Japanese for Beginners. Learning Conversational Japanese

Chapter 2
Wow!
Express Your Emotions! Start with Interjections An
interjection is a word that expresses sudden feelings—such as “Oh” to show
surprise or “Wow” for admiration. There are also interjections of address and
reply.
An interjection is an independent word and it doesn’t change its form,
which makes it easier for you to learn to use. It is placed either at the
beginning of a sentence or used by itself.
Here are 3 main ways you’ll use interjections when you’re speaking in
Japanese:
1 Exclamation
(surprise, admiration, doubt, etc.)
2 Addressing someone
(to get someone’s attention)
Ǎ, Ě, Ara, Are, Otto, Oya, Mā, Ō, Hē, Fūn, Wā, Hō
Moshi-moshi, Sā, Nē, Anō, Oi, Yā, Yō, Hora, Kora
3 Answering someone (yes/no) Hai, Ē, Iie, Iya, Un, Uun, Hā, Ā
Although there are many interjections in Japanese, we’ll start by focusing on
these: Otto (Oops; Oh) Oya (Oh; Well) Hā (Yes; Certainly) Fūn (Oh; Hmm;