Vocabulary (Lesson 5)
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.
こそあど Words (Prenominals)
  この X this X
その X that X (near you)
あの X that X (far away)
どの X which X?
こそあど Words (Locations)
  ここ this place
そこ that place (near you)
あそこ that place (far away)
どこ which place?
こそあど Words (Directions)
  こちら, [こっち] this way; this side; near side (of X)
そちら, [そっち] that way (toward you); that side (toward you); far side (of X toward you)
あちら, [あっち] that way (away from us); that side (away from us); far side (of X away from us)
どちら, [どっち] which way? which side? (Also, どちら is the polite form of どこ)
Dialogue 5-1
  くるま car
その that
あれ? Oh?
きょねん last year
きょねんの last year's [model]
Additional Vocabulary: Adjectives
  きたない [い-Adj] dirty ←→ きれい: [な-adj clean
うるさい [い-Adj] noisy ←→ しずか: [な-adj] quiet
Dialogue 5-2
  マイク Mike [first name]
どの which
人(ひと) person
いちばん number one [Creates a superlative ("the most...") if used in front of an adjective: いちばん せが たかい: the tallest]
せが たかい tall (usu. for people) [←→ せが ひくい: short (usu. for people)]
しろい white
Tシャツ T-shirt
山田(やまだ)せんせい Prof. Yamada
Additional Vocabulary: Color Terms
 
Color Noun い-Adjective  
red あか あかい red
red あお あおい blue
red きいろ きいろい yellow
red みどり, グリーン n/a green
red ちゃいろ ちゃいろい brown
red くろ くろい black
red はいいろ, グレー n/a  gray
red しろ しろい white
なにいろ n/a  what color?
Dialogue 5-3
  あのう umm..., well...
じゃ well then [= じゃあ]
がくせいかいかん student center
どこ where
あそこ over there
しろい white
たてもの building
in, at, on [location marker]
カフェテリア cafeteria
[subject marker]
あります there is; is located
2(に)かい second floor
わかりました [past of わかります] understood
Additional Vocabulary: Around Campus
  がくせいかいかん student center
としょかん library
キャンパス campus
ラボ laboratory
りょう dormitory
アパート apartment
カフェテリア cafeteria
けんきゅうしつ professor's office
こうがくぶ Engineering Department
けいざいがくぶ Economics Department
ほうがくぶ Law Department
[きょうようがくぶ] Liberal Arts Department
なにがくぶ What academic department?
[ビル] (large concrete) building
[じむしつ] administrative office; work room
[オフィス] office
[しょくどう] dining hall
Dialogue 5-4
  キッチン kitchen
うえ above, top
ひろこ Hiroko [women's first name]
にわ yard, garden
います [animate object] is located
Additional Vocabulary: Around the House
  げんかん entrance to the house
トイレ, [おてあらい] restroom (no bath) [In Japan, bathrooms and toilets are typically separated. バスルーム is where you bathe while トイレ is where you use the toilet facilities only.]
おふろ bathroom (to bathe)
けいたいでんわ
or けいたい
cell phone
キッチン, [だいどころ] kitchen
げんかん entrance area to a house
[ろうか] hallway
[テキスト] textbook
すんでいます live [とうきょうに すんでいます "live in Tokyo"]
Dialogue 5-5
  きんじょ neighborhood
ぎんこう bank
コンビニ convenience store
[こうばん] police box; police station
むこう over there, beyond, the other side
あちら that way
ほう way, direction
そちら that way (toward you)
Additional Vocabulary: Directions
  そと outside
なか inside
みぎ right (side)
ひだり left (side)
まえ front (side)
うしろ back (side)
うえ above; top; upper side
した below; bottom; lower side
よこ the side (of X)
となり next door; neighbor
ちかく, そば nearby place, vicinity
むこう far side (of X)
Additional Vocabulary: Around Town
  えき
station
スタジアム stadium
びょういん hospital
ぎんこう bank
こうえん park
デパート department store
コンビニ convenience store
バス bus
ほんや bookstore
ホテル hotel
スーパー supermarket
ゆうびんきょく post office
マクドナルド McDonald's; McDonald [family name]
[みち] road, street, direction
[こうばん] police box; police station
[バスてい] bus stop
[みせ] store, shop
[きゅうきゅうしゃ] ambulance car
[ひこうせん] blimp
[かいしゃ] company
Question Words
  どの X which X?
どこ where?; which place?
どちら, [どっち] which way? which side? (Also, どちら is the polite form of どこ)
Particles
  in, at, on [Xに あります/います: is located in X]
Useful Expressions
  あれ? Oh?
あのう umm..., well...
わかりました I see. [Past tense of わかります: understand]
Verbs for Location
  います [animate object] is located
あります [inanimate object] is located
すんでいます lives
Language Structures
 
  • Locに Xが あります/Xは Locに あります
  • Locに Xが います/Xは Locに います
  • ありますか/いますか → ええ、あります/います or いいえ、ありません/いません
  • ありませんか/いませんか → ええ、ありません/いません or いいえ、あります/います
  • Yのどこ/どこのY (e.g., へやのどこ/どこのへや)