Nihongo Tree
BRANCH · THEME IN PEOPLE

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Example sentences (81)

Name & origin

namae · name
What's your name?
myōji · family name
My family name is Tanaka.
yobu · to call (by a name)
Please call me Jason.
shusshin · hometown; where one is from
Where are you from?
kuni · country
I'm from America.
umareru · to be born
I was born in Sapporo.
sodatsu · to grow up
I grew up in Osaka.
nihonjin · Japanese person
I'm not Japanese.
gaikokujin · foreigner
I'm a foreigner.
nansai · how old
How old are you?
gaikoku · foreign country
I've lived in a foreign country.
na · name, reputation
He's a well-known singer.

Home & family

sumu · to live (somewhere)
I live in Tokyo.
kazoku · family
There are four in my family.
ryōshin · parents
My parents are in Hokkaido.
kyōdai · siblings
Do you have siblings?
ane · older sister
I have one older sister.
ani · older brother
My older brother is an office worker.
imōto · younger sister
My younger sister is a college student.
otōto · younger brother
I have two younger brothers.
kekkon · marriage
I'm married.
dokushin · single (unmarried)
I'm still single.
hitorigurashi · living alone
I live alone.
katei · home, family
I grew up in a cheerful family.

Work & school

shigoto · work; job
What do you do for work?
kaishain · office worker
I'm an office worker.
kaisha · company
I work at a small company.
hataraku · to work
I work at a hospital.
gakusei · student
I'm a university student.
sensei · teacher
I'm a high school teacher.
senmon · specialty; major
My major is economics.
enjinia · engineer
I'm a software engineer.
ryūgaku · studying abroad
I studied abroad in Japan last year.
benkyō · study
I'm studying Japanese.
daigaku · university
I'm studying Japanese at university.
tsutomeru · to work (for)
I work at a bank.

Hobbies

shumi · hobby
My hobby is cooking.
ryōri · cooking; dish
I like cooking.
ongaku · music
I listen to music a lot.
eiga · movies
I like watching movies.
dokusho · reading
Reading is my hobby.
supōtsu · sports
What sports do you like?
tsuri · fishing
I go fishing on weekends.
ryokō · travel
I like traveling.
gēmu · video games
I play games at night.
shashin · photography; photo
I like taking photos.
uta · song
I love this song.
e · picture, painting
I like drawing pictures.

Language

nihongo · Japanese language
I can speak a little Japanese.
eigo · English
I can speak English.
jōzu · skilled
Your Japanese is good!
heta · poor at
I'm still not good at it.
wakaru · to understand
I understand a little.
yukkuri · slowly
Please speak slowly.
mō ichido · once more
One more time, please.
imi · meaning
What does this mean?
hajimete · for the first time
It's my first time in Japan.
hatsuon · pronunciation
The pronunciation is hard.

Polite phrases

hajimemashite · nice to meet you (first meeting)
Nice to meet you, I'm Jason.
dōzo yoroshiku onegai shimasu · pleased to meet you; please treat me well
From today, I look forward to working with you.
o ai dekite ureshii desu · I'm glad to meet you
I'm glad to meet you.
kochira koso · likewise; the pleasure is mine
Likewise, nice to meet you.
mōshimasu · I am called (humble)
My name is Tanaka.
shōkai suru · to introduce
Let me introduce a friend.
shitsurei desu ga · excuse me, but
Excuse me, may I ask your name?
meishi · business card
Here is my business card.
osewa ni naru · to be indebted to; to be looked after
Thank you for always looking after me.
shitsurei shimasu · excuse me; goodbye (polite)
Excuse me, I'll be heading out first.
yoroshiku ne · nice to meet you (casual)
Looking forward to it from now on!
ojigi · bow
I bowed deeply to the teacher.

Music, radio & cameras

utau · to sing
Let's sing at karaoke.
kamera · camera
I brought my camera.
gitā · guitar
My hobby is playing the guitar.
tēpu · tape
An old tape turned up.
tēpurekōdā · tape recorder
I recorded it on a tape recorder.
toru · to take (a photo)
May I take a photo?
hiku · to play (piano, guitar)
Can you play the piano?
firumu · film
Do you still have film?
rajio · radio
I listen to the radio in the morning.
rajikase · radio cassette player
I listened to music on a boombox.
rekōdo · record
I collect records.