanksgiving Day

b Ç M iÉ Ë E B tennootanjoo-bl
Em peror’s Birthday

If the national holiday falls on a Sunday, the
following closest non-holiday day becomes the
substitute holiday,

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Signs and
notices

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Airport/station

Most signs in airports and large stations are bilingual,
but local stations have little in English so the
following guides w ill be useful.

m eki station

it e m chikatetsu metro
AD
l±j D iriguchi entrance
S tfLD
deguchi exit
ma
kaisatsu guchi ticketing gate
SD
chuuoo kaisatsu main gate
1tD
guchi
HD
Signs and notices minami guchi south gate
im a
^■E'ocDm.a nishi guchi west gate

kita guchi north gate

higashi guchi east gate

hijoo guchi emergency exit

midori no JR ticketing

madoguchi counter

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W fi kippu ticket
jei aaru pasu JR pass
JR A" 7. pasupooto passport
;v°7 /-K -K hikikaeken voucher/coupon
uriba sales section
mom honjitsuchuu today’s
zairaisen local lines
AA kodomo children
P3 otona adult
A ^H I4 en yen
nyuujooryoo entrance charge

Inside the station

..m s ...bansen platform...
platform
~J O v hTft- Apurattohoomu escalator
lift
— esukareetaa stairs
wheelchair
erebeetaa going up
going down
kaidan

kurumaisu

m o/±0 nobori Inside the station

T O kudari

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On the platform

Signs and notices ...ÎTcS ...iki bound for...
...hatsu depart...
..M ...chaku arrive...
futsuu standard
...St kyuukoo rapid
b >1 tokkyuu super rapid
shinkansen bullet train
ft» konodensha this train
tsugi next
mm saki before
ato later
% tsuuka pass
\k teisha stop
gurün-sha first class
jffiM shiteiseki reserved
jiyuuseki non-reserved
w -y m shindai-sha sleeping car
...sen line...
É È 1S norikae to change
(buses/trains)
..M okure delay
jiko accident
mn

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Vending machine/telephone

mmmm jidoo hambaiki vending machine
* mizu water
ocha Japanese tea
¡¡sn ryoogae money exchange
m ow n urikire out of stock
№ koshoo out of order
-Dom w n tsurisengire out ofchange
otsuri change
fc '1 5 0 kiosuku kiosk
denwa telephone
** 7 .0 kokusai international
mm kokunai national
mm kaado card
osu push
* -K hiku pull
m
5I< Vending m achine/telephone

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In the carriage

m kai open
m hei close
autom atic door/
jidoodoa/tobira door
n on-sm oking
kinen sm oking
sm oking area/
U S kitsuen room
silent mode
kitsuen-jo/ dining car
buffet
-shitsu wagon service

V ± - Ï - K manaa moodo toilet
women
shokudoo-sha men
Japanese style
f i'y 7 x byuffe western style
suitcase
tHF*Vif*3PJx7B kinai/shanai

hambai

h -ru toi re

& onna

f§ otoko

ffliS washiki

Signs and notices ;¥ ïC yooshiki

^ - " J ' T - T . suutsukeesu

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On the street (places and related words)

m i ginkoo bank
mm yakkyoku pharmacy
post office'
mm yuubinkyoku Japanese inn
ryokan hotel
business hotel
/fix)!/ hoteru restaurant
coffee shop
fc fi-'Ÿ ^ ./tttrJ l/b ijin e s u hoteru morning service

ls3 h-z>y resutoran dry cleaner’s
superm arket
hsrie kissaten police station
police box
mooningu home rapid
delivery
saabisu Karaoke
room available
3s—H — kuriiningu no room/
suupaa no vacancies
shop is open
mm keisatsu shop is closed
emergency
35# kooban
takuhai
¡SIB

CTt?^- karaoke
kuushitsu
manshitsu

mis kaiten Onthe street
mis heiten
m it kinkyuu

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On the street (other road signs)

its n kiken danger
x tomare stop
watare cross
koojichuu under
construction
m± kinshi prohibited
± L t,A O n ± tachiiri kinshi no entry
usetsu right turning
si/f sasetsu left turning
chokushin straight on
mm ippootsuukoo one way
hodoo pedestrians path
— TafflÎT jitensha bicycle
jidoosha auto m o b ile
№ tttt hokoosha pedestrians
hodookyoo pedestrian bridge
shingoo traffic signal

Signs and notices

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Outside the station/
taxi stands

sum chuushajoo parking lot
paakingu parking
S í^ lt chuushakinshi no parking
AT. basu bus
^O 'J- takushii taxi
/J\§a^ kogata-sha small vehicle
ASH oogata-sha large vehicle
kuu-sha car available

