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English Word Form Japanese Japanese Phonetic

airport Noun [ ] kūkō [kasho]

book Noun [ ] hon [satsu]

business Noun [ ] bijinesu [tsu]

bridge Noun [ ] hashi [hon]

bus Noun [ ] basu [dai]

car Noun [ ] kuruma [dai]

child Noun [ ] kodomo [jin]

company Noun [ ] kaisha [sha]

country Noun [ ] kuni [kakoku]

day Noun [ ] nichi [bi]

eye Noun [ ] me [tsu, kasho]

fact Noun [ ] jijitsu [ken]

family Noun [ ] kazoku [kazoku]

hour Noun [ ] jikan [jikan]

job Noun shigoto

life Noun jinsei

man Noun [ ] dansei [jin]

map Noun [ ] chizu [mai]

minute Noun [ ] bun [bun]

money Noun okane

month Noun [ ] tsuki [kagetsu]

mother Noun [ ] hahaoya [jin]

move Noun kōdō

need Noun hitsuyō sei

night Noun [ ] yoru [ban, yoru]

number Noun sūji

people Noun [ ] hito [jin]

place Noun [ ] basho [kasho]

play Noun [ ] geki [kōen]

problem Noun [ ] mondai [ko, tsu, kasho]

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English Word Form Japanese Japanese Phonetic

question Noun [ ] shitsumon [ken]

room Noun [ ] heya [heya, shitsu]

school Noun [ ] gakkō [kō]

show Noun [ ] bangumi [tsu]

start Noun kaishi

story Noun [ ] monogatari [hen]

student Noun [ ] seito [jin]

study Noun [ ] shosai [shitsu]

talk Noun hanashi

thing Noun mono

time Noun jikan

turn Noun ori

water Noun [ ] mizu [hai, shizuku]

way Noun iki kata

week Noun [ ] shū [shū]

woman Noun [ ] josei [jin]

word Noun [ ] tango [ko, katari]

work Noun [ ] sagyō [ken]

world Noun sekai

year Noun [ ] toshi [nen]

ask Verb tazuneru

become Verb ni naru

begin Verb hajimeru

bring Verb , [irr.] motte kuru

call Verb , [irr.] denwa suru

can Verb dekiru

come Verb kuru

do Verb yaru

drive Verb , [irr.] unten suru

feel Verb kanjiru

find Verb mitsukeru

get Verb te ni ireru

give Verb okuru

go Verb iku

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have Verb kau

hear Verb kikoeru

keep Verb , [irr.] hoji suru

know Verb shitte iru

leave Verb , [irr.] shuppatsu suru

let Verb saseru

like Verb konomu

look Verb mitsumeru

make Verb tsukuru

put Verb oku

run Verb hashiru

say Verb iu

see Verb miru

take Verb , [irr.] motte kuru

tell Verb , [irr.] setsumei suru

think Verb kangaeru

try Verb , [irr.] shiyo u to suru

use Verb tsukau

want Verb hoshi garu

all Adjective zenbu no

bad Adjective hidoi

better Adjective yori yoi

big Adjective ōkina

different Adjective kotonaru

free Adjective muryō no

full Adjective ippai

good Adjective yoi

great Adjective subarashii

his Adjective jibun no (kare no)

important Adjective juyō na

new Adjective atarashii

old Adjective toshioi ta

public Adjective kōteki na

real Adjective kawa no

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English Word Form Japanese Japanese Phonetic

recent Adjective saikin no

small Adjective S Ꙣꙫ S (esu)

strong Adjective tsuyoi

white Adjective shiroi

young Adjective wakai

best Adjective saikō no

early Adjective hayaku

easy Adjective kantan na

hard Adjective katai

high Adjective takai

just Adjective chōdo

late Adjective okure te

married Adjective kikon no

long Adjective nagai

only Adjective dake

right Adjective kikkari to

sure Adjective kakushin ga aru

very Adjective totemo

well Adjective jōzu ni

on Adjective no ue ni

little Adjective chīsana

some Adjective ikuraka

one Number 1 1

from Preposition kara no

in Preposition no naka ni

to Preposition ni

with Preposition to issho ni

he Pronoun kare wa

many Pronoun takusan no

my Pronoun watashi no

other Pronoun ta no

she Pronoun kanojo wa

we Pronoun watashi tachi wa

what Pronoun nani

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English Word Form Japanese Japanese Phonetic

which Pronoun dochira

who Pronoun dare o

Adverb /
also Preposition
mo
Adverb /
here Preposition
koko ni
Adverb /
home Preposition
ie ni
Adverb /
no Preposition
īe
Adverb /
not Preposition
te i nai
Adverb /
now Preposition
ima

when Adverb i tsu

about Adverb nitsuite

out Adverb de te

more Adverb ōku no

and Conjunction to

because Conjunction na node

but Conjunction ga

for Conjunction no tame no

or Conjunction matawa

so Conjunction node

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