1.3 Vocabulary Flashcards
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1.3 Vocabulary Flashcards
Here is a set of Flashcards for the Unit 1 Vocabulary.
Click "flip card" to switch between English and Japanese.
Click the speaker icon to hear the pronunciation.
You can also find the list of Vocabulary in the Glossary by searching under "category" and then "Unit 1."
For a refresher on how to use the Course Glossary, click here to access the Glossary guide.
Once you've familiarized yourself with the vocabulary, scroll down to the bottom to practice in the games and activities section.
Click "flip card" to switch between English and Japanese.
Click the speaker icon to hear the pronunciation.
You can also find the list of Vocabulary in the Glossary by searching under "category" and then "Unit 1."
For a refresher on how to use the Course Glossary, click here to access the Glossary guide.
Once you've familiarized yourself with the vocabulary, scroll down to the bottom to practice in the games and activities section.
Click the tabs below to see additional important cultural information related to the vocabulary terms: DOUZO YOROSHIKU ONEGAISHIMASU and HAJIMEMASHITE.
DOUZO YOROSHIKU ONEGAISHIMASU
"Douzo yoroshiku onegaishimasu" is an expression that has many different meanings. When you meet someone for the first time, you use this expression and it means many other things in addition to "Nice to meet you." It also has the meaning
of "I hope we have a good relationship from here on" and "I thank you in advance for your help/kindness."
"Douzo yoroshiku onegaishimasu" is the extremely polite version. In Japanese society, you always have to show respect towards your superiors, so you would use this for your boss or if you were talking to a customer or client.
You can shorten this to "Yoroshiku onegaishimasu" for the regular polite version.
It can be shortened once more to "Yoroshiku" for the casual version which is used between acquaintances/friends or for someone higher up when addressing someone who is lower down in "importance" or stature.
It is also used a lot with people you know but in a different context. If you were writing a report about the earthquake disaster prevention systems in Japan, and your friend said he had a book that would be useful to you and that he would bring
it to you tomorrow, you would say, "Yoroshiku!" In this case, it would mean, "Thank you in advance for bringing the book for me." Since you are friends, you don't have to use the extremely formal version of the expression.
HAJIMEMASHITE
In the Flash cards set, this expression is translated as "How do you do?"
It's important to remember that this "How do you do?" is not something you would ask someone every time you see them.
You only use "Hajimemashite" the first time you meet someone.
If you run into that same person at a later date and you want to know how they are doing, you would use "Ogenki desu ka" instead.
It's important to remember that this "How do you do?" is not something you would ask someone every time you see them.
You only use "Hajimemashite" the first time you meet someone.
If you run into that same person at a later date and you want to know how they are doing, you would use "Ogenki desu ka" instead.
The Kanji and Hiragana for "Hajimemashite" is εγγΎγγ¦γ
εγ means "beginning" or "start" or "first."
Literally the expression is talking about the first time you are meeting someone.
This is why you would not repeatedly use this expression whenever you see the same person!
εγ means "beginning" or "start" or "first."
Literally the expression is talking about the first time you are meeting someone.
This is why you would not repeatedly use this expression whenever you see the same person!
This is the first Vocabulary List of the course. You must be able to read the words in Romaji, know the meaning and be able to pronounce the words correctly. There will be vocabulary presented throughout each unit.
Here are the options for practice/review/playing games.
Use the Flash Cards to switch from Romaji to English and vice-versa. Listen to the audio of the Romaji expressions and practice by repeating.
When you are ready, click on the "Choose a Study Mode" pull-down menu in the lower right hand corner and test yourself on the vocabulary.
Spell
Select "Speak Japanese" (fast or slow). Then you type in the word that you hear (using Romaji).
Match
Make everything disappear! Match up the English word with the correct Romaji word.
Learn
Select "See English first" and "Play Audio." The English word will appear. You must type in the correct Romaji word.
Gravity
Protect the planet from exploding! Select either "Japanese" or "English" and the level of difficulty you want. Type in the word in the appropriate language before the asteroid hits your planet! To use this option, you need to click on "View this
study set" in the bottom left corner.
Test
Ready to test yourself? Written, multiple choice and true/false questions await you here!
Sometimes the computer generated audio for the games and activities below sound strange.
Until there is a robot that can perfectly speak multiple languages, you should listen to the audio on the Flashcards above and familiarize yourself with the human pronunciation!