JAPANESE

(MONDAY LESSON)

1 GREETINGS (AISATSU)
HI/HELLO - GENKI / O GENKI DES' KA? (FORMAL)

AFTER THE WHOLE DAY OF WORK, YOU CAN GREET THEM WITH "OTSUKARESAMA"
(INFORMAL) / "OTSUKARESAMA DESHITA" (FORMAL). 
THIS GREETINGS WAS CAME FROM THE ROOT WORD "TSUKARERU" (TO GET TIRED)
AND "O TSUKARETA" (I'M TIRED)

HOW HAVE YOU BEEN (FORMAL) - IKAGA OSUGOSHI DESHITA?

HOW IS YOUR HEALTH? - CHOSHI DO DES' KA?
HOW ARE YOU TODAY? - KYOU WA YOKATTA DESU' KA?

GOOD MORNING - OHAYO (INFORMAL) / OHAYO GOZAIMASU (FORMAL)

GOOD AFTERNOON - KONNICHIWA
GOOD EVENING - KONBANWA 
GOOD NIGHT - OYASUMI (INFORMAL) / OYASUMI NASAI (FORMAL)

YES - HAI
YES, THAT’S RIGHT - HAI, SO DESU.
NO - IE
DON'T - DAME

2 SELF INTRODUCTION
MY NAME IS JEROME - WATASHI WA JEROME DESU. / WATASHI NO NAMAE WA
JEROME DESU / JEROME DESU (INFORMAL)
PLEASE CALL ME YEE - YEE TO YONDE KUDASAI
NICE TO MEET YOU. PLEASE BE NICE TO ME - HAJIMEMASHITE. YOROSHIKU
ONEGAISHIMASU /
DOZO YOROSHIKU (FORMA) / YOROSHIKU NE (INFORMAL)
(FROM THE WORD “HAJIMETE (NO)” OR FIRST TIME)

I'M HAPPY TO MEET YOU - O AI DEKITE URESHII DES'

NICE TO MEET YOU TOO - KOCHIRA KOSO DOZO YOROSHIKU

LONG TIME NO SEE - OHISASHIBURI

THIS IS MY FIRST TIME TO SPEAK TO A JAPANESE PERSON - HAJIMETE

NIHONJIN TO HANASHIMASU. 
YOKO IS A JAPANESE - YOKO WA NIHON-JIN DESU.
3 GRATITUDE
THANK YOU - ARIGATO (INFORMAL)/ ARIGATOU GOZAIMASU (FORMAL)
THANK YOU (IF THE HELP WAS ALREADY DONE) - ARIGATO GOZAIMASHITA

THANK YOU. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT - ARIGATO, TASKAREMASU (PAST

TENSE) / ARIGATO, TASUKATTA(PRESENT TENSE)

THANKS A LOT - DOMO (LOT) ARIGATOU

THANKS ABOUT THE OTHER DAY - KONOMAE WA ARIGATOU
THANKS ABOUT YESTERDAY - KINO WA ARIGATOU

I'M TRULY THANKFUL - HONTO NI ARIGATOU (INFORMAL)/ MAKOTO NI ARIGATOU

WELCOME - DO ITASHIMASHITE /  TONDEMO NAI (DESU)

NO PROBLEM - IE IE 

SORRY FOR INCONVENIENCE - SUMIMASEN

4 FAREWELL
GOOD BYE (FOREVER) - SAYOUNARA 
SEE YOU LATER, BYE - MATA NE / JA NE (FEMININE) / MATA NA/ JA
NA / SORE JA (MASCULINE)
SEE YOU TOMORROW - MATA ASHITA NE

BYE, LET'S HANG OUT AGAIN - MATA ASOBOU NE

TAKE CARE - GENKIDANE (FEM) / GENKIDANA (MUSC) / KI O TSUKETE

GOOD LUCK - GAMBATTE NE

GOOD LUCK TO ME - GABAREYO
GOOD LUCK TO US - OTAGAI GAMBAREMASHO

EXCUSE ME (TO LEAVE AN AREA) - SHITSUREI SHIMASU (A PUBLIC PLACE)

/ OSAKINI SHITSUREI SHIMASU (AN OFFICE OR WORK AREA)

I'LL GO HOME - SAKINI KAERU (INFORMAL) / O SAKI NI KAERU (FORMAL)

BYE (USE IN A FAMILY) - ITTE KIMASU

("ITTE" FROM THE WORD "IKU" OR TO GO, AND FROM "KURU" MEANS TO
COME.)

