Japanese Sentences

Watashi wa (your last name) (your first name) desu. Hajimemashite.

I am (your first name) (your last name). Nice to meet you.

Watashi wa Amerika-jin desu.

I am American.

Sore wa nan desu ka?

What is that?

Watashi wa shirimasen.

I don't know

Japanese Vocabulary

Abaku -- to disclose, to reveal (a secret); to expose; to bring to light
Abunai -- "be careful" or "It's dangerous", dangerous
Abunasa -- danger, risk, peril
Abura -- oil
Aburu -- to place over a fire; to grill; to warm; to dry
Ada -- enemy; revenge; vengeance; resentment; harm
Aegu -- to pant; to gasp
Agarimasu (agaru) -- goes up
Agemasu (ageru) -- raises up; gives
Ago -- chin
Ahoo -- "jerk" or "moron"
Ahorashii/bakana -- stupid
Ai -- love
Aijin -- lover, sweetheart
Aikawarazu -- as usual; as always
Aikyou -- love, respect, charm, attractiveness, courtesy, love for hometown
Airon -- iron (for pressing)
Aishiteru -- I LOVE you. (My friend Una told me not to use it. It's very strong and apparently means something different. Una! ><)
Aisu hokkee -- Ice hockey
Aisu kurimu -- ice cream
Aisu sukeeto -- ice skating
Aitakute -- "want to meet/see you" in a missing way
Aite -- companion; partner; adversary
Ajina -- dainty; clever; smart
Ajiwau -- to taste; to experience; to enjoy; to appreciate
Aka -- red, crimson; dirt, filth ("akai kao o suru" means to blush.)
Akai -- red (can also be "aka")
Akachan (also akago and akanboo) -- baby, infant
Akari -- light, lamp
Akarui -- bright; light; knowing well; versed in
Akashi -- proof, evidence
Akatsuki (also akegata) -- dawn, daybreak
Akeru -- to open; to turn over (pages); to make room (for); to expire; to empty (a box); ("yo ga akeru" means "the day is breaking")
Aki -- autumn
Akiru -- to get tired of, to be sick of; to have enough of
Akogare -- longing, yearning; desire
Akogareru -- to long for, yearn for, yearn after
Aku -- evil, vice; wrong; wickedness
Aku -- to open; to be opened; to become empty, become vacant
Akubi -- yawn (akubi suru means to yawn)
Akuma -- devil
Akunin -- bad person, villian
Akurei -- demon
Akuru -- next, following (time)
Amai -- sweet
Amanogawa -- Milky Way; Galaxy
Ame -- rain; candy
Amerika -- America
Amerikajin -- American
Ami -- friend; net
Anata -- you (there are different variations of you. I'll explain them at the bottom of the page.)
Anaunsaa -- announcer
Aniki -- big brother
Anki suru -- to learn by heart, memorize
Anna -- that sort of; like that; such
Ano -- umm...
Ano -- that (adj.)
Ano hito -- that person
Ano yo -- other world; next world
Anraku -- comfort, ease
Anzuru -- to be anxious about, worry about
Aoi -- blue (or "ao")
Aozora -- blue sky
Apaato -- apartment
Appuru pai -- apple pie
Arashi -- storm
Arasou -- to quarrel; to dispute; to struggle, compete, vie
Arau -- to wash; to purify; to cleanse
Arayuru -- all; every possible; all sorts of
Are -- that (pronoun)
Ari -- ant
Aritsuku -- to come by, come upon; to find; to get, obtain
Arittake -- all that there is; all that one has
Ariubekarazaru -- impossible; improbable (ariubeki -- possible, probable)
Aru -- certain; some; a; an
Aru -- to be at; to exist, live; to be stituated; to lie (lay down); to have; to take place; to experience; to find; to get)
Arubamu -- album
Aruiwa -- or else; perhaps; probably; maybe
Aruku (arukimasu) -- to walk
Asa/gozen -- morning
Asagi -- light blue (noun)
Asai -- shallow; superficial; short, brief
Asamashii -- mean, miserable; wretched
Asaru -- to fish for; to search for; to hunt for
Ase -- sweat; perspiration
Ashi -- foot; leg; paw; step; pace
Ashita, asu -- tomorrow
Ashiyubi -- toes
Asobi -- playing
Asobu -- to play
Asoko -- there (far from both speaker and person addressed)
Asuparagasu -- asparagus
Ataeru -- to give; to let have; to present, award
Atai -- price; value
Atama -- head; top; brains
Atarashii -- new
