Learn Japanese Language with Japanese Shortcuts 1

Master Useful Japanese
Phrases Quickly and Easily
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System!
Speak Japanese easily &
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INCLUDED with
• 2,000 new words & phrase
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• Translated to English
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Table Of contents
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Table of Contents
Details of Contents
Two Alphabets
Unit 1: How to Greet others
Unit 2: Nice to meet you
Unit 3: First day of College
Unit 4: Lunch at the Cafeteria
Unit 5: What do you do on Sunday
Unit 6: Shopping
Unit 7: I am coming
Unit 8: At my friend’s house
Unit 9: A trip to sea
Unit 10: Phrase Builder
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Details of Contents
1- MASTER USEFUL PHRASES QUCKLY
& EASILY
With this Powerful Learning
System!
………………..6
2- TWO ALPHABETS
Basic Fundamentals of the Japanese
Words…………………………………….….…10
3- UNIT 1: HOW TO GREET OTHERS
………….......................................18
1.1 Phrase Builder
1.2 Culture
1.3 Polite and Casual Speech
1.4 How are you?
1.5 Family Members
4- UNIT 2: NICE TO MEET YOU!
…..…..........…...........................…27
2.1 Phrase Builder
2.2 Culture
2.3 Pronouns
2.4 I am a student
2.5 Nice to meet you
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5- UNIT 3: FIRST DAY OF COLLEGE
………………………………………………….….42
3.1 Phrase Builder
3.2 Culture
3.3 Possessive Pronouns
3.4 Demonstrative nouns near and far
3.5 Numbers in Japanese
6- UNIT 4: LUNCH AT CAFETERIA
………………………………………….…...…..59
4.1 Phrase Builder
4.2 Culture
4.3 Campus Tour
4.4 Ordering at Cafeteria
4.5 How much is it?
7- UNIT 5: WHAT DO YOU DO ON
SUNDAY? ……………...........................….78
5.1 Phrase Builder
5.2 Culture
5.3 I wake up at 7 AM
5.4 I will play soccer tomorrow
5.5 I slept at 11 PM yesterday
8- UNIT 6: SHOPPING
………….………..…........................101
6.1 Phrase Builder
6.2 Culture
6.3 Are you looking for something?
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6.4 What is your size?
6.5 What did you buy?
9- UNIT 7: I AM COMING
…………….….……………….….............119
7.1 Phrase Builder
7.2 Culture
7.3 Coming & Going
7.4 Transportation
7.5 Today, I will...
10- UNIT 8: AT MY FRIEND’S HOUSE
………………………………….………………..136
8.1 Phrase Builder
8.2 Culture
8.3 Describing the Location of Things
8.4 What do you have?
8.5 Serves coffee
11- UNIT 9: A TRIP TO SEA
………………………..…………………….…...155
9.1 Phrase Builder
9.2 Culture
9.3 Beautiful Ocean
9.4 It’s delicious
9.5 Do you like the sea?
1- UNIT 10: PHRASE BUILDER
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Master Useful Japanese
Phrases Quickly and Easily
with this Powerful Learning
System!
Learning a new language can be an
overwhelming task, however “JAPANESE
SHORTCUTS” using an expertly created solution
to help you learn a variety of important
Japanese phrases.
Including 10 fundamental topics that are used in
everyday life, the system helps readers learn in
a clear and concise manner that will stay in their
mind. The book is coupled with a wide range of
learning tools including 30 video dialogues, 30
videos focusing on Japanese expressions,
flashcards for vocabulary practice, and several
quizzes to ensure your progress.
By using several different learning methods,
readers are able to learn and understand the
basics of the Japanese languages provided in the
book. Included with flash cards to recap
vocabularies and phrase. And the next step is to
test their skills. The included videos support new
Japanese learners to emulate pronunciation and
audible comprehension, so that you can put the
Japanese you learn into practice immediately.
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Perfect for travellers, business people and
anybody else that needs to know the most often
used Japanese phrases, this book and learning
system offers the fastest and most efficient
method to speak and understand the Japanese
that you need.
