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LEVEL 1
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Behind the Wheel Japanese Level 1. Copyright © 2009 by Macmillan Audio.
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AUDIO TRANSCRIPT
This transcript is written in rōmaji using the Hepburn romanization system. Instead of
traditional Japanese characters, rōmaji 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 (ō and ū) and indicates a
long vowel sound.
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
hitsuyō desu. • yes hai • no iie • one ichi •
two ni • three san
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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. Yō na. •
Hello. Konnichiwa. • Good morning. Ohayō
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. Sayōnara. • See
you later. Mata ato de aimashō. • See you
tomorrow. Mata ashita aimashō. • 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 ginkō • money kane • reservation
yoyaku • hotel hoteru • hotel room hoteru no
heya
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window mado • door doa • bathroom toire •
train station eki • street michi • ticket kippu •
airport hikōjō • plane hikōki • airport hikōjō
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Please. Onegai shimasu. • Thank you.
Arigatō gozaimasu. • You’re welcome. Dō
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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 ryokō 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
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.
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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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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.
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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
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
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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
ryokō suru • I want to travel. Watashi wa
ryokō ga shitai.
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the days of the week yōbi • Monday
getsuyōbi • Tuesday kayōbi • Wednesday
suiyōbi • Thursday mokuyōbi • Friday
kin’yōbi • Saturday doyōbi • Sunday
nichiyōbi
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month tsuki • January ichigatsu • February
nigatsu • March sangatsu • April shigatsu •
May gogatsu • June rokugatsu • July
shichigatsu • August hachigatsu •
September kugatsu • October jūgatsu •
November jūichigatsu • December jūnigatsu
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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 ryokō suru
• I want to travel. Watashi wa ryokō ga shitai.
• to pay harau • to order (food) chūmon suru
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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.
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one ichi • two ni • three san • four yon • five
go • six roku • seven nana • eight hachi •
nine ku • ten jū • eleven jūichi • twelve jūni •
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 jū, jūgatsu • eleven,
November jūichi, jūichigatsu • twelve,
December jūni, jūnigatsu • How old are you
(form)? Nenrei wa nan sai desu ka? • I am
twenty-one years old. Watashi wa nijū issai
desu. • I am fifty years old. Watashi wa
gojussai desu.
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season kisetsu • winter fuyu • spring haru •
summer natsu • fall aki • In the spring, it’s
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 ryokō 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 chūmon 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 chūmon shitai desu ka?
• to order chūmon • Do you want to order?
Anata wa chūmon shitai desu ka?
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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
ryokō ga shitai. • I don’t want to travel.
Watashi wa ryokō 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 chūmon ga shitai.
• I want to order. Watashi wa chūmon ga
shitai. • I don’t want to order. Watashi wa
chūmon 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? Dō 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. Okanjō onegai
shimasu. • How much does it cost? Dono
kurai kakaru no desu ka? • That’s why. Sore
de desu. • right away sugu ni
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What size is it? Sore wa dono saizu desu
ka? • It is large. Sore wa ōkii saizu desu. •
large ōkii • 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 tōi no
desu ka? • Here it is. Koko desu. • What
kind? Dono shurui desu ka? • who dare •
what nani • when itsu • where doko • how
dono yō ni • why naze • because naze nara •
I need. Watashi wa hitsuyō desu. • The
menu, please. Menyū 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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the family kazoku • my parents watashi no
ryōshin • parents ryōshin • my watashi no •
my parents watashi no ryōshin • 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 tōi 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?
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Where is the bathroom, please? Toire wa
doko desu ka? • Waiter, I would like to pay.
Weitaa san, okanjō onegai shimasu. • The
menu, please. Menyū 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 mimashō. • I’m sorry.
Gomen nasai. • Repeat, please. Kurikaeshi
onegai shimasu. • Why? Naze desu ka? •
because naze nara • Sure. Sō 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
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big. Sore wa totemo ōkii. • It’s too small.
Sore wa totemo chiisai. • I need. Watashi wa
hitsuyō desu. • help tasukeru • I need help.
Watashi wa tasuke ga hitsuyō desu.
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How do you say . . . in Japanese? Nihongo
de . . . dō 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 dō 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
tōi no desu ka? • this kore • that are • How
far away is it? Dono kurai tōi no desu ka? •
How far away is Tokyo? Tōkyō wa dono
kurai tōi 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.
