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INTRODUCTION

Japanese Language Lessons - Introduction - Japanese Lesson 1

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Word/s: Ohayou/Ohayoo (casual)

Pronunciation: Ohayo

Meaning: Good morning

*The long oo sound is in most cases transcribed by adding an u to an o-vowel.

Word/s: Ohayou gozaimasu (formal)

Pronunciation: Ohayo gozaymas

Meaning: Good morning

Word/s: Konnichiwa

Pronunciation: Konichiwa

Meaning: Good Afternoon

Word/s: Konbanwa

Pronunciation: Konbanwa

Meaning: Good evening

Word/s: Sayoonara

Pronunciation: Sayonara

Meaning: Goodbye

Sayoonara is the polite way of saying goodbye to someone you can't see for a long time but you can use these to your friends:

Jaa ne = See you.

Bai bai. Mata ashita = Bye. I'll see you again tomorrow.

Word/s: Oyasumi nasai

Pronunciation: Oyasmi nasay

Meaning: Goodnight

Word/s: Arigatou (Casual)

Pronunciation: Arigato

Meaning: Thank you

Word/s: Arigatou gozaimasu (Formal)

Pronunciation: Arigato gozaymas

Meaning: Thank you

These are the other ways to say thank you:

Doumo = Thanks

Doumo arigatou = Thanks a lot

Doumo arigatou gozaimasu = Thank you very much

Word/s: Sumimasen

Pronunciation: Sumimasen

Meaning: Excuse me/I'm sorry (light apology)

Word/s: Gomen nasai

Pronunciation: gomenasay

Meaning: I'm sorry (real apology)

Some just use gomen when saying sorry to someone they're close with.

Word/s: Anata no o namaewa nan desu ka?

Pronunciation: Anata no o namaywa nan des ka?

Meaning: What's your name?

Anata = you

No = used to show possession

Anata no = your

o or wo = pronounced as "o", marks the direct object of the sentence.

Nan (nani) = what

Desu = to be/it is

Ka = makes a sentence into a question

Word/s: Watashi no namaewa (Eipuru) desu.

Pronunciation: Watashi no namaywa ~ des.

Meaning: My name is ~.

Watashi = I, me

Watashi no = my, mine