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Greetings

 
こんにちは!
Konnichiwa!
Hello!
おはようございます!
Ohayougozaimasu!
Good morning! (sg/pl)
こんにちは!
Konnichiwa!
Hello! (sg/pl)
こんばんは!
Konbanwa!
Good evening! (sg/pl)
おやすみなさい!
Oyasuminasai!
Good night! (sg/pl)
ばいばい!
Bye-bye!
Bye! (infml)
さようなら!
Sayounara!
Good bye! (fml.)
 

Important vocabulary

 
はい
Hai
yes
いいえ
Iie
no
もしかしたら
Moshikashitara
maybe
わかりました
Wakarimashita
OK
ありがとう!
Arigatou!
Thank you!
どういたしまして!
Douitashimashite!
You're welcome! (m/f)
すみません、・・・
Sumimasen,...
Excuse me, … (sg/pl)
ごめんなさい
Gomennasai
I'm sorry. (m/f)
・・・をもっています/ ...を もっていません
... wo motte imasu
... wo motteimasen
I have … / I don't have ...
・・・をもっています/ ...をもっていません
... wo motte imasu
... wo motteimasen
We have … / We don't have ...
・・・があります/ ... がありません)
... ga arimasu
ga arimasen
There is (no) ...
 

Introducing yourself

 
・・・といいます
... to iimasu
My name is ...
・・・人です
... jin desu
I'm from ...
わたしは・・・さいです
Watashi wa ... sai desu
I'm ... years old.
わたしはけっこんしています(どくしんです)
Watashi wa kekkon shite imasu
Watashi wa dokushin desu
I am married. / I am not married.
わたしはひとりでりょこうをしています(ひとりではありません)
Watashi wa hitoride ryokou wo shite imasu
Watashi wa hitori dewa arimasen
I am traveling alone. / I am not traveling alone. (m/f)
わたしは・・・とりょこうをしています
Watashi wa ? to ryokou wo shiteimasu
I'm traveling with ...
 

Comprehension

 
にほんごをはなせません
Nihongo wo hanasemasen
I don't speak any Japanese.
わかりません
Wakarimasen
I don't understand that. (m/f)
・・・をはなせますか?
... wo hanasemasuka?
Do you speak …? (m/f)
・・・をはなせるひとはいますか?
... wo hanaseru hito wa imasuka?
Does anyone here speak ...?
えいご
Eigo
English
ふらんすご
Furansugo
French
かいてもらえますか?
Kaitemorae masuka?
Could you write that down please. (m/f)
もういちどいってください
Mouichido itte kudasai
Could you please repeat that. (m/f)
ちょっとまってください
Chotto matte kudasai
Just a moment please.
 

Numbers

 
ぜろ/れい
Zero
zero
いち
Ichi
one

Ni
two
さん
San
three
し/よん
Shi/yon
four

Go
five
ろく
Roku
six
しち/なな
Shichińana
seven
はち
Hachi
eight
きゅう/く
Kyu-/ku
nine
じゅう
Jyu-
ten
じゅういち
Jyu-ichi
eleven
じゅうに
Jyu-ni
twelve
じゅうさん
Jyu-san
thirteen
じゅうし/じゅうよん
Jyu-si/jyu-yon
fourteen
じゅうご
Jyu-go
fifteen
じゅうろく
Jyu-roku
sixteen
じゅうひち/じゅうなな
Jyu-shichi
seventeen
じゅうはち
Jyu-hachi
eighteen
じゅうきゅう/じゅうく
Jyu-kyu-/jyu-ku
nineteen
にじゅう
Nijyu-
twenty
にじゅういち
Nijyu-ichi
twenty-one
さんじゅう
Sanjyu-
thirty
よんじゅう/しじゅう
Yonjyu-śhijyu-
forty
ごじゅう
Gojyu-
fifty
ろくじゅう
Rokujyu-
sixty
しちじゅう/ななじゅう
Shichijyu-ńanajyu-
seventy
はちじゅう
Hachijyu-
eighty
きゅうじゅう/-
Kyujyu-/-
ninety
ひゃく
Hyaku
one hundred
せん
Sen
one thousand
ひゃくまん
Hyakuman
one million
いくらか
Ikuraka
some / a couple
いちまん
Ichiman
10 000
 

 

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