- 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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