Lesson 4 wordlist
expressions
| "are you alright?" | |
| お | said as a greeting when you haven't seen someone on a while, to enquire how they are (feel). |
| used to observe that someone looks gloomy | |
| どうしました | enquires "what happened" |
| どうした | the same, less formal. |
| said as a farewell, telling someone to take care | |
| the same, but more formal | |
| お | said to someone literally telling them to take care |
| お | the same, but more formal |
| "don't let it bother you" | |
| the same, but more formal | |
| "do not worry" | |
| the same, but more formal | |
| "relax" | |
| "please stop worrying" | |
| "please make yourself at home" | |
| お | "I will endulge you", said when taking up someone's (generous) offer |
particles
| と | simultaneous action |
| でも | contrastive |
| そして | continuative |
| のです | stating with implicit reason |
| のだ | the plain version of のです |
| んです | the same as のです, but contracted |
| んだ | the same as のだ, but contracted |
| ので | the continuative form of のです |
| しかし | constractive |
nouns
| spirit, awareness, vitality | |
| care, looking after, indulging | |
| world | |
| mental state | |
| amusement park | |
| class, lesson | |
| art | |
| use, role, service | |
| naught | |
| name of the sun goddess | |
| ビール | beer |
| number, numbers | |
| volume in a series | |
| mezzanine | |
| roof (as floor in a building) | |
| underground | |
| basement floor | |
| 2nd basement floor | |
| ページ | page |
| カップル | (romantic) couple |
| plan, plans | |
| onomatopoeia | |
| mimesis | |
| you | |
| I | |
| (the planet) Earth | |
| pole (north/south) | |
| courage | |
| self confidence | |
| (the practice of) reading |
noun adjectives
| alright, okay | |
| alright, composed | |
| (in) high spirits | |
| important, valuable | |
| worry | |
| at ease | |
| comfortable | |
| free |
verbal adjectives
| light | |
| やばい | dangerous |
verbs
| be of use (v5) (intr) | |
| issue, grant (v5) (tr) - special verb, its 連用形 and 命令形 form are 下さい | |
| count (v1) (tr) | |
| permit, allow, let slide (v5) (tr) | |
| permit, allow, recognise, appreciate (v1) (tr) | |
| get on, mount, ride (v5) (tr) | |
| lodge (v1) (tr) | |
| stay at [hotel, etc] (v5) (intr) | |
| return [to somewhere, not someone] (v5) (intr) | |
| be connected (v5) (intr) | |
| clear/tidy up (v1) (tr) - note the づ | |
| clear up [weather] (v1) (intr) | |
| cloud up [weather] (v5) (intr) | |
| search for (v5) (tr) | |
| find (v1) (tr) | |
| be found (v5) (intr) |
adverbs
| in which quantity | |
| (not) very | |
| いつも | each and every time |
| considerably | |
| さっぱり | (not) at all |
| すこし (少し) | a little |
| ずっと | (practically) forever |
| すべて (全て) | everything |
| ぜんぶ (全部) | all |
| ぜんぜん (全然) | (not) at all |
| たいてい (大抵) | generally |
| ちょっと | a little |
| ときどき (時々) | sometimes |
| とても (迚も) | very |
| とっても | very |
| もっと | even more |
| いかが | formal version of どう |
numbers
| ゼロ | 0 |
| naught | |
| 一 | 1 |
| 二 | 2 |
| 三 | 3 |
| 四 | 4 |
| 五 | 5 |
| 六 | 6 |
| 七 | 7 |
| 八 | 8 |
| 九 | 9 |
| 十 | 10 |
| 100 | |
| 1000 | |
| 10000 | |
| 10000,0000 | |
| 10000,0000,0000 |
counters
| cyllindrical objects | |
| bound volumes | |
| flat objects | |
| cups | |
| machines | |
| heavy stuff | |
| floors | |
| pieces | |
| つ | units |
| lessons, chapters | |
| Japanese currency | |
| (small) animals | |
| birds (and rabbits) | |
| big animals | |
| people | |
| occurences, degree | |
| occurences | |
| -fold | |
| turn | |
| number in a series | |
| seconds | |
| minutes | |
| clock hour | |
| durational hours | |
| day | |
| night | |
| week | |
| week | |
| calendar month | |
| durational months | |
| era year | |
| durational years | |
| years of age | |
| prefix, indicates part of a number collection | |
| ordinal suffix | |
| interval suffix |