Take the first steps of your new language
journey with Japanese Shortcuts and open a new
world of linguistic and communication
possibilities!
What Is in This Book
Our basic topic is “JAPANESE SHORTCUTS”,
and we will be examining that in detail,
particularly why improving our skills at speaking
foreign language is so important in the future.
You see, there are about 1.27 million people
speaking in Japan. Economically and politically,
Japan has an important role in the world. I
reckon that Britain understands advance
knowledge and wisdom to foresee what’s coming
in the future. To say it wisely “a person with a
second or third language builds deeper
ingrain intellectual mind”. You see, in Asia
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people speak a minimum of two language and
some has the ability speaking 3 languages. You
will be amaze that these people can read, write
and speak fluently in that third language.
Benefits of learning a foreign language:
1. Able to understand Japanese phrase.
2. Business relations
3. Job opportunities in Japan as well as other
countries
4. Abundance of information in Japanese
media
5. Able to convey verbal and written
translation
Friends, are you ready for a great learning
adventure? Are you ready for some fun? Come
aboard your hot air balloon and let’s do it
together!
I can’t tell you enough good things about
reading. You’ll have to trust me at this stage.
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Just pick up a book, a magazine, anything, and
start reading. From that point on, you’ll want to
read more worthwhile books that are nicely
thought out and well written. In a short period of
time, you’ll be a totally transformed person.
And, most importantly, you’ll acquire a voice,
one that speaks Japanese and pronounce like a
pro.
Tips to memorize new words
• Create your own flash cards by writing on
the front of the card a Japanese word or
phrase with the transliteration. And behind
the card you need to write the meaning of
the word.
• When you have written your cards, the
next step is to memorize the words.
• Try to memorize five or ten words a day.
• Show the flash card in front of you and
read aloud, if you know the meaning just
place the card aside.
• The cards you didn’t know yet, you have
to flip the card and look at the meanings.
• Practice this method all over again for the
rest of the cards.
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• Once you know some words, the next step
is to write a dictation or write a complete
sentence from what you have learnt.
• These flash cards may develop your
conversational phrase by creating your
own flash cards.
>> More from us coming your way
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CONSISTS OF:
• 10 fundamental topics that are used in
everyday life,
• Learning tools including 30 video
dialogues,
• 30 videos focusing on Japanese
expressions,
• Flashcards for vocabulary practice,
• Quizzes to ensure your progress.
• Fill in the blanks; Practical translation
Start learning a foreign language
it breaks boundaries and open up avenues
of discoveries
from the Author
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CHAPTER 2
TWO ALPHABETS
BASIC FUNDMENTALS OF THE JAPANESE
WORDS
W
The written Japanese language is
sometimes to be said difficult. First
of all, there are three kinds of
characters: Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji
(Chinese characters). All three characters can be
seen in one single sentence in Japanaese.
e.g. パソコンを 使 います。
Katakana kanji Hiragana
Pasokon wo tsukaimasu.
English: I use my personal computer.
Hiragana and Katakana represent the sounds
like the alphabet.
Write Hiragana
Hiragana
https://www.youtube.com/w
atch?v=wD3FJgij79c
Hiragana, as you can see above, is roundish and
is used for conjugation endings, function words,
and native Japanese words.
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-a -i -u -e -o
あ
a
い
i
う
u
え
e
お
o
-k
か
ka
き
ki
く
ku
け
ke
こ
ko
-s
さ
sa
し
shi
す
su
せ
se
そ
so
-t
た
ta
ち
chi
つ
tsu
て
te
と
to
-n
な
na
に
ni
ぬ
nu
ね
ne
の
no
-h
は
ha
ひ
hi
ふ
fu
へ
he
ほ
ho
-
m
ま
ma
み
mi
む
mu
め
me
も
mo
-y
や
ya
ゆ
yu
よ
yo
-r
ら
ra
り
ri
る
ru
れ
re
ろ
ro
-w
わ
wa
を
(w)o
ん
n
Learn Hiragana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=Bsfi4XbPE8M

Hiragana with Diacritical Marks
23 additional sounds can be described
H
by adding diacritical marks.
