{"id":1626,"date":"2009-11-02T11:20:20","date_gmt":"2009-11-02T13:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/?p=1626"},"modified":"2018-03-06T18:38:39","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T21:38:39","slug":"japanese-basic-vocabulary-for-beginners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/en\/vocabulario-japones-basico-para-iniciantes\/","title":{"rendered":"Basic Japanese Vocabulary for Beginners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>learn you student the <strong>basic japanese vocabulary for beginners<\/strong>!<\/em><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1627 size-full alignleft\" title=\"Japanese vocabulary for beginners\" src=\"https:\/\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/vocabulario-japones-para-iniciantes.gif\" alt=\"Japanese vocabulary for beginners\" width=\"106\" height=\"106\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the first few episodes of our Basic Japanese course, I will try to focus on forming a <span style=\"color: #000000\">vocabulary<\/span> basics of the Japanese language.<\/p>\n<h2>Basic Japanese Vocabulary for Beginners<\/h2>\n<p>Many more advanced students can skip this phase without any problem, as long as they already know most of the expressions below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"orange\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Hover your mouse cursor over Japanese letters to see their pronunciation and translation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><acronym title=\"hai - yes\">\u306f\u3044<\/acronym>\u00a0- Yea<\/p>\n<p><acronym title=\"iie - No\">\u3044\u3044\u3048<\/acronym>\u00a0- No<\/p>\n<p><acronym title=\"ohayou - good morning\">\u304a\u306f\u3088\u3046<\/acronym>\u00a0- Good Morning<span id=\"more-518\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><acronym title=\"ohayou enjoyimasu\">\u304a\u306f\u3088\u3046\u3054\u3056\u3044\u307e\u3059<\/acronym>\u00a0\u2013 Good morning (more formal)<\/p>\n<p><acronym title=\"konnichiwa - hello or good afternoon\">\u3053\u3093\u306b\u3061\u306f<\/acronym>\u00a0- Hello or good afternoon<\/p>\n<p><acronym title=\"konbanwa - good night\">\u3053\u3093\u3070\u3093\u306f<\/acronym>\u00a0- Goodnight<\/p>\n<p><acronym title=\"oyasuminasai - good night\">\u304a\u4f11\u307f\u306a\u3055\u3044<\/acronym>\u00a0- Goodnight<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><acronym title=\"oyasuminasai - good night\">\u304a\u4f11\u307f\u306a\u3055\u3044<\/acronym>\u00a0it is mostly used when we are going to sleep or rest. It&#039;s a nice way to say goodbye.<\/p>\n<p>An interesting thing about the greetings above, is that each of them has a specific time to be used.<\/p>\n<p><acronym title=\"ohayou - good morning\">\u304a\u306f\u3088\u3046<\/acronym>\u00a0\u2013 It is usually used between the beginning of the day and 11:00 in the morning.<\/p>\n<p><acronym title=\"konnichiwa - hello or good afternoon\">\u3053\u3093\u306b\u3061\u306f<\/acronym>\u00a0\u2013 When it means \u201cGood afternoon\u201d, it is used from 11:00 to 06:00 at night.<\/p>\n<p><acronym title=\"konbanwa - good night\">\u3053\u3093\u3070\u3093\u306f<\/acronym>\u00a0\u2013 It is usually used from 06:00 at night until the beginning of the other day.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><acronym title=\"doumo - thank you\">\u3069\u3046\u3082<\/acronym>\u00a0- Thanks.