An Innovat i ve and E f fec t i ve Language

Program tha t Ensures Max imum Resu l ts

w i th M in ima l E f fo r t

behind the wheel

Macmi l l an Aud io

SERIES FOUNDED BY MARK FROBOSE

japanese

LEVEL 1

Behind the Wheel Japanese Level 1. Copyright © 2009 by Macmillan Audio.

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CD 1

Track 1

I want. Watashi wa hoshii. • I like. Watashi

wa suki desu. • I’m going to. Watashi wa

suru tsumori desu. • I have to. Watashi wa

shinakereba naranai. • I need. Watashi wa

hitsuyo desu. • yes hai • no iie • one ichi •

two ni • three san

Track 2

my name is watashi no namae wa • My

name is Noriko. Watashi no namae wa

Noriko desu. • My name is Mark. Watashi no

namae wa Maaku desu. • What is your name

(fam)? Onamae wa nan desu ka? • What is

your name (form)? Anata no onamae wa

nan desu ka? • Nice to meet you. Aete

totemo ureshii desu. • Likewise. Yo na. •

Hello. Konnichiwa. • Good morning. Ohayo

gozaimasu. • General greeting until 5:00 in

the afternoon Konnichiwa. • Good evening,

used after 5:00 in the afternoon Konbanwa.

• Good night, used just before going to bed

Oyasumi nasai. • Goodbye. Sayonara. • See

you later. Mata ato de aimasho. • See you

tomorrow. Mata ashita aimasho. • Where are

you from (fam)? Doko no shusshin desu ka?

• I am from the United States. Watashi wa

Amerika no shusshin desu. • I am from

Japan. Watashi wa Nihon no shusshin desu.

• The United States Amerika • Japan Nihon

• the key kagi • a book hon • a car kuruma •

house ie • year toshi • month tsuki • day hi •

one day ichinichi • two days futsuka • three

days mikka • a man or the man dansei • a

woman or the woman josei • problem

mondai • telephone denwa • desk tsukue •

bank ginko • money kane • reservation

yoyaku • hotel hoteru • hotel room hoteru no

heya

Track 3

window mado • door doa • bathroom toire •

train station eki • street michi • ticket kippu •

airport hikojo • plane hikoki • airport hikojo

Track 4

Please. Onegai shimasu. • Thank you.

Arigato gozaimasu. • You’re welcome. Do

AUDIO TRANSCRIPT

This transcript is written in romaji using the Hepburn romanization system. Instead of

traditional Japanese characters, romaji represents Japanese using the Latin alphabet,

thereby simplifying this complex language and making it more readily accessible to English

speakers. It is an efficient way to learn to speak Japanese without requiring the years of

study needed to master the written language. There is only one accent mark used in the

Hepburn romanization system. It appears over the letters O and U (o and u) and indicates a

long vowel sound.

itashimashite. • I like. Watashi wa suki desu.

• I want. Watashi wa hoshii. • I can. Watashi

wa dekiru. • I have to. Watashi wa

shinakereba naranai. • to talk or speak

hanasu • to get eru • to sleep nemuru • to

travel ryoko suru • to go out dekakeru • to

give ageru • to eat taberu • to walk aruku •

to dance odoru • to work hataraku • to go

iku • to swim oyogu • to do or to make suru •

to see miru • to write kaku • to learn manabu

Track 5

I want to eat. Watashi wa tabetai. • to eat

taberu • I watashi wa • to talk or speak

hanasu • I want to speak. Watashi wa

hanashitai. • to dance odoru • I want to

dance. Watashi wa odoritai. • to go iku • I

want to go. Watashi wa ikitai. • to learn

manabu • I want to learn. Watashi wa

manabitai. • to eat taberu • I want to eat.

Watashi wa tabetai.

Track 6

I want to talk. Watashi wa hanashitai. • I like

to talk. Watashi wa hanasu no ga suki desu.

• I like to eat. Watashi wa taberu no ga suki

desu. • I like to work. Watashi wa hataraku

no ga suki desu. • to work hataraku • I

watashi wa • I like to work. Watashi wa

hataraku no ga suki desu. • I want to work.

Watashi wa hatarakitai. • I like to see.

Watashi wa miru no ga suki desu. • I like to

go out. Watashi wa dekakeru no ga suki

desu.

Track 7

I can talk. Watashi wa hanasu koto ga

dekiru. • I can talk. Watashi wa hanasu koto

ga dekiru. • I can sleep. Watashi wa nemuru

koto ga dekiru. • to eat taberu • I can eat.

Watashi wa taberu koto ga dekiru. • I can

work. Watashi wa hataraku koto ga dekiru. •

to work hataraku • I watashi wa • I can work.

Watashi wa hataraku koto ga dekiru. • to do

or to make suru • I can make. Watashi wa

suru koto ga dekiru. • I can see. Watashi wa

miru koto ga dekiru. • to see miru • I watashi

wa • I can see. Watashi wa miru koto ga

dekiru. • I can learn. Watashi wa manabu

koto ga dekiru.

Track 8

I want to talk. Watashi wa hanashitai. • I like

to talk. Watashi wa hanasu no ga suki desu.

• I can talk. Watashi wa hanasu koto ga

dekiru. • to eat taberu • I want to eat.

Watashi wa tabetai. • I like to eat. Watashi

wa taberu koto ga suki desu. • I can eat.

Watashi wa taberu koto ga dekiru. • to go iku

• I want to go. Watashi wa ikitai. • I like to

go. Watashi wa iku no ga suki desu. • I can

go. Watashi wa iku koto ga dekiru. • I have

to talk. Watashi wa hanasanakereba naranai.

• I have to talk. Watashi wa hanasanakereba

naranai. • to work hataraku • I have to work.

Watashi wa hatarakanakereba naranai. • I

have to work. Watashi wa hatarakanakereba

naranai. • I can get. Watashi wa eru koto ga

dekiru. • I want to go. Watashi wa ikitai. • I

like to go. Watashi wa iku no ga suki desu. •

I can go. Watashi wa iku koto ga dekiru. • I

have to go. Watashi wa ikanakereba naranai.

• I like to go out. Watashi wa dekakeru no ga

suki desu. • I want to learn Japanese.

Watashi wa nihongo o manabitai. •

Japanese (language) nihongo • to learn

manabu • I watashi wa

Track 9

I want to learn Japanese. Watashi wa

nihongo o manabitai. • to walk aruku • to

work hataraku • I have to work. Watashi wa

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hatarakanakereba naranai. • I can walk.

Watashi wa aruku koto ga dekiru. • to travel

ryoko suru • I want to travel. Watashi wa

ryoko ga shitai.

Track 10

the days of the week yobi • Monday

getsuyobi • Tuesday kayobi • Wednesday

suiyobi • Thursday mokuyobi • Friday

kin’yobi • Saturday doyobi • Sunday

nichiyobi

Track 11

month tsuki • January ichigatsu • February

nigatsu • March sangatsu • April shigatsu •

May gogatsu • June rokugatsu • July

shichigatsu • August hachigatsu •

September kugatsu • October jugatsu •

November juichigatsu • December junigatsu

Track 12

one ichi • two ni • three san • four yon • five

go • six roku • seven nana • eight hachi •

nine ku • ten ju • eleven juichi • twelve juni •

one, January ichi, ichigatsu • two, February

ni, nigatsu • three, March san, sangatsu •

four, April shi, shigatsu • five, May go,

gogatsu • six, June roku, rokugatsu • seven,

July shichi, shichigatsu • eight, August

hachi, hachigatsu • nine, September ku,

kugatsu • ten, October ju, jugatsu • eleven,

November juichi, juichigatsu • twelve,

December juni, junigatsu • How old are you

(form)? Nenrei wa nan sai desu ka? • I am

twenty-one years old. Watashi wa niju issai

desu. • I am fifty years old. Watashi wa

gojussai desu.

Track 13

season kisetsu • winter fuyu • spring haru •

summer natsu • fall aki • In the spring, it’s

cool, and it rains. Haru wa samuku ame ga

furu. • In the summer, it’s hot, and it’s very

sunny. Natsu wa atsuku tottemo hareru. • In

the winter, it’s cold, and it snows a lot. Fuyu

wa samuku yuki ga takusan furu. • In the fall,

it’s cool. Aki wa samui. • to travel ryoko suru

• I want to travel. Watashi wa ryoko ga shitai.

• to pay harau • to order (food) chumon suru

Track 14

I want to talk. Watashi wa hanashi ga shitai.

• You want to talk. Anata wa hanashi ga

shitai. • I watashi wa • you anata wa • I like

to talk. Watashi wa hanashi ga suki desu.

You want to talk. Anata wa hanashi ga shitai.

• I like to eat. Watashi wa taberu no ga suki

desu. • You like to eat. Anata wa taberu no

ga suki desu.

Track 15

You like to eat. Anata wa taberu no ga suki

desu. • Do you like to eat? Anata wa taberu

no ga suki desu ka? • You want to talk.

Anata wa hanashitai. • Do you want to talk?

Anata wa hanashitai desu ka? • You can pay.

Anata wa harau koto ga dekiru. • to pay

harau • you anata wa • You can pay. Anata

wa harau koto ga dekiru. • Can you pay?

Anata wa harau koto ga dekimasu ka?

Track 16

to talk or speak hanasu • to sing utau • to

sleep nemuru • to travel ryoko suru • to go

out dekakeru • to give ageru • to eat taberu •

to walk or go on foot aruku • to pay harau •

to wait matsu • to work hataraku • to play, as

in, to play outside asobu • to go iku • to do

or to make suru • to see miru • to write kaku

• to learn manabu • to order chumon suru •

You like to work. Anata wa hataraku no ga

suki desu. • Do you like to work? Anata wa

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hataraku no ga suki desu ka? • You have to

go. Anata wa ikanakereba naranai. • Do you

have to go? Anata wa ikanakereba naranai

desu ka? • to go iku • you anata wa • have

to naranai • Do you have to go? Anata wa

ikanakereba naranai desu ka? • Do you want

to order? Anata wa chumon shitai desu ka?

• to order chumon • Do you want to order?

Anata wa chumon shitai desu ka?

Track 17

I want to talk. Watashi wa hanashi ga shitai.

• I don’t want to talk. Watashi wa hanashi ga

shitakunai. • I want to eat. Watashi wa

tabetai. • I don’t want to eat. Watashi wa

tabetakunai. • I want to travel. Watashi wa

ryoko ga shitai. • I don’t want to travel.

Watashi wa ryoko ga shitakunai. • You have

to pay. Anata wa harawanakereba naranai. •

You want to go. Anata wa ikitai. • You don’t

want to go. Anata wa ikitakunai. • I can talk.

Watashi wa hanasu koto ga dekiru. • I can’t

talk. Watashi wa hanasu koto ga dekinai. • I

can go. Watashi wa iku koto ga dekiru. • I

can’t go. Watashi wa iku koto ga dekinai. • I

want to order. Watashi wa chumon ga shitai.

• I want to order. Watashi wa chumon ga

shitai. • I don’t want to order. Watashi wa

chumon shitakunai. • I can do it. Watashi wa

suru koto ga dekiru. • I can’t do it. Watashi

wa suru koto ga dekinai.

CD 2

Track 1

Where is it? Doko desu ka? • It is. Sore

desu. • It isn’t. Sore de wa arimasen. • What

is this? Sore wa nan desu ka? • What is

that? Are wa nan desu ka? • Who is it? Dare

desu ka? • What is spoken? Nani o shabete

iru no desu ka? • How do you say? Do yatte

iu no desu ka? • What color is it? Nan no iro

desu ka? • It’s red. Sore wa aka desu. • red

aka • white shiro • It’s red. Sore wa aka

desu. • It’s white. Sore wa shiro desu. • See

you. Mata ato de. • English is spoken. Eigo

ga hanasarete iru. • English eigo • Japanese

nihongo • Japanese is spoken. Nihongo ga

hanasarete iru. • It isn’t a pen. Sore wa pen

de wa arimasen. • It’s a pencil. Sore wa

enpitsu desu. • waiter weitaa • waitress

weitoresu • The bill, please. Okanjo onegai

shimasu. • How much does it cost? Dono

kurai kakaru no desu ka? • That’s why. Sore

de desu. • right away sugu ni

Track 2

What size is it? Sore wa dono saizu desu

ka? • It is large. Sore wa okii saizu desu. •

large okii • small chiisai • I don’t understand.