Outside the station/taxi stands

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At the restaurant/shop

« ft chooshoku breakfast
chuushoku lunch
Sft yuushoku dinner
washoku Japanese meals
? ft yooshoku western meals
manseki full (seat)
foft shoohizei Consum ertax
saabisu-ryoo service charge
;¥ ft zeisa-komi tax and service
charge Inclusive
y --\ ix w zeisa-betsu tax and service
charge exclusive
w tm nomimono drinks

At the restaurant/shop



English - Japanese

A see grammar
a, an kaigai
abroad akuseru
accelerator juri shimasu
to accept (die.juri suru*)
kurejitto kaado
do you accept demo iidesu ka?
credit cards?
jiko
U T'f*'
kyuukyuu-
accident byootoo
(traffic, etc.)
accident and shukuhaku-jo
emergency kooza
department

accommodation 7i;Sp/f

account (bank) □ J S

a - airport bus

ache itami masu

my head aches (die. itamu*)
adaptor
(electrical) n A m N T 'f atama ga itai desu
address y y z f s - adaputaa
admission fee
adult ttPJr juusho
advance: a mm nyuujooryoo
in advance AA otona
advance maemotte
payment
advertisement ÿüÎÀl/' sakibarai
advise
SÎË senden

T7 K A '-T A U adobaisu shimasu
i t (die. adobaisu

suru*)

what do you doo sureba ii desu
advise? ka?
afford dekimasen
(die. dekiru*)
1can’t afford W z i Z t t i * kaukoto ga
dekimasen
(to buy) it T’g Z M h j gogo
gogo ni
afternoon kyoo no gogo
mata
in the afternoon « S ic toshi
jidai
this afternoon ^ B C D « S kaigi jikoo

again mae
isshuu-kan mae
age (person’s) * №

(time) # ii* W
agenda (for

meeting)

ago 15
a week ago —JSIMIbu

English - Japanese

to agree sansei shimasu

(support a (die. sansei

proposal) suru*)

1agree M /ST'-r sansei desu

1don’t agree Ml$C K> sansei shimasen

aid (charity) W.№ enjo

AIDS J i'f X eizu

air kuuki

air conditioning X 7 X V eakon

air pollution taiki-osen

air hostess suchuwaadesu

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airline kookuu-gaisha

airmail x ^ y - J U eameeru,

kookuubin

airport •zm kuukoo

airport bus kuuko-basu

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English - Japanese

alarm (in bank, mm keihoo
shop)
alarm clock mezamashi-dokei
alcohol
all №) № (o-)sake
allergy
I ’m allergic zembu
to shellfish
allow 7 LA l # - arerugii

is it allowed? (D~F V/) 1/ kai-rui no arerugii
alone
always Ç -T-? desu
a.m. (before
noon) kyoka shimasu
ambulance
(die. kyoka

suru*)

ii desu ka

- A hitori

itsumo

^FHU gozen

kyuukyuu-sha

alarm - arm

America 3PXU * Amerika
Amerika-no
American (adj) 7 X ' J t K D Amerika-jin
masui
i (person) 7 XU A A senzo
kodai-no
anaesthetic (n) MWf soshite (sarani)

ancestor ft® to
kyooshin-shoo
ancient s-re© okotteimasu
(die. okotte iru*)
and (furthermore) doobutsu
ashi-kubi
(ë 5 lc ) kinembi
kekkon kinembi
and t

angina

angry

animal 1№
ankle
anniversary æm
wedding
anniversary lB ;§ ;B
îs ü s ib ^ b

another ffiCD hoka no

(adifferent kind) hoka no mono ga
hoshii desu
I’d like another moo hitotsu
henji
(one more) =65—0 kotae
rusuban denwa
answer (written) mm
koosei busshitsu
(spoken) koo-hisutamin-
zai
answering sakkin-zai
dare demo
machine nan demo
doko demo
antibiotic (n) apaato

antihistamine

(n) ym
antiseptic (n) $891

anyone ÜT*=6

anything Œ T*Î>

anywhere ¿f i T ' t )
apartment
7 A ”- h

English - Japanese

apologies owabi
owabi itashimasu
my apologies!
gomennasai
(formal) ff moochoo-en
shokuyoku
(informal) ringo juusu

appendicitis m(m0Z mooshikomi
yakusoku
appetite shi-gatsu
arimasu
apple juice 0 h u Zi'Jn . (die. aru*)
...ga arimasu ka?
-7 ,
ude
application (job)

appointment

April

are: & O f f

are there any...?
ft'

arm m

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English -Japanese

to arrange i B g l / S f tehai shimasu

(die. tehai suru*)

can we arrange 5 - x - r ' J ' J miitinguo

a meeting? hiraitemoii

desu ka?

