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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 entries — Created by Derrick W. — Last modified: 2015-01-08 14:48:36

⑤ そう • ① so, really, seeming ② (after masu stem and adj-stem) appearing that, seeming that, looking like, having the appearance of

⑤ でも • ① but, however, still, yet, although, even though ② even, even if ③ or something

⑤ 学校【がっこう】 • school

⑤ 学生【がくせい】 • student (esp. a university student)

⑤ 先生【せんせい】 • ① teacher, master, doctor ② with names of teachers, etc. as an honorific

⑤ 大学【だいがく】 • ① post-secondary education institution, incl. university, college, etc. ② the Great Learning - one of the Four Books

⑤ 大人【おとな】 • adult

⑤ 今日【きょう】 • today, this day

⑤ 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

⑤ は • ① topic marker particle ② indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated) ③ adds emphasis

⑤ が • ① indicates sentence subject (occasionally object) ② indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions) ③ but, however, still, and

⑤ を • 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.

⑤ だ • plain copula

⑤ 元気【げんき】 • health(y), robust, vigor, vigour, energy, vitality, vim, stamina, spirit, courage, pep

⑤ 明日【あした】 • tomorrow

⑤ 子供【こども】 • child, children

⑤ 友達【ともだち】 • friend, companion

⑤ 誰【だれ】 • who

⑤ 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)

⑤ 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

⑤ 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

④ 高校【こうこう】 • senior high school

④ 試験【しけん】 • examination, test, study, trial, experiment

④ 小学校【しょうがっこう】 • primary school, elementary school, grade school

④ 中学校【ちゅうがっこう】 • junior high school, middle school, lower secondary school

④ 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)

も • ① also, too, words of similar weight ② about (emphasizing an upper limit), as much as, even ③ more, further, other, again