Ataru -- to strike; to come true; to be exposed; to disagree with; to warm oneself; to succeed; to try
Atatakai -- warm; genial; mild
Atatamaru -- to get warm; to warm oneself
Atatameru -- to warm up, heat
Ateru -- to hit; to touch; to guess; to expose to; to address to
Atsui -- hot; thick; heavy
Atsuku -- to be hot
Awa -- bubble
Aware -- pity; sadness
Awaseru -- to put together, unite
Awateru -- to be confused; to lose one's head; to hurry
Ayamachi -- fault, error
Ayamari -- mistake, error
Ayamaru -- to apologize
Ayashii -- suspicious; uncertain
Ayashimu -- to suspect; to doubt; to wonder at.
Ayasu -- to amuse; to humor
Ayatsuru -- to handle; to control; to pull the wires, strings; to manipulate
Aza -- birthmark
Azamuku -- to deceive; to cheat; to impose upon
Baai -- occasion; time; moment; case; circumstances
Badominton -- badminton
Baiburu -- the Bible
Baiorin -- violin
Baka -- fool/idiot
Bakari -- about; some; just; only; almost; on the point of; nothing but
Bakashoojiki -- stubborn honestly; simpleness
Bakawarai -- boisterous laughter; horse laugh
Baka-yaro -- similar to "a**whole" or "bas**rd"
Bakazu -- experience
Bakemono -- Monster; ghost; goblin
Ban -- evening
Banana -- banana
Banbutsu -- all things (under the sun); creation; entire universe
Bangoo -- number
Banji -- everything; all things
Bara -- Rose
Bareru -- to leak out (a secret)
Bassuru -- to punish; to bring to justice
Basu -- bus
Basuroobu -- bathrobe
Battari -- suddenly; unexpectedly; with a thud
Bengo -- defense
Beni -- rouge; lipstick
Benkyou -- study
Bentoo -- box lunch
Beru -- bell; doorbell
Betsuni -- it's nothing
Bi -- beauty; prettiness; grace (bijin -- beautiful woman)
Biiru -- beer
Biroodo -- velvet
Bishoo -- smile
Biyoo -- beauty
Boogai -- disturbance; obstruction, hindrance, obstacle
Booken -- adventure; risk; hazard
Bookoo -- violence, violent conduct; outrage
Boorei -- ghost
Booshi -- hat; cap; bonnet
Bossuru -- to sink; to disappear; to die
Bottoo suru -- to be absorbed in; to devote oneself to; to be engrossed with
Budoo -- grapes
Buenryo -- rudeness; boldnesss
Buji -- peace; safety; good heath
Bujoku -- insult. affront; disgrace
Bujoku suru -- to insult, disgrace
Bukakkoo -- clumsiness, awkwardness (in appearance)
Bukakkoo na -- clumsy, awkward
Buki -- arms, weapons
Bukiyou -- awkwardness, clumsiness
Bun -- sentence, writing, composition
Bunpoo -- grammar
Buranko -- swing
Burausu -- blouse
Burajaa -- bra
Buroochi -- brooch
Buruburu suru -- to shiver, shudder
Bushi -- warrior, samurai
Bushoo -- laziness, sloth, indolence (bushoo na -- laziness)
Busui na -- unfashionable; in poor taste; inelegant
Buta -- pig, swine
Butaniku -- pork
Butoo -- dance
Butoo suru -- to dance
Butookai -- ball, dance (party)
Butsubutsu -- murmuring; grumbling
Butsubutsu iu -- to grumble; to murmur
Butsukeru -- to throw at; to knock against
Byooki -- sick
Cha, ocha -- tea
Chairoi -- brown
Chakasu -- to laugh, banter; to make fun of
Chi -- blood; intellect
Chi -- land, earth
Chibi -- dwarf, pygmy, mini
Chibusa -- breast
Chichi -- father; milk
Chichuu -- ground, earth
Chie -- wisdom, intelligence; sense; advice, counsel (chie no aru -- wise)
Chie o kasu -- to advise
Chie o tsukeru -- to suggest
Chi ga deru -- to bleed
Chigaeru -- to change, alter; to make a mistake; to dislocate, put out of joint (yakusoku o chigaeru -- to break a promise)
Chigau -- to be different, differ (from); to be unlike; to disagree, not be in accordance with, to be wrong, be mistaken
Chigireru -- to be torn off; to come off
Chigiru -- to tear off, to pluck, to pick
Chiguhagu no -- odd, uneven, unequal
Chiheisen -- horizon
Chiimu -- team
Chiisai -- small, trifling
Chiisaku naru -- to dwindle; to cringe, shrink
Chiizu -- cheese
Chijimeru -- to shorten, to reduce, to draw in
Chikagoro -- recently, lately; nowadays, in these days
Chikai -- near, close by
Chikai -- oath, vow
Chikaku -- nearby place; nearly
