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- shinbun
- tori
- sakana
- takushi
- irimasu
- furimasu
- agemasu
- yoko
- ocha
- shita ni
- newspaper
- chicken
- fish
- taxi
- to need
- to rain
- to give
- next to
- tea
- under
- kanji
- Chinese characters
- hachi ji ni ju go pun
- 8:25
- san ji go pun
- 3:05
- yomitai
- to want to read
- Watashi wa ikitai.
- I want to go.
- Watashi wa kikitai.
- I want to listen.
- kaitai
- to want to buy
- Tokyoo de bifuteki o tabemasu.
- I will eat steak in Tokyo.
- Tomago ga kirai desu.
- I don't like eggs.
- Oishii desu.
- It is delicious.
- yon sen
- 4000
- yon hyaku
- 400
- yon man
- 40000
- hyaku
- 100
- The Japanese use three different kinds of writing: kanji, hirigana, and
- katakana. Kanji is of Chinese origin and consists of a single character
- to describe a word. Japanese and Chinese kanji have the same meaning
- but are pronounced totally differently.
-
- If we cut off the `masu' part of the verb and add in it's place `tai'
- we get the tai form- which means `to want'. For example:
- tabetai = to want to eat
- nomitai = to want to drink
-
- Katakana is an alphabet that is used for words of foreign origin. It can
- be helpful to know when reading menus at non-Japanese style restaurants.
-
- Hirigana is used for words of Japanese origin. It is useful to know
- because many railroad stations have their names posted in it.
- Hyaku means hundred. Go hyaku is 500. Roku hyaku is 600. Ni hyaku is 200.
- Sen means a thousand. Kyu sen is 9000. San sen is 3000. Yon sen is 4000.
- Man means ten thousand. Roku man is 60000. Go man is 50000.
- To say 154 use hyaku go ju yon. To say 97 use kyu ju nana. 1820 is sen
- hachi hyaku ni ju. Can you see the logic?
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