Age
Hiragana/Kanji
(hiragana
pronunciation)
なん さい です か。
Nan sai desu ka
How old are you?
わたし は 十六 (じゅう
ろく) さい です。
Watashi wa Jū-roku sai
desu.
I’m Sixteen years old.
なに
Nani
What?
さい
Sai
Years, years old
十七 (じゅうなな) さい
です。
Jū-nana sai desu
Seventeen years old
十八 (じゅうはさい) さ
い です。
Jū-hassai desu
Eighteen years old
Romaji
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Dates
Hiragana/Kanji (hiragana
pronunciation)
Romaji
English
月曜日
(げつようび)
Getsuyōbi
Monday
火曜日
(かようび)
Kayōbi
Tuesday
水曜日
(すいようび)
Suiyōbi
Wednesday
木曜日
(もくようび)
Mokuyōbi
Thursday
金曜日
(きんようび)
Kinyōbi
Friday
土曜日
(どようび)
Doyōbi
Saturday
日曜日
(にちようび)
Nichiyōbi
Sunday
一月
(いちがつ)
Ichigatsu
January
ニ月
(にがつ)
Nigatsu
February
三月
(さんがつ)
Sangatsu
March
四月
(しがつ)
Shigatsu
April
五月
(ごがつ)
Gogatsu
May
六月
(ろくがつ)
Rokugatsu
June
七月
(しちがつ)
Shichigatsu
July
八月
(はちがつ)
Hachigatsu
August
九月
(くがつ)
Kugatsu
September
十 月
(じゅうがつ)
Jūgatsu
October
十一 月
(じゅういちがつ)
Jūichigatsu
November
十ニ月
(じゅうにがつ)
Jūnigatsu
December
The dates are the number followed by にち (nichi). The following are
exceptions that do not follow the usual pattern.
一日
(ついたち)
Tsuitachi
1st
ニ日
(ふつか)
Futsuka
2nd
三日
(みっか)
Mikka
3rd
四日
(よっか)
Yokka
4th
五日
(いつか)
Itsuka
5th
六日
(むいか)
Muika
6th
七日
(なのか)
Nanoka
7th
八日
(ようか)
Yōka
8th
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九日
(ここのか)
Kokonoka
9th
十日
(とおか)
Tōka
10th
十四日
(じゅうよっか)
Jūyokka
14th
十七日
ち)
二十日
(じゅうしちに
Jūshichinichi
17th
(はつか)
Hatsuka
20th
二十四日
か)
二十七日
h
おととい
(にじゅうよっ
Nijūyokka
24th
(にじゅうしちに
ち)
Nijūshichinichi
27th
Ototoi
きのう
Kinō
The day before
yesterday
Yesterday
きょう
Kyō
Today
あした
Ashita
Tomorrow
あさって
Asatte
The day after tomorrow
Even though the dates above are written in Kanji, in Japan Arabic (i.e. 1, 2, 3,
4, etc.) are used for dates.
Kyō wa nanyōbi
What day is it today?
きょう は なん ようび です
desu ka.
か。
あした はなんようび です
か。
To say a blue hat, say あおい ぼうし, however to say a green hat say みどり
のぼうし. This is because noun colours, marked by (n) need の. (The only
non-nouns listed are blue, red, black, and white.
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Food and Drink
Kana/Kanji (hiragana
pronunciation)
Romaji
English
たべもの
Tabemono
Food
トマト
Tomato
Tomato
バナナ
Banana
Banana
みかん
Mikan
Orange/Tangerine
りんご
Ringo
Apple
ケーキ
Kēki
Cake
チョコレート
Chokorēto
Chocolate
てんぷら
Tempura
Tempura
のみもの
Nomimono
Drink
みず
Mizu
Water
おちゃ
Ocha
Green Tea
こうちゃ
Kōcha
Tea
コーヒー
Kōhī
Coffee
ミルク
Miruku
Milk
コーラ
Cōra
Cola (Coke)
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Types of Shops
Kana/Kanji (hiragana
pronunciation)
Where do you have
(Place/Item)?
Please can I have a look?
Please show me.
Please show me (the
noun)
How much is it?
いくら です か
Ikura desu ka
この(…) はいくら です
か
これ ください
Kono (…) wa ikura desu How much for this
ka
(noun)?
Kore Kudasai
This please
(…) をください
(…) o kudasai
This (noun) please.
なんまい/ぼん. いくつ
Nan mai/bon? Ikutsu?
これ
この
それ
その
あれ
あの
Kore
Kono
Sore
Sono
Are
Ano
How many
(flat/cylindrical)? How
many (general)?
This (near speaker)
This (with use of noun)
That (near listener)
That (with use of noun)
That over there (far away)
That over there (w.u.o.n.)
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どれ
どの
メニユー を ください
Dore
Dono
Menyu o kudasai
メニユー を みせて く
ださい
おかわり は
Menyu o misete kudasai Show me the menu
please.
Okawari wa
Would you like a second
serving?
Ocha wa
Tea?
おちゃ は
Which one?
Which one? (w.u.o.n.)
A menu please.
コーヒー は いかが で
すか
ケレヂット カード いい
です か
おかんじょう
Kōhī wa ikaga desu ka
ナイフ
Naifu
Knife
フォーク
Fōku
Fork
メニユー
Menyu
Menu
レシート
Reshiito
Receipt
Kereditto Kaado ii desu
ka
Okanjou
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Would you like some
coffee?
Is it okay to pay by card?
