Japanese Level 1 Spelling and Vocabulary List

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1 Japanese Level 1 Spelling and Vocabulary List Junjie (mail.junjie@gmail.com) Greetings Phrases Good morning Good afternoon / Hello Good evening Good night Good bye Thank you very much You are most welcome I'm sorry / Excuse me (to get attention) Nice to meet you Nice to meet you, too Please excuse me (when entering/leaving) Congratulations! Sorry, I'm afraid not See you tomorrow Yes, that's right No, it's wrong; it isn't Oh, I see Here you are Let me see... Last updated 12/1/07 12:40:17 AM 1

2 3. General I'll take this/give me this That's hard (work) That's good After that; then I You Name Mr., Mrs., Miss, Mdm. Yes No Who? (informal & formal) What (x2) Nothing Altogether 4. Referencing How much? A little Well then... Together Nowhere Not, negative form This (x2) 2

3 5. School 6. Countries 7. Occupations That (x2) That (over there) (x2) Here (x2) There (x2) Over There (x2) Where (x2) Major/Speciality Mechanical Engineering Communication Studies Nanyang Technological University Japan Singapore Malaysia Indonesia China India Thailand England America ~ person (nationality) Teacher Student 3

4 8. Objects Company Employee Shop Assistant Book Textbook Magazine Newspaper Dictionary Paper Pencil Keys Clock Bag Car Desk Chair Umbrella Notebook Pen Ball-point pen Mechanical pencil Television Radio Camera Flower 4

5 9. Actionable Objects E 10. Food & beverages Telephone Shirt Shoes Stamps Homework Work Class Party Japanese Language Rest; break; holiday Lunch break Free (spare time) Cigarettes Photograph Letter Music Movie Tennis Mahjong game Coffee Black tea; English tea (Green) Tea 5

6 Milk Juice Water Beer Liquor; Japanese rice wine Meal; boiled rice Breakfast Lunch Dinner Bread Egg Meat Chicken meat Pork Beef Mutton Fish Vegetable Fruit Seafood Porridge Noodles Sandwich Hamburger 6

7 1 Places Country Use when referring to others School University Toilet (x2) Department Store Canteen Bank Reception Room Library Company Classroom House/home Post Office Station Park Bookshop Hospital Supermarket Orchard Bugis Boon Lay Sentosa 7

8 1 Transportation East Coast Changi Airport Kuala Lumpur Bintan Cinema Hawker Centre Bus Train Subway Taxi Aeroplane Ship Ferry Cable Car On foot a) Not 13. People Person Family Friend Colleague He; boyfriend She; girlfriend Alone; by oneself 8

9 a) Not 14. Currency 15. Adjectives 16. Action Japanese Yen Dollar Cent Big Small Study Wake up Go to bed Begin; start End and require the particle to precede itself and do not Go Come Return; go back Buy Smoke; inhale Take (a picture) Write Listen 9

10 Drink Read Eat See; watch Do Do not Did Did not Meet 17. When... (day) 18. When... (time) The day before yesterday Yesterday Today Tomorrow The day after tomorrow Now Morning Daytime/Noon Night (x2) This morning Tonight Last night When 10

11 19. Time 1 o'clock 2 o'clock 3 o'clock 4 o'clock 5 o'clock 6 o'clock 7 o'clock 8 o'clock 9 o'clock 10 o'clock 11 o'clock 12 o'clock 10 minutes 15 minutes What time? A.M. P.M. Exactly; precisely vs 20. Week, Month, Year Half Minutes Before The year before the last Last year 11

12 2 Months This year Next year The year after the next The month before the last Last month This month Next month The month after the next The week before the last Last week This week Next week The week after the next January February March April May June July August September October 12

13 2 Days of the week 23. Days of the month November December Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Which day of the week? Birthday 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 14th 13

14 24. Every Kanji 17th 19th 20th 24th 27th 29th Which day of the month? Everyday Every morning Every evening Every week Every month Every year 14

15 3. 4. v (Chinese) v (Katakana) 3. 15

16 (To have left stroke shorter than right) 3. 16

17 (To have left stroke not touching centre column)

18 v (Chinese) (To have bottom slightly angled up) v (Chinese) v (Chinese) 18

19 26. Particles Marks the noun directly before it as subject of the sentence a) Note: 'When' is usually not followed by, Subject is, not since it is not the main subject of interest. b) However, they can also become the main subject of the sentence, thus requiring the use of A: B B: A: B: c) Also... Too And MRT With, accompanied by Of, belonging to 19

20 Marks the noun directly before it as direct object of verb At Do (something) by using (something) To, toward; show the direction where an action is headed Indicate time that an action takes/took place; on, in, at Note that and require, but 3. and do not 4. etc do not require 5. do not require too From To, till, until and do not require particle in front 20

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S1Šû‘KŒâ‚è are you? I m thirteen years old. do you study at home every day? I study after dinner. is your cat? It s under the table. I leave for school at seven in Monday. I leave for school at seven on Monday. I