Chikamichi -- shortcut
Chikamichi o suru -- to take a shortcut
Chikara -- strength, power, spirit, efforts, ability
Chikaroo -- dungeon
Chikashii -- close, intimate; familiar (Chikashii aida de -- between friends)
Chikashitsu -- basement, cellar
Chikatetsu -- subway
Chikau -- to swear, vow, pledge one's word
Chikayoru -- to draw near, approach
Chikazukeru -- to keep commany with, to allow to come close to; to allow
Chikazuki -- acquaintance
Chikazuki ni naru -- to get acquainted with
Chikazuku -- to draw near, approach
Chikuso (chikushoo) -- Similar to "da**" or "sh**"
Chikyuu -- earth
Chikyuugi -- globe
Chimayou -- to go mad, be crazed
Chirakasu -- to scatter; to disarrange
Chiri -- dust
Chirigami -- toilet paper; facial tissue
Chiru -- to fall; to disperse; to be scattered; to be distracted
Chiteki -- intellectual
Chizu -- map
Chokoreeto -- chocolate
Chokuritsu suru -- to stand up
Chou -- butterfly
Choochoo -- butterfly
Choodo -- just; right; exactly
Choomen -- notebook
Chooshu suru -- to hear; to listen in
Chosha -- author (of a book)
Chotto -- a little; a bit; just for a moment
Chotto matte -- wait a second
Chotto matte kudasai -- Please wait a moment
Chuugakkoo -- junior high school
Chuui -- attention, care, warning, caution; advice, hint
Chuujitsu -- faithfulness; honesty
Dabudabu -- loose; baggy
Dachou -- ostrich
Daga -- but; for all that; all the same; at the same time; on the other hand
Daichi -- earth; ground
Daidokoro -- kitchen
Daijoubu -- "Are you alright?" or it could mean "I'm fine".
Dairiseki -- marble
Daisuki -- (adj) favorite, pet
Daisuki -- to love
Dakara -- So, therefore
Dake -- only, alone, by, as much
Dakedo -- but, for all that, all the same, on the other hand, at the same time, however
Dakishimeru (dakishimasu) -- embrace (dakishmete -- hold)
Damare! -- "shut up!/silence!"
Damaru -- to be silent
Damasu -- to deceive
Dame -- useless, no good, hopeless
Dan -- talk, conversation; platform; steps, stairs
Dandan -- gradually, little and little; by and by
Dango -- dumpling (odango)
Dansei -- male; man; masculinity
Danshi -- boy; man
Dare -- who
Dareka -- someone, somebody
Daremo -- everyone, anyone, no one
Datte -- but, because
Debudebu no -- fat, plump
Dedokoro -- source; origin
Deeto -- date
Deguchi -- exit, gateway, way out, outlet, leak
Dekakeru -- to go out; to start, set out
Dekinai -- cannot do; poor
Dekiru -- can, may; to be able; to be possible, to be capable of; be done; be completed
Dekishi suru -- to drown
Dekisokonai -- failure
Demo -- But
Denwa -- telephone
Densetsu -- tradition; legend
Doa -- door (western style)
Doji -- blunder, clumsiness
Doki -- anger, wrath
Doki doki -- heart pounding/nervous, exciting
Doko -- where
Dokoka -- somewhere
Doku -- poison
Donna -- what; what sort of, kind of
Donna koto -- whatever, anything
Doresu -- dress
Doo/ikaga -- how
Doozo -- please (you would use this like "pass the sashimi, please" or "Please come in")
Doseiten -- Saturn
Doshite -- why (can also be "naze")
Doukasen -- fuse
Doukutsu -- cave
E -- picture
Eda -- branch, bough; twig
Egao -- smile
Eien -- eternity; permanence (eien no -- eternal)
Eiga -- movie
Eigo -- English
Eiki -- high spirits; vigor; energy
Eikyoo -- influence; effect
Eimin -- death (human only)
Eiri na -- sharp, keen; sharp-edged
Eisei -- hygiene, sanitation; health
Eiyo -- honor; glory
Eizuru -- to be reflected
Ekubo -- dimple
Empitsu -- pencil
En -- yen (Japanese money)
En -- circle
Endan -- proposal (of marriage)
Endoo -- route; road
Enerugii -- energy
Egan -- coast
Engi -- luck; omen; history; legend
Enkai -- party
Fuan -- anxiety, uneasiness, insecurity, suspense
Fukaku -- depression, failure, defeat, mistake
Fukimasu (fuku) -- blows
Fukou -- unhappiness
Fukuramu -- to expand, to swell (out), to get big
Fukurou -- owl
Fukuzatsu -- complicated
Fureru -- to touch, to strike against, to refer to, to conflict with
