• Pronunciation Practice

• Classroom Commands

• Japanese Foods

• Japanese Martial Arts

• Japanese Traditional and Pop Culture

• English Words Borrowed From Japanese

• Japanese Vocabulary

• Japanese Words Borrowed from Foreign Languages

• Basic Japanese Expressions

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Class Session 1b Chapter 1

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あ A い I う U え E お O

か KA き KI く KU け KE こ KO

さ SA し SHI す SU せ SE そ SO

た TA ち CHI つ TSU て TE と TO

な NA に NI ぬ NU ね NE の NO

は HA ひ HI ふ FU へ HE ほ HO

ま MA み MI む MU め ME も MO

や YA - ゆ YU - よ YO

ら RA り RI る RU れ RE ろ RO

わ WA ゐ* (W)I - ゑ* (W)E を WO

ん N

Unvoiced Sounds

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が GA ぎ GI ぐ GU げ GE ご GO

ざ ZA じ JI ず ZU ぜ ZE ぞ ZO

だ DA **ぢ DJI **づ DZU で DE ど DO

ば BA び BI ぶ BU べ BE ぼ BO

ぱ PA ぴ PI ぷ PU ぺ PE ぽ PO

Voiced Sounds

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ゃ YA ゅ YU ょ YO

きゃ KYA きゅ KYU きょ KYO

しゃ SHA しゅ SHU しょ SHO

ちゃ CHA ちゅ CHU ちょ CHO

にゃ NYA にゅ NYU にょ NYO

ひゃ HYA ひゅ HYU ひょ HYO

みゃ MYA みゅ MYU みょ MYO

りゃ RYA りゅ RYU りょ RYO

ぎゃ GYA ぎゅ GYU ぎょ GYO

じゃ JA じゅ JU じょ JO

**ぢゃ DJA **ぢゅ DJU ぢょ DJO

びゃ BYA びゅ BYU びょ BYO

ぴゃ PYA ぴゅ PYU ぴょ PYO

Palatized Sounds

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Classroom Commands

Hajimemashō Let’s begin

Suwatte kudasai Please sit down

Kiite kudasai Please listen

Shizuka ni shite kudasai Please be quite

Itte kudasai Please say it

Eigo de itte kudasai Please say it in English

Nihongo de itte kudasai Please say it in Japanese

Issho ni itte kudasai Please say it together

Mō ichido itte kudasai Please say it again

Ooki-na koe de itte kudasai Please say it in a loud voice

Mō sukoshi hayaku itte kudasai Please say it a little faster

Mō sukoshi yukkuri itte kudasai Please say it a little slower

Eigo ni yakushite kudasai Please translate into English

Nihongo ni yakushite kudasai Please translate into Japanese

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Japanese Foods

sushi すし sushi

sashimi 刺し身 sliced raw fish

sukiyaki すき焼き Japanese style beef stew

unagi うなぎ eel

tenpura てんぷら tenpura

sake 酒 Japanese rice wine

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Japanese Martial Arts

karate 空手 karate

jūdō 柔道 judo

kendō 剣道 kendo

aikidō 合気道 aikido

sumō 相撲 sumo

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Japanese Traditional and Pop Culture

origami 折紙 origami (paper folding)

haiku 俳句 haiku (poetry) 17-mora poem, in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae

ikebana 活花 flower arranging

kimono 着物 kimono (traditional Japanese clothing)

samurai 侍 samurai

ninja 忍者 ninja

bonsai 盆栽 bonsai (miniature trees)

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English Words Borrowed from Japanese

hibachi 火鉢 charcoal brazier

tsunami 津波 tidal wave

geta 下駄 (Japanese wooden) clogs

futon 布団 futon (quilted Japanese-style mattresslaid out on the floor);

sayonara さよなら goodbye

tōfu 豆腐 tofu; bean curd

koi 鯉 common carp; koi carp

gyoza ( 餃子 ) ぎょうざ gyoza (crescent-shaped pan-fried dumplings

stuffed with minced pork and vegetables)

ramen らあめん Chinese style noodles (from Chinese lamian)

( 拉麺 ) (老麺 )

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karaoke カラオケ ( 空オケ ) karaoke (empty orchestra)

anime アニメ anime (animated film)

manga 漫画 manga (cartoon)

kudzu (kuzu) 葛 kudzu (Pueraria lobata) (type of vine)

kiurushi 生漆 urushiol (sap of poison ivy, oak, sumac);used in Japan to make lacquerware (urushimono)

English Words Borrowed from Japanese

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• Native Japanese words ( 和語 wago) 33.8%

• Chinese words ( 漢語 kango) 49.1%

• Foreign words ( 外来語 gairaigo) 8.8%

Japanese change the way foreign words are pronounced to fit the sounds of Japanese.

Japanese Vocabulary

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Native Japanese words ( 和語 wago)

• Usually written in hiragana, with a single Chinese character, or a single Chinese character + hiragana

• Examples:

uchi 家 house (noun)

sugu すぐ immediately (adverb)

akai 赤い red (adjective)

iku 行く to go (verb)

suru する to do (verb)

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Chinese words ( 漢語 kango)

• Usually are written with two (or more) Chinese characters

• Usually use the Chinese readings for the characters rather than the native Japanese readings

• Examples:

naikai 内海 inlet; bay; inland sea

tenki 天気 the weather

kantan 簡単 ( な ) easy; simple

mijuku 未熟 ( な ) unripe; inexperienced

benkyō 勉強 ( する ) study (to study)

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Gairaigo 外来語Words Borrowed From Foreign Languages

anime アニメ English – animation

apāto アパート English – apartment

arabaito アルバイト German – arbeit (part time job)

depāto デパート English – department store

pan パン Portuguese – pan (bread)

aisukuriimu アイスクリーム English – ice cream

hotto doggu ホットドッグ English – hot dog

tabako タバコ Portuguese – tabako (tobaco)

panku パンク English – puncture (flat tire)

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English made in Japan ( 和製英語 waseieigo)

Japanese word constructed of elements from one or more English terms; the meaning of the words in Japanese is usually different than the meaning of the words in English.

Examples:

アフターサービス afutāsābisu (after service) customer service

アメフト amefuto (Ame(rican) foot(ball)) American football

ドンマイ donmai don('t) mi(nd) don't worry about it イン・キー inkī in + key locking one's car

keys in one's car

キャッチホン kyatchihon catch phone call waiting

マジックテープ majikkutēpu magic tape Velcro

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_gairaigo_and_wasei-eigo_terms for more examples

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ohayō gozaimasu Good morning

konnichi wa Good afternoon

konban wa Good evening

oyasumi nasai Good night

ikaga desu ka How are you?

genki desu I am fine

Basic Japanese Expressions