SEE YOU LATER (USE IN A FAMILY) - ITTE RASHAII

TAKE CARE - KI O TSUKETTE (INFORMAL) / KI O TSUKETTE KUDASAI
(FORMAL)
PLEASE GO, AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU BACK SAFE AND SOUND -  ITTE MOI
O DEKIREBA MODOTTE OSHII 

5 POSSESSIVE PRONOUN
I - WATASHI
MINE - WATASHI NO (WHERE “NO” IS A PARTICLE INDICATING SOMEBODY’S
BELONGING)
YOU - ANATA
YOURS - ANATA NO

6 EXPRESSION 1 
EXCUSE ME - SUMIMASEN
I'M SO SORRY - SUMIMASEN (FORMAL) /  GOMEN NE (INFORMAL)
I'M SO SORRY (IF DONE SOMETHING VERY BAD) - GOMEN NASAI
I'M SO SORRY (IF DOME SOMETHING WRONG IN A WORKPLACE) -
MOUSHIWAKE ARIMASEN

ONCE MORE, PLEASE - MOICHIDO KUDASAI / MOI CHIDO ONEGAISHIMASU

SLOWLY PLEASE - YUKURI ONEGAISHIMASU 
BUT - DEMO

WHAT THE HECK! - NANDE KORE!

7 GENDER ADDRESS
SAN(G)
MR OR MS (POLITE) - ADD THE WORD “SAN” AFTER THE NAME, SURNAME, TITLE,
OR POSITION OF PERSON NOT SO CLOSE TO YOU.
MR. KOMURA - KOMURA-SAN(G)
MS. HIRONO - HIRONO-SAN(G)
MR. MAYOR - SHICHOU-SAN(G)
MS. LAWYER - BENGOSHI-SAN(G)

KUN
To address men who are younger or the same age as the speaker. This is
also being used by a superior of the group (senpai) to address his
junior. Used for both male and female juniors/friends.

Chang
Used by a little child to (respectfully) address his adult friend or
relative. It can also be used by lovers. 

8 VERB 1
TO SPEAK - HANASHIMASU
TO WATCH - MIRU
TO STOP/ TO QUIT - YAMERU / YAMETA (INFORMAL)

9 PROFESSION
TEACHER - SENSEI / KYOUSHI

10 DIRECTIONS
THIS - KORE / KOCHIRA (FORMAL)
WHAT IS THIS? - KORE WA NAN DESU KA? / KORE NANI? / NANI KORE? 
THAT - ARE (IF THE OBJECT IS FAR FROM THE SPEAKER AND LISTENER) /
ACHIRA (FORMAL) / SORE (WHEN THE OBJECT IS NEAR FROM THE LISTENER) /
SOCHIRA (FORMAL)
(NOTE: “ARE” CAN BE ALSO USED AN EXPRESSION OF SURPRISE/SUSPICION)

WHICH ONE - DORE

(THIS IS TO PERTAIN A THING AMONG MANY CHOICES)
EX: WHICH IS THE PAINKILLER? - ITAMI-DOME WA DORE DESU KA?

KONO - THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE FOR “KORE” WHEN THE OBJECT IS BEING

DESCRIBED. SAME WITH SORE (SONO) AND ARE (ANO)
EX: THIS CAR IS CUTE - KONO KURUMA WA KAWAII. 

