Japanese Vocabulary: Appreciating someone

Japanese Vocabulary: Appreciating someone

To understand each word, I summarized the vocabularies I used in the Monthly Grammar: Part III – Appreciating someone.

My first way in learning the Japanese language is to memorized vocabularies so that I could easily create simple sentences even though at first, it is not grammatically correct.

Let’s check the vocabularies below:

Sample part I:

★ まんなかのおんなのこがかわいい。かのじょのなまえがしりたいです。
     The girl in the middle is cute. I want to know her name.

まんなかのおとこのがかわいい。かれのなまえがしりたいです。
    The boy in the middle is cute. I want to know his name.

Japanese	Romaji	English
まんなか (真ん中)	Mannaka	Middle
の	no	Japanese particle
おんな (女)	onna	Woman
こ (子)	ko	Child
が	ga	Japanese particle
かわいい	kawaii	Cute
かのじょ (彼女)	Kanojo	She (her) (Japanese pronoun)
なまえ (名前)	namae	Name
しりたい (知りたい)	shiritai	Want to know
です	desu	Verb ‘to be’
おとこ (男)	otoko	Man
かれ (彼)	Kare	He (his) (Japanese pronoun)

★ カカシはハンサムなせんせいです。けっこんしたいな。
Kakashi is a handsome teacher. I want to marry him.

かれはハンサムなせんせいです。けっこんしたいな。
He is a handsome teacher. I want to marry him.

Japanese	Romaji	English
は	ha	Japanese particle
ハンサム	hansamu	Handsome
な	na	Japanese particle
せんせい (先生)	Sensei	Teacher
です	desu	Verb ‘to be’
けっこんしたい (結婚したい)	kekkonshitai	Want to get married
かれ	Kare	He (his) (Japanese pronoun)

★ アンナさんですか？あなたはとてもうつくしいです。
Are you Ms. Ana? You are so beautiful.

Japanese	Romaji	English
さん	san	Japanese Honorific
です	desu	Verb ‘to be’
か	ka	Japanese particle
あなた	Anata	You (Japanese pronoun)
とても	totemo	Very (so)
うつくしい (美しい)	Utsukushii	Beautiful
びじん (美人)	Bijin	Beautiful

★ かっこいいですね。ともだちになりたい。
You’re cool. I want to be your friend.

Japanese	Romaji	English
かっこいい	Kakkoii	Cool
です	desu	Verb ‘to be’
ね	ne	Japanese particle
ともだち (友達)	Tomodachi	Friend
に	ni	Japanese particle
なりたい	naritai	Want to become

 

Sample part II:

★ よくやったね。よくできたしごとをおめでとうございます。
You did great. Congratulations for a job well done.

Japanese	Romaji	English
よく	yoku	Nice (Often)
やった	yatta	Did it (Hooray)
ね	ne	Japanese particle
できた	dekita	Did it
しごと (仕事)	Shigoto	Job (work)
を	wo	Japanese particle
おめでとう ございます	Omedetou gozaimasu	Congratulations

★ うわ～、あたまいいですね。あなたはむずかしいもんだいをかいけつしました。

Wow, you're smart. You solved a difficult question.

Japanese	Romaji	English
うわ～	uwa～	Wow (expression)
あたま (頭)	Atama	Head
いい	ii	Good
です	desu	Verb ‘to be’
ね	ne	Japanese particle
あなた	Anata	You (Japanese pronoun)
は	ha	Japanese particle
むずかしい (難しい)	Muzukashii	Difficult
もんだい (問題)	Mondai	Problem
を	wo	Japanese particle
かいけつしました (解決しました)	Kaiketsushimashita	Solved

★ きょうえい１いおめでとうございます。
Congratulations on winning 1st place in swimming.

Japanese	Romaji	English
きょうえい (競泳)	Kyouei	Swimming
１い (1位)	1i	First place
おめでとう ございます	Omedetou gozaimasu	Congratulations

★ さいようされました？おみごと。おいわいしましょう。
You're hired? Let's celebrate it.

Japanese	Romaji	English
さいよう (採用)	Saiyou	Adopted (hired)
されました	saremashita	Done (it was done)
おみごと (お見事)	Omigoto	Well done
おいわいしましょう (お祝いしましょう)	Oiwaishimashou	To celebrate

★ しょうしんした？すばらしい。よいしごとをつづけてください。
You have been promoted? Amazing. Keep up the good work.

Japanese	Romaji	English
しょうしんした (昇進した)	Shoushinshita	Promoted
すばらしい	Subarashii	Amazing (Wonderful)
よい (良い)	Yoi	Good
しごと (仕事)	Shigoto	Job (work)
を	wo	Japanese particle
つづけて (続けて)	Tsudukete	To continue
ください	kudasai	Please

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That’s all for today’s blog.

I’ll see you next time!

This is Ringo.

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