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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, sō desu. • No, it isn’t. Hai, sō
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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on the table teeburu ni • The book is on the
table. Hon wa tsukue ni arimasu. • the fork
fōku • on the floor yuka ni • The fork is on
the floor. Fōku 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 otōto •
older brother oniisan • younger sister imōto
• older sister oneisan • uncle ojisan • aunt
obasan • parents ryōshin • my parents
watashi no ryōshin • your parents anata no
ryōshin • 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.
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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 hikōki • It’s a
plane. Sore wa hikōki desu. • Is it our plane?
Sore wa watashitachi no hikōki desu ka? • It
is in Japan. Sore wa Nihon ni aru. • It is in
the United States. Sore wa Amerika ni aru.
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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 tōi • near chikaku •
It isn’t far. Sore wa tōku 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 hitsuyō desu. • oil
(car oil) oiru • I don’t need oil. Watashi wa
oiru wa hitsuyō arimasen.
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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 bimbō
de wa arimasen. • rich kanemochi • poor
bimbō • They are doctors. Karera wa isha
desu. • You are a lawyer. Anata wa bengoshi
desu.
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What is this? Sore wa nan desu ka? • bed
beddo • telephone denwa • tree ki • desk
tsukue • flower hana • hat bōshi • napkin
napukin • book hon • fork fōku • 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 hikōki • ship fune • key kagi •
door doa
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hotel room hoteru no heya • hotel hoteru •
restaurant resutoran • money kane •
traveler’s check toraberaazu chekku •
computer compyūtaa • 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 sūtsukeisu •
hotel hoteru • hotel room hoteru no heya •
cup or glass koppu • shoe kutsu • food
tabemono • water mizu • bread pan • rice
gohan
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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
ginkō ga arimasu. • The street is on the left.
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Michi wa hidari ni arimasu • Where is the
bus? Basu wa doko desu ka?
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and to • bank ginkō • 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 dō 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?
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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
ryōhō to mo suki desu. • I like. Watashi wa
suki desu. • both ryōhō • I like both. Watashi
wa ryōhō 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 ijō shimasu. • eight dollars
hachi doru • sometimes toki ni yotte wa •
Sometimes over eight dollars. Toki ni yotte
wa hachi doru ijō 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
Chūgoku, chūgokugo • In China, Chinese is
spoken. Chūgoku de wa chūgokugo ga
hanasarete iru. • France, French Furansu,
furansugo
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How do you say that in Japanese? Sore wa
nihongo de dō yatte iu no desu ka? • How
do you say that in English? Sore wa eigo de
dō 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 koshō •
The pepper is black. Koshō wa kuro desu. •
banana banana • yellow kiiro • The banana
is yellow. Banana wa kiiro desu. • coffee
kōhii • black kuro • The coffee is black. Kōhii
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 ōkii • small chiisai •
wide hiroi • narrow semai • tall takai • short
chiisai • The street is wide. Michi wa hiroi. •
The house is big. Le wa ōkii. • 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
ōkii. • I’m big. Watashi wa ōkii. • 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
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big. Toshi wa ōkii. • 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, ryōshin, kodomotachi wa koko ni
imasu. • I work. Watashi wa hataraku. • I
work near the school. Watashi wa gakkō 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
daijōbu desu. • I’m sick. Watashi wa byōki
desu. • It’s far. Sore wa tōi. • 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 hikōki 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 kyūhyaku • 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 byōki
desu. • I’m well. Watashi wa daijōbu 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 jū • twenty nijū • thirty sanjū • forty yonjū
• fifty gojū • sixty rokujū • seventy nanajū •
eighty hachijū • ninety kyūjū • one hundred
hyaku • eleven jū ichi • twenty-two nijū ni •
thirty-three sanjū san • forty-four yonjū yon •
fifty-five gojū go • sixty-six rokujū roku •
seventy-seven nanajū nana • eighty-eight
hachijū hachi • ninety-nine kyūjū kyū • 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 kyūhyaku • one
thousand sen • two thousand nisen • one
million hyaku man
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eight hachi • eleven jū ichi • nineteen jū ku •
fifteen jū go • twenty-three nijū san • thirtyfour sanjū yon • forty-five yonjū go • fifty-six
gojū roku • sixty-seven rokujū nana •
seventy-eight nanajū hachi • eighty-nine
hachijū kyū • ninety-four kyūjū yon • one
hundred hyaku • one hundred two hyaku ni •
two hundred fifty nihyaku gojū • five
hundred five gohyaku go • seven hundred
seventy-seven nanahyaku nanajū nana •
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nine hundred ninety-nine kyūhyaku kyūjū
kyū • one thousand sen • one hundred
thousand jūman • one million hyaku man
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Track 1
I don’t have to. Watashi wa suru hitsuyō 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
hikōki wa tachimasu ka? • train kisha • plane
hikōki • 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
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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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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
benkyō 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 yonjū go fun desu. • Make yourself
at home. Kutsuroide kudasai.