Watashi wa rikai dekinai. • I’m sorry. Gomen

nasai. • I’m sorry, I don’t understand. Gomen

nasai. Watashi wa rikai ga dekinai. • Repeat,

please. Kurikaeshi onegai shimasu. • How

far away is it? Sore wa dono kurai toi no

desu ka? • Here it is. Koko desu. • What

kind? Dono shurui desu ka? • who dare •

what nani • when itsu • where doko • how

dono yo ni • why naze • because naze nara •

I need. Watashi wa hitsuyo desu. • The

menu, please. Menyu o kudasai. • Whose is

it? Dare no desu ka? • It’s mine. Sore wa

watashi no desu. • It’s yours. Sore wa anata

no desu. • Where is it? Sore wa doko desu

ka? • where doko • The book is on the table.

Hon wa tsukue ni arimasu. • The book is

under the table. Hon wa tsukue no shita ni

arimasu. • The book is next to the table. Hon

wa tsukue no soba ni arimasu. • The book is

on the floor. Hon wa yuka ni arimasu.

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Track 3

the family kazoku • my parents watashi no

ryoshin • parents ryoshin • my watashi no •

my parents watashi no ryoshin • my children

watashi no kodomotachi • my wife watashi

no okusan • my husband watashi no otto •

The United States Amerika • I’m American

(m). Watashi wa amerikajin no dansei desu.

• I’m American (f). Watashi wa amerikajin no

josei desu. • Is it far? Sore wa toi no desu

ka? • Is it near? Sore wa chikai no desu ka?

• Is it easy? Sore wa kantan desu ka? • Is it

hard? Sore wa muzukashii desu ka? • Is it

cheap? Sore wa yasui desu ka? • Is it

expensive? Sore wa takai no desu ka? •

good yoi • bad warui • it is sore wa • It is

good. Sore wa yoi. • It is bad. Sore wa warui.

• Is it good? Sore wa yoi no desu ka? • Is it

bad? Sore wa warui no desu ka? • How

much? Ikura desu ka? • How many? Ikutsu

desu ka?

Track 4

Where is the bathroom, please? Toire wa

doko desu ka? • Waiter, I would like to pay.

Weitaa san, okanjo onegai shimasu. • The

menu, please. Menyu o kudasai. • What is

this? Kore wa nan desu ka? • What is that?

Are wa nan desu ka? • Who is it? Dare desu

ka? • How many are there? Asoko ni wa

ikutsu arimasu ka? • Where is it? Doko desu

ka? • I don’t know. Watashi wa shirimasen. •

I don’t understand. Watashi wa rikai dekinai.

• Let’s see. Mite mimasho. • I’m sorry.

Gomen nasai. • Repeat, please. Kurikaeshi

onegai shimasu. • Why? Naze desu ka? •

because naze nara • Sure. So desu. •

Excuse me. Sumimasen. • What kind?

Donna shurui desu ka? • How much does it

cost? Dono kurai kakaru no desu ka? • What

size is it? Nan no saizu desu ka? • It’s too

big. Sore wa totemo okii. • It’s too small.

Sore wa totemo chiisai. • I need. Watashi wa

hitsuyo desu. • help tasukeru • I need help.

Watashi wa tasuke ga hitsuyo desu.

Track 5

How do you say . . . in Japanese? Nihongo

de . . . do iu no desu ka? • How do you say

“book” in Japanese? Nihongo de “book” wa

nan to iimasu ka? • I don’t know if I want.

Hoshii ka do ka wakarimasen. • All right.

Wakarimashita. • That’s why. Sore de desu

ne. • go iku • right away sugu ni • Here it is.

Koko desu. • How far away is it? Dono kurai

toi no desu ka? • this kore • that are • How

far away is it? Dono kurai toi no desu ka? •

How far away is Tokyo? Tokyo wa dono

kurai toi no desu ka? • It is. Sore desu. • It

isn’t. Sore de wa arimasen. • Is it a

magazine? Sore wa zasshi desu ka? • No, it

isn’t a magazine. Iie, sore wa zasshi de wa

arimasen. • It’s a book. Sore wa hon desu. •

magazine zasshi • book hon • It is. Sore

desu. • It isn’t. Sore de wa arimasen. • What

is it? Nan desu ka? • Is it a magazine? Sore

wa zasshi desu ka? • no iie • It isn’t a

magazine. It’s a book. Iie, sore wa zasshi de

wa arimasen. Sore wa hon desu.

Track 6

car kuruma • bicycle jitensha • Is it a car?

Sore wa kuruma desu ka? • No, it isn’t a car.

It’s a bicycle. Iie, sore wa kuruma de wa

arimasen. Sore wa jitensha desu. • yes hai •

Yes, it is. Hai, so desu. • No, it isn’t. Hai, so

de wa arimasen. • dog inu • cat neko • Is it a

dog? Sore wa inu desu ka? • Yes, it’s a dog.

Hai, sore wa inu desu. • No, it isn’t a dog. Iie,

sore wa inu de wa arimasen. • Is it a cat?

Sore wa neko desu ka? • Yes, it’s a cat. Hai,

sore wa neko desu.

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Track 7

on the table teeburu ni • The book is on the

table. Hon wa tsukue ni arimasu. • the fork

foku • on the floor yuka ni • The fork is on

the floor. Foku wa yuka ni arimasu. • the

chair isu • next to the table teeburu no soba

ni • The chair is next to the table. Isu wa

teeburu no soba ni aru. • the shoes kutsu •

under the table teeburu no shita • The

shoes are under the table. Kutsu wa teeburu

no shita ni aru. • glass koppu • Where is my

glass? Watashi no koppu wa doko desu ka?

• It’s next to you. Anata no soba ni arimasu. •

the family kazoku • the father chichioya • the

mother hahaoya • the son musuko • the

daughter musume • younger brother ototo •

older brother oniisan • younger sister imoto

• older sister oneisan • uncle ojisan • aunt

obasan • parents ryoshin • my parents

watashi no ryoshin • your parents anata no

ryoshin • children kodomotachi • my children

watashi no kodomotachi • your children

anata no kodomotachi • cousins itoko • I am

watashi wa • I am not. Watashi wa arimasen.

• I am American. Watashi wa Amerikajin

desu. • I’m not Japanese. Watashi wa

Nihonjin de wa arimasen.

Track 8

student seito • teacher sensei • I am a

student. Watashi wa seito desu. • I’m not a

teacher. Watashi wa sensei de wa arimasen.

• It is. Sore desu. • a plane hikoki • It’s a

plane. Sore wa hikoki desu. • Is it our plane?

Sore wa watashitachi no hikoki desu ka? • It

is in Japan. Sore wa Nihon ni aru. • It is in

the United States. Sore wa Amerika ni aru.

Track 9

lie (not true) uso • truth jijitsu • It’s not a lie.

Sore wa uso de wa arimasen. • It’s the truth.

Sore wa jijitsu desu. • far toi • near chikaku •

It isn’t far. Sore wa toku arimasen. • It’s near.

Sore wa chikaku ni arimasu. • easy kantan •

difficult muzukashii • It isn’t difficult. Sore

wa muzukashikunai. • It’s easy. Sore wa

kantan desu. • closed heiten • open kaiten •

The store isn’t closed. Omise wa heiten

shite imasen. • the store omise • isn’t imasen

• open kaiten • The store isn’t open. Omise

wa kaiten shite imasen. • The store is

closed. Omise wa heiten shite imasu. •

empty kara • full ippai • the tank tanku • The

tank isn’t empty. Tanku wa kara de wa

arimasen. • The tank is full. Tanku wa ippai

desu. • gasoline gasorin • I need gasoline.

Watashi wa gasorin ga hitsuyo desu. • oil

(car oil) oiru • I don’t need oil. Watashi wa

oiru wa hitsuyo arimasen.

Track 10

I watashi • you (fam or form) anata • he kare

• she kanojo • you (fam or form) anata • we

watashitachi • they karera • He is a teacher.

Kare wa sensei desu. • They are friends.

Karera wa tomodachi desu. • She is married.

Kanojo wa kekkon shite imasu. • He isn’t

married. Kare wa kekkon shite imasen. •

He’s single. Kare wa dokushin desu. • We

are rich. Watashitachi wa kanemochi desu.

• We aren’t poor. Watashitachi wa bimbo

de wa arimasen. • rich kanemochi • poor

bimbo • They are doctors. Karera wa isha

desu. • You are a lawyer. Anata wa bengoshi

desu.

Track 11

What is this? Sore wa nan desu ka? • bed

beddo • telephone denwa • tree ki • desk

tsukue • flower hana • hat boshi • napkin

napukin • book hon • fork foku • window

mado • shirt shatsu • jacket jaketto • nose

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hana • pen pen • bicycle jitensha • pencil

enpitsu • magazine zasshi • newspaper

shimbun • house ie • apartment apaato •

dog inu • cat neko • mouth kuchi • eye me •

finger yubi • arm ude • tooth ha • tongue

shita • plane hikoki • ship fune • key kagi •

door doa

Track 12

hotel room hoteru no heya • hotel hoteru •

restaurant resutoran • money kane •

traveler’s check toraberaazu chekku •

computer compyutaa • credit card kurejitto

kaado • hand te • foot or leg ashi • ear mimi

• knife naifu • change otsuri • paper kami •

truck torakku • car kuruma • bus basu • train

ressha • box hako • suitcase sutsukeisu •

hotel hoteru • hotel room hoteru no heya •

cup or glass koppu • shoe kutsu • food

tabemono • water mizu • bread pan • rice

gohan

Track 13

The Bus Stop Basutei • Hi. Konnichiwa. • My

name is Noriko. Watashi no namae wa

Noriko desu. • And I am at the bus stop.

Watashi wa basutei ni imasu. • I am a

doctor. Watashi wa isha desu. • There is a

woman next to me. Watashi no tonari ni

josei ga imasu. • Her name is Christine.

Kanojo no namae wa Kurisutin desu. • She’s

a student. Kanojo wa seito desu. • There is a

man on my right. Watashi no migi ni dansei

ga imasu. • His name is Mark. Kare no

namae wa Maaku desu. • He’s a teacher.

Kare wa sensei desu. • They are very nice

people. Karera wa totemo ii hitotachi desu. •

And we are very good friends. Watashitachi

wa totemo yoi tomodachi desu. • There is a

bank behind us. Watashitachi no ushiro ni

ginko ga arimasu. • The street is on the left.

Michi wa hidari ni arimasu • Where is the

bus? Basu wa doko desu ka?

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and to • bank ginko • I watashi • he kare • to

the right migi ni • to the left hidari ni • very

good totemo yoi • doctor isha • she kanojo •

is named namae wa • they karera • we or us

watashitachi wa • the street michi • where is

doko desu ka • behind ushiro • nice people

yoi hitotachi

CD 3

Track 1

who dare • when itsu • How much (referring

to money)? Ikura desu ka? • How much

(referring to time)? Dono kurai kakarimasu

ka? • What? Nan desu ka? • how do yatte •

where doko • How many? Ikutsu arimasu

ka? • Which? Or, which one? Dore desu ka?

• What is this? Kore wa nan desu ka? •

When does the movie start? Itsu eiga wa

hajimarimasu ka? • movie eiga • when itsu •

start or begin hajimaru • When does the

movie start? Itsu eiga wa hajimarimasu ka? •

Which house is it? Dono ie desu ka? •

house ie • which dono • which house dono

ie • Which house is it? Dono ie desu ka?

Track 2

How are you? Ogenki desu ka? • What is

your name? Anata no namae wa nan desu

ka? • Who is that woman? Ano josei wa

dare desu ka? • woman josei • who dare •

that woman ano josei • Who is that woman?

Ano josei wa dare desu ka? • How much

does it cost? Sore wa dono kurai

kakarimasu ka?

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a lot of questions takusan no shitsumon •

What is this? Kore wa nan desu ka? • It is a

book. Sore wa hon desu. • What kind of book

is it? Donna hon desu ka? • It’s a Japanese

book. Sore wa nihongo no hon desu. •

Japanese book nihongo no hon • book hon

• Japanese nihongo • Japanese book

nihongo no hon • it is desu • It is a Japanese

book. Sore wa nihongo no hon desu. •

Where do I read the book? Watashi wa

doko de hon o yomimasu ka? • where doko •

Do I read? Yomimasu ka? • the book hon

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Where do I read the book? Watashi wa

doko de hon o yomimasu ka? • I read it at

home. Watashi wa ie de sore o yomimasu. • I

read. Watashi wa yomu. • I read it (referring

to book). Watashi wa sore o yomimasu. • at

home ie de • I read it at home. Watashi wa

sore o ie de yomimasu. • Where is my

house? Watashi no ie wa doko desu ka? •

It’s on a street. Sore wa kono michi ni

arimasu. • a street michi • it is on sore wa

arimasu • It is on a street. Sore wa kono

michi ni arimasu. • What is the name of the

street? Michi no namae wa nan to iimasu

ka? • The street is called “Neil.” Michi no

namae wa “Niiru” to iimasu. • Which do you

like more? Anata wa dore ga motto suki

desu ka? • more motto • which dore • Do

you like? Suki desu ka? • Which do you like

more? Anata wa dore ga motto suki desu

ka? • Reading books, or watching movies?

