Learn 20 high-frequency expressions, including morning activities and entertainment
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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) |
| パジャマ |
| (pajama) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "pajamas" |
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| パジャマ |
| (SLOW) |
| パジャマ |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| pajamas |
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| パジャマを着て、寝ました。 |
| (Pajama o kite, nemashita.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "I put on my pajamas, and I went to sleep." |
| (SLOW) |
| パジャマを着て、寝ました。 |
| 2. |
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| ブラジャー |
| (burajā) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "brassiere" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| ブラジャー |
| (SLOW) |
| ブラジャー |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| brassiere |
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| 白いブラジャー |
| (shiroi burajā) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "white brassiere" |
| (SLOW) |
| 白いブラジャー |
| 3. |
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| 起きる |
| (okiru) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "wake up" |
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| 起きる |
| (SLOW) |
| 起きる |
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| wake up |
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| 私は朝七時に起きる。 |
| (Watashi wa asa shichi-ji ni okiru.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "I wake up at 7 a.m." |
| (SLOW) |
| 私は朝七時に起きる。 |
| 4. |
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| 通う |
| (kayō) |
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| "commute" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 通う |
| (SLOW) |
| 通う |
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| commute |
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| 電車で会社に通っている。 |
| (Densha de kaisha ni kayotte iru.) |
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| "I commute to work by train." |
| (SLOW) |
| 電車で会社に通っている。 |
| 5. |
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| 食べる |
| (taberu) |
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| "eat" |
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| 食べる |
| (SLOW) |
| 食べる |
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| eat |
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| おやつを毎日食べる。 |
| (Oyatsu o mainichi taberu.) |
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| "I eat snacks every day." |
| (SLOW) |
| おやつを毎日食べる。 |
| 6. |
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| 芸術 |
| (geijutsu) |
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| "art" |
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| 芸術 |
| (SLOW) |
| 芸術 |
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| art |
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| 私は芸術に関わる仕事がしたい。 |
| (Watashi wa geijutsu ni kakawaru shigoto ga shitai.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "I'd like to work in a job that deals with art." |
| (SLOW) |
| 私は芸術に関わる仕事がしたい。 |
| 7. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 文学 |
| (bungaku) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "literature" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 文学 |
| (SLOW) |
| 文学 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| literature |
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| 彼は文学の基本が分かっていない。 |
| (Kare wa bungaku no kihon ga wakatte inai.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "He fails to understand the basics of literature." |
| (SLOW) |
| 彼は文学の基本が分かっていない。 |
| 8. |
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| 映画 |
| (eiga) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "movie" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 映画 |
| (SLOW) |
| 映画 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| movie |
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| このボタンを押して、映画を再生してください。 |
| (Kono botan o oshite, eiga o saisei shite kudasai.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "Press this button to play the movie." |
| (SLOW) |
| このボタンを押して、映画を再生してください。 |
| 9. |
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| 音楽 |
| (ongaku) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "music" |
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| 音楽 |
| (SLOW) |
| 音楽 |
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| music |
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| うるさい音楽は嫌いです。 |
| (Urusai ongaku wa kirai desu.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "I hate loud music." |
| (SLOW) |
| うるさい音楽は嫌いです。 |
| 10. |
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| 答える |
| (kotaeru) |
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| "answer" |
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| 答える |
| (SLOW) |
| 答える |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| answer |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 次の質問に答えてください。 |
| (Tsugi no shitsumon ni kotaete kudasai.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "Please answer the following questions." |
| (SLOW) |
| 次の質問に答えてください。 |
| 11. |
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| 教える |
| (oshieru) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "teach" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 教える |
| (SLOW) |
| 教える |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| teach |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 子供に何かを教えるには、根気がいる。 |
| (Kodomo ni nani ka o oshieru ni wa, konki ga iru.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "It takes a lot of patience to teach something to children." |
| (SLOW) |
| 子供に何かを教えるには、根気がいる。 |
| 12. |
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| 聞く |
| (kiku) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "ask" |
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| 聞く |
| (SLOW) |
| 聞く |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| ask |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 今さら、そんな基本的なことを聞くな。 |
| (Imasara, sonna kihonteki na koto o kiku na.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "Don't ask such basic things - it's too late for that." |
| (SLOW) |
| 今さら、そんな基本的なことを聞くな。 |
| 13. |
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| 閉める |
| (shimeru) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "close" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 閉める |
| (SLOW) |
| 閉める |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| close |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| ドアを閉めてもらえますか。 |
| (Doa o shimete moraemasu ka.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "Could you close the door? " |
| (SLOW) |
| ドアを閉めてもらえますか。 |
| 14. |
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| 誕生 |
| (tanjō) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "birth" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 誕生 |
| (SLOW) |
| 誕生 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| birth |
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| 私たちは赤ちゃんの誕生を楽しみにしています。 |
| (Watashi-tachi wa aka-chan no tanjō o tanoshimi ni shite imasu.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "We look forward to the birth of the baby." |
| (SLOW) |
| 私たちは赤ちゃんの誕生を楽しみにしています。 |
| 15. |
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| 仕事 |
| (shigoto) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "work" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 仕事 |
| (SLOW) |
| 仕事 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| work |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 畑仕事をしているおばあさんに話しかけた。 |
| (Hatake shigoto o shite iru o-bā-san ni hanashikaketa.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "I talked to an old woman who was doing farm work." |
| (SLOW) |
| 畑仕事をしているおばあさんに話しかけた。 |
| 16. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| つける |
| (tsukeru) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "turn on" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| つける |
| (SLOW) |
| つける |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| turn on |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| その男の人は電気をつけた。 |
| (Sono otoko no hito wa denki o tsuketa.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "The man turned on the light." |
| (SLOW) |
| その男の人は電気をつけた。 |
| 17. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 消す |
| (kesu) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "turn off" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 消す |
| (SLOW) |
| 消す |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| turn off |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 電気を消してもらえますか。 |
| (Denki o keshite moraemasu ka.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "Can you turn off the lights?" |
| (SLOW) |
| 電気を消してもらえますか。 |
| 18. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 外食する |
| (gaishoku suru) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "eat out" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 外食する |
| (SLOW) |
| 外食する |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| eat out |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 週末は外食する人が多い。 |
| (Shūmatsu wa gaishoku suru hito ga ōi.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "People like to eat out on the weekends." |
| (SLOW) |
| 週末は外食する人が多い。 |
| 19. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 出席する |
| (shusseki suru) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "attend" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 出席する |
| (SLOW) |
| 出席する |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| attend |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| その部署の人はみんな会議に出席しています。 |
| (Sono busho no hito wa minna kaigi ni shusseki shite imasu.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "Everyone in the department is attending a meeting." |
| (SLOW) |
| その部署の人はみんな会議に出席しています。 |
| 20. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 西 |
| (nishi) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "west" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 西 |
| (SLOW) |
| 西 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| west |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 私は、今西口にいます。 |
| (Watashi wa, ima nishiguchi ni imasu.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "I'm at the west exit now." |
| (SLOW) |
| 私は、今西口にいます。 |
| Well done! In this lesson, you expanded your vocabulary and learned 20 new useful words. |
| See you next time! |
| またね！(mata ne!) |
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