Vocabulary (Lesson 11)
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.
Words in Blue Star appear in the dialogues.
Dialogue 1-Related (for Vocabulary Test 11-1) honorific= Honorific
  Blue Star[ケント] Kent [given name]
Blue Starくん suffix [くん is a title used after one's peers or subordinates; often used with younger males]
Blue Star人るい学 {じんるいがく} anthropology
Blue Starアジアけんきゅう Asian Studies
Blue Starについて about; on [なんについて "about what?"]
Blue Starけんきゅうする (irreg.v) to research
べんきょうする (irreg.v) to study
Blue Starごしゅっしん Honorific home town [= しゅっしん; ご = honorific prefix]
Blue Starカリフォルニア California
Blue Starロサンゼルス Los Angeles
Blue Starおじょうず Honorific skillful [= じょうず; お = honorific prefix]
Blue Starそれから since then
Blue Starさい [age counter] year(s) old
Blue Starずっと throughout; continuously
ぼく I, me [male]
ぼくたち we, us (male)
私たち we, us (generic)
あなた you (toward a peer or subordinate person)
一さい {いっさい} 1 year old (= ひとつ)
二さい {にさい} 2 years old (= ふたつ)
三さい {さんさい} 3 years old (= みっつ)
四さい {よんさい} 4 years old (= よっつ)
五さい {ごさい} 5 years old (= いつつ)
六さい {ろくさい} 6 years old (= むっつ)
七さい {ななさい} 7 years old (= ななつ)
八さい {はっさい} 8 years old (= やっつ)
九さい {きゅうさい} 9 years old (= ここのつ)
十さい {じゅっさい} 10 years old (= とお)
Blue Star13さい {じゅうさんさい} thirteen years old
二十歳 {はたち} 20 years old (Also, 二十さい {にじゅっさい} used less commonly)
{なん} さい How old? (= いくつ)
Passive Vocabulary
  [ニューヨークしゅう、ニューヨーク] New York, NY
[カリフォルニアしゅう、サンフランシスコ] San Francisco, CA
[イリノイしゅう、シカゴ] Chicago, IL
[ジョージアしゅう、アトランタ] Atlanta, GA
[フロリダしゅう、マイアミ] Miami, FL
[何 {なに} しゅう?] What state?
[おれ] I, me (male, very blunt)
[きみ] you (toward a peer or subordinate person)
[彼 {かれ}] he
[彼 {かれ} ら] they (generic)
[彼女 {かのじょ}] she
[彼女 {かのじょ} たち] they (female)
[ぶん 学部 {がくぶ}] Department of Literature
[きょうよう 学部 {がくぶ}] School of Liberal Arts
[しょう 学部 {がくぶ}] School of Business
[い 学部 {がくぶ}] School of Medicine
[り 学部 {がくぶ}] School of Science
[か 学 {がく}] Chemistry
[い学] Medicine
[しゃかい学] Sociology
[しんり学] Psychology
[じょうほうか学] Information Science
[せいぶつ学] Biology
[いでんしこう学] Genetic Engineering
[でんきこう学] Electrical Engineering
[きかいこう学] Mechanical Engineering
Dialogue 2-Related (for Vocabulary Test 11-2) honorific = Honorific; humble = Humble
  Blue Starご家{か}ぞく honorific family [ご =honorific prefix]
かぞくhumble [one's own] family
ごりょうしんhonorific both parents [ご =honorific prefix]
Blue Starりょうしんhumble [one's own] parents
お父{とう}さんhonorific father [お =honorific prefix]
Blue Star{ちち}humble (one's own) father
お母{かあ}さんhonorific mother [お =honorific prefix]
Blue Star{はは} humble (one's own) mother
Blue Starご兄弟{きょうだい} honorific brothers and sisters [ご =honorific prefix]
Blue Star兄弟{きょうだい}humble [one's own] brothers and sisters
お兄{にい}さんhonorific older brother [お =honorific prefix]
{あに}humble [one's own] older brother
お姉{ねえ}さんhonorific older sister [お =honorific prefix]
Blue Star{あね}humble [one's own] older sister
{おとうと}さんhonorific younger brother
Blue Star{おとうと}humble [one's own] younger brother
{いもうと}さんhonorific younger sister
Blue Star{いもうと}humble (one's own) younger sister
おじいさんhonorific grandfather
そふhumble [one's own] grandfather
おばあさんhonorific grandmother
そぼhumble [one's own] grandmother
ごしゅじんhonorific husband
しゅじんhumble [one's own] husband
おくさんhonorific wife
かないhumble [one's own] wife
ホストファミリー host family
ともだち friend(s)
Blue Starみなさん honorific everyone; everybody [honorific form of みんな]
すむ (う-verb) to live
Blue Starすんでいる

