見ます, 診ます
check
Chōshi ga warui n desu. Oishasan ni mite moraitai desu.
→ I don't feel well. I'd like to have a doctor examine me.
探します,捜します
look for, search
Nanika sagashite iru n desu ka.
→ Are you looking for something?
遅れます[時間に~]
be late [for an appointment, etc.]
Basu ga konakatta n desu. Sorede, jikan ni okuremashita.
→ The bus didn't come. So I was late.
間に合います[時間に~]
be in time [for the time]
Densha no jikan ni maniaimashita.
→ I was in time for the train.
やります
do
Kono shigoto wa watashi ga yarimasu.
→ I'll do this job.
拾います
pick up
Michi de saifu o hiroimashita.
→ I picked up a wallet on the street.
連絡します
contact
Okureru toki, renraku shite kudasai.
→ Please contact me when you're going to be late.
気分がいい
feel well
Kyō wa kibun ga ii desu.
→ I feel well today.
気分が悪い
feel ill
Chotto kibun ga warui n desu. Yasunde mo ii desu ka.
→ I feel a little sick. May I rest?
運動会
athletic meeting
Raishū, undōkai ga arimasu.
→ There will be an athletic meet next week.
盆踊り
Bon dance
Omatsuri de bon'odori o odorimasu.
→ I dance the Bon dance at the festival.
フリーマーケット
flea market
Furīmāketto de fuku o kaimashita.
→ I bought clothes at the flea market.
場所
place
Ohanami no basho o oshiete itadakemasen ka.
→ Could you tell me the place for cherry-blossom viewing?
ボランティア
volunteer
Borantia ni sanka shita koto ga arimasu ka.
→ Have you ever participated in volunteer work?
財布
wallet
Saifu o nakushimashita.
→ I lost my wallet.
ごみ
garbage, trash, dust
Gomi wa doko desu ka.
→ Where is the garbage?
国会議事堂
the Diet Building
Kokkai gijidō o kengaku shimasu.
→ I visit the National Diet Building.
平日
weekday
Heijitsu wa isogashii desu.
→ I am busy on weekdays.
~弁
~ dialect
Sore wa Ōsakaben desu ne.
→ That's the Osaka dialect, isn't it?
今度
next time, another time
Kondo, asobi ni kite kudasai.
→ Please come and visit next time.
ずいぶん
pretty, very
Zuibun nigiyaka desu ne.
→ It's quite lively, isn't it?
直接
directly
Chokusetsu sensei ni hanashite kudasai.
→ Please speak directly to the teacher.
いつでも
any time
Itsu demo denwa shite kudasai.
→ Please call me anytime.
どこでも
anywhere
Doko demo neru koto ga dekimasu.
→ I can sleep anywhere.
だれでも
anybody
Dare demo sanka dekimasu.
→ Anyone can participate.
何でも
anything
Nan demo tabemasu.
→ I eat anything.
こんな~
~ like this
Konna kutsu ga hoshii desu.
→ I want shoes like these.
そんな~
~ like that (near the listener)
Sonna hanashi, shirimasen deshita.
→ I didn't know a story like that.
あんな~
~ like that (far from both)
Anna ie ni sumitai desu.
→ I want to live in a house like that.
エドヤストア
Edoya Store (fictional store)
Edoyasutoa de kaimono o shimasu.
→ I shop at Edoya Store.
かたづきます[にもつが~]
[boxes] be put in order
Hikkoshi no nimotsu ga katazukimashita.
→ The moving boxes have been put in order.
だします[ごみを~]
put out [the trash]
Gomi o dasanakereba narimasen.
→ I have to put out the garbage.
もえるごみ
burnable [trash]
Kyō wa moeru gomi no hi desu.
→ Today is the day for burnable garbage.
おきば
place where something is put
Jitensha no okiba wa doko desu ka.
→ Where is the bicycle parking area?
よこ
side
Tsukue no yoko ni gomi o okanaide kudasai.
→ Please don't put garbage beside the desk.
びん
bottle
Bin to kan wa betsu no gomibako ni irete kudasai.
→ Please put bottles and cans in separate trash bins.
かん
can
Jūsu no kan o sutemasu.
→ I throw away the juice can.
ガス
gas
Gasu gaisha ni renraku shimasu.
→ I contact the gas company.
~がいしゃ
~ company
Kare wa denryoku gaisha no shain desu.
→ He is an employee of an electric power company.
宇宙
space, universe
Uchū e ikitai desu.
→ I want to go into space.
~様
Mr./Ms. ~ (respectful equivalent of ~さん)
Tanaka sama wa irasshaimasu ka.
→ Is Mr. Tanaka here?
宇宙船
spaceship
Uchūsen ni notte mitai desu.
→ I'd like to ride in a spacecraft.
怖い
be afraid of
Obake ga kowai desu.
→ I'm afraid of ghosts.
宇宙ステーション
space station
Uchū sutēshon de hatarakitai desu.
→ I want to work at a space station.
違います
be different
Kono pen to ano pen wa chigaimasu.
→ This pen and that pen are different.
宇宙飛行士
astronaut
Shōrai, uchū hikōshi ni naritai desu.
→ I want to become an astronaut in the future.
星出彰彦
Akihiko Hoshide (Japanese astronaut, 1968- )
Hoshide Akihiko san wa uchū hikōshi desu.
→ Mr. Akihiko Hoshide is an astronaut.