Hon o yomu ka, sore to mo eiga o miru ka? •

or sore to mo • movies eiga • books hon •

watching movies eiga o miru • reading

books hon o yomu • Reading books, or

watching movies? Hon o yomu ka, sore to

mo eiga o miru ka? • I like both. Watashi wa

ryoho to mo suki desu. • I like. Watashi wa

suki desu. • both ryoho • I like both. Watashi

wa ryoho suki desu.

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How much does it cost to go to the movies?

Eiga ni iku no ni wa dono kurai kakarimasu

ka? • How much does it cost? Dono kurai

kakarimasu ka? • to the movies eiga ni • to

go to the movies eiga ni iku • How much

does it cost to go to the movies? Eiga ni iku

no ni wa dono kurai kakarimasu ka? • What

is the name of the street? Michi no namae

wa nan to iimasu ka? • The name of the

street is “Main.” Michi no namae wa “Mein”

to iimasu. • the street michi • is named

namae wa • Main Mein • It depends on the

movie. Sore wa eiga shidai desu. •

Sometimes over eight dollars. Toki ni yotte

wa hachi doru ijo shimasu. • eight dollars

hachi doru • sometimes toki ni yotte wa •

Sometimes over eight dollars. Toki ni yotte

wa hachi doru ijo mo shimasu. • It’s very

expensive. Sore wa totemo takai desu.

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Japan, Japanese Nihon, nihongo • In Japan,

Japanese is spoken. Nihon de wa nihongo

ga hanasarete iru. • The United States,

English Amerika, eigo • In the United States,

English is spoken. Amerika de wa eigo ga

hanasarete iru. • Germany, German Doitsu,

doitsugo • In Germany, German is spoken.

Doitsu de wa doitsugo ga hanasarete iru. •

Italy, Italian Itaria, itariago • In Italy, Italian is

spoken. Itaria de wa itariago ga hanasarete

iru. • Russia, Russian Roshia, roshiago • In

Russia, Russian is spoken. Roshia de wa

roshiago ga hanasarete iru. • China, Chinese

Chugoku, chugokugo • In China, Chinese is

spoken. Chugoku de wa chugokugo ga

hanasarete iru. • France, French Furansu,

furansugo

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How do you say that in Japanese? Sore wa

nihongo de do yatte iu no desu ka? • How

do you say that in English? Sore wa eigo de

do yatte iu no desu ka? • What color is it?

Sore wa nan no iro desu ka? • color iro •

what nan no • is it desu ka • What color is it?

Sore wa nan no iro desu ka?

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white shiro • black kuro • yellow kiiro • red

aka • green midori • blue ao • brown chairo •

pink pinku • salt shio • The salt is white.

Shio wa shiro desu. • the pepper kosho •

The pepper is black. Kosho wa kuro desu. •

banana banana • yellow kiiro • The banana

is yellow. Banana wa kiiro desu. • coffee

kohii • black kuro • The coffee is black. Kohii

wa kuro desu. • the milk miruku • white shiro

• The milk is white. Miruku wa shiro desu. •

the sky sora • blue ao • The sky is blue. Sora

wa ao desu. • the apple ringo • red aka • The

apple is red. Ringo wa aka desu. • orange

orenji • The orange is orange. Orenji wa

orenji desu.

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What size is it? Sore wa dono saizu desu

ka? • size saizu • what nani • What size is

it? Sore wa nan no saizu desu ka? • long

nagai • short mijikai • big okii • small chiisai •

wide hiroi • narrow semai • tall takai • short

chiisai • The street is wide. Michi wa hiroi. •

The house is big. Le wa okii. • The house is

small. Le wa chiisai. • The street is narrow.

Michi wa semai. • The man is tall. Dansei

wa se ga takai. • The woman is short. Josei

wa se ga chiisai. • The key is big. Kagi wa

okii. • I’m big. Watashi wa okii. • I’m small.

Watashi wa chiisai. • They have. Karera wa

motte iru. • They have a small family. Karera

wa chiisai kazoku o motte iru. • The city is

big. Toshi wa okii. • The town is small. Machi

wa chiisai.

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When is it? Sore wa itsu desu ka? • Where

are you? Anata wa doko ni imasu ka? •

Where is he? Kare wa doko ni imasu ka? •

Where is she? Kanojo wa doko ni imasu ka?

• It doesn’t fit me. Sore wa watashi ni wa

aimasen. • The napkin is on the floor.

Napukin wa yuka ni arimasu. • My family,

parents, and children are here. Watashi no

kazoku, ryoshin, kodomotachi wa koko ni

imasu. • I work. Watashi wa hataraku. • I

work near the school. Watashi wa gakko no

chikaku de hataraite iru. • It’s not my fault.

Sore wa watashi no sei de wa arimasen. •

fault sei • my fault watashi no sei • it isn’t de

wa arimasen • It isn’t my fault. Sore wa

watashi no sei de wa arimasen. • What color

is it? Sore wa nan no iro desu ka? • It’s red,

white, and blue. Sore wa aka, shiro, ao desu.

• In Japan, Japanese is spoken. Nihon de

wa nihongo ga hanasarete iru. • Can you tell

me how much it is? Ikura ka itte moraemasu

ka? • That’s why. Now I understand. Sore de

desu ne. Watashi wa rikai dekimashita.

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How are you? Ogenki desu ka? • Pleased to

meet you. Aete ureshii desu. • I’m happy.

Watashi wa shiawase desu. • I’m sad.

Watashi wa kanashii. • I’m fine. Watashi wa

daijobu desu. • I’m sick. Watashi wa byoki

desu. • It’s far. Sore wa toi. • It’s near. Sore

wa chikai. • It’s here. Sore wa koko desu. •

It’s there. Sore wa asoko desu. • It’s better.

Sore wa yoi. • It’s worse. Sore wa warui. •

He is at home. Kare wa ie ni iru. • She is at

home. Kanojo wa ie ni iru. • It’s in the city.

Sore wa toshi ni aru. • I’m busy. Watashi wa

isogashii. • It’s our plane. Sore wa

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watashitachi no hikoki desu. • I’m going with

you. Watashi wa anata to iku tsumori desu. •

with you anata to • I’m going. Iku tsumori

desu. • I’m going with you. Watashi wa anata

to iku tsumori desu. • He is talking with me.

Kare wa watashi to hanashite iru. • with me

watashi to • He is talking. Kare wa hanashite

iru. • five hundred gohyaku • hundred hyaku

• five hundred gohyaku • seven hundred

nanahyaku • nine hundred kyuhyaku • What

can you do? Anata wa nani ga dekimasu ka?

• I can go. Watashi wa iku koto ga dekiru. •

Can you go? Anata wa iku koto ga dekimasu

ka? • They can speak Japanese. Karera wa

nihongo ga hanaseru.

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What time is it? Nan ji desu ka? • It’s 1:00.

Ichi ji desu. • It’s early. Sore wa hayai. • It’s

late. Sore wa osoi. • first, afterwards saisho

ni, tsugi ni • First, I work, and afterwards, I

rest. Saisho ni hataraite tsugi ni yasumu. •

Where is it located? Sore wa dono ichi ni

arimasu ka? • It’s on the right. Sore wa migi

ni arimasu. • right migi • straight ahead

massugu • It’s straight ahead. Sore wa

massugu desu. • left hidari • It’s on the left.

Sore wa hidari ni arimasu. • I know the

answer. Watashi wa kotae o shitte iru. • I

know the town. Watashi wa machi o shitte

iru. • I’m sorry, but I’m late. Gomen nasai.

Watashi wa okurete iru. • How are you?

Ogenki desu ka? • I’m tired. Watashi wa

tsukarete iru. • I’m sick. Watashi wa byoki

desu. • I’m well. Watashi wa daijobu desu. •

I’m happy. Watashi wa shiawase desu. •

happy shiawase • I’m watashi wa • I’m

happy. Watashi wa shiawase desu. • I’m

here. Watashi wa koko ni imasu. • I’m busy.

Watashi wa isogashii. • I’m at work. Watashi

wa shigotoba ni imasu. • I’m in a hurry.

Watashi wa isoide iru.

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with me watashi to • with you anata to • with

us watashitachi to • I’m talking with you.

Watashi wa anata to hanashite iru. • Are you

going with me? Anata wa watashi to ikimasu

ka? • Are you going with us? Anata wa

watashitachi to ikimasu ka? • Yes, I am

going with you. Hai, watashi wa anata to

ikimasu. • No, I am not going with you. Iie,

watashi wa anata to ikimasen.

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ten ju • twenty niju • thirty sanju • forty yonju

• fifty goju • sixty rokuju • seventy nanaju •

eighty hachiju • ninety kyuju • one hundred

hyaku • eleven ju ichi • twenty-two niju ni •

thirty-three sanju san • forty-four yonju yon •

fifty-five goju go • sixty-six rokuju roku •

seventy-seven nanaju nana • eighty-eight

hachiju hachi • ninety-nine kyuju kyu • one

hundred hyaku • one hundred one hyaku

ichi • two hundred nihyaku • three hundred

sambyaku • one hundred hyaku • two

hundred nihyaku • three hundred sambyaku

• four hundred yonhyaku • five hundred

gohyaku • six hundred roppyaku • seven

hundred nanahyaku • eight hundred

happyaku • nine hundred kyuhyaku • one

thousand sen • two thousand nisen • one

million hyaku man

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eight hachi • eleven ju ichi • nineteen ju ku •

fifteen ju go • twenty-three niju san • thirty-

four sanju yon • forty-five yonju go • fifty-six

goju roku • sixty-seven rokuju nana •

seventy-eight nanaju hachi • eighty-nine

hachiju kyu • ninety-four kyuju yon • one

hundred hyaku • one hundred two hyaku ni •

two hundred fifty nihyaku goju • five

hundred five gohyaku go • seven hundred

seventy-seven nanahyaku nanaju nana •

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nine hundred ninety-nine kyuhyaku kyuju

kyu • one thousand sen • one hundred

thousand juman • one million hyaku man

CD 4

Track 1

I don’t have to. Watashi wa suru hitsuyo ga

nai. • You’re not going to. Anata wa suru

tsumori wa nai. • I don’t like. Watashi wa

suki de wa nai. • I don’t want to. Watashi wa

shitaku nai. • You don’t want to. Anata wa

shitaku nai. • It’s 7:00 in the morning. Sore

wa asa no shichi ji desu. • It’s 7:00 at night.

Sore wa yoru no shichi ji desu. • I work in

the morning. Watashi wa asa hataraku. •

Make yourself at home. Kutsuroide kudasai.

• I know the answer. Watashi wa kotae o

shitte iru. • Can you tell me? Oshiete

moraemasen ka? • How much is it? Ikura

desu ka? • Where are you going? Anata wa

doko ni iku tsumori desu ka? • I’m not going

anywhere. Watashi wa doko ni mo iku

tsumori wa arimasen. • I’m sorry, but I don’t

understand. Gomen nasai. Watashi wa rikai

shite inai. • Yes, I know. Hai, watashi wa

shitte imasu. • No, I don’t know. Iie, watashi

wa shirimasen.

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What time does the plane leave? Nan ji ni

hikoki wa tachimasu ka? • train kisha • plane

hikoki • What time does the train arrive?

Nan ji ni ressha wa tsukimasu ka? • When

do we eat? Watashitachi wa itsu tabemasu

ka? • When are you leaving? Anata wa itsu

tachimasu ka? • I’m leaving right now.

Watashi wa ima tachimasu. • When does it

start? Sore wa itsu hajimarimasu ka? • the

movie eiga • When does the movie start?

Eiga wa itsu hajimarimasu ka? • When are

we going? Itsu watashitachi wa ikimasu ka?

• When are we coming back? Watashitachi

wa itsu modotte kimasu ka? • That’s too

bad. I wanted to see it (past tense). Zannen

desu. Watashi wa sore ga totemo mitakatta.

• That’s too bad. Zannen desu. • I wanted

(past tense). Watashi wa shitakatta. • I

wanted to see it. Watashi wa mitakatta.

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I don’t want to work. Watashi wa

hatarakitakunai. • I’m going to. Watashi wa

suru tsumori desu. • I’m not going to.

Watashi wa suru tsumori wa nai. • I’m not

going to work. Watashi wa hataraku tsumori

wa nai. • I want to eat. Watashi wa tabetai. •

I don’t want to eat. Watashi wa tabetakunai.

