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Japanese FSI: Ch. 1
Foreign Service Institute-Japanese: Chapter 1 vocabulary
28 cards·by Boots_1313
introductionschapter 1japaneselanguagevocabulary
Ogenki desu ka?
How are you? (formal/polite)
wakarimasu
I understand
wakarimasen
I don't understand (negative form of 'wakarimasu')
kore
this (thing)
are
that (thing) over there (farther from both the speaker and listener)
sore
that (thing) right there (near the listener)
watakushi
I
ka
forms a question at the end of a sentence
Konnichiwa
good day, good afternoon
Konbanwa
good evening
Ohayoo gozaimasu
good morning
Sayoonara
good-bye (seems very 'final')
moo
more, again, further
ichi-do
one time, once
itte kudasai
please say
Sumimasen
I'm sorry, excuse me
chigaimasu
wrong, different
Nihon
Japan
hai
yes
iie
no
nan
what?
soo
thus, so, correct
wa
(follows topic of clause or sentence i.e. 'kore wa nan desu ka?')
Moo ichi-do itte kudasai.
please, say it again.
wakarimasu ka?
Do you understand?
Kore wa [insert name or noun] desu ka?
Is that [insert]?
Watakushi wa...desu.
I'm...
Kore wa nan desu ka?
What is this?