ここ
this place
そこ
that place (near you)
あそこ
that place (far away)
どこ
which place?
こちら, [こっち]
this way; this side; near side (of X)
そちら, [そっち]
that way (toward you); that side (toward you)
あちら, [あっち]
that way/that side (away from us); far side (of X)
どちら, [どっち]
which way? which side?
あか (赤)
red
あお (青)
blue
きいろ (黄色)
yellow
みどり or グリーン (緑)
green
ちゃいろ (茶色)
brown
くろ (黒)
black
グレー
gray
しろ (白)
white
なにいろ (何色)
what color?
たてもの (建物)
building
がくせいかいかん (学生会館)
student center
としょかん (図書館)
library
キャンパス
campus
ラボ
laboratory
りょう (寮)
dormitory
アパート
apartment
カフェテリア
cafeteria
けんきゅうしつ (研究室)
professor's office
こうがくぶ (工学部)
Engineering Department
けいざいがくぶ (経済学部)
Economics Department
ほうがくぶ (法学部)
Law Department
[きょうようがくぶ] (教養学部)
Liberal Arts Department
なにがくぶ (何学部)
What academic department?
[ビル]
(large concrete) building
[じむしつ] (事務室)
administrative office; work room
[オフィス]
office
[しょくどう] (食堂)
dining hall
[たいいくかん] (体育館)
gymnasium
げんかん (玄関)
entrance to the house
トイレ
restroom
おふろ (お風呂)
bath
バスルーム
bathroom (to bathe in)
けいたいでんわ or けいたい
(携帯電話 or 携帯)
cell phone [Lit. "mobile phone"]
キッチン
kitchen
にかい (二階／２階)
second floor
にわ (庭)
yard, garden
[ろうか] (廊下)
hallway
[テキスト]
textbook
えき (駅)
station
スタジアム
stadium
びょういん (病院)
hospital
ぎんこう (銀行)
bank
こうえん (公園)
park
デパート
department store
コンビニ
convenience store
バス
bus
ほんや (本屋)
bookstore
ホテル
hotel
スーパー
supermarket
ゆうびんきょく (郵便局)
post office
マクドナルド
McDonald's; McDonald [family name]
くるま (車)
car
きんじょ (近所)
neighborhood
[みち] (道)
road, street, direction
[こうばん] (交番)
police box; police station
[バスてい] (バス停)
bus stop
[みせ] (店)
store, shop
[きゅうきゅうしゃ] (救急車)
ambulance car
[ひこうせん] (飛行船)
blimp
[かいしゃ] (会社)
company
そと (外)
outside [Xのそと: outside of X]
なか (中)
inside [Xのなか: inside X]
みぎ or みぎがわ (右 or 右側)
right (side) [Xのみぎ: right (side) of X]
ひだり or ひだりがわ (左 or 左側)
left (side) [Xのひだり: left (side) of X]
まえ (前)
front (side) [Xのまえ: front of X; across from X]
うしろ (後ろ)
back (side) [Xのうしろ: back of X]
うえ (上)
above; top; upper side [Xのうえ: top of X; above X]
した (下)
below; bottom; lower side [Xのした: below X]
よこ (横)
side [Xのよこ: the side of X]
となり (隣)
next [Xのとなり: next to X]; next door neighbor
ちかく or そば (近く)
nearby place, vicinity [Xのちかく／そば: near X]
むこう (向こう)
far side (of X) [Xのむこう: far side of X; beyond X]
～のほう (～の方)
way, direction [あちらのほう: in that direction over there]
ひと (人)
person
[かた] (方)
person [Honorific expression; Unlike ひと (person), かた is always used after a modifier: あのかたは どなたですか: Who is that person?]
[どなた]
who? [Honorific expression; あのかたは どなたですか: Who is that person?]
きょねん (去年)
last year
の
["one" as in しろいの (white one) and きょねんの (last year's one)]
Ｔシャツ
T-shirt
マイク
Mike [first name]
やまだせんせい (山田先生)
Prof. Yamada
ひろこ (弘子)
Hiroko [women's first name]
あかい (赤い)
red
あおい (青い)
blue
きいろい (黄色い)
yellow
ちゃいろい (茶色い)
brown
くろい (黒い)
black
しろい (白い)
white
きたない (汚い)
[い-Adj] dirty きれい: [な-adj] clean
うるさい
[い-Adj] noisy しずか: [な-adj] quiet
せが たかい (背が高い)
tall (usu. for people) [ せが ひくい: short (usu. for people)]
います
[animate object] is located
あります
[inanimate object] is located
すんでいます (住んでいます)
to live
が
[Subject marker]
に
in, at, on [Location marker; Ｘに あります／います: is located in X]
この Ｘ
this X
その Ｘ
that X (near you)
あの Ｘ
that X (far away)
どの Ｘ
which X?
あれ？
Oh?
あのう
umm..., well...
わかりました
I see. [Past tense of わかります: understand]
いちばん (一番)
number one [Creates a superlative ("the most..."). いちばん せが たかい: the tallest]