• I’m going to go. Watashi wa iku tsumori

desu. • I’m not going to go. Watashi wa iku

tsumori wa nai. • I want to buy a car.

Watashi wa kuruma o kaitai. • a car kuruma •

I want to. Watashi wa shitai. • to buy kau • I

want to buy a car. Watashi wa kuruma o

kaitai. • I don’t want to buy a car. Watashi wa

kuruma o kaitakunai. • I want to buy. Watashi

wa kaitai. • I don’t want to buy. Watashi wa

kaitakunai. • You want to buy. Anata wa

kaitai. • You don’t want to buy. Anata wa

kaitakunai. • Do you want to buy? Anata wa

kaitai desu ka? • Do you want to buy? Anata

wa kaitai desu ka? • You are going to go.

Anata wa iku tsumori desu. • You aren’t

going to go. Anata wa iku tsumori wa nai. •

Are you going to go? Anata wa iku tsumori

desu ka?

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You work. Anata wa hataraku. • You have to

work. Anata wa hatarakanakereba naranai. •

You don’t have to work. Anata wa

hatarakanakute mo yoi. • I’m going to pay.

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Watashi wa harau tsumori desu. • I’m not

going to pay. Watashi wa harau tsumori wa

nai. • Are you going to pay? Anata wa harau

tsumori desu ka?

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in the morning asa ni • in the afternoon

gogo ni • at night yoru ni • It’s 1:00 in the

afternoon. Sore wa gogo ichi ji desu. • I

study in the morning. Watashi wa asa

benkyo shimasu. • I get up at 6:30 in the

morning. Watashi wa asa roku ji sanjuppun

ni okiru. • It is 7:45 at night. Sore wa yoru

shichi ji yonju go fun desu. • Make yourself

at home. Kutsuroide kudasai.

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body karada • clothes fuku • ear mimi •

dress doresu • foot ashi • mouth kuchi • hair

kami • pants zubon • shirt shatsu • shoe

kutsu • foot ashi • face kao • head atama •

shirt shatsu • ear mimi • hair kami • lip

kuchibiru • mouth kuchi • tooth ha • eye me

• neck kubi • throat nodo • heart shinzo •

lungs hai • tongue shita • pants zubon •

shoe kutsu • sock kutsushita • dress doresu

• blouse burausu • hat boshi • leg/foot ashi •

body karada • clothes fuku

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Excuse me, can you tell me? Sumimasen,

oshiete moraemasen ka? • Can you tell me

where the store is located? Omise ga doko

ni aru ka oshiete moraemasen ka? • Can you

tell me how to go downtown? Do yatte

hankagai ni iku ka oshiete moraemasen ka?

• Can you tell me how much this costs?

Ikura ka oshiete moraemasen ka? • Can you

tell me how much from here to there? Koko

kara asoko made ikura kakaru ka oshiete

moraemasen ka? • Where are you from?

Doko no shusshin desu ka? • I am from the

United States. Watashi wa Amerika no

shusshin desu. • Where are you going?

Anata wa doko ni iku tsumori desu ka? •

Can you tell me how much it costs to get

in? Nyujo suru no ni ikura kakaru ka oshiete

moraemasen ka? • the hospital byoin • Can

you tell me? Oshiete moraemasen ka? • Can

you tell me where the hospital is located?

Byoin ga doko ni aru ka oshiete

moraemasen ka? • Can you tell me where I

should get off? Doko de oritara yoi ka

oshiete moraemasen ka? • Can you tell me

how far away it is? Dono kurai toi ka oshiete

moraemasen ka?

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I like to talk on the phone. Watashi wa

denwa de hanasu no ga suki desu. • Hi.

Konnichiwa. • My name is Noriko, and I am

talking on the phone. Watashi no namae wa

Noriko desu. Watashi wa denwa de

hanashite imasu. • Why? Naze? • Because I

like to talk on the phone. Naze nara watashi

wa denwa de hanasu no ga suki desu. • In

fact, I really like it. Jitsu wa watashi wa honto

ni suki desu. • Who am I talking to now? Ima

watashi wa dare to hanashi shite imasu ka?

• I’m talking with a Japanese friend that

speaks Japanese. Watashi wa nihongo o

hanasu Nihonjin no tomodachi to hanashite

imasu. • Yesterday, I talked with an

American friend that speaks English.

Watashi wa kino eigo o hanasu Amerikajin

to hanashimashita. • The day before

yesterday Kono aida wa • I talked with a

French friend that speaks French. Watashi

wa furansugo o hanasu Furansujin to

hanashi shimashita. • I get by in Chinese

also, but I have a lot of accent. Watashi wa

chugokugo o hanashimasu ga akusento ga

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arimasu. • What is Noriko doing now?

Noriko wa ima nani o shite imasu ka?

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What are you doing now? Anata wa ima

nani o shite imasu ka? • I’m not doing

anything. Watashi wa nani mo shite imasen.

• to go iku • I go. Watashi wa iku. • You go.

Anata wa iku. • He goes. Kare wa iku. • She

goes. Kanojo wa iku. • We go. Watashitachi

wa iku. • They go. Karera wa iku. • I’m going

to the store. Watashi wa mise ni iku. • the

store mise • I watashi wa • going iku • I’m

not going to the store. Watashi wa mise ni

ikanai. • Where are you going? Anata wa

doko ni iku tsumori desu ka? • I’m going to

work. Watashi wa shigoto ni ikimasu. •

Where is he going? Kare wa doko ni ikimasu

ka? • He is going home. Kare wa ie ni

ikimasu. • We are going home, also.

Watashitachi mo ie ni ikimasu.

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to know shiru • I know. Watashi wa shitte iru.

• You know. Anata wa shitte iru. • He knows.

Kare wa shitte iru. • She knows. Kanojo wa

shitte iru. • We know. Watashitachi wa shitte

iru. • They know. Karera wa shitte iru. • I

know. I don’t know. Watashi wa shitte iru.

Watashi wa shiranai. • You know. You don’t

know. Anata wa shitte iru. Anata wa shiranai.

• He knows. He doesn’t know. Kare wa

shitte iru. Kare wa shiranai. • We know. We

don’t know. Watashitachi wa shitte iru.

Watashitachi wa shiranai. • They know. They

don’t know. Karera wa shitte iru. Karera wa

shiranai.

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Do you know Japan? Anata wa Nihon o

shitte imasu ka? • We know where to go.

Watashitachi wa doko ni iku ka shitte iru. • I

don’t know what to do. Watashi wa nani o

shite yoi ka wakaranai. • Who knows. Dare

mo shiranai. • I know the town. Watashi wa

machi o shitte iru. • I know the answer.

Watashi wa kotae o shitte iru. • I know a

little Japanese. Watashi wa nihongo o

sukoshi shitte iru. • I know. Watashi wa shitte

iru. • a little sukoshi • a little Japanese

nihongo o sukoshi • I know a little Japanese.

Watashi wa nihongo o sukoshi shitte iru. •

We know Chicago. Watashitachi wa

Shikago o shitte iru. • I know the truth.

Watashi wa jijitsu o shitte iru. • Do you know

where it is? Anata wa doko ka wakarimasu

ka? • Do you know a good restaurant near

here? Anata wa kono chikaku no yoi

resutoran o shitte imasu ka? • restaurant

resutoran • a good restaurant yoi resutoran •

Do you know? Anata wa shitte imasu ka? •

near here kono chikaku no

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Do you know a good restaurant near here?

Anata wa kono chikaku no yoi resutoran o

shitte imasu ka? • if moshi • if you want

moshi anata ga hoshikereba • I don’t know.

Watashi wa wakaranai. • I don’t know, if

Watashi wa wakaranai, moshi • I should go

or not iku beki ka ikanai beki ka • I don’t

know if I should go or not. Watashi wa

wakarimasen. Iku beki ka ikanai beki ka.

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either me or you watashi ka anata ka •

either here or there koko ka asoko ka •

either my house or your house watashi no ie

ka anata no ie ka • either now or later ima ka

ato ka • I don’t care. Kamaimasen.

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I talk. Watashi wa hanasu. • You eat. Anata

wa taberu. • We open. Watashitachi wa

akeru. • We talk, or We are talking.

Watashitachi wa hanashi suru. • I study, or I

am studying. Watashi wa benkyo suru. • She

is drinking. Kanojo wa nonde iru. • He sells,

or He is selling. Kare wa uru. • I drive, or I

am driving. Watashi wa unten suru. • We

walk, or We are walking. Watashitachi wa

aruku. • I forget. Watashi wa wasureru. •

They are visiting. Karera wa tazuneru. • I am

stopping. Watashi wa tomeru. • They are

opening. Karera wa akeru.

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I speak Japanese. Watashi wa nihongo o

hanasu. • You speak Japanese. Anata wa

nihongo o hanasu. • He speaks Japanese.

Kare wa nihongo o hanasu. • She speaks

Japanese. Kanojo wa nihongo o hanasu. •

We speak Japanese. Watashitachi wa

nihongo o hanasu. • We speak a little

Japanese. Watashitachi wa nihongo o

sukoshi hanasu. • They speak English. Karera

wa eigo o hanasu. • I eat the food. Watashi

wa tabemono o taberu. • I eat Japanese food.

Watashi wa nihonshoku o taberu. • You eat

American food. Anata wa Amerika no

tabemono o taberu. • Japanese food Nihon

ryori • Chinese food Chugoku ryori •

American food Amerika no ryori • I eat

Japanese food. Watashi wa Nihon ryori o

taberu. • You eat Chinese food. Anata wa

Chugoku ryori o taberu. • He eats American

food. Kare wa Amerika no ryori o taberu. • We

eat Chinese food. Watashitachi wa Chugoku

ryori o taberu. • They eat. Karera wa taberu. •

They eat a lot. Karera wa takusan taberu. • a

lot takusan • a little sukoshi • They eat a

little. Karera wa sukoshi taberu.

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I open the door. Watashi wa doa o akeru. • I

go to work. Watashi wa shigoto ni iku. • I

close the window. Watashi wa mado o

shimeru. • the door doa • the window mado •

open the door doa o akeru • close the door

doa o shimeru • I read a book. Watashi wa

hon o yomu. • You’re reading a book. Anata

wa hon o yomu. • He is reading a book.

Kare wa hon o yomu. • We are reading the

newspaper. Watashitachi wa shimbun o

yomu. • a book hon • a newspaper shimbun

• They aren’t reading a book. They are

reading a newspaper. Karera wa hon o

yonde inai. Shimbun o yonde iru. • The store

is open. Mise wa aite iru. • The store is

closed. Mise wa shimatte iru.

Track 17

A round trip ticket, please. Ofuku ryokoken. •

What time does the train leave? Ressha wa

nan ji ni tachimasu ka? • What time does

the plane leave? Hikoki wa nan ji ni

tachimasu ka? • the train ressha • the plane

hikoki • the bus basu • the boat fune • What

time does the plane arrive? Nan ji ni hikoki

wa tsukimasu ka? • What floor is it located

on? Nan kai ni arimasu ka? • How far away

is? Dono kurai toi desu ka?

CD 5

Track 1

I am at the post office. Watashi wa

yubinkyoku ni iru. • Yesterday, I was at the

post office. Kino watashi wa yubinkyoku ni

ita. • tomorrow ashita • I will be at home.

Watashi wa ie ni iru tsumori desu. • Today, I

am at work. Kyo watashi wa shigotoba ni iru.

• today kyo • I am watashi wa • today kyo • I

watashi wa • at work shigotoba ni • am iru •

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I, at work, am. Watashi wa shigotoba ni iru. •

yesterday kino • I watashi wa • at work

shigotoba ni • was ita • tomorrow ashita • I

watashi wa • at home ie ni • will be iru

tsumori • I will be at home. Watashi wa

ashita ie ni iru tsumori desu.

Track 2

my phone watashi no denwa • your phone

anata no denwa • your house anata no ie •

male friend dansei no tomodachi • female

friend josei no tomodachi • our house

watashitachi no ie • their car karera no

kuruma • me instead of you anata de wa

naku watashi • me watashi • you anata •

instead de wa naku • me instead of you

anata de wa naku watashi • today instead of

tomorrow ashita de wa naku kyo • now

instead of later ato de de wa naku ima • He

is standing. Kare wa tatte iru. • She is sitting

Kanojo wa suwatte iru. • standing tatte iru •

sitting suwatte iru

Track 3

I like the house. Watashi wa ie ga suki desu.

• the house ie • I like. Watashi wa suki desu.

• I like the job. Watashi wa shigoto ga suki

desu. • I like the food. Watashi wa tabemono

ga suki desu. • here koko • there asoko • I

like the food here. Watashi wa koko no

tabemono ga suki desu. • I’m hot. Watashi

wa atsui. • I’m cold. Watashi wa samui. • I’m

lucky Watashi wa koun desu. • I’m hungry.

