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Vocabulary

  Now that you've got the Japanese alphabets down, let's learn some vocabulary words and simple phrases. I will list the Kanji, Hiragana, Romaji (the word sounded out using English letters), and the English meaning for each word or phrase. Most words have Kanji for them but I will only include the Kanji if the word is regularly written that way.

Keep in mind that the Japanese language has different levels of politeness that change based on who you are talking to. I will refer to these as "ultra-formal", "formal" (or "polite form"), "normal" (or "plain form"), "informal", and "rude" (we won't be covering too much of the rude form, however).  

Adjectives
 
Food
 
Animals
 
Geographic Features
 
Body Parts
 
Health Problems
 
Bugs
 
Hospital
 
Buildings
 
House and Home
 
Clothes
 
Medicine
 
Colors
 
Months
 
Computing
 
Relative Time
 
Counters
 
School
 
Days of the Week
 
Time
 
Drinks (alcoholic)
 
Trains
 
Family
 
Verbs
 
Fantasy
 
Weather