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Tae Kim

Vocab set for Tae Kim's Guide to Japanese Grammar. Mainly made for someone I'm teaching, but the list will be complete in roughly two months (we're going over one section a day).

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27 entriesCreated by Derrick W. — Last modified: 2015-01-08 14:48:36
そう① so, really, seeming ② (after masu stem and adj-stem) appearing that, seeming that, looking like, having the appearance of
でも① but, however, still, yet, although, even though ② even, even if ③ or something
学校 【がっこう】school
学生 【がくせい】student (esp. a university student)
先生 【せんせい】① teacher, master, doctor ② with names of teachers, etc. as an honorific
大学 【だいがく】① post-secondary education institution, incl. university, college, etc. ② the Great Learning - one of the Four Books
大人 【おとな】adult
今日 【きょう】today, this day
人 【ひと】① man, person ② human being, mankind, people ③ character, personality ④ man of talent, true man ⑤ other people ⑥ adult
① topic marker particle ② indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated) ③ adds emphasis
① indicates sentence subject (occasionally object) ② indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions) ③ but, however, still, and
① indicates direct object of action ② indicates subject of causative expression ③ indicates an area traversed ④ indicates time (period) over which action takes place ⑤ indicates point of departure or separation of action ⑥ indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
plain copula
元気 【げんき】health(y), robust, vigor, vigour, energy, vitality, vim, stamina, spirit, courage, pep
明日 【あした】tomorrow
子供 【こども】child, children
友達 【ともだち】friend, companion
誰 【だれ】who
あれ① that (indicating something distant from both speaker and listener (in space, time or psychologically), or something understood without naming it directly) ② that person (used to refer to one's equals or inferiors) ③ hey (expression of surprise or suspicion), eh? ④ that (something mentioned before which is distant psychologically or in terms of time)
それ① that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind), it ② that time, then
これ① this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic) ② this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group) ③ now
高校 【こうこう】senior high school
試験 【しけん】examination, test, study, trial, experiment
小学校 【しょうがっこう】primary school, elementary school, grade school
中学校 【ちゅうがっこう】junior high school, middle school, lower secondary school
こう① in this way (used for something or someone close to the speaker, including the speaker himself, or for the opinions of the speaker), thus, such ② uh... (interjection used as a verbal pause)
① also, too, words of similar weight ② about (emphasizing an upper limit), as much as, even ③ more, further, other, again