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NihongoThis section of the Japan Tokyo Mission Alumni site is about the Japanese language. It is based upon what RM's have learned while living in Japan. 

 

Japanese vowel pronounciation:
A
ah like the A in Father
E
eh like the E in Egg
I
ee like the EE Cheek
O
oh like the word OH
U
oo like the OO in Boo

 
The vocabulary isn't placed in any particular order.
Konichiwa - Hello Ohayo Gozaimasu - Good Morning
Konbanwa - Good Evening Daijobu - Okay (used in many different ways; it is okay, I am okay, etc...)
Cho - (added in front of an Adj.) Very 
(ex. Cho Kire...very beautiful; usually used by High School girls unbeknownst to be)
Genki Desu Ka - Are you  doing good?...Are you healthy?
Kire - Beautiful Daijobu Desu Ka - Are you okay?...Are you doing alright?
Sugoi - Awesome So Desu - It is; Yes; Correct
Genki - Good; Healthy So So So- Yes yes yes; yeah yeah yeah
Desu Ka - Question form (the u in Desu is silent) O Yasumi Nasai - Good night; have a good rest; have a good evening
Hai - Yes; correct (acknowledgment that the speaker is being heard; they also use little grunts like Ngh for this) Doko Desu Ka - Where is it? (used with a person's name - where are they?)
Ne - Huh?; Yeah Watashi Wa - I am
Doko - Where Jan Ken Po - Rock Paper Scissors (Japanese Version)
Desho - (used at the end of a sentence) Isn't that right? Watashi Wa Hena Gaijin Desu.- (My first Japanese phrase) I am a weird foreigner.
Oishi - Delicious Mo Ichi Do Onegaishimasu - One more time please
Oshi - Star Watashi Wa Koko Desu - I am here.
Hena - Weird Watashi No Kuni Wa Amerika Desu - I am from America
Gaijin - Foreigner Watashi Wa Amerikajin Desu - I am an American.
Wa - Is (Connective word) Dozo Yoroshiku - Nice to meet you.
Mo - Also is (Connective word) Hajimemashite - How are do you do?
Tamago - Egg Sayonara - Good-bye
Desu - (v) To be (the u is silent) Bai Bai - Good-bye (believed to have originated in Japan, but is actually the english bye-bye)
Onegaishimasu - Please Domo Arigato Gozaimasu - Thank you very much.
Koko - Here Do Itashimashite - You are welcome.
Soko - There (close) Dewa Mata - See you later.
Asoko - There (far) Zen Zen Daijobu - No problem.
To - And Chotto Mattekudasai - Wait just a moment please.
No - (Possessive verb) used in-between two objects to declare possession.  (Example Eric NO brother means Eric's brother) Watashi Wa Eric No Ototo - I am Eric's younger brother.
Ototo - Younger brother Hajimemasho - Let's begin
Watashi - I Owarimasho - Let's finish
Anata - You Yasumimasho - Let's take a break
Jin - suffix meaning nationality Wakarimasuka - Do  you understand?
Iie - No Shitsumon Ga Arimasu - I have a question
Kore - This Kurikaeshite Kudasai - Please repeat it again.
Sore - That (near you) Mo Sukoshi Yukkuri Onegaishimasu - Slow down please, speak slower.
Are - That (over there) Chigaimasu - No it isn't, you are wrong
Kono - This Kore Wa Hon Desu - This is a book
Sono - That (near you) Sore Wa Watashi No Hon Desu - That is my book
Ano - That (over there) Kono Hon Wa Watashi No Desu - This book is mine.
Hon - Book Toire Doko Desu Ka? - Where is the bathroom?
Toire - Bathroom (Toilet) Irasshai Mase - Welcome, may I help you?  (said in every store when you enter.  The pitch rises when they say it)
Gakusei - Student Ego No Sensei - English teacher
Go - Added at the end of a countries name and then it means the language of that country. (example..Nihongo is Japanese Nihon is Japan) Gambatte - Hang in there!
Mushi - Bug Moshi Moshi - The way to answer a phone in Japanese
Baka - Stupid Yatta - I did it!
Yada - Gross; disgusting

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