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? Nyujō suru no ni ikura kakaru ka oshiete
moraemasen ka? • the hospital byōin • Can
you tell me? Oshiete moraemasen ka? • Can
you tell me where the hospital is located?
Byōin 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 tōi ka oshiete
moraemasen ka?
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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 shinzō •
lungs hai • tongue shita • pants zubon •
shoe kutsu • sock kutsushita • dress doresu
• blouse burausu • hat bōshi • leg/foot ashi •
body karada • clothes fuku
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 hontō
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 kinō 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
chūgokugo o hanashimasu ga akusento ga
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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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? Dō 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?
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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.
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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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.
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.
arimasu. • What is Noriko doing now?
Noriko wa ima nani o shite imasu ka?
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Do you know Japan? Anata wa Nihon o
shitte imasu ka? • We know where to go.
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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 benkyō 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.
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.
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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
ryōri • Chinese food Chūgoku ryōri •
American food Amerika no ryōri • I eat
Japanese food. Watashi wa Nihon ryōri o
taberu. • You eat Chinese food. Anata wa
Chūgoku ryōri o taberu. • He eats American
food. Kare wa Amerika no ryōri o taberu. • We
eat Chinese food. Watashitachi wa Chūgoku
ryōri 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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A round trip ticket, please. Ōfuku ryokōken. •
What time does the train leave? Ressha wa
nan ji ni tachimasu ka? • What time does
the plane leave? Hikōki wa nan ji ni
tachimasu ka? • the train ressha • the plane
hikōki • the bus basu • the boat fune • What
time does the plane arrive? Nan ji ni hikōki
wa tsukimasu ka? • What floor is it located
on? Nan kai ni arimasu ka? • How far away
is? Dono kurai tōi desu ka?
CD 5
Track 1
I am at the post office. Watashi wa
yūbinkyoku ni iru. • Yesterday, I was at the
post office. Kinō watashi wa yūbinkyoku ni
ita. • tomorrow ashita • I will be at home.
Watashi wa ie ni iru tsumori desu. • Today, I
am at work. Kyō watashi wa shigotoba ni iru.
• today kyō • I am watashi wa • today kyō • I
watashi wa • at work shigotoba ni • am iru •
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I, at work, am. Watashi wa shigotoba ni iru. •
yesterday kinō • 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 kyō • 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
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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 kōun 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
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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.
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today kyō • yesterday kinō • 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 hikōki de
iku. • plane hikōki • 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
hikōki 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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Track 6
Track 8
in order to tame ni • I study in order to learn.
Watashi wa manabu tame ni benkyō 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
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 yō ni suki desu ka?
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I take a taxi. Takushii ni noru. • I’m going to
the airport. Hikōjō ni iku. • I take a taxi in
order to go to the airport. Watashi wa hikōjō
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.
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I’m cold. Watashi wa samui. • I’m hot.
Watashi wa atsui. • I have a headache.
Watashi wa zutsū 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 kōhii • 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 kyūkei 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 riyū 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.
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I know how. Watashi wa dō yatte suru ka
shitte iru. • I know how to play sports.
Watashi wa dō yatte supōtsu o suru ka
shitte iru. • I know how to cook. Watashi wa
dō yatte ryōri suru ka shitte iru. • I know how
to play guitar. Watashi wa dō yatte gitaa o
hiku ka shitte iru. • In order to learn we have
to study. Manabu tame ni watashitachi wa
benkyō 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
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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
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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
shūzu desu ka? • They are her shoes. Sorera
wa kanojo no shūzu 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?
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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 benkyō suru. • I am studying.
Watashi wa benkyō 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 hontō 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 sō desu. Tabun sō de wa
nai. • What do you mean, the flight is late?
Furaito ga okurete iru to iu koto wa dō iu imi
desu ka? • What do you mean, you don’t
want to? Hoshikunai to wa dō iu imi desu
ka?
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.
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Don’t worry. Shimpai shinai de kudasai. •
Everything’s all right. Subete daijōbu 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 jū. • Ten minus five equals five. Jū hiku
go wa go.
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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.
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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.
