Japanese Verbs and Nouns

Verbs

• 登ります (noborimasu): to climb, to go up somewhere on purpose
• 山に登ります (yama ni noborimasu): Example usage of 登ります, meaning "to climb a mountain"
• 上ります (noborimasu): to go up
• 階段を上ります (kaidan o noborimasu): Example usage of 上ります, meaning "to go up the stairs"
• 頭に血が上りました (atama ni chi ga agarimashita): I lost my temper/I was furious
• 泊まります (tomarimasu): to stay
• 温泉旅館に３日泊まりました (onsen ryokan ni mikka tomarimashita): Example, stayed for three days at a hot spring hotel.
• 掃除します (souji shimasu): to clean (a room)
• 洗濯します (sentaku shimasu): to wash (clothes)
• なります (narimasu): to become
• 将来、医者になりたいです (shourai, isha ni naritai desu): Example, I want to become a doctor in the future
• すっかり (sukkari): completely, as in 元気になりました (genki ni narimashita - I became well).
• 最近 (saikin): recently, as in 寒くなりました (samuku narimashita - It became cold).

Nouns

• 練習 (renshuu): practice
• 来週、試合がありますから、たくさん練習をしてください (raishuu, shiai ga arimasu kara, takusan renshuu o shite kudasai): Because there is a match next week, please practice a lot
• 相撲 (sumou): sumo wrestling
• 相撲をしたことがありません (sumou o shita koto ga arimasen): Example: have never done sumo wrestling.
• お茶 (ocha): tea ceremony
• 日 (hi): day, date
• 調子 (choushi): condition

I-Adjectives

• 眠い (nemui): sleepy
• 強い (tsuyoi): strong
• 弱い (yowai): weak

Loan Words

• ゴルフ (gorufu): golf
• 先々週、上司とゴルフをしました (sensenshuu, joushi to gorufu o shimashita): The boss and I played golf the week before last

Adverbs

• だんだん (dandan): gradually

Other Vocabulary

• もうすぐ (mousugu): soon
• 一度 (ichido): once
• 一度も (ichido mo): not once, never (used with negatives)
• おかげさまで (okagesamade): Thank you (used when expressing gratitude for help received)
• でも (demo): but

Conversation

• 乾杯 (kanpai): Cheers!/Bottoms up
• ダイエット (daietto): diet
• ダイエットをしています (daietto o shiteimasu): I'm on a diet.
• 無理 (muri): excessive, impossible
• 無理しないでください (muri shinaide kudasai): Don't push yourself too hard
• 体にいい (karada ni ii): good for one's health

Kanji

• 登 (to climb): Traditionally, the fourth stroke is linked to the turning point of the first stroke.
• 掃 (to sweep): Written as katakana "ヨ" instead of "コ".
• 濯 (laundry): Similar to katakana "ヨ" instead of "习". The dot on top is written from right to left.
• 練 (to practice): Written as "糸" instead of "糹" for the "thread" radical. It does not have three dots or an upward horizontal stroke.
• 葛 (kudzu vine): The last part is written as "句" instead of "囟". There are only three strokes for the "grass" radical and not four.
• 斎 (purification): Details not provided.