Two dots make unvoiced sound (k, s,
t and h) voiced sound (g,z,d and b).
The consonant h changes p sound with a small
circle.
が
ぎ
ぐ
げ
ご
ga
ざ
gi
じ
gu
ず
ge
ぜ
go
ぞ
za
だ
ji
ぢ
zu
づ
ze
で
zo
ど
da
ば
ji
び
zu
ぶ
de
べ
do
ぼ
ba
ぱ
bi
ぴ
bu
ぷ
be
ぺ
bo
ぽ
pa
pi
pu
pe
po
じ and ず are pronounced same as ぢ and づ
respectively.
Transcribing Contrancted Sounds
T
Small や、ゆ and よ follow after letters
in the second colum (i-vowel except
い, such as き、し) and are used to
transcrive contracted sounds. The
contracted sound represents a single syllable.
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きゃ
きゅ
きょ
ぎゃ
ぎゅ
ぎょ
kya
しゃ
kyu
しゅ
kyo
しょ
gya
じゃ
gyu
じゅ
gyo
じょ
sha
ちゃ
shu
ちゅ
sho
ちょ
ja
ju
jo
cha
にゃ
chu
にゅ
cho
にょ
nya
ひゃ
nyu
ひゅ
nyo
ひょ
びゃ
びゅ
びょ
hya
みゃ
hyu
みゅ
hyo
みょ
bya
ぴゃ
byu
ぴゅ
byo
ぴょ
mya
りゃ
myu
りゅ
myo
りょ
pya
pyu
pyo
rya
ryu
ryo
Katakana
Katakana has rather straight line
K
compared to Hiragana. This is
normally used for writing loanwords
and foreign names. For example,
“Television” is written in Japanese as 「テレビ」
(terebi). The number of characters is totally
same as Hiragana.
Katakana
https://www.youtube.com/watc
h?v=rf-n_qI2occ
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-a -i -u -e -o
ア
a
イ
i
ウ
u
エ
e
オ
o
-k
カ
ka
キ
ki
ク
ku
ケ
ke
コ
ko
-s
サ
sa
シ
shi
ス
su
セ
se
ソ
so
-t
タ
ta
チ
chi
ツ
tsu
テ
te
ト
to
-n
ナ
na
二
ni
ヌ
nu
ネ
ne
ノ
no
-h
ハ
ha
ヒ
hi
フ
fu
ヘ
he
ホ
ho
-
m
マ
ma
ミ
mi
ム
mu
メ
me
モ
mo
-y
ヤ
ya
ユ
yu
ヨ
yo
-r
ラ
ra
リ
ri
ル
ru
レ
re
ロ
ro
-w
ワ
wa
ヲ
(w)o
ン
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ガ
ga
ギ
gi
グ
gu
ゲ
ge
ゴ
go
ザ
za
ジ
ji
ズ
zu
ゼ
ze
ゾ
zo
ダ
da
ヂ
ji
ヅ
zu
デ
de
ド
do
バ
ba
ビ
bi
ブ
bu
ベ
be
ボ
bo
パ
pa
ピ
pi
プ
pu
ペ
pe
ポ
po
キャ
kya
キュ
kyu
キョ
kyo
ギャ
gya
ギュ
gyu
ギョ
gyo
シャ
sha
シュ
shu
ショ
sho
ジャ
ja
ジュ
ju
ジョ
jo
チャ
cha
チュ
chu
チョ
cho
ニャ
nya
ニュ
nyu
ニョ
nyo
ヒャ
hya
ヒュ
hyu
ヒョ
hyo
ビャ
bya
ビュ
byu
ビョ
byo
ミャ
mya
ミュ
myu
ミョ
myo
ピャ
pya
ピュ
pyu
ピョ
pyo
リャ
rya
リュ
ryu
リョ
ryo