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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 raishū • I went. Watashi wa itta. • last
night kinō no yoru • last week senshū • my
birthday is watashi no tanjōbi wa • birthday
tanjōbi • When is your birthday? Anata no
tanjōbi wa itsu desu ka? • My birthday is
July 9th. Watashi no tanjōbi 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 Chūgoku • Chinese
(language) chūgokugo • Chinese
(nationality) chūgokujin • 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. Nyū Yōku Taimuzu wa Amerika
no shimbunshi desu.
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yesterday kinō • today kyō • tomorrow ashita
• morning asa • afternoon gogo • night or
evening yoru • yesterday morning kinō no
asa • this morning kyō no asa • tomorrow
morning ashita no asa • yesterday afternoon
kinō no gogo • this afternoon kyō no gogo •
tomorrow afternoon ashita no gogo • last
night kinō no yoru • tonight konban •
tomorrow night ashita no yoru • I went
yesterday afternoon. Watashi wa kinō no
gogo itta. • I’m going this afternoon. Watashi
wa kyō no gogo iku tsumori desu. • We went
last night. Watashitachi wa kinō no yoru itta.
• We’re going tomorrow morning.
Watashitachi wa ashita no asa iku tsumori
desu.
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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.
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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 ryokō suru • I want to
travel. Watashi wa ryokō ga shitai. • to pay
harau • to order (food) chūmon 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.
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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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Track 9
to talk or speak hanasu • to sing utau • to
sleep nemuru • to travel ryokō 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 chūmon 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 chūmon shitai desu ka?
• to order chūmon • Do you want to order?
Anata wa chūmon shitai desu ka?
past kako • present genzai • future mirai •
week shūkan • month gekkan • year nenkan
• last week senshū • this week konshū •
next week raishū • 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 aimashō. • I’m leaving
this week. Watashi wa konshū tatsu. • I
started last year. Watashi wa kyonen
hajimemashita.
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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
ryokō ga shitai. • I don’t want to travel.
Watashi wa ryokō 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 chūmon ga shitai.
• I want to order. Watashi wa chūmon ga
shitai. • I don’t want to order. Watashi wa
chūmon shitakunai. • I can do it. Watashi wa
suru koto ga dekiru. • I can’t do it. Watashi
wa suru koto ga dekinai.
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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
getsuyōbi 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.
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I talk. Watashi wa hanasu. • I talked. Watashi
wa hanashita. • You talk. Anata wa hanasu. •
You talked. Anata wa hanashita. • Today, he
talks. Kyō kare wa hanasu. • Yesterday, he
talked. Kinō kare wa hanashita. • Today, we
talk. Kyō watashitachi wa hanasu. •
Yesterday, we talked. Kinō watashitachi wa
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hanashita. • Today, they talk. Kyō karera wa
hanasu. • Yesterday, they talked. Kinō karera
wa hanashita. • I spoke Japanese last night.
Watashi wa kinō no yoru nihongo o hanashita.
• Today, I eat the food. Kyō watashi wa
tabemono o taberu. • Yesterday, I ate the
food. Kinō watashi wa tabemono o tabeta.
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I talk. Watashi wa hanasu. • Yesterday, I
talked. Kinō watashi wa hanashita. •
Tomorrow, I will talk. Ashita watashi wa
hanasu tsumori desu. • Today, I eat. Kyō
watashi wa taberu. • Yesterday, I ate. Kinō
watashi wa tabeta. • Tomorrow, I will eat.
Ashita watashi wa taberu tsumori desu. •
Today, I drive my car. Kyō watashi wa
watashi no kuruma o unten suru. •
Yesterday, I drove my car. Kinō 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. Kyō
watashi wa nihonshoku o taberu. • last night
kinō no yoru • Last night, I ate Japanese
food. Kinō no yoru watashi wa nihonshoku o
tabeta. • next week raishū • Next week, I will
eat Japanese food. Raishū watashi wa
nihonshoku o taberu. • souvenir omiyage •
Today, I buy a souvenir. Kyō watashi wa
omiyage o kau. • Yesterday, I bought a
souvenir. Kinō watashi wa omiyage o katta. •
Tomorrow, I will buy a souvenir. Ashita
watashi wa omiyage o kau tsumori desu.
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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
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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 kinō
shimashita. • How have you been? Ogenki
deshita ka? • I’ve been fine, thank you. And
you? Genki deshita. Anata wa dō desu ka? •
How did you sleep last night? Yoku
nemurimashita ka? • I slept fine, thank you.
And you? Jūbun nemashita. Anata wa dō
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.
