Learn 20 high-frequency expressions, including travel words and school subjects
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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) |
| やかん |
| (yakan) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "kettle" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| やかん |
| (SLOW) |
| やかん |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| kettle |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| やかんに水を入れました。 |
| (Yakan ni mizu o iremashita.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "I filled the kettle with water." |
| (SLOW) |
| やかんに水を入れました。 |
| 2. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 鍋 |
| (nabe) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "pot" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 鍋 |
| (SLOW) |
| 鍋 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| pot |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| その鍋は十年ものです。 |
| (Sono nabe wa jū-nen mono desu.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "That pot is ten years old." |
| (SLOW) |
| その鍋は十年ものです。 |
| 3. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 蛙 |
| (kaeru) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "frog" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 蛙 |
| (SLOW) |
| 蛙 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| frog |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 蛙は食べ物を取るのに舌を使います。 |
| (Kaeru wa tabemono o toru no ni shita o tsukaimasu.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "Frogs use their tongues to catch food." |
| (SLOW) |
| 蛙は食べ物を取るのに舌を使います。 |
| 4. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 鳩 |
| (hato) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "pigeon" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 鳩 |
| (SLOW) |
| 鳩 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| pigeon |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 鳩にえさをやらないでください。 |
| (Hato ni esa o yaranaide kudasai.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "Don't feed the pigeons." |
| (SLOW) |
| 鳩にえさをやらないでください。 |
| 5. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| ガイドブック |
| (gaidobukku) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "guidebook" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| ガイドブック |
| (SLOW) |
| ガイドブック |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| guidebook |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| ガイドブックを持っていますか。 |
| (Gaidobukku o motte imasu ka.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "Do you have a guidebook?" |
| (SLOW) |
| ガイドブックを持っていますか。 |
| 6. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 入り口 |
| (iriguchi) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "entrance" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 入り口 |
| (SLOW) |
| 入り口 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| entrance |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 入り口はどこですか。 |
| (Iriguchi wa doko desu ka.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "Where’s the entrance?" |
| (SLOW) |
| 入り口はどこですか。 |
| 7. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| ガイド |
| (gaido) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "tour guide" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| ガイド |
| (SLOW) |
| ガイド |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| tour guide |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| ホテルの入り口でガイドがお待ちしております。 |
| (Hoteru no iriguchi de gaido ga o-machi shite orimasu.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "Your tour guide will be waiting for you at the entrance to the hotel." |
| (SLOW) |
| ホテルの入り口でガイドがお待ちしております。 |
| 8. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 予約 |
| (yoyaku) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "reservation" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 予約 |
| (SLOW) |
| 予約 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| reservation |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 予約のキャンセルをお願いします。 |
| (Yoyaku no kyanseru o onegai shimasu.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "Please cancel my reservation." |
| (SLOW) |
| 予約のキャンセルをお願いします。 |
| 9. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| パスポート |
| (pasupōto) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "passport" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| パスポート |
| (SLOW) |
| パスポート |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| passport |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| パスポートを見せてください。 |
| (Pasupōto o misete kudasai.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "Could you show me your passport, please?" |
| (SLOW) |
| パスポートを見せてください。 |
| 10. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| コンピューターサイエンス |
| (konpyūtā saiensu) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "computer science" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| コンピューターサイエンス |
| (SLOW) |
| コンピューターサイエンス |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| computer science |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 生徒は全員コンピューターサイエンスの講義を受けなくてはいけません。 |
| (Seito wa zen'in konpyūtā saiensu no kōgi o ukenakute wa ikemasen.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "All students have to take a computer science course." |
| (SLOW) |
| 生徒は全員コンピューターサイエンスの講義を受けなくてはいけません。 |
| 11. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 数学 |
| (sūgaku) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "math" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 数学 |
| (SLOW) |
| 数学 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| math |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 高校の数学は難しい。 |
| (Kōkō no sūgaku wa muzukashii.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "High school math is hard." |
| (SLOW) |
| 高校の数学は難しい。 |
| 12. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 感じる |
| (kanjiru) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "feel" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 感じる |
| (SLOW) |
| 感じる |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| feel |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 風がないので、なおさら暑く感じる。 |
| (Kaze ga nai node, naosara atsuku kanjiru.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "Since there's no breeze it feels even hotter." |
| (SLOW) |
| 風がないので、なおさら暑く感じる。 |
| 13. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 描く |
| (kaku) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "draw" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 描く |
| (SLOW) |
| 描く |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| draw |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 心象風景を絵に描くことはできない。 |
| (Shinshō fūkei o e ni kaku koto wa dekinai.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "It is impossible to draw the scenery in one's mind's eye." |
| (SLOW) |
| 心象風景を絵に描くことはできない。 |
| 14. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 計画 |
| (keikaku) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "plan" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 計画 |
| (SLOW) |
| 計画 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| plan |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 彼にはあさって大きな計画があります。 |
| (Kare ni wa asatte ōkina keikaku ga arimasu.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "He has big plans for the day after tomorrow. " |
| (SLOW) |
| 彼にはあさって大きな計画があります。 |
| 15. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 販売 |
| (hanbai) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "sale" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 販売 |
| (SLOW) |
| 販売 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| sale |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 電車の車内販売でお弁当を買った。 |
| (Densha no shanai hanbai de o-bentō o katta.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "I bought a boxed lunch from the sales cart on the train." |
| (SLOW) |
| 電車の車内販売でお弁当を買った。 |
| 16. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 買い物 |
| (kaimono) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "shopping" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 買い物 |
| (SLOW) |
| 買い物 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| shopping |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| ちょっと、買い物に付き合って。 |
| (Chotto, kaimono ni tsukiatte.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "Will you go shopping with me?" |
| (SLOW) |
| ちょっと、買い物に付き合って。 |
| 17. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 四番 |
| (yon-ban) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "fourth" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 四番 |
| (SLOW) |
| 四番 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| fourth |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 四番目のグループが勝ちました。 |
| (Yon-ban-me no gurūpu ga kachimashita.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "The fourth group won." |
| (SLOW) |
| 四番目のグループが勝ちました。 |
| 18. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 五番 |
| (go-ban) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "fifth" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 五番 |
| (SLOW) |
| 五番 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| fifth |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 四番目の信号を右に曲がって、五番目の角までまっすぐ行ってください。 |
| (Yon-ban-me no shingō o migi ni magatte, go-ban-me no kado made massugu itte kudasai.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "Turn right at the fourth traffic signal. Go straight until the fifth corner." |
| (SLOW) |
| 四番目の信号を右に曲がって、五番目の角までまっすぐ行ってください。 |
| 19. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 六番 |
| (roku-ban) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "sixth" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 六番 |
| (SLOW) |
| 六番 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| sixth |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 六番目の方はどなたですか。 |
| (Roku-ban-me no kata wa donata desu ka.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "Who is the sixth person? |
| " |
| (SLOW) |
| 六番目の方はどなたですか。 |
| 20. |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 七番 |
| (nana-ban) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "seventh" |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| 七番 |
| (SLOW) |
| 七番 |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| seventh |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| そのピアニストの出番は、プログラムの七番目だ。 |
| (Sono pianisuto no deban wa, puroguramu no nana-ban-me da.) |
| (NORMAL SPEED) |
| "The pianist has the seventh spot on the program." |
| (SLOW) |
| そのピアニストの出番は、プログラムの七番目だ。 |
| 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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