11 QUESTIONS
WHAT - NAN/ NANI

12 ADJECTIVE
CUTE - KAWAII
DELICIOUS - OISHII
CHEAP - YASUI
THE MOST/THE BEST - ICHI-BAN
IMPOSSIBLE - MURI
COOL - KAKKOII
HOT - ATSUI
INTERESTING - OMOSHIROI

13 CARDINAL NUMBERS
ONE - ICHI 
TWO - NI 
THREE - SAN 
FOUR - SHI / YON
FIVE - GO 
SIX - ROKU 
SEVEN - NANA / SHICHI
EIGHT - HACHI
NINE - KYUU / KU
TEN - JUU
ELEVEN - JUU ICHI (10 & 1)
TWELVE - JUU NI 
THIRTEEN - JUU SAN
FOURTEEN - JUU SHI
FIFTEEN - JUU GO 
SIXTEEN - JUU ROKU
SEVENTEEN - JUU NANA
EIGHTEEN - JUU HACHI 
NINETEEN - JUU KYUU
TWENTY - NI JUU (2 & 10)
THIRTY - SAN JUU 
FORTY - YON JUU
FIFTY - GO JUU
SIXTY - ROK JUU 
SEVENTY - NANA JUU
EIGHTY - HACHI JUU
NINETY - KYUU JUU

ONE HUNDRED - HYA KU

TWO HUNDRED - NI HYAKU (2 & 100)
THREE HUNDRED - SAN BYAKU
FOUR HUNDRED - SHI HYAKU
FIVE HUNDRED - GO HYAKU
SIX HUNDRED - ROPPYAKU
SEVEN HUNDRED - NANA HYAKU
EIGHT HUNDRED - HAPPYAKU
NINE HUNDRED - KYUU HYAKU

756 YEN - NANA HYAKU GO JUU ROKU EN (YEN)

1000 - SEN 
3000 - SAN ZEN
8000 - HAS SEN
10,000 - ICHIMAN 
11,000 - 1CHIMAN SEN
12,000 - ICHIMAN NI SEN
20,000 - NI MAN
21.000 - NIMAN SEN
22,000 - NIMAN NISEN
30,000 - SAN MAN
40,000 - YON MAN
100,000 - JUUMAN 
200,000 - NI JUUMAN
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1 MILLION - HYAKUMAN
10 MILLION - SENMAN
100 MILLION - ICHIOKU

14 ORDINAL NUMBERS 
FIRST - ICHIBANME 
SECOND - NIBANME
THIRD - SAN BANME
FOURTH - YON BANME
FIFTH - GO BANME
SIXTH - ROK BANME
SEVENTH - NANA BANME
EIGHTH - HACHI BANME
NINTH - KYU BANME
TENTH - JUU BANME
ELEVENTH - JUU ICHI BANME
TWELFTH - JUU NI BANME

15 DAYS OF THE WEEK

DAY - YO O BI
SUNDAY - NICHI YO O BI
MONDAY - GETSU YO O BI
TUESDAY - KA YO O BI
WEDNESDAY - SUI YO O BI
THURSDAY - MOKU YO O BI
FRIDAY - KIN YO O BI
SATURDAY - DO YO O BI

WHAT DAY IS IT? - NAN YO O BI DESU KA?

WHAT DAY TODAY? - KYO O WA NAN YO O BI DESU KA?
WHAT DAY IS THE MEETING? - KAIGI (MEETING) WA NAN YO O BI DESU KA?

16 MONTHS OF THE YEAR

MONTH - GETSU
JANUARY - ICHI GATSU
FEBRUARY - NI GATSU
MARCH - SANGATSU
APRIL - SHI GATSU
MAY - GO GATSU
JUNE - ROKU GATSU
JULY - NANA GATSU/ SHICHI GATSU
AUGUST - HACHI GATSU
SEPTEMBER - KU GATSU
OCTOBER - JUU GATSU
NOVEMBER - JUU ICHI GATSU
DECEMBER - JUU NI GATSU

WHEN IS YOUR BIRTHDAY? - TANJOUBI WA ITSU? (INFORMAL) / O TANJOUBI WA

ITSU DESU KA? (FORMAL)
MY BIRTHDAY IS OCTOBER 8 - TANJOBI WA JUU GATSU YOKKA DESU. 

