April 26, 2005

A Few Words in Japanese

I really haven't studied much...shame on me...I went over vocabulary and thought it would be fun to post some word lists here. Feel free to add in the comments section if you're so inclined!

Words:

喧しい (やかましい) yakamashii: noisy/strict/fussy
死肉 (しにく)shiniku: dead flesh
喰らう (くらう) kurau: to eat/drink/recieve (male/impolite)
思う (おもう) omou: to think/feel
弱者 (じゃくしゃ) jakusha: weak
趣味 (しゅみ) shumi: hobby
止む (やむ) yamu: to stop/cease/be over
勘弁 (かんべん) kanben: pardon/forgiveness
運命 (うんめい) unmei: fate
味方 (みかた) mikata: friend/ally/supporter
会う (あう) au: to meet
戻  (もどる) modoru: to return/revise/restore/re-something
させる (saseru): to make someone do
やら (yara): a partical used to list things or denot uncertainty
叩く (たたく) tataku: to beat/strike (I had the worst time with this kanji)
初代 (しょだい) shodai: first generation/founder
登場 (とうじょう) doujou: entrance *on stage or in a movie*/entrance into the market
出る (でる) deru: to appear/come forth/leave
従来 (じゅうらい) juurai: until now/so far/traditionally
絵柄 (えがら) egara: pattern/design
変わる (かわる) kawaru: to change/be revised/be transformed/be different/move locations
ありうる (ariuru): to be possible/likely/probable
存在 (そんざい) sonzai: existance/being
代わる (かわる) kawaru: to take the place of/to relieve/to be substituted for/to change places (don't confuse with 変わる)
多い (おおい) ooi: many/numerous
意外 (いがい) igai: unexpected/surprising


A lot of these are just review; a couple are new for me. :) Always fun to learn the Japanese language! Yay!

Posted by Zoso at April 26, 2005 10:13 PM
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