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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. Jōn
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. Kinō no
yoru watashitachi wa chūgoku ryōri 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? Kyō no tenki wa dō
desu ka?
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What is your last name? Anata no sei wa
nan desu ka? • What is your phone number?
Anata no denwa bangō wa nan desu ka? •
What is your address? Anata no jūsho wa
nan desu ka? • My last name is Jones.
Watashi no sei wa Jōnzu desu. • my phone
number is watashi no denwa bangō wa • my
address is watashi no jūsho 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
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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 chōshoku o asa no ku ji ni
taberu. • I eat lunch at noon. Watashi wa
ranchi o jū ni ji ni taberu. • I eat dinner at
5:00 in the afternoon. Watashi wa yūshoku
o gogo no go ji ni taberu.
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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 chūmon suru
tsumori desu ka? • No, I’m not ordering
anything. Iie, watashi wa nani mo chūmon
shimasen. • Yes, I’m ordering rice. Hai,
watashi wa gohan o chūmon 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 ryōri • I would
like . . . Watashi wa . . . hoshii no desu ga. •
breakfast chōshoku • lunch ranchi • dinner
yūshoku • eggs tamago • coffee kōhii • tea
ocha • cream kuriimu • sugar satō • salt shio
• pepper koshō • orange juice orenji jūsu •
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
kōra • soup sūpu • sushi sushi • beef
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gyūniku • meat niku • beef gyūniku • pork
butaniku • seafood shiifūdo • beer biiru •
wine wain • salad sarada • dessert dezaato •
What do you need? Anata wa nani ga
hitsuyō desu ka? • Two, please. Futari desu. •
cup or glass koppu • waiter/waitress
weitaa/weitoresu
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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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Track 5
professions senmonshoku • lawyer
bengoshi • actor danyū • actress joyū •
businessman bijinesuman • nurse kangofu •
engineer gikōshi • teacher sensei • boss
jōshi • doctor isha • policeman keisatsukan •
secretary hisho • eleven jū ichi • twenty-two
nijū ni • thirty-three sanjū san • forty-four
yonjū yon • fifty-five gojū go • sixty-six
rokujū roku • seventy-seven nanajū nana •
eighty-eight hachijū hachi • ninety-nine
kyūjū kyū • one hundred hyaku • one
hundred one hyaku ichi • two hundred
nihyaku • three hundred sambyaku
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 benkyō 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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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.
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 ryōri • Chinese food Chūgoku
ryōri • American food Amerika no ryōri • I eat
Japanese food. Watashi wa Nihon ryōri o
taberu. • You eat Chinese food. Anata wa
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Chūgoku ryōri o taberu. • He eats American
food. Kare wa Amerika no ryōri o taberu. •
We eat Chinese food. Watashitachi wa
Chūgoku ryōri o taberu. • They eat. Karera
wa taberu.
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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. Ōfuku ryokōken. •
What time does the train leave? Ressha wa
nan ji ni tachimasu ka? • What time does
the plane leave? Hikōki wa nan ji ni
tachimasu ka? • the train ressha • the plane
hikōki • 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.
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Where is it? Sore wa doko desu ka? •
Where is? Sore wa doko desu ka? • the
house ie • the store mise • the supermarket
sūpaamaketto • the museum hakubutsukan
• the post office yūbinkyoku • the bus
station basutei • the airport hikōjō • a taxi
takushii • the restaurant resutoran • the
embassy taishikan • the American embassy
Amerika taishikan • Japanese embassy
Nihon taishikan
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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
shingōki 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 tōi 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 tōkuarimasen.
Chikaku ni arimasu. • far tōi • 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.
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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? Dō shiyō? • 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 sūtsukeisu 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. Dō shiyō? 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
chūmon shitai desu ka? • Do you want to go
or not? Anata wa ikitai desu ka? Ikitakunai
desu ka?
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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 byōki • I’m well. I’m not sick. Watashi wa
karada no chōshi ga yoi. Byōki 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
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hanashite iru. • I’m rich. I’m not poor. Watashi
wa yūfuku de, bimbō de wa nai. • rich yūfuku
• poor bimbō • I’m sorry, but our flight is late.
Gomen nasai. Watashitachi no hikōki wa
okurete iru. • How far away is the airport?
Hikōjō wa dono kurai tōi desu ka? • Where
is? Doko desu ka? • the airport hikōjō •
downtown machi no chūshin • the hospital
byōin • the store mise • the restaurant
resutoran • the American embassy Amerika
taishikan • the hotel hoteru • the beach
biichi • the park kōen • the bank ginkō • the
post office yūbinkyoku
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I’d like to order now, please. Watashi wa
chūmon 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
bangō 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?