is living; live

Blue Starいらっしゃいます honorific (special v) there are [honorific form of います]
Blue Starけっこんする (irreg.v) to get married
[けっこんしています "is married"]
Blue Starはたらく (う-verb) to work [Xで はたらいています "is working at X"]
つとめる (る-verb) to work (for) [Xに つとめて います "is working for X"]
けっこんしていらっしゃいますhonorific [honorific of けっこんしています] (an outgroup member) is married
けっこんしておりますhumble [humble of けっこんしています] (an ingroup member) is married
Blue Starおしごと honorific work; job [= しごと; お = honorific prefix]
Blue Starテレコム telecommunications
Blue Starかいしゃ company
一人 {ひとり} * one person
二人 {ふたり} * two persons
三人 {さんにん} three persons
四人にん} * four persons
五人 {ごにん} five persons
六人 {ろくにん} six persons
七人 {しちにん/ななにん} seven persons
八人 {はちにん} eight persons
九人 {きゅうにん} nine persons
十人 {じゅうにん} ten persons
何人{なんにん} how many people?
Cities (Not in Vocabulary Test 11-2)
  とうきょう Tokyo
Blue Starよこはま Yokohama [a port city south of Tokyo]
おおさか Osaka
なごや Nagoya
きょうと Kyoto
なら Nara
ひろしま Hiroshima
ながさき Nagasaki
こうべ Kobe
さっぽろ Sapporo
せんだい Sendai
{なに} What city?
Blue Starヨーロッパ Europe
ロンドン London
パリ Paris
ベルリン Berlin
ローマ Rome
モスクワ Moscow
ペキン Beijing
ソウル Seoul
タイペイ Taipei
メキシコシティー Mexico City
オタワ Ottawa
シドニー Sydney
ニューデリー(インド) New Deli (India)
カイロ(エジプト) Cairo (Egypt)
ブラジリア(ブラジル) Brazilia (Brazil)
Dialogue 3-Related (for Vocabulary Test 11-3)
  Blue StarおせわHonorific care; help (お = honorific prefix); [おせわに なります (Idiom) "Thank you for your help." Said before the help is provided.]
Blue Starこちらこそ (idiom) Thank YOU (Lit. "It's me who should (thank)"). [Said after someone says "Thank you."]
Blue Star[かずや] Kazuya [given name for males]
Blue Starかわいい (い-adj) cute
Blue StarおいくつHonorific How old? [= いくつ; お = honorific prefix]
Blue Starほいくえん nursery school
{こ} ども child, children
{こ}humble [one's own] child, children [うちのこ "my child(ren)"]
お子 {こ} さんHonorific [someone else's] child, children
Blue Starむすこhumble (my) son
むすこさんHonorific [someone else's] son
Blue Starむすめhumble (my) daughter
むすめさんHonorific [someone else's] daughter
{おんな} female; woman
女の子 {こ} girl
女の人 {ひと} woman
{おとこ} male; man
男の子 {こ} boy
男の人 {ひと} man
Blue Star行っている is going; goes [repeated action]; has gone [resulting state]
Blue Starおせわになる to be helped; to be under someone's care
でる (る-verb) to go out, come out; to emerge [でている: has gone out and is out now; has graduated]
でかける (る-verb) to go out; to leave [でかけて いる: has gone out and is out now]
かえっている  has returned home and is still at home
きている has come and is still here
ふとる (う-verb) to get fat; to gain weight [ふとって いる: is fat]
やせる (る-verb) to get thin; to lose weight [やせて いる: is thin]
Dialogue 4 (for Vocabulary Test 11-4)
  Blue Starぼうし hat
Blue Starブーツ boots
Blue Star小さくて [て form of 小さい: small] small (and)
Blue Starジャケット jacket
Blue Starきる (る-verb) to wear (on the upper body) [きて いる: is wearing]
Blue Starはく (う-verb) to wear (on the lower body) [はいて いる: is wearing]
Blue Starかぶる (う-verb) to wear (on the head) [かぶっている: is wearing]
かける (る-verb) to wear (attachments) [めがねを かけて いる: is wearing glasses]
もつ (う-verb) to hold/carry [もって いる: is holding]
する (irreg.v) to wear (attachments) [ネクタイを して いる: is wearing a necktie]
スカート skirt
くつ shoes
めがね glasses
ズボン pants
パンツ pants; underpants
シャツ shirt
ブラウス blouse
スーツ suit
コート coat
てぶくろ gloves
マフラー scarf
{め}
eye
みみ ear
はな nose
かみ hair
{くち} mouth
tooth/teeth [pronounced as /ha/]
くび neck
からだ body
{て} hand; arm
あたま head
かお face
{あし} leg; foot
むね chest
おなか stomach
ゆび finger; thumb; toe
height of a person; back
きんぱつ blond(e) hair
まる circle
まるい (い-adj) round
ほそい (い-adj) slender, skinny, wiry
ふとい (い-adj) thick
しかく rectangle
しかくい (い-adj) rectangular
ながい (い-adj) long
みじかい (い-adj) short
ほそながい (い-adj) long and skinny
せがたかい (い-adj) one's height is tall
せがひくい (い-adj) one's height is short
上手 {じょうず} (な-adj) skillful
下手 {へた} (な-adj) not skilled
Language Structures
 
  • Verb-て forms
  • Express on-going/repeated actions and resultatnt states by using Vて forms
    (e.g., たべています, けっこんしています, etc.)
  • Connective とき (e.g., こどものとき, 13さいのとき)
  • Clothing verbs (きている, かぶっている, はいている, etc.)
  • Describing people & things, using modifying clauses (しろいぼうしを かぶっている 人)