https://livejapan.com/en/article-a0001028/
UNIT 1: HOW TO
GREET OTHERS
1.1 Phrase Builder
1.2 Culture: Greeting
and Physical Contact
1.3 Polite & Casual
Speech
1.4 How are you?
1.5 Family Members
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UNIT 1
HOW TO GREET OTHERS
1.1 PHRASE BUILDER
Thank you
Sorry
Hello
Good
morning
Good
evening
See you
Good bye
ありがとうございます
Arigatou gozaimasu
すみません
Sumimasen
こんにちは
Konnichiwa
おはようございます
Ohayou gozaimasu
こんばんは
Konbanwa
またね
Mata ne
さようなら
Sayounara
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2
3
4
5
6
7
1.2 CULTURE
One of the first important things to know if you
are going to be in contact with Japanese is that
they do not feel comfortable with physical
contact than westerners do. When Japanese
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people meet for the first time, they bow to each
other rather than shake hands.
Note: Japanese have recently been used to
western culture, especially, young generation.
They do not hesitate to shake hands or hug.
However, kissing on the cheek is not common
yet. It is better to avoid doing so.
1.3 LESSON 1: POLITE & CASUAL SPEECH
Relationships between a speaker and hearers
are important when to choose a speech style. In
1.1, we learned some basic phrases of greeting
in a polite way. However, according to the
relationship, the form of the greeting may
change.
For casual speaking, take out “ございます”
(Gozaimasu).
Good
morning
(polite)
Good
morning
(Casual)
おはようございます
Ohayou gozaimasu
おはよう
Ohayou
Bowing culture
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=VZ2s8IvMwDI
Thank
you
(Polite)
ありがとうございます
Arigatoo gozaimasu
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Thank
you
(Casual)
ありがとう
Arigatoo
Thus, the greeting between you and a professor
can be as follows:
You
Professor
Good
morning
Good
morning
おはようござい
ます
Ohayoo gozaimasu
おはよう
Ohayoo
For saying “good bye” to your friends,
See you
later
Byebye
(じゃあ)またね
(Jya)matane
ばいばい
Bai bai
1.4 LESSON 2: HOW ARE YOU?
Here is the phrase “How are you” and a replay
for it.
You
reply
How are
you?
おげんきですか
Ogenki desuka
I am good げんきです
Genki desu
However, it is not much common to use it,
especially among people who have known each
other well. They rather talk about their lives in
detail when asking “how are you?” We will learn
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how to describe your situation such as “I am
busy” and so on in later units.
1.5 LESSON 3: FAMILY MEMBERS
Words for family members are a bit complicated
in Japanese. The concept of “Inside group” and
“Outside group” is crucial when speaking.
Basically, there are two words for each family
member: Other’s family members and my own
family members. It is possible to refer your
family members using the vocabulary on other’s
family members, when talking with your friends
and at the informal occasions.
Let’s took at the list.
Other’s Family Members (Your/his/ her/ their)
Father
Mother
Eldery Brother
Elderly Sister
Younger Brother
おとうさん
Otoosan
おかあさん
Okaasan
おにいさん
Oniisan
おねえさん
Oneesan
おとうとさん
Otootosan
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Younger Sister
Grandfather
Grandmother
いもうとさん
Imootosan
おじいさん
Ojiisan
おばあさん
Obaasan
As mentioned, it is acceptable to use the words
for other’s family members when talking about
your own family members. However, it shows
your respect to other’s family. It is more
appropriate to use the words for your own family
members to be modest to the hearers.
My Own Family Members (my)
(my) Father
Mother
Elderly Brother
Elderly Sister
Younger Brother
Younger Sister
ちち
Chichi
はは
Haha
あに
Ani
あね
Ane
おとうと
Otooto
いもうと
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Grandfather
Grandmother
Imooto
そふ
Sofu
そぼ
Sobo
Note: You should not use the words for your own
family members when talking about other’s
family members. It sounds rude and very
inappropriate.