Bill
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Topic 3 – Time, Activities, and Transport
Time
Kana/Kanji (hiragana
pronunciation)
Romaji
English
いま なん じ です か
Ima nan ji desu ka
What time is it now?
いま
Ima
Now
(…)じ
(…) ji
(time) o’clock
Four is the only exception being Yo ji, also seven is shichi ji (as opposed to
nana ji)
Han
Half past
はん
ぷん
ふん
ごぜん
ごご
から
まで
Pun
Minutes (for numbers
ending in zero)
Fun
Minutes (for numbers
ending in five)
An example time sentence is
San ji jū go fun desu.
This means it is 3:15
Gozen
AM
Gogo
PM
AM/PM goes before the hour. For example
Gogo San ji jū go fun desu
This means it is 3:15pm
Kara
From
Made
Until
Sentence structure is as follows
AM/PM Time+Minutes From AM/PM Time+Minutes Until
e.g. Gozen ku ji kara Gogo yo ji jū go fun made
がっこう は ごぜん く じ から ごご よ じ じゅう ご ふん まで
Meaning from 9am until 4:15pm
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まい
Mai
Every
まいあさ
Mai-asa
Every morning
まいばん
Mai-ban
Every evening
まいにち
Mai-nichi
Every day
ときどき
Tokidoki
Sometimes
いつも
Itsumo
Always
よく
Yoku
Often
ぜんぜん
Zenzen
Not at all (never)
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Activities
Kana/Kanji (hiragana
pronunciation)
Romaji
English
たべます
Tabemasu
To eat
のみます
Nomimasu
To drink
かきます
Kakimasu
To write/draw
よみます
Yomimasu
To read
みます
Mimasu
To see/watch
します
Shimasu
To do/play
かいます
Kaimasu
To buy
ききます
Kikimasu
To listen/hear
サーカー
Saakaa
Soccer (Football)
テニス
Tenisu
Tennis
かいもの
Kaimono
Shopping
しゅくだい
Shukudai
Homework
テレビ
Terebi
Television
えいが
Eiga
Movie
シーディー
Shīdī
CD
ラジオ
Rajio
Radio
おんがく
Ongaku
Music
ほん
Hon
Book
まんが
Manga
Manga
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え
E
Picture
てがみ
Tegami
Letter
ファミコン
Famikon
Video Games
(…) は(…)を(…)
(…) wa (…) o (…)
(…) は(…) (…) を(…)
(…) wa (…) (…) o (…)
(Person) is (Item/Activity)
(Verb)
(Person) at (Time), is
(Item/Activity) (Verb)
Grammar Tip: The verb always goes last!!!
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Transport
Kana/Kanji (hiragana
pronunciation)
Romaji
English
なん て
Nan te
How do you go?
なに て
Nani te
How do you go?
(…) で いきます
(…) de ikimasu.
I go by (transport)
くるま
Kuruma
Car
じてんしゃ
Jitensha
Bike (Bicycle)
ふね
Fune
Boat
バス
Basu
Bus
でんしゃ
Densha
Train
ちかてつ
Chikatetsu
Underground
しんかんせん
Shinkansen
Bullet Train
ききゅう
Kikyū
Hot air balloon
タクシー
Takushii
Taxi
ヘリコプター
Herikoputaa
Helicopter
ひこうき
Hikouki
Aeroplane
(…) は (…) (…) へ
ikimasu
(…) wa (…) (…) e
ikimasu
(Person) goes at (Time)
to (Place)
e.g. Watashi wa Shichi ji ni eki e ikimasu.
I go to the train station at 7.
(…) は (…) (…) で (…) (…) wa (…) (…) de (…) (Person) goes at (Time)
e ikimasu.
by (Transport) to (Place).
へ ikimasu.
e.g. Watashi wa San ji ni densha de Gakkou e ikimasu.
I go to school at 3 by train.
Kaerimasu
To Return
かえります
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Topic 4 – Essential Kanji (Need to know for the test)
Kanji
There are additional foreign sounds: Va=ヴァ, Fa=ファ, Ti=ティ, Du=ドゥ, We=ウェ, Fo=フ
ォ
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Additional Resources for ABC
Books
Let's Learn Hiragana: First Book of Basic Japanese Writing
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lets-Learn-Hiragana-JapaneseWriting/dp/1568363893/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1366420371&sr=81&keywords=lets+learn+hiragana
Let’s Learn Katakana: Second Book of Basic Japanese Writing
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lets-Learn-Katakana-JapaneseWriting/dp/1568363907/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1366420341&sr=81&keywords=lets+learn+katakana
Let's Learn Kanji: An Introduction to Radicals, Components and 250 Very
Basic Kanji
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lets-Learn-Kanji-IntroductionComponents/dp/156836394X/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=XRV
FFDJ1I2UR&coliid=I2G3GZTXCJP5M4
Essential Kanji: 2, 000 Basic Japanese Characters Systematically Arranged
for Learning and Reference
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Essential-Kanji-Characters-SystematicallyReference/dp/0834802228/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=XRVFF
DJ1I2UR&coliid=I2EYYE37CZZNE5
Websites
Japanese Virtual Keyboard (used to type up this entire Revision Guide)
http://gate2home.com/Japanese-Keyboard
PDFs
These can be found online, but the best ones I found are by
www.japanese-lesson.com
This Website has a full hiragana and katakana PDF downloads as well as
practise writing sheets teaching stroke order and scale.
Elongated vowel sound symbols: ū ī ō ē ā