切ります
cut, slice
Hasami de kami o kirimasu.
→ I cut the paper with scissors.
送ります
send
Haha ni nimotsu o okurimasu.
→ I send a parcel to my mother.
あげます
give
Watashi wa Kimura san ni hana o agemashita.
→ I gave flowers to Ms. Kimura.
もらいます
receive
Tanjōbi ni otōsan kara tokei o moraimashita.
→ I received a watch from my father on my birthday.
貸します
lend
Tomodachi ni hon o kashimashita.
→ I lent a book to a friend.
借ります
borrow
Toshokan de hon o karimashita.
→ I borrowed a book from the library.
教えます
teach
Watto san wa eigo o oshiemasu.
→ Mr. Watt teaches English.
習います
learn
Watashi wa sensei ni nihongo o naraimashita.
→ I learned Japanese from my teacher.
[電話を~]かけます
make [a telephone call]
Tomodachi ni denwa o kakemasu.
→ I call a friend.
手
hand, arm
Te de gohan o tabemasu.
→ I eat rice with my hands.
箸
chopsticks
Nihonjin wa hashi de gohan o tabemasu.
→ Japanese people eat rice with chopsticks.
スプーン
spoon
Supūn de karē o tabemasu.
→ I eat curry with a spoon.
ナイフ
knife
Naifu de niku o kirimasu.
→ I cut meat with a knife.
フォーク
fork
Fōku de pasuta o tabemasu.
→ I eat pasta with a fork.
はさみ
scissors
Hasami de kami o kirimasu.
→ I cut my hair with scissors.
ファクス
fax
Fakusu de repōto o okurimasu.
→ I send a report by fax.
ワープロ
word processor
Wāpuro de tegami o kakimasu.
→ I write a letter with a word processor.
パソコン
personal computer
Pasokon de eiga o mimasu.
→ I watch a movie on a personal computer.
パンチ
punch
Panchi o kashite kudasai.
→ Please lend me the hole punch.
ホッチキス
stapler
Hotchikisu de kami o tojimasu.
→ I staple the papers with a stapler.
セロテープ
Scotch tape, clear adhesive tape
Serotēpu o kaimashita.
→ I bought clear adhesive tape.
消しゴム
eraser
Keshigomu de ji o keshimasu.
→ I erase the wrong character with an eraser.
紙
paper
Kami ni namae o kakimasu.
→ I write my name on the paper.
花
flower, blossom
Haha no hi ni hana o agemasu.
→ I give flowers on Mother's Day.
シャツ
shirt
Chichi ni shatsu o agemashita.
→ I gave my father a shirt.
プレゼント
present, gift
Tomodachi ni purezento o moraimashita.
→ I received a present from a friend.
荷物
baggage, parcel
Fune de nimotsu o okurimasu.
→ I send the parcel by ship.
お金
money
Okane o karimasu.
→ I borrow money.
切符
ticket
Densha no kippu o kaimasu.
→ I buy a train ticket.
クリスマス
Christmas
Kurisumasu ni nani o shimasu ka.
→ What will you do at Christmas?
父
(my) father
Chichi wa ginkōin desu.
→ My father is a bank employee.
母
(my) mother
Haha wa ryōri ga suki desu.
→ My mother likes cooking.
お父さん
(someone else's) father
Tanaka san no otōsan wa nansai desu ka.
→ How old is Mr. Tanaka's father?
お母さん
(someone else's) mother
Okāsan wa genki desu ka.
→ How is your mother?
もう
already
Mō hirugohan o tabemashita ka.
→ Have you eaten lunch already?
まだ
not yet
Iie, mada desu.
→ No, not yet.
これから
from now on, soon
Korekara tabemasu.
→ I am going to eat now.
[~、]すてきですね。
What a nice [~]!
Sono nekutai, suteki desu ne.
→ That necktie is lovely, isn't it?
ごめんください。
Excuse me./Anybody home?/May I come in?
Gomenkudasai. Santosu desu.
→ Excuse me, is anyone home? It is Santos.
いらっしゃい。
How nice of you to come. (lit. Welcome.)
A, irasshai.
→ It's nice you came, welcome.
どうぞお上がりください。
Do come in.
Dōzo oagari kudasai.
→ Please take off your shoes and do come in.
失礼します。
Thank you./May I?
Shitsurei shimasu.
→ Excuse me.
[~は]いかがですか。
Won't you have [~]?/Would you like to have [~]?
Kōhī wa ikaga desu ka.
→ Would you like some coffee?
いただきます。
Thank you./I accept. (said before eating or drinking)
Itadakimasu.
→ Itadakimasu. (Said before eating.)
旅行
trip, tour
Raishū, ryokō o shimasu.
→ I will travel next week.
お土産
souvenir, present
Kaisha no hito ni omiyage o kaimashita.
→ I bought souvenirs for my coworkers.
ヨーロッパ
Europe
Yōroppa e ikitai desu.
→ I want to go to Europe.
スペイン
Spain
Supein wa Yōroppa ni arimasu.
→ Spain is in Europe.