RECAP VOCABULARIES
My Own Family Members
Chichi
Father
Haha
Mother
Ani
Elderly Brother
Ane
Elderly Sister
Otooto
Younger Brother
Imooto
Younger Sister
Sofu
Grandfather
Sobo
Grandmother
Other’s Family Members (Your/his/ her/
their)
Otoosan
Father
Okaasan
Mother
Oniisan
Elderly Brother
Oneesan
Elderly Sister
Otootosan
Younger Brother
Imootosan
Younger Sister
Ojiisan
Grandfather
Obaasan
Grandmother
Dialogue
Ohayou gozaimasu Good morning (polite)
Ohayou
Good morning (Casual)
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Arigatoo
gozaimasu
Arigatoo
(Jya)matane
bai bai
Ogenki desuka
Genki desu
Thank you (Polite)
Thank you (Casual)
See you later
Byebye
How are you?
I am good
1.6 HOW DO YOU SAY IT IN JAPANESE?
Join the script to the pronunciation & say out
loud the Japanese phrase plus understanding of
the meanings.
Konnichiwa
Ogenki desuka
Ohayou
gozaimasu
Sayounara
Jyaane
こんにちは
おげんきですか
おはようございます
さようなら
じゃあね
1.7 WHAT DOES IT MEAN
Now say in Japanese out loud and write the
English meanings next to the word.
_________________ おげんきですか
Genki desu ka
_________________ げんきです
Genki desu
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_________________
_________________
ありがとうござ
います
Arigatou gozaimasu
いいえ
Iie
1.8 WHAT ARE THEY SAYING?
Write the phrase in the dialogue box in
Japanese. Rewrite the phrase again. Unlock the
meanings of the phrases.
こんにちは。
__________
おげんきですか。
__________
こんにちは。
__________
げんきです。
__________
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1.9 REVIEW
Answer the following questions.
1. How do you say when you meet your friend at
8:00 AM?
2. How do you say if you step on someone’s foot
in the street?
3. How do you say if your teacher gives a small
present to you?
4. How do you say: “How are you?”
5. Draw your family tree. Write 1) The person’s
name and 2) who he/she is to you (e.g. mother)
Back to Table of Contents
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UNIT 2: Nice to
Meet You!
2.1 Phrase Builder
2.2 Culture: calling names
2.3 Pronouns
2.4 I am a student
2.5 Nice to meet you!
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UNIT 2
NICE TO MEET YOU
2.1 PHRASE BUILDER
1
2
How do you
do?
Please to
meet you
3 Student
4
5
Where are
you from?
I am from
Japan
はじめまして
Hajimemashite
よろしく
おねがいします
Yoroshiku onegai
shimasu
がくせい
Gakusei
しゅっしんは
どちらですか
Shusshin wa dochira
desuka
にほん
しゅっしんです
Nihon shusshin desu
6 Major せんもん
Senmon
7
What is your
name?
おなまえは
なんですか
Onamae wa nandesu
ka
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2.2 CULTURE
Unlike European cultures, Japanese do not call
someone’s first name easily. It is always better
to start with calling with their family name. In
this case, you must add “san” after the family
name.
Here is an example:
たなかさん (Tanaka san)
= Mr./Ms./Mrs. Tanaka
Tanaka is one of the most common family
names.
Among the same genders, especially young
women, are likely to address with the first name
very quickly. In Japan, however, people do not
address married people (both men and women)
with their first name. For someone’s mother,
Japanese often call her,
“Child’s name + no + Okaasan.”
2.3 LESSON 1: PRONOUNS
First, we will look through pronouns in Japanese.
Japanese language does have pronouns for
“you”, “he”, and “she”, but they usually do not
use the pronouns. Instead, they just use the
person’s name. We will look examples later.
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I
You
He
She
We
You (plural)
They
It
わたし
Watashi
あなた
Anata
かれ
Kare
かのじょ
Kanojo
わたしたし
Watashitachi
あなたたち
Anatatachi
かれたち
Karetachi
それ
Sore
As you can see, you just need to add “tachi” to
make it plural form in Japanese.
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2.4 LESSON 2: I AM A STUDENT
Now, we will move on forming a sentence with
nouns in this lesson.
Subject wa Noun desu
I am a
student.
わたしは がくせいです
Watashi wa gakusei desu.
