Vocabulary (Lesson 2)
Words in square brackets [ ] will NOT be tested in quizzes and exams.
If such words appear in classroom activities, quizzes and exams, their meanings will be provided.
Classroom Instruction
  よんで ください。 Please read it.
かいて ください。 Please write it.
しゅくだいを だして ください。 Please submit your homework.
ひらがな hiragana
かたかな katakana

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かんじ kanji
ローマじ romanized Japanese
Japanese punctuation marks
 

On the English keyboard,

  • Type the English comma (,) to get the Japanese comma ().
  • Type the English period (.) to get the Japanese period ().
  • Type the English square brackets ([ ]) to get the Japanese quotation marks (「 」).
  • Type the English hyphen (-) to get the Japanese double vowel symbol ().
  [Japanese comma pronounced as てん]
  [Japanese period pronounced as まる]
  「    」 [Japanese quotation marks pronounced as かぎかっこ]
  [double vowel symbol for katakana: アー /aa/]
Nouns
    たなか noun Tanaka [family name]
  けいこ noun Keiko [women's first name]
  たなかさん noun Mr. Tanaka or Ms. Tanaka
  せんせい noun teacher; title attached to names [Prof.]
Others
    さん suffix title attached to names [Mr., Ms.]
  です copula be [Xです: (Someone/Something) is X]
  particle [Sentence particle to create a question]
  はい interjection Yes; Also "Here you go."
  ええ interjection Yes
  いいえ interjection No