WHAT MONTH IS IT? - NAN GETSU? / NAN GATSU DESU KA?

HOW MANY MONTHS? NAN KA GATSU DESU KA?
HOW MANY MONTHS YOU STAY IN JAPAN? - NAN KA GATSU NIHON NI IMASU KA?
IN WHAT MONTH YOU’LL BE IN JAPAN? - NAN GATSU NI NIHON NI IMASU KA?

1 MONTH - I KA GATSU
2 MONTHS - NI KA GATSU
3 MONTHS - SAN KA GATSU
4 MONTHS - YON KA GATSU
5 MONTHS - GO KA GATSU
6 MONTHS - ROKA GATSU
7 MONTHS - NANA KA GATSU
8 MONTHS - HA KA GATSU
9 MONTHS - KYUU KA GATSU
10 MONTHS - JUU KA GATSU
11 MONTHS - JUU I KA GATSU
12 MONTHS - JUU NI KA GATSU

1ST OF THE MONTH - TSUITACHI

2ND OF THE MONTH - HUTSUKA 
3RD OF THE MONTH - MIKKA 
4TH OF THE MONTH - YOK’KA 
5TH OF THE MONTH - ITSUKA 
6TH OF THE MONTH - MUIKA 
7TH OF THE MONTH - NANOKA 
8TH OF THE MONTH - YOKKA 
9TH OF THE MONTH - KOKO NO KA 
10TH OF THE MONTH - TOKKA 
11TH OF THE MONTH - JUU ICHI NICHI 
12TH OF THE MONTH - JUU NI NICHI
13TH OF THE MONTH - JUU SAN NICHI 
14TH OF THE MONTH - JUU YOK’KA
15TH OF THE MONTH - JUU GO NICHI 
16TH OF THE MONTH - JUU ROKU NICHI 
17TH OF THE MONTH - JUU SHICHI NICHI 
18TH OF THE MONTH - JUU HACHI NICHI 
19TH OF THE MONTH - JUU KU NICHI 
20TH OF THE MONTH - HATSUKA 
21TH OF THE MONTH - NI JUU ICHI NICHI 
22TH OF THE MONTH - NI JUU NI NICHI 
23TH OF THE MONTH - NI JUU SAN NICHI 
24TH OF THE MONTH - NI JUU YOK’KA  
25TH OF THE MONTH - NI JUU GO NICHI 
26TH OF THE MONTH - NI JUU ROKU NICHI 
27TH OF THE MONTH - NI JUU SHICHI NICHI 
28TH OF THE MONTH - NI JUU HACHI NICHI 
29TH OF THE MONTH - NI JUU KU NICHI 
3OTH OF THE MONTH - SAN JUU NICHI 
31TH OF THE MONTH - SAN JUU ICHI NICHI 

17 VOCABULARY:
MEETING - KAIGI
TODAY - KYO
MOON - TSUKI
SUN - TAI YO
WEEK - SHIUKAN

BOOK - HON 
PAPER - KAMI
COMPUTER - PASO-KON
LAPTOP - NOO PASO
BAG - KABAN
TABLE - TEBURU

SHOES - KUTSU
UMBRELLA - KASA

CAR - KURUMA
HOUSE - IE

PHOTOGRAPH - SHASHIN
PERSON - HITO

PAIN KILLER - ITAMI-DOME

MEDICINE - KUSURI 
TABLET/PILL - JOZAI

JOB - SHIGOTO

REASON - RIYU
TOO/ AS WELL/ ALSO - MO

18 IN THE MARKET
WHICH ONE IS THE CHEAPEST? - ICHI-BAN YASUI NO DORE DESU KA?
19 IN THE RESTAURANT
IS THIS THE MENU? - KOCHIRA GA MENYU DESU KA?