です(desu) = am, are, is
• Topic Marker Particle “は(wa)”
“wa” follows after the noun which “wa”
shows the topic of the sentence (as for X).
Be sure that the pronunciation is not “ha”
but “wa” when “は” is a particle.
I am
Tanaka.
わたしは たなかです
Watashi wa Tanaka desu.
My father
is a
teacher.
ちちは せんせいです
Chichi wa sensei desu.
It is common to omit the subject when the
speaker thinks the topic is clear to the hearer.
Let’s look at the example below.
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You
Reply
What’s your
name?
My name is
/I am
Tanaka
おなまえは
なんですか
Onamae wa nandesuka
) わたしは(
たなかです
(Watashi wa)Tanaka desu
For negative forms, you just need to replace
“desu” with “ja arimasen”.
I am a
student.
I am not a
student.
がくせいです
Gakusei desu.
がくせいじゃありません
Gakusei ja arimasen.
2.5 LESSON 3: NICE TO MEET YOU!
Basic conversation when meeting for the first
time
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Yoshida:
Toyota:
Yoshida:
How do
you do?
How do
you do?
I am
Yoshida.
What is
はじめまして
Hajimemashite
はじめまして
Hajimemashite
よしだです
Yoshida desu
おなまえはなんですか
Onamae wa nandesuka
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your
name?
Toyota:
Yoshida:
Toyota:
I am
Toyota.
Nice to
meet
you
You too
とよたです
Toyota desu
どうぞよろしくおねがいします
Dozo yoroshiku onegaishi masu
こちらこそ
( よろしくおねがいします)
Kochirakoso (yoroshiku onegai
shimasu)
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Yoshida
Where are
you from?
しゅっしんは どちらですか
Shusshin wa dochira desu ka
Smith
I’m from
Singapore シンガポールしゅっしんです
Shingapooru shusshin desu.
2.5.1 STRUCTURE & USAGE
Y:
T:
Are you a
student?
Yes. You too,
Ms. Yoshida?
とよたさんは がくせいです
か
Toyotasan wa gakusei desu ka
はい 。
Hai
よしださんも がくせいです
か
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Yoshidasan mo* gakusei desu
ka
Y:
No. I’m not a
student. I am
an office
worker.
いいえ がくせいじゃ
ありません
Iie gakusei ja arimasen
かいしゃいん です
Kaishain desu
*mo (も): as well. Too
** Kaishain (かいしゃいん): a person who works
for a company.
• Question Particle “か(ka)”
It is simple to make a question sentence in
Japanese. Simply, you need to add the
particle “か(ka)” at the end of the
sentence. Let’s compare the following two
sentences.
You are a
student.
Are you a
student?
(あなたは)がくせいです
(Aatawa) gakusei desu.
(あなたは)がくせいですか
(Anatawa) gakusei desu ka.
Reply
Yes, I am a
student.
No, I am not
a student.
はい、がくせいです
Hai, gakusei desu
いいえ、がくせいじ
ゃありません。
Iie, gakusei ja
arimasen
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Yes = はい (hai)
No = いいえ (iie)
That is Yes/No Question. Now, let’s look at a
question using question word; what.
You
Reply
You
Reply
What’s your
name?
(I) am
Tanaka
What’s your
major?
(my major)
is the
Japanese
language
おなまえは
なんですか
Onamae wa nandesuka
たなかです
Tanaka desu
せんこうは
なんですか
Senko wa nandesuka
にほんごです
Nihongo desu
**What is/are: ~wa nan desu ka
2.5.2 LIST OF VOCABULARIES
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Education
Physics
History
Economics
English
Literature
Science
きょういくがく
Kyouikugaku
ぶつりがく
Butsurigaku
れきし
Rekishi
けいざいがく
Keizaigaku
えいご
Eigo
ぶんがく
Bungaku
かがく
Kagaku
As you have seen from the conversation models
and examples, Japanese merely says the topic of
the sentence. Japanese language is a highcontext
language. Social distance between a
speaker and a hearer, context and some
vocabularies (e.g. Chichi for my own father, and
Otousan for other’s father) are crucial to
understand what the speaker means.
