- 風邪のウイルス (かぜのウイルス) = Cold virus
- ____が出来ますか。(____ができますか。) = Can you__________? **This is how to ask if you cna do something. So if you want to ask if someone can, for examle, speak English you'd phrase it like this: 英語が出来ますか。
- 簡単な会話(かんたんなかいわ) = Simple Conversation
**This is a great phrase to use to use to tell others you can speak a/o understand simple conversations in Japanese; so they don't go all keigo on you.
- 中央出口 (ちゅうおうでぐち)= Central Exit
- どうやったら______に行けますか。 = Do you know how to get to_______?
- これくだいさい。 = This one please.
- しょうがない = It can't be helped (I think "it's inevitable" is also an appropriate interpretation of this word as well )
- 話し言葉 (はなしことば) = Spoken language
- 書き言葉 (かきことば) = Written language
- 文体 (ぶんたい) = Literary style
- 隣の______です。 = I'm your neighbor, ______________.
- 日本語はあまり上手じゃない。= I'm not very good at Japanese.
*** If you want to be super modest, add "いえいえ。とんでもない。" before the above phrase, which basically means "No no, don't be ridiculous."
- 以上です。(いじょうです) = That is all. **This is said by students after they've finished saying or presenting something.**
- ____ないことはない = _________ is not impossible. / There is a small possibility of _________.
- 投資 (とうし) = Investment
- もったいない =Wasteful.
** This was explained to me by a Japanese professor as a phrase used when something can be reused or re-purposed("don't throw that out, you can find another purpose for it").**
Here are a few words I had to immediately pick up in Japan:- 区役所 (くやくしょ) = Ward office
- 印鑑 (いんかん)= Personal seal
- 目的 (もくてき) = Purpose; objective; intention
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