<\/p>\n<p><acronym title=\"arigatou - thank you\">\u3042\u308a\u304c\u3068\u3046<\/acronym>\u00a0- Thanks<\/p>\n<p><acronym title=\"doumo arigatou - Thank you very much\">\u3069\u3046\u3082\u3042\u308a\u304c\u3068\u3046<\/acronym>\u00a0- Thank you very much<\/p>\n<p><acronym title=\"Doumo arigatou goimasu - Thank you very much\">\u3069\u3046\u3082\u3042\u308a\u304c\u3068\u3046\u3054\u3056\u3044\u307e\u3059<\/acronym>\u00a0- Thank you very much<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The four words above are used for the same purpose, but in very different situations. Depending on the level of formality of the conversation, certain words are preferred.<\/p>\n<p><acronym title=\"doumo - thank you\">\u3069\u3046\u3082<\/acronym>\u00a0\u2013 An extremely informal way. Use only among friends.<\/p>\n<p><acronym title=\"arigatou - thank you\">\u3042\u308a\u304c\u3068\u3046<\/acronym>\u00a0\u2013 An informal mode, but of general use.<\/p>\n<p><acronym title=\"doumo arigatou - Thank you very much\">\u3069\u3046\u3082\u3042\u308a\u304c\u3068\u3046<\/acronym>\u00a0\u2013 A formal, general-purpose mode.<\/p>\n<p><acronym title=\"Doumo arigatou goimasu - Thank you very much\">\u3069\u3046\u3082\u3042\u308a\u304c\u3068\u3046\u3054\u3056\u3044\u307e\u3059<\/acronym>\u00a0\u2013 That word of emphasis on thanksgiving and formality.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><acronym title=\"onegai shimasu - please\">\u304a\u9858\u3044\u3057\u307e\u3059<\/acronym>- Please.<\/p>\n<p><acronym title=\"sumimasen - I&#039;m sorry, I&#039;m sorry\">\u3059\u307f\u307e\u305b\u3093<\/acronym>\u00a0- I&#039;m sorry, I&#039;m sorry<\/p>\n<p><acronym title=\"gomennasai - I&#039;m sorry, I&#039;m sorry\">\u3054\u3081\u3093\u306a\u3055\u3044<\/acronym>- I&#039;m sorry, I&#039;m sorry<\/p>\n<p><acronym title=\"ogenki desu ka? - How are you? Everything ok? or How are you?\">\u304a\u5143\u6c17\u3067\u3059\u304b\uff1f<\/acronym>\u00a0- How is it going? Or How are you?<\/p>\n<p><acronym title=\"hai, genki desu. okagesamade. - Yes I am well. Thanks for asking.\">\u306f\u3044\u3001\u5143\u6c17\u3067\u3059\u3002\u304a\u304b\u3052\u3055\u307e\u3067\u3002<\/acronym>\u00a0- Yes I&#039;m fine. Thanks for asking.<\/p>\n<p><acronym title=\"hajimemashite - Nice to meet you or how are you?\">\u306f\u3058\u3081\u307e\u3057\u3066<\/acronym>\u00a0\u2013 Nice to meet you, or How are you?<\/p>\n<p><acronym title=\"watashi no namae wa pauro desu. | My name is Paulo.\">\u79c1\u306e\u540d\u524d\u306f\u30d1\u30a6\u30ed\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/acronym>- My name is Paulo.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The expression\u00a0<acronym title=\"watashi no namae wa pauro desu. | My name is Paulo.\">\u79c1\u306e\u540d\u524d\u306f\u30d1\u30a6\u30ed\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/acronym>\u00a0is usually used as a sentence pattern to say your name in Japanese. It consists of three parts:<\/p>\n<p><acronym title=\"watashi no namae wa. | My name.\">\u79c1\u306e\u540d\u524d\u306f<\/acronym>\u00a0- My name<\/p>\n<p><acronym title=\"pauro | Paul.\">\u30d1\u30a6\u30ed<\/acronym>\u00a0\u2013 The proper name phonetically transcribed to katakana.<\/p>\n<p><acronym title=\"desu. | is (to be or to be).\">\u3067\u3059<\/acronym>\u00a0\u2013 An auxiliary of formality that can be translated as our verb to be or to be.<\/p>\n<p>To say your name in Japanese, just transcribe it in katakana and replace the highlighted word with your name transcribed in katakana.<\/p>\n<p><acronym title=\"watashi no namae wa pauro desu. | My name is Paulo.\">\u79c1\u306e\u540d\u524d\u306f<span class=\"orange\">\u30d1\u30a6\u30ed<\/span>\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/acronym><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><acronym title=\"yoroshiku onegai shimasu | Pleased to meet you or Delighted to meet you\">\u3088\u308d\u3057\u304f\u304a\u9858\u3044\u3057\u307e\u3059<\/acronym>\u00a0\u2013 Pleasure to meet you or Delighted to meet you.