RECAP VOCABULARIES
Pronouns
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Watashi
I
Anata
You
Kare
He
Kanojo
She
Watashitachi
We
Anatatachi
You (plural)
Karetachi
They
Sore
It
desu
am, are, is
Major subjects
Kyouikugaku
Education
Butsurigaku
Physics
Rekishi
History
Keizaigaku
Economics
Eigo
English
Bungaku
Literature
Kagaku
Science
Dialogues
Gakusei desu
I am a student
Gakusei ja arimasen. I am not a student
Hajimemashite How do you do?
Onamae wa nandesuka What is your name?
(toyota) desu
I am (your name)
Dozo yoroshiku Nice to meet you
onegaishi masu
Kochirakoso
Nice to meet You too
(yoroshiku onegai
shimasu)
Shusshin wa dochira Where are you from?
desu ka
Shingapooru
I’m from Singapore
shusshin desu.
Toyotasan wa
Are you a student?
gakusei desu ka
mo gakusei desu ka You too a student?
Iie gakusei ja
arimasen
No. I’m not a
student
Kaishain desu
I am an office
worker
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Senko wa nandesuka
Nihongo desu
What’s your major?
(my major) is the
Japanese language
2.6 HOW DO YOU SAY IT IN JAPANESE?
Join the script to the pronunciation & say out
loud the Japanese phrase plus understanding of
the meanings.
Hajime
mashite
Dozoyoroshiku
onegaishimasu
Onamae wa
nandesu ka
Sensei ja
arimasen
Senko wa
nihongo desu
はじめまして
どうぞよろしく
おねがいします
おなまえは
なんですか
せんせいじゃ
ありません
せんこうは
にほんごです
2.7 ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
This is information about three people. Look at
the chart and answer the following questions.
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Honda Smith Wang
Country Japanese Aemrican Chinese
Occupation Office Student Teacher
worker
Major ? Economics Education
Ex) ワンさんは アメリカ しゅっしんですか。
Wan san wa Amerika shusshin desuka?
Answer:いいえ、アメリカ しゅっしんじゃ ありま
せん。ちゅうごく しゅっしん です。
Iie, Amerika shusshin ja arimasen.
Chugoku shusshin desu.
1. ほんださんは にほん しゅっしんですか。
Honda san wa nihon shusshin desu ka?
Answer:
2. スミスさんは かいしゃいんですか。
Sumisu san wa kaishain desu ka?
Answer:
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3. ワンさんのせんもんは きょういくですか。
Wan san no senmon wa kyoiku desu ka?
(Wang’s major)
Answer:
4. スミスさんのせんもんは なんですか。
Sumisu san no senmon wa nan desu ka?
Answer:
2.8 WHAT ARE THEY SAYING?
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Write the phrase in the dialogue box in
Japanese. Rewrite the phrase again.
2 はじめまして
__________
4 こちらこそ、よろし
くおねがいします。
__________
_________
1 はじめまして
__________
3 さいとうです。よろ
しく おねがいします
___________
____________
2.9 REVIEW
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Read the self-introduction above and practice
until you can say fluently. Then, write about
yourself. You also can add occupation if you
work as well.
はじめまして。
Hajimemashite
むらた ゆかです。
Murata Yuka desu.
とうきょうしゅっしんで
す。
Tokyou shusshin desu.
せんもんは けいざいで
す。
Senmon wa Keizai desu.
よろしくおねがいします。
Yoroshiku onegai shimasu.
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UNIT 3: The First Day
of College
3.1 Phrase Builder
3.2 Culture: Exchanging
business cards
3.3 Possessive Pronouns
3.4 Demonstrative Nouns
[near and far]
3.5 Numbers in Japanese
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UNIT 3
THE FIRST DAY OF COLLEGE
3.1 PHRASE BUILDER
1 Name card
めいし
Meishi
2
3
University/
College
Student
Affairs Office
だいがく
Daigaku
がくせいか
Gakuseika
4 Whose
だれの
Dareno
5 Which
どれ
Dore
6
Member of the
Staff
しょくいん
Shokudo
7 Phone number
でんわばんごう
Denwa bango
3.2 CULTURE
When working in Japanese society, it is
important to understand what lies behind
people's names. Japanese names are complex
because Kanji (Chinese characters) are used.
