Japanese word (Pronunciation in hiragana) Part of speech Meaning in English Note
__の [particle] __'s of _______
_に [particle] to _[place]_
_だ [verb] is _____
_と [particle] and ___ with ____
_する [verb] do ____
ない [adjective] not there “don't have” (non-living or non-moving)
いる [verb] to be there “have” (things that are living and moving)
_も [particle] __ too __ also
ある [verb] to be there “have” (non-living or non-moving)
__から [particle] from _____ because ______
こと [noun] thing (intangible/abstract) fact
なる [verb] to become * use particle に with nouns
その_ [adjective] that ____
__です [verb, in polite form] is ____
それ [noun] that
そう [adverb] that way like that * can mean “Right.”
人 (ひと) [noun] person
言う (いう) [verb] to say/tell
物(もの) [noun] thing (tangible/physical)
この__ [adjective] this ___
来る(くる) [verb] to come
思う(おもう) [verb] to think
一(いち) [number] one
見る(みる) [verb] to look/see/watch
何(なに) [noun] what
二(に) [number] two
__まで [particle] until _____
__達(たち) [suffix] __s {pluralizes a noun} (for people or animals)
自分(じぶん) [noun] myself him/her/your/oneself
___だけ [particle] only _____
私(わたし) [noun] I me is unisex for formal situations; else feminine
中(なか) [noun] the inside (of something)
これ [noun] this
顔(かお) [noun] face
出来る(できる)[verb] to be able to do used with nouns
良い(いい) [adjective] good
彼(かれ) [noun] he him
手(て) [noun] hand
声(こえ) [noun] voice
目(め) [noun] eye
やる [verb] to do
どう [adjective] how refers to quality, not means
for “How do you ___,” say どうやって____
前(まえ) [noun/adverb] the front of before ago
でも [conjunction] But, However, use at start of sentence
男(おとこ) [noun] man a male
あの___ [adjective] that ___ “that over there”, away from listener and speaker
者(もの) [noun] person often used to mean “one who ___”
出る(でる) [verb] to go out to leave/exit to appear
知る(しる) [verb] to find out to know I know → 知っている
十(じゅう) [number] ten
もう [adverb] already
行く(いく) [verb] to go
三(さん) [number] three
わかる [verb] to be discernible “to understand” Person not the subject
そんな__ [adjective] that kind of ____
くれる [verb] to give (to the speaker)
切る(きる) [verb] to cut
ところ [noun] place/spot often abstract
時(とき) [noun] time/hour (as in a point in time)
彼女(かのじょ)[noun] she/her
ここ [noun] here
そして [conjunction] And, use at start of sentence
今(いま) [adverb] now
上(うえ) [noun] the top of the place over “above/on top”
女(おんな) [noun] woman a female
気(き) [noun] energy (one's) wits spirit mind
付く(つく) [noun] to be attached to stick onto to be with
しかし [conjuction] However,
ため [noun] one's good one's sake
また [adverb] again
俺(おれ) [noun] I me used by males in informal contexts
聞く(きく) [verb] to listen to ask
__ほど [adverb] as much as ___
僕(ぼく) [noun] I me used by males, less informal than 俺
見える(みえる)[verb] to be visible “can see”
_より [adverb] more than ____ --er than ______
家(いえ) [noun] house
日(ひ) [noun] day
考える(かんがえる)[verb] to think about to consider
出す(だす) [verb] to put out/bring out
そこ [noun] there
入る(はいる) [verb] to enter to go in
持つ(もつ) [verb] to carry to have on one's person
口(くち) [noun] mouth
話(はなし) [noun] a talk a story
わけ [noun] case circumstances reason
けど [conjunction] but often used in the middle of a sentence
など [particle] etc. and such
あなた [noun] you
音(おと) [noun] sound
頭(あたま) [noun] head
言葉(ことば) [noun] word
まだ [adverb] still yet
__まま [particle] with it still ______ while it still ______
かける [verb] to put on/cause to take up (space); to use (time, $) toward
間(あいだ) [noun] interval space in between physical or temporal
どこ [noun] where