Okanjō onegai shimasu. • There seems to
be a mistake in the bill. Ryōshūsho ni
machigai ga aru yō desu ga. • How do I
make an overseas call? Kokusai denwa wa
dō yatte kakeru no desu ka?
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CD 8
Track 1
How long ago? Dono kurai mae desu ka? •
A week ago. Isshūkan 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 ikimashō. • 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? Dō
yatte iimasu ka? • Careful. Ki o tsukete. • Fill
the tank, please. Mantan onegai shimasu. •
I’m looking for the bank. Watashi wa ginkō 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.
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?
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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 saikō no jiki deshita. • my life
watashi no jinsei • the best time saikō no jiki
• That was the best time. Sore ga saikō no
jiki deshita. • That was the best time of my
life. Sore ga watashi no jinsei no naka de
saikō no jiki deshita.
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to get eru • to sleep nemuru • to travel ryokō
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
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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?
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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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.
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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.
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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.
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• to work hataraku • I have to work. Watashi
wa hatarakanakereba naranai.
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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 ryokō suru • I want to travel.
Watashi wa ryokō ga shitai.
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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 ōkii • small chiisai •
thick atsui • thin usui • ugly minikui •
beautiful kirei • fat futotte iru • skinny yasete
iru • a little sukoshi • a lot takusan • far tōi •
near chikai • inside naka • outside soto •
today kyō • 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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Track 11
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 tōi • 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 tōi • very sad totemo kanashii • very
happy totemo shiawase • very near totemo
chikai • very far totemo tōi • a lot of music
takusan no ongaku • a lot of fruit takusan no
kudamono • very fast totemo hayai • a lot of
sugar takusan no satō • a lot of food
takusan no tabemono • a lot of ice cream
takusan no aisukuriimu • a lot of beer
takusan no biiru
Track 12
from kara • to e • I’m going from Chicago to
Tokyo. Watashi wa Shikago kara Tōkyō 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 jū ichi ji made
hataraku tsumori desu. • We are traveling
from St. Louis to Cancun. Watashitachi wa
Seinto Ruisu kara Kankun made ryokō 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.
Track 13
instead of de wa naku • I’m drinking water
instead of coffee. Watashi wa kōhii de wa
naku mizu o nomu. • water mizu • coffee
kōhii • I’m drinking. Watashi wa nonde iru. •
instead of de wa naku • I’m drinking water
instead of coffee. Watashi wa kōhii de wa
naku mizu o nonde iru. • I’m going today
instead of tomorrow. Watashi wa ashita de
wa naku kyō 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
hikōki 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.
Track 14
I’m traveling to China instead of to Japan.
Watashi wa Nihon de wa naku Chūgoku o
ryokō suru tsumori desu. • China Chūgoku •
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 Chūgoku ni iku tsumori desu. • China
Chūgoku • Japan Nihon • China instead of
Japan Nihon de wa naku Chūgoku • I’m
going. Watashi wa iku tsumori desu. • I’m
going to China instead of Japan. Watashi
wa Nihon de wa naku Chūgoku ni iku
tsumori desu.
Track 15
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 tōi desu ka? Chikai
desu ka? • How far away is it? Sore wa
dono kurai tōi no desu ka? • Can you tell me
where the bank is located? Ginkō 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? Kyō no tenki wa dō desu ka? • It’s
hot. Atsui. • It’s cold. Samui. • It’s nice. Yoi hi
desu. • It’s raining. Ame ga futte iru.
Track 16
eleven jū ichi • one ichi • two ni • three san •
four yon • five go • six roku • seven nana •
eight hachi • nine ku • ten jū • twenty-two
nijū ni • one hundred hyaku • ninety-nine
kyūjū kyū • eighty-eight hachijū hachi •
seventy-seven nanajū nana • sixty-six rokujū
roku • fifty-five gojū go • forty-four yonjū yon
• thirty-three sanjū san • twenty-two nijū ni •
eleven jū ichi • zero zero • Happy birthday.
Otanjōbi omedetō. • Merry Christmas. Merii
kurisumasu. • Enjoy your meal. Shokuji
tanoshinde kudasai.
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Track 17
Please. Onegai shimasu. • Thank you (fam).
Arigatō. • Thank you (form). Arigatō
gozaimasu. • You’re welcome. Dō
itashimashite. • Cheers. Kampai. • See you
tomorrow. Mata ashita aimashō. • 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.