Japanese Words

The First 100 Essential Japanese Words
Mon - Gateway to the first 100 essential words in Japanese
This text of the first 100 essential words in Japanese is not scripture, but it gives you a good one hundred words to begin your Japanese language journey. There are many benefits in the practice of saying these words out loud. Language aquisition comes not just from reading, but from speaking. Once you read through this list, try speaking these words out loud until they begin to feel comfortable on your tongue.

101 Useful Japanese Words and Phrases
Japanese words that might actually come in handy!
OK so here goes! The Following isn't just some humdrum useless list of never to be used vocabulary, this is 'The Motts'. These words should come in handy at some point in your acquisition of the Japanese language.  While living in Japan, I kept a Journal of my doings. Along side of my nightly journal entries, I would re-copy all the words that I heard throughout the day, taken from a small note pad from which I used to memorize vocabulary and then right before I went to sleep, I would transfe...

Family Honorifics in Japanese
A small study in Japanese Honorifics
Humble - humble form (lowering), exalted (raising) Father -  chichi, otosan (long o) Mother - haha, okasan (long a) Older Brother - ani, onisan (long i) Younger Brother - ototo, ototosan (long o) Older Sister - ane, onesan Younger Sister - imoto, imotosan Parents - ryoshin (long o), go-ryoshin (long o) Husband shujin (lit. my lord), go-shujin Wife - kanai, okusama or okusan  polite and most commonly used as with any word in this column, sama can be exchanged for san can be exchanged for chan ...

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 28
Kotoba Takusan - Lots of Japanese Words
Japanese Vocabulary Blaster #28 15 Words Every 2 Days. Learn, Memorize, Drill Study, Ponder, Get Quizzed, Rinse and Repeat! 1. o^jiru - to reply 2. ou - drive away, pursue, run after, also to owe, to owe a life debt 3. mitsumori - an estimate 4. mikomi(kanosei) - possibility 5. so^to^ na - suitable 6. okuba - molar teeth 7. yo^kyu^ o o^jiru - to meet the requirements 8. kaimei suru - to clarify 9. akiraka ni suru -to make clear 10. manga - a comic 11. chi ga katamaru - to clot, blood gets ha...

Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 50 Discussion of Futons
Japanese Vocabulary Blaster 50
Japanese Vocabulary Blaster #50 15 Words Every 2 Days. Learn, Memorize, Study, Ponder Rinse, Get Quizzed, Repeat Now Blast! 1. negau - to plead, to beg, to ask 2. hakugai suru - to persecute 3. tatami - straw mat (flooring) 4. senpu^ki - fan 5. sentakuki or sentakki -washing machine 6. neji - screw 7. neji doraiba - screw driver 8. sakka - composer (literature etc.) 9. sakkyokka - composer of music 10. senshi - athlete, sports player 11. kugi - nail 12. kushi - comb 13. zabuton - seating pill...