Learn 20 high-frequency expressions, including parts of the body and more basic colors
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| In this video, you'll learn 20 of the most common words and phrases in Japanese. |
| Hi everybody, my name is Risa. |
| Welcome to The 800 Core Japanese Words and Phrases video series! |
| This series will teach you the eight hundred most common words and phrases in Japanese. |
| Ok! Let's get started! First is… |
| 1. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 手伝う |
| (tetsudau) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "help" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 手伝う |
| (SLOW) |
| 手伝う |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| help |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| はい、手伝います。 |
| (Hai, tetsudaimasu.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "Sure, I'll help you." |
| (SLOW) |
| はい、手伝います。 |
| 2. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 学ぶ |
| (manabu) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "learn" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 学ぶ |
| (SLOW) |
| 学ぶ |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| learn |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 外国語を学ぶのが好きです。 |
| (Gaikokugo o manabu no ga suki desu.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "I like to learn foreign languages." |
| (SLOW) |
| 外国語を学ぶのが好きです。 |
| 3. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 動かす |
| (ugokasu) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "move" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 動かす |
| (SLOW) |
| 動かす |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| move |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| ロボットが腕を動かす。 |
| (Robotto ga ude o ugokasu.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "The robot moves its arms." |
| (SLOW) |
| ロボットが腕を動かす。 |
| 4. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 十七 |
| (jū-shichi / jū-nana) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "seventeen" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 十七 |
| (SLOW) |
| 十七 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| seventeen |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 彼は十七歳です。 |
| (Kare wa jū-nana-sai desu.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "He is seventeen years old." |
| (SLOW) |
| 彼は十七歳です。 |
| 5. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 十八 |
| (jū-hachi) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "eighteen" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 十八 |
| (SLOW) |
| 十八 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| eighteen |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 彼は十八歳です。 |
| (Kare wa jū-hassai desu.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "He's eighteen years old." |
| (SLOW) |
| 彼は十八歳です。 |
| 6. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 十九 |
| (jū-kyū) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "nineteen" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 十九 |
| (SLOW) |
| 十九 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| nineteen |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| ボタンが十九個いります。 |
| (Botan ga jū-kyū-ko irimasu.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "I need nineteen buttons." |
| (SLOW) |
| ボタンが十九個いります。 |
| 7. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 二十 |
| (ni-jū) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "twenty" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 二十 |
| (SLOW) |
| 二十 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| twenty |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 飴を二十個食べた。 |
| (Ame o nijukko tabeta.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "I ate twenty candies." |
| (SLOW) |
| 飴を二十個食べた。 |
| 8. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 首 |
| (kubi) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "neck" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 首 |
| (SLOW) |
| 首 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| neck |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| ヘルメットが重過ぎて、首を痛めた。 |
| (Herumetto ga omosugite, kubi o itameta.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "I hurt my neck because the helmet was too heavy." |
| (SLOW) |
| ヘルメットが重過ぎて、首を痛めた。 |
| 9. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 顔 |
| (kao) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "face" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 顔 |
| (SLOW) |
| 顔 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| face |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 相手の顔を突いてください。 |
| (Aite no kao o tsuite kudasai.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "Please jab your opponent in the face." |
| (SLOW) |
| 相手の顔を突いてください。 |
| 10. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 耳 |
| (mimi) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "ear" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 耳 |
| (SLOW) |
| 耳 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| ear |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| あの人はすごい福耳だ。 |
| (Ano hito wa sugoi fukumimi da.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "That man has really plump ears." |
| (SLOW) |
| あの人はすごい福耳だ。 |
| 11. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 髪 |
| (kami) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "hair" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 髪 |
| (SLOW) |
| 髪 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| hair |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 私の髪は長いです。 |
| (Watashi no kami wa nagai desu.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "My hair is long." |
| (SLOW) |
| 私の髪は長いです。 |
| 12. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 山 |
| (yama) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "mountain" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 山 |
| (SLOW) |
| 山 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| mountain |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 1日で、2つの山を越えた。 |
| (Ichi-nichi de, futatsu no yama o koeta.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "I crossed two mountains in a day." |
| (SLOW) |
| 1日で、2つの山を越えた。 |
| 13. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 浜辺 |
| (hamabe) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "beach" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 浜辺 |
| (SLOW) |
| 浜辺 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| beach |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 一緒に浜辺を歩きたいです。 |
| (Issho ni hamabe o arukitai desu.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "I want to walk on the beach with you." |
| (SLOW) |
| 一緒に浜辺を歩きたいです。 |
| 14. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 熱帯雨林 |
| (nettai urin) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "rainforest" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 熱帯雨林 |
| (SLOW) |
| 熱帯雨林 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| rainforest |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| アマゾンの熱帯雨林はとても広い。 |
| (Amazon no nettai urin wa totemo hiroi.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "The Amazon rainforest is very large." |
| (SLOW) |
| アマゾンの熱帯雨林はとても広い。 |
| 15. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 島 |
| (shima) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "island" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 島 |
| (SLOW) |
| 島 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| island |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| この島には、蘭がたくさんある。 |
| (Kono shima ni wa, ran ga takusan aru.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "There are many orchids in this island." |
| (SLOW) |
| この島には、蘭がたくさんある。 |
| 16. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 辞書 |
| (jisho) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "dictionary" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 辞書 |
| (SLOW) |
| 辞書 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| dictionary |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 私は時々、辞書に載っていない言葉を使います。 |
| (Watashi wa tokidoki, jisho ni notte inai kotoba o tsukaimasu.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "I sometimes use words that are not in the dictionary." |
| (SLOW) |
| 私は時々、辞書に載っていない言葉を使います。 |
| 17. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 青い |
| (aoi) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "blue" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 青い |
| (SLOW) |
| 青い |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| blue |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 彼の靴ひもは青い。 |
| (Kare no kutsuhimo wa aoi.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "His shoe laces are blue." |
| (SLOW) |
| 彼の靴ひもは青い。 |
| 18. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 黄色い |
| (kiiroi) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "yellow" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 黄色い |
| (SLOW) |
| 黄色い |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| yellow |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| ひまわりは黄色いです。 |
| (Himawari wa kiiroi desu.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "The sunflowers are yellow." |
| (SLOW) |
| ひまわりは黄色いです。 |
| 19. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| オレンジ色 |
| (orenjiiro) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "orange" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| オレンジ色 |
| (SLOW) |
| オレンジ色 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| orange |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| オレンジ色のシャツが欲しい。 |
| (Orenjiiro no shatsu ga hoshii.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "I want an orange shirt." |
| (SLOW) |
| オレンジ色のシャツが欲しい。 |
| 20. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 色 |
| (iro) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "color" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 色 |
| (SLOW) |
| 色 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| color |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| それは濃い色です。 |
| (Sore wa koi iro desu.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "It's a strong color." |
| (SLOW) |
| それは濃い色です。 |
| Well done! In this lesson, you expanded your vocabulary and learned 20 new useful words. |
| またね！(mata ne!) |
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