arrivals (airport) S IS toochaku

to arrive s j s o s - r toochaku

shimasu (die.

toochaku suru*)

art geijutsu

art gallery mmm bijutsu-kan

arthritis M B& kansetsu-en

artist geijutsu-ka

as: as soon dekiru dake

as possible ¥< hayaku

ashtray Km haizara

Asia 7VT Ajia

l arrange - back

to ask kiki masu

aspirin (die. kiku*)

7 * t i u y ; asupirin;

sM S zutsuu-yaku

do you have S Ü S lili® zutsuu-yaku wa

any aspirin? 0 S f A ' arimasu ka?

assistant (shop) i S m tenin

asthma OmÊ. zensoku
zensoku desu
; 1get asthma

at r- ; t de :ni

at home !?Tr uchide
E B tlC yoji ni
at 4o ’clock

atmosphere Ï Î H S i funiki

(of place)

attractive miryokuteki-na

audience chooshuu

(theatre etc)

August AM hachi-gatsu
aunt (own) oba

(somebody else’s) oba-san

Australia oosutoraria

U7 oosutoraria-no
Australian (adj)

T ’ co

(person) oosutoraria-jin

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author SS chosha

automatic (door) S ® ( K 7 ) jidoo (doa)

autumn m aki

available A # T ' g ^ - r nyuushu dekimasu

(die. nyuushu

dekiru*)

when will it itsu goro

be available? ■ Til' dekimasu ka?

English - Japanese

avalanche S fflitx nadare
away EB^ rusu
/ will be away hachi-gatsu wa
in August x*-r rusu desu

B $ K l5 ‘p h j aka-chan

baby ¡sa g rinyuu-shoku
baby food
baby seat h bebii shiito
back (of body)
(v)(be back) mom? senaka
modorimasu
when will he
be back? i^m om (die. modoru*)
I’d like to go itsu modorimasu
back
ka?

mo f d w ? kaeritai desu

English - Japanese

bad (character, H U warui
morally)
(food) IM ofc kusatta
bag f§ kaban
baggage nimotsu
baggage m tenimotsu
reclaim uketori-sho
baker’s AVg pan-ya
ball 7ft— Jl/ booru
bandage Sw hootai
bank IS iT ginkoo
bar (todrink in) A '— ; g ; I g baa; izakaya
barber’s toko-ya
bargain iz -J i seeru
baseball yakyuu
basement mm chika
basket kago
tteT
ii

bad - bigger

basketball T sV h/ft basukettobooru
- ji
bath
bathroom as furo
bath towel
bath (tub) yokushitsu
battery
(forradio, etc) n j . S ’ TtJL, basu taoru
(for car)
beach m m yokusoo
bean m-:tb denchi
bean curd
beautiful J t v r ' J - batterii
bed (western)
(Japanese) H hamabe
double bed al mame
gnu toofu
kirei

beddo

futon

y y j i ^ y K daburu beddo

single bed shinguru beddo

bedding K shingu
bedroom shinshitsu
mm gyuu-niku
m.'S. biiru
nama biiru
beef mae (ni)
yo-ji mae ni
beer tf-Jl/ konshuuchuuni

draught beer hajimarimasu
(die. hajimaru*)
before BU((C) hajimemasu
(die. hajimeru*)
before 4o’clock E B t iu lC zokushimasu
(die. zokusuru*)
before next

week

to begin

to begin
(something)
to belong to

English - Japanese

it/they watashi nodesu

belong(s) to me anata no desu ka?

does this belong beruto
tonari
to you? ts tonari ni suwatte
belt mo ¡i desu ka?
''CJl/h- ichiban
korega ¡chiban
beside № suki desu
jitensha
can 1sit beside ookii
motto ookii
you? -s motto ookii nowa
best animasen ka?

1like this the

best S T -f
bicycle
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big

bigger

have you

anything © lá&Og

bigger?

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English - Japanese

bike iils i jitensha

mountain bike K mauntenbaiku

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bill № ) a :® (o-) kanjoo

binoculars m s n booenkyoo

bird J§ tori

birthday m s.b tanjoobi

happy birthday! 1S£5E.B£d#)T:' tanjoobi

£51 omedetoo!