Watashi wa onaka ga hette iru. • I’m thirsty.

Watashi wa nodo ga kawaite iru. • I’m tired.

Watashi wa tsukarete iru. • I’m going with

her. Watashi wa kanojo to iku tsumori desu.

• with to • without nashi de

Track 4

It’s my book. It’s mine. Sore wa watashi no

hon desu. Sore wa watashi no desu. • It’s my

money. It’s mine. Sore wa watashi no okane

desu. Sore wa watashi no desu. • I’m right.

Watashi wa atatte iru. • I’m wrong. Watashi

wa machigatte iru. • You’re right. Anata wa

atatte iru. • You’re wrong. Anata wa

machigatte iru. • I’m sorry, but you’re wrong.

Sumimasen, anata wa machigatte iru. • I

see. Watashi wa miru. • the man dansei o • I

see the man. Watashi wa dansei o miru. • I

see him. Watashi wa kare o miru. • I see the

woman. Watashi wa josei o miru. • I see her.

Watashi wa kanojo o miru. • I’m going with

her. Watashi wa kanojo to iku tsumori desu.

• I’m going without her. Watashi wa kanojo

nashi de iku tsumori desu.

Track 5

today kyo • yesterday kino • tomorrow ashita

• It’s not worth it. Sore wa kachi ga nai. •

instead of sore no kawari ni • I drink water.

Watashi wa mizu o nomu. • water mizu •

wine wain • I drink water instead of wine.

Watashi wa wain no kawari ni mizu o nomu.

• I’m going by plane. Watashi wa hikoki de

iku. • plane hikoki • car kuruma • I’m not

going by car. Watashi wa kuruma de iku

tsumori wa nai. • I’m going by plane instead

of by car. Watashi wa kuruma de wa naku

hikoki de iku. • I’m going to work. Watashi

wa shigoto ni iku tsumori desu. • here koko •

there asoko • I’m going to work here instead

of there. Watashi wa asoko de hataraku

kawari ni koko de hataraku tsumori desu. •

here instead of there asoko no kawari ni

koko

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in order to tame ni • I study in order to learn.

Watashi wa manabu tame ni benkyo suru. • I

go to the store in order to buy food. Watashi

wa tabemono o kau tame ni omise ni iku. •

the store mise • food tabemono • I go.

Watashi wa iku. • I buy. Watashi wa kau. • I

go to the store. Watashi wa mise ni iku. • I

buy food. Watashi wa tabemono o kau. • I

go to the store in order to buy food. Watashi

wa tabemono o kau tame ni omise ni iku. • in

order to buy kau tame ni • in order to tame

ni • in order to buy kau tame ni • in order to

go iku tame ni

Track 7

I take a taxi. Takushii ni noru. • I’m going to

the airport. Hikojo ni iku. • I take a taxi in

order to go to the airport. Watashi wa hikojo

ni iku tame ni takushii ni noru. • I like the

house. Watashi wa ie ga suki desu. • like

suki desu • house ie • I like the house.

Watashi wa ie ga suki desu. • I like. Watashi

wa suki desu. • You like. Anata wa suki

desu. • He likes. Kare wa suki desu. • We

like. Watashitachi wa suki desu. • They like.

Karera wa suki desu. • the food tabemono • I

like the food. Watashi wa tabemono ga suki

desu. • You like. Anata wa suki desu. • You

like the food. Anata wa tabemono ga suki

desu. • Do you like? Anata wa suki desu ka?

• Do you like? Anata wa suki desu ka? • food

tabemono • Do you like the food? Anata wa

tabemono ga suki desu ka? • here koko • Do

you like the food here? Anata wa koko no

tabemono ga suki desu ka? • Yes, I like the

food here. Hai, watashi wa koko no tabemono

ga suki desu. • No, I don’t like the food here.

Iie, watashi wa koko no tabemono ga suki de

wa nai. • I like the food over there. Watashi

wa asoko no tabemono ga suki desu.

Track 8

I like it here. Watashi wa koko ga suki desu.

• You like it here. Anata wa koko ga suki

desu. • Do you like it here? Anata wa koko

ga suki desu ka? • I like you. Watashi wa

anata ga suki desu. • Do you like me? Anata

wa watashi ga suki desu ka? • We like it.

Watashitachi wa sore ga suki desu. • We

don’t like it. Watashitachi wa sore ga suki de

wa nai. • How do they like it? Karera wa

dono yo ni suki desu ka?

Track 9

I’m cold. Watashi wa samui. • I’m hot.

Watashi wa atsui. • I have a headache.

Watashi wa zutsu ga suru. • I’m hungry.

Watashi wa onaka ga suite iru. • I’m hungry.

Watashi wa onaka ga suite iru. • Are you

hungry? Anata wa onaka ga suite imasu ka?

• I’m thirsty. Watashi wa nodo ga kawaite iru.

• Are you hungry? Anata wa onaka ga suite

imasu ka?

Track 10

I don’t want to go without you. Watashi wa

anata nashi de ikitakunai. • without you

anata nashi de • without money okane nashi

de • We cannot eat without money.

Watashitachi wa okane nashi de taberu koto

ga dekinai. • with me watashi to • with you

anata to • with him kare to • with her kanojo

to • with us watashitachi to • with them

karera to • You go, or You are going. Anata

wa iku. • Are you going? Anata wa ikimasu

ka? • Are you going with me? Anata wa

watashi to ikimasu ka? • with her kanojo to •

Are you going with her? Anata wa kanojo to

ikimasu ka? • Are you going with me or with

her? Anata wa watashi to ikimasu ka? Sore

to mo kanojo to ikimasu ka?

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He is with his friend. Kare wa kare no

tomodachi to issho desu. • coffee kohii • I’m

hungry. That’s why I’m eating. Watashi wa

onaka ga suite iru. Sore de watashi wa

tabete iru. • We’re tired. That’s why we’re

resting. Watashitachi wa tsukarete iru. Sore

de watashitachi wa kyukei shite iru. • You’re

hot. That’s why you turned on air

conditioning. Anata wa atsui. Sore de anata

wa eakon o tsuketa. • You’re cold. That’s

why you’re putting on your sweater. Anata

wa samui. Sono riyu de anata wa seitaa o

kite iru. • I’m tired. That’s why I’m going to

sleep. Watashi wa tsukarete iru. Sore de

watashi wa nemuru tsumori desu. • I’m

hungry. That’s why I’m going to eat. Watashi

wa onaka ga hette iru. Sore de watashi wa

gohan o taberu tsumori desu. • We’re thirsty.

That’s why we’re going to drink something.

Watashitachi wa nodo ga kawaite iru. Sore

de watashitachi wa nanika nomu tsumori de

iru.

Track 12

I know how. Watashi wa do yatte suru ka

shitte iru. • I know how to play sports.

Watashi wa do yatte supotsu o suru ka

shitte iru. • I know how to cook. Watashi wa

do yatte ryori suru ka shitte iru. • I know how

to play guitar. Watashi wa do yatte gitaa o

hiku ka shitte iru. • In order to learn we have

to study. Manabu tame ni watashitachi wa

benkyo shinakereba naranai. • In order to

have money, we have to work. Okane o

motsu tame ni watashitachi wa

hatarakanakereba naranai. • money okane •

in order to tame ni • in order to have money

okane o motsu tame ni • You have to work.

Anata wa hatarakanakereba naranai. •

Whose is it? Sore wa dare no desu ka? • It’s

mine. Sore wa watashi no desu. • yours

anata no • his kare no • hers kanojo no •

ours watashitachi no • theirs karera no • it’s

sore wa • they are sorera wa • mine watashi

no • yours anata no • his kare no • hers

kanojo no • ours watashitachi no • theirs

karera no

Track 13

Whose car is it? Sore wa dare no kuruma

desu ka? • It’s his car. Sore wa kare no

kuruma desu. • It’s his. Sore wa kare no desu.

• Whose shoes are they? Sorera wa dare no

shuzu desu ka? • They are her shoes. Sorera

wa kanojo no shuzu desu. • They are hers.

Sorera wa kanojo no desu. • Whose house

is it? Dare no ie desu ka? • It’s our house.

Sorera wa watashitachi no ie desu. • It’s

ours. Sore wa watashitachi no desu. •

Whose is it? Sore wa dare no desu ka?

Track 14

my watashi no • my book watashi no hon •

your anata no • your car anata no kuruma •

his kare no • his money kare no okane • her

kanojo no • her friend kanojo no tomodachi •

our watashitachi no • our job watashitachi

no shigoto • their karera no • their key karera

no kagi • my watashi no • my flight watashi

no furaito • your anata no • your house anata

no ie • our watashitachi no • our tickets

watashitachi no chiketto • I am talking.

Watashi wa hanashite iru. • I talk. Watashi

wa hanasu. • I am talking. Watashi wa

hanashite iru. • I listen. Watashi wa kiku. • I

am listening. Watashi wa kiite iru. • I study.

Watashi wa benkyo suru. • I am studying.

Watashi wa benkyo shite iru. • I learn.

Watashi wa manabu. • I am learning.

Watashi wa manande iru. • I write. Watashi

wa kaku. • I am writing. Watashi wa kaite iru.

• I eat. Watashi wa taberu. • I am eating.

Watashi wa tabete iru.

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maybe tabun • Maybe it’s true. Tabun sore

wa honto desu. • Maybe it’s a lie. Tabun sore

wa uso desu. • Maybe you’re right. Tabun

anata wa seikai desu. • Maybe you’re wrong.

Tabun anata wa machigatte iru. • Maybe yes,

maybe no. Tabun so desu. Tabun so de wa

nai. • What do you mean, the flight is late?

Furaito ga okurete iru to iu koto wa do iu imi

desu ka? • What do you mean, you don’t

want to? Hoshikunai to wa do iu imi desu

ka?

Track 16

Noriko sees the movie. Noriko wa eiga o

miru. • She sees it. Kanojo wa sore o miru. •

it sore • movie eiga • We open the book.

Watashitachi wa hon o hiraku. • We open it.

Watashitachi wa sore o hiraku. • I speak

Japanese. Watashi wa nihongo o hanasu. • I

speak it. Watashi wa sore o hanasu. • I open

the door. Watashi wa doa o hiraku. • I open

it. Watashi wa sore o hiraku. • I open the

doors. Watashi wa sorera no doa o akeru. • I

open them. Watashi wa sorera o akeru. • I

read the books (pl). Watashi wa sorera no

hon o yomu. • I read them. Watashi wa

sorera o yomu. • Am I right? Watashi wa

seikai desu ka? • Or am I wrong? Watashi

wa machigatte imasu ka? • I am right.

Watashi wa seikai desu. • I’m wrong.

Watashi wa machigatte iru.

Track 17

north kita • south minami • east higashi •

west nishi • He’s right. She’s wrong. Kare

wa seikai desu. Kanojo wa machigatte iru. •

I’m right. You’re wrong. Watashi wa seikai

desu. Anata wa machigatte iru. • You’re

right. I’m wrong. Anata wa seikai desu.

Watashi wa machigatte iru. • Nobody’s right.

Nobody’s wrong. Dare mo seikai de wa nai.

Dare mo machigatte wa inai. • We’re right.

They’re wrong. Watashitachi wa seikai desu.

Karera wa machigatte iru.

Track 18

Don’t worry. Shimpai shinai de kudasai. •

Everything’s all right. Subete daijobu desu. •

Two plus two equals four. Ni tasu ni wa yon.

• Two minus one equals one. Ni hiku ichi wa

ichi. • Five plus five equals ten. Go tasu go

wa ju. • Ten minus five equals five. Ju hiku

go wa go.

CD 6

Track 1

country kuni • language gogaku • nationality

kokuseki • In Japan, Japanese is spoken.

Nihon de wa nihongo ga hanasarete iru. • In

the United States, English is spoken.

Amerika de wa eigo ga hanasarete iru. • We

are listening. Watashitachi wa kiite iru. • We

are listening to you. Watashitachi wa anata

ga iu koto o kiite iru. • I am working. Watashi

wa hataraite iru. • I am working hard.

Watashi wa isshokenmei hataraite iru. • I am

going. Watashi wa iku tsumori desu. •

tonight konban • tomorrow ashita •

tomorrow morning ashita no asa • next

week raishu • I went. Watashi wa itta. • last

night kino no yoru • last week senshu • my

birthday is watashi no tanjobi wa • birthday

tanjobi • When is your birthday? Anata no

tanjobi wa itsu desu ka? • My birthday is

July 9th. Watashi no tanjobi wa shichigatsu

kokonoka desu.