<\/p>\n<p><acronym title=\"anata no namae wa nan desuka? | What is your name?\">\u3042\u306a\u305f\u306e\u540d\u524d\u306f\u4f55\u3067\u3059\u304b\uff1f<\/acronym>\u00a0- What is your name?<\/p>\n<p><acronym title=\"kochirakoso | The pleasure is all mine or I&#039;m happy to meet you.\">\u3053\u3061\u3089\u3053\u305d<\/acronym>\u00a0- The pleasure is all mine or I&#039;m glad to meet you too.<\/p>\n<p><acronym title=\"I give itashimashite | Nothing or have it.\">\u3069\u3046\u3044\u305f\u3057\u307e\u3057\u3066<\/acronym>\u00a0- Nothing or have it.<\/p>\n<p><acronym title=\"irashaimase | Welcome.\">\u3044\u3089\u3063\u3057\u3083\u3044\u307e\u305b<\/acronym>\u00a0- Welcome.<\/p>\n<p><acronym title=\"yatta! | That! I achieved!\">\u3084\u3063\u305f\uff01<\/acronym>\u00a0- That! I got it!<\/p>\n<p><acronym title=\"omedetou enjoyimasu | Congratulations.\">\u304a\u3081\u3067\u3068\u3046\u3054\u3056\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002<\/acronym>\u00a0- Congratulations!<\/p>\n<h2>A plain Japanese text<\/h2>\n<p>Using the vocabulary above, we can read, write and engage in very simple conversations. Look at the short text below and see if you can read and understand what has been written without looking at the vocabulary above.<\/p>\n<p>\u304a\u306f\u3088\u3046\u3002<\/p>\n<p>\u304a\u306f\u3088\u3046 \u3054\u3056\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>\u304a\u5143\u6c17\u3067\u3059\u304b\uff1f<\/p>\n<p>\u306f\u3044\u3001\u304a\u304b\u3052\u3055\u307e\u3067\u3002<\/p>\n<p>\u79c1\u306e\u540d\u524d\u306f\u305f\u306a\u304b\u3067\u3059\u3002\u3042\u306a\u305f\u306e\u540d\u524d\u306f\u4f55\u3067\u3059\u304b\uff1f<\/p>\n<p>\u3059\u305a\u304d\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>\u306f\u3058\u3081\u307e\u3057\u3066\u3001\u3059\u305a\u304d\u3055\u3093\u3002<\/p>\n<p>\u3069\u3046\u305e\u3088\u308d\u3057\u304f\u3002<\/p>\n<h2>Kanji calligraphy exercise<\/h2>\n<p>Below are the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/en\/the-jouyou-kanji-japanese-symbols\/\">Japanese ideographic symbols<\/a>\u00a0used in this article. Selecting the desired kanji and copy and paste them into\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/comoaprenderjapones.net\/en\/in\/imprimir-para-treinar-kanas-e-kanjis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Worksheet for Kana and Kanji Practice<\/a>\u00a0 by clicking on the Generate button, a new window will open where you will be able to see the file for printing. Then just print the symbols and try to write it yourself. Just print and practice!<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 75px\" border=\"0\" width=\"399\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"middle\">\u5143<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"middle\">\u6c17<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"middle\">\u79c1<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"middle\">\u540d<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"middle\">\u524d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"middle\">\u4f55<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"middle\">\u9858<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"middle\">\u4f11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn you student basic Japanese vocabulary for beginners! In the first few episodes of our Basic Japanese course, I will try to focus on building a basic vocabulary of the Japanese language. 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