カテゴリー: Everyday Japanese

聞く

KIKU

to listen / to hear / to ask

アルバイト

ARUBAITO

part-time job / part-time work / temporary work

祭り

MATSURI

festival / celebration / festive gathering

話す

HANASU

to speak / to talk / to tell

歩く

ARUKU

to walk

ちょっと

CHOTTO

a little / a bit / for a moment / just a moment

びっくり

BIKKURI

surprised / startled / shocked

買う

KAU

to buy / to purchase

です

DESU

a polite sentence-ending copula roughly equivalent to 'is/am/are'

お茶

OCHA

tea / green tea / honorable tea

寝る

NERU

to sleep / to go to bed / to lie down

メロンパン

MELON PAN

melon bread / melon pan / sweet pastry

懐石

KAISEKI

kaiseki / haute cuisine / traditional Japanese fine dining

帰る

KAERU

to return / to go home / to come back

えのき

ENOKI

enoki mushroom / enoki / thin mushroom

後輩

KOUHAI

junior / younger colleague / subordinate

味噌

MISO

miso / fermented soybean paste / seasoning

習う

NARAU

to learn / to take lessons / to study

教える

OSHIERU

to teach / to tell / to inform

すき焼き

SUKIYAKI

sukiyaki / beef hotpot / Japanese stew

生徒

SEITO

student (primary/secondary school)

頑張って

GANBATTE

do your best / hang in there / keep trying

軍艦巻き

GUNKAN-ZUSHI

oval-shaped sushi topped with nori and filling

箸

HASHI

chopsticks

百均

HYAKKIN

100-yen store / discount variety shop

角

KADO

corner or edge

神

KAMI

Shinto deity or spirit

傘

KASA

umbrella