Although names have the same Kanji, the
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sounds (the way of reading) vary. Even native
speakers cannot guess, so do not hesitate to ask
how to read their name when you exchange
business cards. Transliteration from Japanese to
Roman characters helps you until you remember
Japanese alphabets. However, Japanese does
not have the sounds of “L” and “R” that appears
in English; thus, you could pronounce Japanese
names inappropriately. Sooner or later, you
should know all Japanese alphabets.
Regarding exchanging business cards (めいし:
Meishi), there is mannerism. Let me introduce
how to exchange your business cards and give
good impression to Japanese business people.
Here are basic rules.
1) The highest-ranking people should
exchange business cards first.
2) Receive it with both hands. The point is
you should bow a bit.
3) Give your card with both hands. Never use
only one hand.
4) Ensure that your caid is turned towards
the receiver.
5) Keep received cards on display (on the
table if you are sitting) during the
meeting.
Etiquet of changing cards
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=of8UgykfUbw
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3.3 LESSON 1: POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS
Here, we will study how to make possessive
forms. It is very simple to make possessive
forms in Japanese after you remember all
pronouns in the previous unit.
All you need to do is to add the particle “の(no)”
to a pronoun.
e.g. わたし + の = わたしの (Mine)
Watashi no Watashino
Here I provide a chart of the possessive
pronouns.
My/Mine
Your/Yours
His/His
Her/Hers
Our/Ours
Your/Yours (pl.)
Their/Theirs
わたしの
Watashi
あなたの
Anata
かれの
Kare
かのじょの
Kanojo
わたしたしの
Watashitachi
あなたたちの
Anatatachi
かれたちの
Karetachi
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Possessive pronouns are same as possessive
case as “My” or “Your” in English.
You need to add an item after the possessive
pronoun.
e.g. My book (book= ほん(hon))
わたしの + ほん = わたしのほん
Watashino hon Watashi no hon
For question word, use “Dareno (Whose)”
You
Reply
Whose book is
this?
だれのほんですか
Dare no hon desu ka
It’s my book わたしのほんです
Watashi no hon desu
かばん
Kaban
bag
えんぴつ
Enpitsu
pencil
さいふ
Saifu
wallet
パソコン
Pasokon
Personal computer
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You
Is this
wallet
yours, Ms.
Yoshida?
よしださんのさいふ
ですか
Yoshida san no saifu desu
ka
Yoshida
Yes, it’s my
wallet
はい、わたしの
さいふです
Hai, watashi no saifu desu
Look at this example. The speaker asks,
“Yoshida san no saifu desu ka?” although the
speaker is asking to Ms. Yoshida directly. It is
not that common to use pronoun “You”. Rather,
Japanese use the addressee’s name.
Only when you do not know the person’s name,
you could use “Anata no saifu desu ka?”
“He” and “She” are also not used much, because
they also mean “boyfriend” and “girlfriend”.
Thus, some people might understand “he is your
boyfriend” even if you actually do not mean.
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3.4 LESSON 2: DEMONSTRATIVE NOUNS
(near & far)
Japanese has three kinds of demonstrative
nouns. (S = speaker, H = hearer)
This Close to S
これ
kore
That Close to H
それ
Far from S
sore
That Far from S & H
あれ
Are
The question word of “which” is “どれ(dore).
Which
どれ
Dore
When you want to say, “this item” or “that
item”, follow the rules below.
この/その/あの/どの + item
This cell phone
この けいたいでんわ
Kono keitaidenwa
That cell phone
その けいたいでんわ
Sono keitaidenwa
That cell phone
あの けいたいでんわ
Which cell
phone
Ano keitaidenwa
どの けいたいでんわ
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Dono
keitaidenwa
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