Track 2

country kuni • language gogaku • nationality

kokuseki • France Furansu • French

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(language) furansugo • French (nationality)

furansujin • Germany Doitsu • German

(language) doitsugo • German (nationality)

doitsujin • Japan Nihon • Japanese

(language) nihongo • Japanese (nationality)

nihonjin • The United States Amerika •

English (language) eigo • American

(nationality) amerikajin • Italy Itaria • Italian

(language) itariago • Italian (nationality)

itariajin • China Chugoku • Chinese

(language) chugokugo • Chinese

(nationality) chugokujin • Korea Kankoku •

Korean (language) kankokugo • Korean

(nationality) kankokujin • Honda is a

Japanese car. Honda wa Nihon no kuruma

desu. • Toyota is a Japanese car, also.

Toyota mo Nihon no kuruma desu. • Chicago

is an American city. Shikago wa Amerika no

toshi desu. • Camembert is a French

cheese. Kaamembeiru wa Furansu no chiizu

desu. • The New York Times is an American

newspaper. Nyu Yoku Taimuzu wa Amerika

no shimbunshi desu.

Track 3

yesterday kino • today kyo • tomorrow ashita

• morning asa • afternoon gogo • night or

evening yoru • yesterday morning kino no

asa • this morning kyo no asa • tomorrow

morning ashita no asa • yesterday afternoon

kino no gogo • this afternoon kyo no gogo •

tomorrow afternoon ashita no gogo • last

night kino no yoru • tonight konban •

tomorrow night ashita no yoru • I went

yesterday afternoon. Watashi wa kino no

gogo itta. • I’m going this afternoon. Watashi

wa kyo no gogo iku tsumori desu. • We went

last night. Watashitachi wa kino no yoru itta.

• We’re going tomorrow morning.

Watashitachi wa ashita no asa iku tsumori

desu.

Track 4

to work hataraku • I have to work. Watashi

wa hatarakanakereba naranai. • I have to

work. Watashi wa hatarakanakereba naranai.

• I can get. Watashi wa eru koto ga dekiru. • I

want to go. Watashi wa ikitai. • I like to go.

Watashi wa iku no ga suki desu. • I can go.

Watashi wa iku koto ga dekiru. • I have to

go. Watashi wa ikanakereba naranai. • I like

to go out. Watashi wa dekakeru no ga suki

desu. • I want to learn Japanese. Watashi

wa nihongo o manabitai. • Japanese

nihongo • to learn manabu • I watashi wa • I

want to learn Japanese. Watashi wa

nihongo o manabitai.

Track 5

to walk aruku • to work hataraku • I have to

work. Watashi wa hatarakanakereba naranai.

• I can walk. Watashi wa aruku koto ga

dekiru. • to travel ryoko suru • I want to

travel. Watashi wa ryoko ga shitai. • to pay

harau • to order (food) chumon suru • You

want to talk. Anata wa hanashi ga shitai. • I

want to talk. Watashi wa hanashi ga shitai. •

You want to talk. Anata wa hanashi ga shitai.

• I watashi wa • you anata wa • I like to talk.

Watashi wa hanashi ga suki desu. • You

want to talk. Anata wa hanashi ga shitai.

Track 6

I like to eat. Watashi wa taberu no ga suki

desu. • You like to eat. Anata wa taberu no

ga suki desu. • Do you like to eat? Anata wa

taberu no ga suki desu ka? • You want to

talk. Anata wa hanashitai. • Do you want to

talk? Anata wa hanashitai desu ka? • You

can pay. Anata wa harau koto ga dekiru. • to

pay harau • you anata wa • You can pay.

Anata wa harau koto ga dekiru. • Can you

pay? Anata wa harau koto ga dekimasu ka?

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to talk or speak hanasu • to sing utau • to

sleep nemuru • to travel ryoko suru • to go

out dekakeru • to give ageru • to eat taberu •

to walk or go on foot aruku • to pay harau •

to wait matsu • to work hataraku • to play, as

in, to play outside asobu • to go iku • to do

or to make suru • to see miru • to write kaku

• to learn manabu • to order chumon suru •

You like to work. Anata wa hataraku no ga

suki desu. • Do you like to work? Anata wa

hataraku no ga suki desu ka? • You have to

go. Anata wa ikanakereba naranai. • Do you

have to go? Anata wa ikanakereba naranai

desu ka? • to go iku • you anata wa • have

to naranai • Do you have to go? Anata wa

ikanakereba naranai desu ka? • Do you want

to order? Anata wa chumon shitai desu ka?

• to order chumon • Do you want to order?

Anata wa chumon shitai desu ka?

Track 8

I want to talk. Watashi wa hanashi ga shitai.

• I don’t want to talk. Watashi wa hanashi ga

shitakunai. • I want to eat. Watashi wa

tabetai. • I don’t want to eat. Watashi wa

tabetakunai. • I want to travel. Watashi wa

ryoko ga shitai. • I don’t want to travel.

Watashi wa ryoko ga shitakunai. • You have

to pay. Anata wa harawanakereba naranai. •

You want to go. Anata wa ikitai. • You don’t

want to go. Anata wa ikitakunai. • I can talk.

Watashi wa hanasu koto ga dekiru. • I can’t

talk. Watashi wa hanasu koto ga dekinai. • I

can go. Watashi wa iku koto ga dekiru. • I

can’t go. Watashi wa iku koto ga dekinai. • I

want to order. Watashi wa chumon ga shitai.

• I want to order. Watashi wa chumon ga

shitai. • I don’t want to order. Watashi wa

chumon shitakunai. • I can do it. Watashi wa

suru koto ga dekiru. • I can’t do it. Watashi

wa suru koto ga dekinai.

Track 9

past kako • present genzai • future mirai •

week shukan • month gekkan • year nenkan

• last week senshu • this week konshu •

next week raishu • last month sengetsu •

this month kongetsu • next month raigetsu •

last year kyonen • this year kotoshi • next

year rainen • I’m going this month. Watashi

wa kongetsu iku tsumori desu. • See you

next month. Raigetsu aimasho. • I’m leaving

this week. Watashi wa konshu tatsu. • I

started last year. Watashi wa kyonen

hajimemashita.

Track 10

Talk. Hanashi nasai. • Eat. Tabe nasai. • Go

on in. Hairi nasai. • Leave. Dokoka e iki

nasai. • Come. Ki nasai. • Look. Mi nasai. •

Wait. Machi nasai. • Listen. Kiki nasai. • Do

(or make). Shi nasai. • Go. Iki nasai. • Turn

on. Tsuke nasai. • Turn off. Keshi nasai. •

Turn on the light. Denki o tsuke nasai. • Turn

off the light. Denki o keshi nasai. • Come to

my house on Monday. Watashi no ie ni

getsuyobi ki nasai. • Eat this. It’s good. Kore

o tabe nasai. Sore wa totemo oishii. • Go

straight, then turn right. Massugu iki, migi ni

magari nasai. • Open the door. Doa o ake

nasai. • Close the window. Mado o shime

nasai. • Wait for me here. Watashi o koko de

machi nasai. • You all go. Minna iki nasai. •

Speak Japanese, not English. Eigo de wa

naku nihongo o hanashi nasai.

Track 11

I talk. Watashi wa hanasu. • I talked. Watashi

wa hanashita. • You talk. Anata wa hanasu. •

You talked. Anata wa hanashita. • Today, he

talks. Kyo kare wa hanasu. • Yesterday, he

talked. Kino kare wa hanashita. • Today, we

talk. Kyo watashitachi wa hanasu. •

Yesterday, we talked. Kino watashitachi wa

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hanashita. • Today, they talk. Kyo karera wa

hanasu. • Yesterday, they talked. Kino karera

wa hanashita. • I spoke Japanese last night.

Watashi wa kino no yoru nihongo o hanashita.

• Today, I eat the food. Kyo watashi wa

tabemono o taberu. • Yesterday, I ate the

food. Kino watashi wa tabemono o tabeta.

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I talk. Watashi wa hanasu. • Yesterday, I

talked. Kino watashi wa hanashita. •

Tomorrow, I will talk. Ashita watashi wa

hanasu tsumori desu. • Today, I eat. Kyo

watashi wa taberu. • Yesterday, I ate. Kino

watashi wa tabeta. • Tomorrow, I will eat.

Ashita watashi wa taberu tsumori desu. •

Today, I drive my car. Kyo watashi wa

watashi no kuruma o unten suru. •

Yesterday, I drove my car. Kino watashi wa

watashi no kuruma o unten shita. •

Tomorrow, I will drive my car. Ashita watashi

wa watashi no kuruma o unten suru tsumori

desu. • Today, I eat Japanese food. Kyo

watashi wa nihonshoku o taberu. • last night

kino no yoru • Last night, I ate Japanese

food. Kino no yoru watashi wa nihonshoku o

tabeta. • next week raishu • Next week, I will

eat Japanese food. Raishu watashi wa

nihonshoku o taberu. • souvenir omiyage •

Today, I buy a souvenir. Kyo watashi wa

omiyage o kau. • Yesterday, I bought a

souvenir. Kino watashi wa omiyage o katta. •

Tomorrow, I will buy a souvenir. Ashita

watashi wa omiyage o kau tsumori desu.

Track 13

Where did you go? Anata wa doko e

ikimashita ka? • I went home. Watashi wa ie

ni kaerimashita. • What did you do? Anata

wa nani o shimashita ka? • I didn’t do

anything. Watashi wa nani mo shimasen

deshita. • Where did you work? Anata wa

doko de hatarakimashita ka? • I worked

here. Watashi wa koko de hatarakimashita. •

Where were you? Anata wa doko ni imashita

ka? • I was here. Watashi wa koko ni

imashita. • I was at work. Watashi wa

shigotoba ni imashita. • I was at home.

Watashi wa ie ni imashita. • When did you

do it? Anata wa itsu sore o shimashita ka? •

I did it yesterday. Watashi wa sore o kino

shimashita. • How have you been? Ogenki

deshita ka? • I’ve been fine, thank you. And

you? Genki deshita. Anata wa do desu ka? •

How did you sleep last night? Yoku

nemurimashita ka? • I slept fine, thank you.

And you? Jubun nemashita. Anata wa do

desu ka? • What did you say? Anata wa nan

to iimashita ka? • I didn’t say anything.

Watashi wa nani mo iimasen deshita. • What

did you eat? Anata wa nani o tabemashita

ka? • I didn’t eat anything. Watashi wa nani

mo tabemasen deshita.

Track 14

Maria gives a present to Tom. Maria wa

puresento o Tomu ni ageru. • She gives it to

Tom. Maria wa sore o Tomu ni ageru. • Mary

washes the dishes. Meari wa osara o arau. •

She washes them. Kanojo wa sorera o arau.

• the song uta • John hears the song. Jon

wa uta o kiku. • He hears it. Kare wa sore o

kiku. • the word kotoba • Tom repeats the

word. Tomu wa kotoba o kurikaesu. • He

repeats it. Kare wa sore o kurikaesu. • You

open the windows. Anata wa mado o akeru.

• You open them. Anata wa sorera o akeru. •

Last night, we ate Chinese food. Kino no

yoru watashitachi wa chugoku ryori o tabeta.

• How many students are there? Soko ni wa

dono kurai seito ga imasu ka? • Eat this rice.

It’s delicious. Kono gohan o tabe nasai. Sore

wa totemo oishii. • Listen to that song. It’s

beautiful. Ano uta o kiki nasai. Sore wa

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totemo kirei na kyoku desu. • What’s the

weather like today? Kyo no tenki wa do

desu ka?

Track 15

What is your last name? Anata no sei wa

nan desu ka? • What is your phone number?

Anata no denwa bango wa nan desu ka? •

What is your address? Anata no jusho wa

nan desu ka? • My last name is Jones.

Watashi no sei wa Jonzu desu. • my phone

number is watashi no denwa bango wa • my

address is watashi no jusho wa • Please

repeat. Kurikaeshi onegai shimasu.

CD 7

Track 1

I take a bath. Watashi wa ofuro ni hairu. •

You get up. Anata wa okiru. • I get up.

Watashi wa okiru. • That’s life. Kore ga jinsei

desu. • to lie down yoko ni naru • to shave

hige o soru • to take a bath ofuro ni hairu •

to fall asleep inemuri suru • to wake up okiru

• to comb one’s hair kami o toku

Track 2

I get dressed. Fuku ni kigaeru. • I comb my

hair. Watashi wa kaminoke o toku. • I shave.

Watashi wa hige o soru. • I get up. Watashi

wa okiru. • I take a bath. Watashi wa ofuro ni

hairu. • I go to bed. Watashi wa nemuru. • I

wake up at 7:00 in the morning. Watashi wa

asa no shichi ji ni okiru. • I go to bed at 9:00

at night. Watashi wa yoru no ku ji ni nemuru.