birthday tanjoobi

present Vh purezento

biscuits 'd O 'T V h bisuketto

bit 'J > L sukoshi

ju st a bit ISA j<D 'J>L> hon no sukoshi

to bite kamimasu

(die. kamu*)

bitter (taste) nigai

bike - bottle

black (n) n kuro
(adj)
blanket H i a ; IS © kuroi;kurono
to bleed
moofu
it won’t stop
bleeding M tfiiig f chiga demasu
blind (person)
(forwindow) (die. chi ga
blocked
the sin k is deru*)
blocked
blood JfllA^ihSDS chi ga
blood group
iiA, tomarimasen

moomoku

'J K buraindo

tsumatta

SiE U ^ 'IS S o nagashi ga

TUSf tsumatte imasu

ila; i№ chi; ketsueki

MSS! ketsueki-gata

my blood (fA(D ) (watashino)

group is B IS B T 'T ketsueki-gata wa

‘B’ desu

blood pressure J H E ketsuatsu

1have high iA (iiio lillB E "C watashiwa koo-

blood pressure t ketsuatsu desu

blue (n) w ao

(adj) w o' aoi

to board S D S t- norimasu

(plane, train) (die. noru*)

boarding pass toojoo-ken

boat 7ft— h booto

boiled rice Cgg gohan

bone # hone

bonito m katsuo

book (reading) * hon

English - Japanese

to book yoyaku shimasu

(die. yoyaku

suru*)

booking yoyaku

boots ■ y -v buutsu

born umaremasu

(die. umareru*)

1was born (fA li) y i y (watashi wa)

in Scotland K 5 V K T - Skottorando de

: umaremashita

to borrow <§0£ t karimasu

(die. kariru*)

can 1borrow...? ...« fg O T fc ...okarite moii

U l \ T * T ti' desu ka?

botanical ffltlB shokubutsu-en

gardens

bottle № ; /ft'h-JU bin; botoru

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bottle opener Ttt—; u ; № sennuki
bowl m booru;wan
box hako
boy Z fy iS v — otokonoko
boyfriend T 'U -d r kare; kareshi
bra burajaa
brakes sa bureeki
branch (bank) & shiten
(company) shisha
(of tree) yev eda
brandy m uz? burandee
bread pan
to break ¡s m s L fc kowashimasu
(die. kowasu*)
It has broken koshoo
down shimashita

bottle opener - bus

chooshoku;

asa-gohan

breast (chicken) ( H © ) SDl^l (tori-no) mune-

niku

to breathe ikioshimasu

(die. ikiosuru*)

I can’t breathe iki gadekimasen

Ay

bride shimpu

bridegroom MTi*P shinroo
burijji
bridge (game) 7 1J 7 V

(overriver, road, Wi hashi

etc.)

briefcase 7 U — 7 * 7 — buriifu keesu

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to bring (thing) m o tte kimasu
(die. m o tte kuru*)
(person) -fi'JX ; tsurete kimasu
(die. tsurete kuru*)
Britain Igirisu ; Eikoku

British (adj) 3S D © Eikoku-no
Eikoku-jin
(person) 3SISÀ

brochure a : y z > \ s " j k panfuretto
brothers
brother (own, f t * kyoodai

younger) * otooto
(own, older)
ft ani

(som ebody else’s, otooto-san

younger)

(som ebody else’s, & f t ë A onii-san

older)

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brown (n) ik chairo
ikm. chairoi
! (adj) hotoke
№) m bukkyoo
Buddha (o-) tera
) ! Buddhism mm
ta te m o n o ; biru
Buddhist ¡S ÎÜ P iT denkyuu
temple Shinkansen
building ryoogae-jo
bulb (light)
bullet train kogashim asu
bureau de (die. kogasu*)
change kogete imasu
burn basu
m erishi
It ’s burnt {food)

bus A’A
by bus
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business bijinesu ; shigoto

i± m merishi
shucchoo
business card basutei
basu tsuaa
business trip basu tsuaa ga
arim asu ka?
bus stop A^ff isogashii
isogashii desu ka?
bus tour A'.'X 'V y -
hanashi-chuu
is there a bus desu
nikuya
tour? SO t t i ' bataa
botan
busy ftlA '

are you busy? ttU-'T'-f

i'

the line is busy m<PVt

(phone)

butcher’s A9—
butter

button Tits y

e business - cardphone

to buy W ^t kaim asu

where can 1 (die. kau*)
buy...?
Ü c t 'i X - S doko de kaemasu

t i ' ka?

c ' T - y i l t l - keeburukaa

cable car + ■V’X'I' — kyadii
caddy (golf)
cafe 'T -* kissaten
cake (western keeki

style) tr-^m keeki-ya

cake shop keisanki
calculator
to call (phone) ..iznmzi' ...nidenw ao

\itt kakem asu (die.

denw aokakeru*)

long-distance chookyori denwa
call
camcorder bideo kamera
camera
camera shop kamera
camping
can (n) kamera-ya
can (v)
kyampu
can L ?
Canada le kan
Canadian (adj)
(person) dekimasu
to cancel
(die. dekiru*)

...tti 351=5I f ¿1' ...dekimasu ka?

-h i-? Kanada

yyyo Kanada-no

try ? K Kanada-jin

torikeshimasu

(die. torikesu*)

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