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 |