• I eat breakfast at 9:00 in the morning.

Watashi wa choshoku o asa no ku ji ni

taberu. • I eat lunch at noon. Watashi wa

ranchi o ju ni ji ni taberu. • I eat dinner at

5:00 in the afternoon. Watashi wa yushoku

o gogo no go ji ni taberu.

Track 3

There is something on the table. Nanika

teiburu no ue ni aru. • There is something in

the glass. Gurasu no naka ni nanika aru. •

There isn’t anything in the glass. Gurasu no

naka ni wa nani mo nai. • Are you ordering

something? Anata wa nanika chumon suru

tsumori desu ka? • No, I’m not ordering

anything. Iie, watashi wa nani mo chumon

shimasen. • Yes, I’m ordering rice. Hai,

watashi wa gohan o chumon shimasu. •

What kind? Donna shurui desu ka? • What

kind of book is it? Sore wa donna shurui no

hon desu ka? • It’s a Japanese book. Sore

wa nihongo no hon desu. • What kind of

restaurant is it? Sore wa donna shurui no

resutoran desu ka? • It’s a Japanese

restaurant. Sore wa Nihon resutoran desu. •

What kind of car is it? Sore wa donna shurui

no kuruma desu ka? • It’s a Japanese car.

Sore wa nihonsha desu. • What kind of

people are they? Donna hitotachi desu ka? •

They’re very nice people. Karera wa totemo

yoi hitotachi desu. • What kind of movie is

it? Sore wa donna shurui no eiga desu ka? •

It’s a terrible movie. Sore wa totemo yokunai

eiga desu.

Track 4

Japanese cuisine Nihon ryori • I would

like . . . Watashi wa . . . hoshii no desu ga. •

breakfast choshoku • lunch ranchi • dinner

yushoku • eggs tamago • coffee kohii • tea

ocha • cream kuriimu • sugar sato • salt shio

• pepper kosho • orange juice orenji jusu •

milk miruku • bread pan • butter bataa • jam

or jelly jamu • beans mame • ham hamu •

cheese chiizu • hamburger hambaagaa •

chicken chikin • fish sakana • rice gohan •

vegetables yasai • fried rice chaahan • coke

kora • soup supu • sushi sushi • beef

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gyuniku • meat niku • beef gyuniku • pork

butaniku • seafood shiifudo • beer biiru •

wine wain • salad sarada • dessert dezaato •

What do you need? Anata wa nani ga

hitsuyo desu ka? • Two, please. Futari desu. •

cup or glass koppu • waiter/waitress

weitaa/weitoresu

Track 5

professions senmonshoku • lawyer

bengoshi • actor danyu • actress joyu •

businessman bijinesuman • nurse kangofu •

engineer gikoshi • teacher sensei • boss

joshi • doctor isha • policeman keisatsukan •

secretary hisho • eleven ju ichi • twenty-two

niju ni • thirty-three sanju san • forty-four

yonju yon • fifty-five goju go • sixty-six

rokuju roku • seventy-seven nanaju nana •

eighty-eight hachiju hachi • ninety-nine

kyuju kyu • one hundred hyaku • one

hundred one hyaku ichi • two hundred

nihyaku • three hundred sambyaku

Track 6

Do you know where it is? Anata wa doko ka

wakarimasu ka? • Do you know a good

restaurant near here? Anata wa kono

chikaku no yoi resutoran o shitte imasu ka? •

restaurant resutoran • a good restaurant yoi

resutoran • Do you know? Anata wa shitte

imasu ka? • near here kono chikaku no • Do

you know a good restaurant near here?

Anata wa kono chikaku no yoi resutoran o

shitte imasu ka? • if moshi • if you want

moshi anata ga hoshikereba • I don’t know.

Watashi wa wakaranai. • I don’t know, if

watashi wa wakaranai, moshi • I should go

or not iku beki ka ikanai beki ka • I don’t

know if I should go or not. Watashi wa

wakarimasen. Iku beki ka ikanai beki ka.

Track 7

either me or you watashi ka anata ka •

either here or there koko ka asoko ka •

either my house or your house watashi no ie

ka anata no ie ka • either now or later ima ka

ato ka • I don’t care. Kamaimasen.

Track 8

I talk. Watashi wa hanasu. • You eat. Anata

wa taberu. • We open. Watashitachi wa

akeru. • We talk, or We are talking.

Watashitachi wa hanashi suru. • I study, or I

am studying. Watashi wa benkyo suru. • She

is drinking. Kanojo wa nonde iru. • He sells,

or He is selling. Kare wa uru. • I drive, or I

am driving. Watashi wa unten suru. • We

walk, or We are walking. Watashitachi wa

aruku. • I forget. Watashi wa wasureru. •

They are visiting. Karera wa tazuneru. • I am

stopping. Watashi wa tomeru. • They are

opening. Karera wa akeru.

Track 9

I speak Japanese. Watashi wa nihongo o

hanasu. • You speak Japanese. Anata wa

nihongo o hanasu. • He speaks Japanese.

Kare wa nihongo o hanasu. • She speaks

Japanese. Kanojo wa nihongo o hanasu. •

We speak Japanese. Watashitachi wa

nihongo o hanasu. • We speak a little

Japanese. Watashitachi wa nihongo o

sukoshi hanasu. • They speak English.

Karera wa eigo o hanasu. • I eat the food.

Watashi wa tabemono o taberu. • I eat

Japanese food. Watashi wa nihonshoku o

taberu. • You eat American food. Anata wa

Amerika no tabemono o taberu. • Japanese

food Nihon ryori • Chinese food Chugoku

ryori • American food Amerika no ryori • I eat

Japanese food. Watashi wa Nihon ryori o

taberu. • You eat Chinese food. Anata wa

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Chugoku ryori o taberu. • He eats American

food. Kare wa Amerika no ryori o taberu. •

We eat Chinese food. Watashitachi wa

Chugoku ryori o taberu. • They eat. Karera

wa taberu.

Track 10

They eat a lot. Karera wa takusan taberu. • a

lot takusan • a little sukoshi • They eat a

little. Karera wa sukoshi taberu. • I open the

door. Watashi wa doa o akeru. • I go to work.

Watashi wa shigoto ni iku. • I close the

window. Watashi wa mado o shimeru. • the

door doa • the window mado • open the

door doa o akeru • close the door doa o

shimeru • I read a book. Watashi wa hon o

yomu. • You’re reading a book. Anata wa

hon o yomu. • He is reading a book. Kare

wa hon o yomu. • We are reading the

newspaper. Watashitachi wa shimbun o

yomu. • a book hon • a newspaper shimbun

• They aren’t reading a book. They are

reading a newspaper. Karera wa hon o

yonde inai. Shimbun o yonde iru. • The store

is open. Mise wa aite iru. • The store is

closed. Mise wa shimatte iru.

Track 11

A round trip ticket, please. Ofuku ryokoken. •

What time does the train leave? Ressha wa

nan ji ni tachimasu ka? • What time does

the plane leave? Hikoki wa nan ji ni

tachimasu ka? • the train ressha • the plane

hikoki • the bus basu • the boat fune • first

saisho ni • afterwards ato de • First I ask

and afterwards the teacher answers. Saisho

ni watashi ga shitsumon shite ato de sensei

ga kotaeru. • teacher sensei • first saisho ni •

afterwards ato de • I ask. Watashi wa

shitsumon suru. • The teacher answers.

Sensei ga kotaeru. • First I eat, and

afterwards I pay. Saisho ni watashi wa

tabete sorekara okane o harau.

Track 12

Where is it? Sore wa doko desu ka? •

Where is? Sore wa doko desu ka? • the

house ie • the store mise • the supermarket

supaamaketto • the museum hakubutsukan

• the post office yubinkyoku • the bus

station basutei • the airport hikojo • a taxi

takushii • the restaurant resutoran • the

embassy taishikan • the American embassy

Amerika taishikan • Japanese embassy

Nihon taishikan

Track 13

It is on the corner. Sore wa kado ni arimasu.

• It is on the street. Sore wa kono michi ni

arimasu. • It is at the traffic light. Sore wa

shingoki ni arimasu. • It is two blocks away.

Sore wa futatsu no kado o koshita tokoro ni

arimasu. • It’s five kilometers away. Sore wa

go kiro koeta tokoro ni arimasu. • It’s seven

miles away. Sore wa nana mairu koeta

tokoro ni arimasu. • It’s next door. Sore wa

tonari ni arimasu. • It’s across the street.

Sore wa michi o hasanda tokoro ni arimasu.

• It’s far away. Sore wa toi tokoro ni arimasu.

• It’s near. Sore wa chikai tokoro ni arimasu.

• It’s to the right. Sore wa migigawa ni

arimasu. • It’s to the left. Sore wa hidarigawa

ni arimasu. • It’s straight ahead. Sore wa

massugu itta tokoro ni arimasu. • Where is

the store, please? Mise wa doko desu ka? •

It’s next door. Sore wa tonari ni arimasu. • It

isn’t far. It’s near. Sore wa tokuarimasen.

Chikaku ni arimasu. • far toi • near chikai •

Excuse me, sir. Sumimasen. • Can you tell

me where the restaurant is, please?

Resutoran ga doko ni aru ka oshiete

moraemasu ka? • I don’t know the city very

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well. Watashi wa kono machi o yoku

shirimasen.

Track 14

I’m sorry, but I’m late. Gomen nasai. Watashi

wa okurete imasu. • The alarm has just rung.

Mezamashidokei ga narimashita. • What

time is it? Nan ji desu ka? • What should I

do? Do shiyo? • It’s already 7:00 in the

morning. Sude ni asa no shichi ji desu. • I’m

late. Watashi wa okurete iru. • I have to call

on the phone. Watashi wa denwa o

kakenakereba naranai. • It’s inside the

suitcase. Sore wa sutsukeisu no naka ni

arimasu. • It’s 5:30. Sore wa go ji han desu. •

I’m going, too. Watashi mo ikimasu. • I’m not

going, either. Watashi mo ikimasen. • What

should I do? I’m late. Do shiyo? Watashi wa

okurete iru. • I’m sorry, but I don’t

understand. Gomen nasai. Watashi wa rikai

shite inai. • Repeat everything slowly, please.

Zembu yukkuri to kurikaeshite moraemasen

ka? • Do you want to order now? Ima

chumon shitai desu ka? • Do you want to go

or not? Anata wa ikitai desu ka? Ikitakunai

desu ka?

Track 15

I’m happy. I’m not sad. Watashi wa shiawase

desu. Kanashikuarimasen. • happy shiawase

• sad kanashii • well, as in not ill yoi • sick or

ill byoki • I’m well. I’m not sick. Watashi wa

karada no choshi ga yoi. Byoki de wa

arimasen. • I’m very busy, so I can’t go.

Watashi wa totemo isogashii no de, iku koto

ga dekimasen. • It is in the city. It isn’t in the

country. Sore wa toshi ni ari, inaka ni wa nai.

• It’s here. It isn’t there. Sore wa koko ni ari,

asoko ni wa nai. • I’m talking with you.

Watashi wa anata to hanashite iru. • You’re

talking with me. Anata wa watashi to

hanashite iru. • I’m rich. I’m not poor. Watashi

wa yufuku de, bimbo de wa nai. • rich yufuku

• poor bimbo • I’m sorry, but our flight is late.

Gomen nasai. Watashitachi no hikoki wa

okurete iru. • How far away is the airport?

Hikojo wa dono kurai toi desu ka? • Where

is? Doko desu ka? • the airport hikojo •

downtown machi no chushin • the hospital

byoin • the store mise • the restaurant

resutoran • the American embassy Amerika

taishikan • the hotel hoteru • the beach

biichi • the park koen • the bank ginko • the

post office yubinkyoku

Track 16

I’d like to order now, please. Watashi wa

chumon ga shitai. • I don’t know where it is.

Repeat, please. Watashi wa sore ga doko ka

wakarimasen. Kurikaeshi onegai shimasu. •

What is the room number, please? Heya no

bango wa nan desu ka? • My key, please.

Kagi o kudasai. • Where do I leave my bags

or my luggage? Doko ni nimotsu o okimasu

ka? • What will you charge from here to

there? Koko kara asoko made ikura

kakarimasu ka? • I would like to pay now.

Watashi wa ima haraitai. • Where do I pick

up my luggage? Doko de nimotsu o

hiroemasu ka? • Excuse me. Sumimasen. •

Do you accept credit cards? Kurejitto kaado

tsukaemasu ka? • I would like a single room.

Watashi wa shinguru no heya ga hoshii no

desu ga. • I would like a double room.

