Vocabulary
Nouns
うみ (umi) — sea
きって (kitte) — postage stamp
きっぷ (kippu) — ticket
サーフィン (saafin) — surfing
しゅうくだい (shukudai) — homework
たべもの (tabemono) — food
たんじょうび (tanjoubi) — birthday
テスト (tesuto) — test
てんき (tenki) — weather
のみもの (nomimono) — drink
はがき (hagaki) — postcard
バス (basu) — bus
ひこうき (hikouki) — plane
へや (heya) — room
ぼく (boku) — I (used by men)
やすみ (yasumi) — rest; vacation
りょこう (ryokou) — travel
い-adjectives
あたらしい (atarashii) — new
あつい (atsui) — hot (weather)
あつい (atsui) — hot (things)
いそがしい (isogashii) — busy (people/days)
おおきい (ookii) — big/large
おもしろい (omoshiroi) — interesting
こわい (kowai) — scary
さむい (samui) — cold (weather; not used for objects)
たのしい (tanoshii) — fun
ちいさい (chiisai) — small
つまらない (tsumaranai) — boring
ふるい (furui) — old
むずかしい (muzukashii) — difficult
やさしい (yasashii) — gentle; kind / easy (task)
やすい (yasui) — cheap
な-adjectives
きらい(な)(kirai na) — to dislike/to be disgusted with (~が)
きれい(な)(kirei na) — beautiful; clean
げんき(な)(genki na) — healthy; energetic
しずか(な)(shizuka na) — quiet
すき(な)(suki na) — to like; to be fond of (~が)
だいきらい(な)(daikirai na) — to hate
だいすき(な)(daisuki na) — to love; to be very fond of
にぎやか(な)(nigiyaka na) — lively (place)
ハンサム(な)(hansamu na) — handsome
ひま(な)(hima na) — not busy; to have a lot of free time
う-verbs
およぐ (oyogu) — to swim
きく (kiku) — to listen; to ask (thing を/person に)
のる (noru) — to ride (~に)
やる (yaru) — to do; to perform (~を)
る-verbs
でかける (dekakeru) — to go out
Adverbs and Other Expressions
いっしょうに (isshou ni) — together
それから (sore ni) — and then
だいじょうぶ (daijoubu) — It's all right.; Don't worry.
とても (totemo) — very
どんな (donna) — what kind of...
〜まで (~made) — to (a place); as far as (a place); until (a time)