Watashi wa daburu no heya ga hoshii no

desu ga. • May I have the bill, please?

Okanjo onegai shimasu. • There seems to

be a mistake in the bill. Ryoshusho ni

machigai ga aru yo desu ga. • How do I

make an overseas call? Kokusai denwa wa

do yatte kakeru no desu ka?

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CD 8

Track 1

How long ago? Dono kurai mae desu ka? •

A week ago. Isshukan mae desu. • Two days

ago. Futsuka mae desu. • A year ago. Ichi

nen mae desu. • It’s very early. Sore wa

totemo hayai jikan desu. • It’s very late. Sore

wa totemo osoi jikan desu. • Let’s go to the

movies. Eiga ni ikimasho. • Bob is drunk.

Bobu wa yotte iru. • Bob is a drunk. Bobu

wa yopparai desu. • Make yourself at home.

Kutsuroide kudasai. • How do you say? Do

yatte iimasu ka? • Careful. Ki o tsukete. • Fill

the tank, please. Mantan onegai shimasu. •

I’m looking for the bank. Watashi wa ginko o

sagashite imasu. • I’m looking for the beach.

Watashi wa biichi o sagashite imasu. • I’m

looking for my hotel. Watashi wa watashi no

hoteru o sagashite imasu. • What are you

looking for? Anata wa nani o sagashite

imasu ka? • I’m looking for my wallet. Watashi

wa watashi no saifu o sagashite imasu. • I

am alone. Watashi wa hitori desu. • alone

hitori • She is alone, also. Kanojo mo hitori

desu. • the country inaka • the city machi •

I’m going camping in the country. Watashi

wa inaka ni kyampu ni iku tsumori desu. •

We spend a lot of time there. Watashitachi

wa soko de takusan no jikan o sugoshimasu.

Track 2

Do you remember the time we went to

Japan? Anata wa watashitachi ga Nihon ni

itta jiki no koto o oboete imasu ka? • the

time jiki • Do you remember? Anata wa

oboete imasu ka? • Do you remember the

time? Anata wa ano jiki o oboete imasu ka?

• We went. Watashitachi ga itta. • We went

to Japan. Watashitachi ga Nihon e itta. • Do

you remember the time we went to Japan?

Anata wa watashitachi ga Nihon e itta jiki no

koto o oboete imasu ka? • How long did you

have to wait? Anata wa dore kurai

matanakereba naranakatta no desu ka?

Track 3

That was the last time I went. Sore ga

watashi ga saigo ni itta jiki desu. • This is our

first time in Japan. Kore ga watashitachi no

hajimete no Nihon desu. • What time is it?

Nan ji desu ka? • I don’t have a watch.

Watashi wa tokei o motte imasen. • a watch

tokei • I don’t have. Watashi wa motte

imasen. • I don’t have a watch. Watashi wa

tokei o motte imasen. • That was the best

time of my life. Sore ga watashi no jinsei no

naka de saiko no jiki deshita. • my life

watashi no jinsei • the best time saiko no jiki

• That was the best time. Sore ga saiko no

jiki deshita. • That was the best time of my

life. Sore ga watashi no jinsei no naka de

saiko no jiki deshita.

Track 4

to get eru • to sleep nemuru • to travel ryoko

suru • to go out dekakeru • to give ageru • to

eat taberu • to walk aruku • to dance odoru •

to work hataraku • to go iku • to swim oyogu

• to do or to make suru • to see miru • to

write kaku • to learn manabu

Track 5

I want to eat. Watashi wa tabetai. • to eat

taberu • I watashi wa • to talk or speak

hanasu • I want to speak. Watashi wa

hanashitai. • to dance odoru • I want to

dance. Watashi wa odoritai. • to go iku • I

want to go. Watashi wa ikitai. • to learn

manabu • I want to learn. Watashi wa

manabitai. • to eat taberu • I want to eat.

Watashi wa tabetai.

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Track 6

I want to talk. Watashi wa hanashitai. • I like

to talk. Watashi wa hanasu no ga suki desu.

• I like to eat. Watashi wa taberu no ga suki

desu. • I like to work. Watashi wa hataraku

no ga suki desu. • to work hataraku • I

watashi wa • I like to work. Watashi wa

hataraku no ga suki desu. • I want to work.

Watashi wa hatarakitai. • I like to see.

Watashi wa miru no ga suki desu. • I like to

go out. Watashi wa dekakeru no ga suki

desu.

Track 7

I can talk. Watashi wa hanasu koto ga

dekiru. • I can talk. Watashi wa hanasu koto

ga dekiru. • I can sleep. Watashi wa nemuru

koto ga dekiru. • to eat taberu • I can eat.

Watashi wa taberu koto ga dekiru. • I can

work. Watashi wa hataraku koto ga dekiru. •

to work hataraku • I watashi wa • I can work.

Watashi wa hataraku koto ga dekiru. • to do

or to make suru • I can make. Watashi wa

suru koto ga dekiru. • I can see. Watashi wa

miru koto ga dekiru. • to see miru • I watashi

wa • I can see. Watashi wa miru koto ga

dekiru. • I can learn. Watashi wa manabu

koto ga dekiru.

Track 8

I want to talk. Watashi wa hanashitai. • I like

to talk. Watashi wa hanasu no ga suki desu.

• I can talk. Watashi wa hanasu koto ga

dekiru. • to eat taberu • I want to eat.

Watashi wa tabetai. • I like to eat. Watashi

wa taberu koto ga suki desu. • I can eat.

Watashi wa taberu koto ga dekiru. • to go iku

• I want to go. Watashi wa ikitai. • I like to

go. Watashi wa iku no ga suki desu. • I can

go. Watashi wa iku koto ga dekiru. • I have

to talk. Watashi wa hanasanakereba naranai.

• to work hataraku • I have to work. Watashi

wa hatarakanakereba naranai.

Track 9

I have to work. Watashi wa

hatarakanakereba naranai. • I can get.

Watashi wa eru koto ga dekiru. • I want to

go. Watashi wa ikitai. • I like to go. Watashi

wa iku no ga suki desu. • I can go. Watashi

wa iku koto ga dekiru. • I have to go.

Watashi wa ikanakereba naranai. • I like to

go out. Watashi wa dekakeru no ga suki

desu. • I want to learn Japanese. Watashi

wa nihongo o manabitai. • Japanese

(language) nihongo • to learn manabu • I

watashi wa • I want to learn Japanese.

Watashi wa nihongo o manabitai. • to walk

aruku • to work hataraku • I have to work.

Watashi wa hatarakanakereba naranai. • I

can walk. Watashi wa aruku koto ga dekiru. •

to travel ryoko suru • I want to travel.

Watashi wa ryoko ga shitai.

Track 10

clean kirei • dirty kitanai • man dansei •

woman josei • question shitsumon • answer

kotae • teacher sensei • student seito • up

ue • down shita • lie uso • truth jijitsu • good

yoi • bad warui • big okii • small chiisai •

thick atsui • thin usui • ugly minikui •

beautiful kirei • fat futotte iru • skinny yasete

iru • a little sukoshi • a lot takusan • far toi •

near chikai • inside naka • outside soto •

today kyo • tomorrow ashita • easy yasashii •

difficult muzukashii • expensive takai •

cheap yasui • light karui • heavy omotai •

friend tomodachi • enemy teki • nice yoi •

mean iji warui • tall takai • short hikui • smart

atama ga yoi • dumb atama ga warui

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very totemo • a lot takusan • a lot of money

takusan no okane • very early totemo hayai

jikan • a lot of people takusan no hito • very

far totemo toi • very expensive totemo takai •

very good totemo yoi • very bad totemo

warui • very early totemo hayai jikan • very

late totemo osoi jikan • a lot of time takusan

no jikan • very often shibashiba • very far

totemo toi • very sad totemo kanashii • very

happy totemo shiawase • very near totemo

chikai • very far totemo toi • a lot of music

takusan no ongaku • a lot of fruit takusan no

kudamono • very fast totemo hayai • a lot of

sugar takusan no sato • a lot of food

takusan no tabemono • a lot of ice cream

takusan no aisukuriimu • a lot of beer

takusan no biiru

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from kara • to e • I’m going from Chicago to

Tokyo. Watashi wa Shikago kara Tokyo e iku

tsumori desu. • I’m working from 8:00 in the

morning to 11:00 at night. Watashi wa asa

no hachi ji kara yoru no ju ichi ji made

hataraku tsumori desu. • We are traveling

from St. Louis to Cancun. Watashitachi wa

Seinto Ruisu kara Kankun made ryoko suru

tsumori desu. • How long ago? Dono kurai

mae desu ka? • How long ago did you eat?

Anata wa dono kurai mae ni tabemashita

ka? • I ate an hour ago. Watashi wa ichi

jikan mae ni tabemashita. • How long ago

did you go to Japan? Dono kurai mae ni

Nihon e ikimashita ka? • We went to Japan

a year ago. Watashitachi wa ichi nen mae ni

Nihon e ikimashita.

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instead of de wa naku • I’m drinking water

instead of coffee. Watashi wa kohii de wa

naku mizu o nomu. • water mizu • coffee

kohii • I’m drinking. Watashi wa nonde iru. •

instead of de wa naku • I’m drinking water

instead of coffee. Watashi wa kohii de wa

naku mizu o nonde iru. • I’m going today

instead of tomorrow. Watashi wa ashita de

wa naku kyo iku tsumori desu. • I’m going

home instead of to work. Watashi wa

shigoto ni ikazu ie ni kaeru. • We’re going by

car instead of by plane. Watashitachi wa

hikoki de wa naku kuruma de iku tsumori

desu. • I’m leaving now instead of later.

Watashi wa ato de de wa naku ima iku

tsumori desu.

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I’m traveling to China instead of to Japan.

Watashi wa Nihon de wa naku Chugoku o

ryoko suru tsumori desu. • China Chugoku •

Japan Nihon • I’m going to do. Watashi wa

suru tsumori desu. • I’m going to China

instead of Japan. Watashi wa Nihon de wa

naku Chugoku ni iku tsumori desu. • China

Chugoku • Japan Nihon • China instead of

Japan Nihon de wa naku Chugoku • I’m

going. Watashi wa iku tsumori desu. • I’m

going to China instead of Japan. Watashi

wa Nihon de wa naku Chugoku ni iku

tsumori desu.

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Go straight and turn right at the corner.

Massugu iki ano kado o migi ni magaru. •

Where is it? Sore wa doko desu ka? • Is it

far, or near? Sore wa toi desu ka? Chikai

desu ka? • How far away is it? Sore wa

dono kurai toi no desu ka? • Can you tell me

where the bank is located? Ginko ga doko ni

aru ka oshiete moraemasen ka? • What is

your name (fam)? Namae wa nan desu ka? •

What is your name (form)? Onamae wa nan

to iimasu ka? • My name is Mark. Watashi

no namae wa Maaku desu. • I am fifty years

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old. Watashi wa gojussai desu. • I am young.

Watashi wa wakai. • I am old. Watashi wa

toshiyori desu. • What’s the weather like

today? Kyo no tenki wa do desu ka? • It’s

hot. Atsui. • It’s cold. Samui. • It’s nice. Yoi hi

desu. • It’s raining. Ame ga futte iru.

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eleven ju ichi • one ichi • two ni • three san •

four yon • five go • six roku • seven nana •

eight hachi • nine ku • ten ju • twenty-two

niju ni • one hundred hyaku • ninety-nine

kyuju kyu • eighty-eight hachiju hachi •

seventy-seven nanaju nana • sixty-six rokuju

roku • fifty-five goju go • forty-four yonju yon

• thirty-three sanju san • twenty-two niju ni •

eleven ju ichi • zero zero • Happy birthday.

Otanjobi omedeto. • Merry Christmas. Merii

kurisumasu. • Enjoy your meal. Shokuji

tanoshinde kudasai.

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Please. Onegai shimasu. • Thank you (fam).

Arigato. • Thank you (form). Arigato

gozaimasu. • You’re welcome. Do

itashimashite. • Cheers. Kampai. • See you

tomorrow. Mata ashita aimasho. • Can you

help me, please? Sumimasen. Tasukete

moraemasen ka? • I have to leave early.

Watashi wa hayai jikan ni ikanakereba

narimasen. • I’d like to pay. How much is it?

Okane o haraitai no desu ga, ikura desu ka?

• Are you going to learn Japanese? Anata

wa nihongo o manabu tsumori desu ka? •

Yes, I’m going to learn Japanese. Hai,

watashi wa nihongo o manabu tsumori desu.

• I speak a little Japanese. Watashi wa

sukoshi nihongo o hanasu. • I’m going to

work in Chicago. Watashi wa Shikago de

shigoto o suru tsumori desu.