Furimasu -- falls
Furueru -- to tremble
Furui -- old (used to describe inanimate things)
Fushigi -- mysterious, strange, wonderful
Futari -- two people, pair, couple
Futo -- suddenly; casually; accidentally, incidentally
Futsuu -- usually, ordinarily
Fuuin -- sealed
Fuutou -- envelope
Fuyu -- winter
Gake -- cliff
Gakkari -- feel disappointed, be dejected, lose heart
Gakkou -- school
Ganbaru -- to persist, to stand firm
Ganbatte -- "Do your best"
Gendouten -- power star
Genshi -- atom
Gin -- silver
Ginga -- galaxy
Giniro -- silver
Ginkoo -- bank
Gohan -- rice (cooked)
Gojira -- Godzilla
Gogo -- afternoon
Gokiburi -- cockroach
Goku -- words, phrases
Goku -- quite, very
Gomen -- I'm sorry (short form)
Gomen nasai -- I'm very sorry or "fogive me"
Gomen ne -- I'm sorry (short form)
Gomi -- garbage
Gorira -- gorilla
Guree -- gray
Guruguru -- turning round and round
Gyuuniku -- beef
Ha -- tooth; blade
Hachi -- bee
Hada -- skin, body
Hae -- fly
Hai -- yes
Hagaki -- post card
Hajiku -- to flip, to snap
Hajimeru -- to begin, commence, to open
Hako -- box
Hamu -- ham
Hamusuta -- hamster
Hana -- flower, blossom
Hana -- nose
Hanarenai -- "I can't leave you"
Hanasenai -- "I can't let go"
Hanashi -- talk, conversation, chat; gossip, story
Hanashimasu (hanasu) -- speak
Hanashite -- "Let me go!"
Hanasu -- to speak
Hanayome -- bride
Hanazono -- flower garden
Hane -- feather, plume, wing
Hareruya -- hallelujah
Haru -- spring
Haruka -- far away
Hashi -- bridge
Hashira -- pillar
Hashiru -- to run
Hateru -- to end, to be finished, to be exhausted, to die
Hateshinaki -- boundless
Hayai -- fast
Hayaku -- "Hurry!"
Hayashi -- wood
Hazu -- ought to; is to be, should be so
Hebi -- snake
Heeya -- plain
Heiten -- closed
Heiwa -- peace (heiwa na -- peaceful)
Hen -- weird
Hentai -- "pervert" or "strange"
Heya -- room
Hi -- day
Hibiki -- echo, sound, noise
Hieru -- to grow cold, to get chilly
Higashi -- east
Hige -- mustache/beard
Hiji -- elbows
Hikari -- light
Hikooki -- airplane
Hikui -- short
Hime-sama -- princess
Himitsu -- secret, secrecy
Hirogaru -- to unfold
Hirusagari -- early afternoon
Hiryuu -- flying dragon
Hitai -- forehead
Hito -- person
Hitogomi -- crowd (of people)
Hitomi -- pupil (of eye), eye
Hitonastukkoi -- Friendly
Hitori -- one person, alone
Hitotsu -- one, same, identical (Hitotsu no -- a kind of)
Hitsuji -- sheep
Hitsujiniku -- lamb (meat)
Hiza -- knees
Hodo -- degree; limit; moderation; some; about; the more; as
Hodoni -- almost
Hohoemu -- to smile
Hokori -- pride; dust
Hon -- book
Hone -- bone
Honou -- flame
Hontou ni-- really, truely
Hontou -- truth
Hoo -- cheek
Hooki -- broom
Hoshi -- star
Hoshii -- to want
Hosoi -- thin, slender, fine
Hoteru -- hotel
Hourensou -- spinach
Hyaku -- hundred
Hyou -- leopard
Ichigo -- strawberries
Ichijiku -- fig
Ieru -- to tell
Ii -- good
Iie -- No (or "Iya")
Ike -- pond
Ikkakujuu -- unicorn
Iki -- breath
Ikikata -- way of life, how to live, directions
Ikiru -- to live
Iki o suru -- to breathe
Iko -- go!
Iku -- to go
Ikujinashi -- coward, timid creature
Ikura -- how much
Ikutsu -- how many
Ikuzo -- Let's go!
Ima -- now
Imori -- newt
Inochi -- life
Inochigake -- life& death, risking one's life, risky
Inoshishi -- wild boar
Inotteru -- to pray
Inu -- dog
Ippo -- a step
Ireru -- to make; to put into, to put in
Iro -- colors
Iruka -- dolphin
Isha -- doctor
Ishi -- stone
Isoide -- hurriedly
Isu -- chair
Itadakimasu -- 'Thank you for this food" or "Let's eat!"
Itaikena -- innocent
Itsu -- when
Itsuka -- some day
Ittai -- Ouch!
Iu -- is called...; to say
Jaga -- jaguar
Jagaimo -- potato
Jama -- obstruction, obstacle, hindrance
Ja ne -- See you! (informal)
Jari -- pebble
Jibiki -- dictionary
Jibun -- oneself
Jigoku -- hell
Jiinzu -- blue jeans
Jikan -- time
Jiman -- pride, boast
Jinsei -- life, human nature
Jisatsu -- suicide
Jiyuu -- freedom
Junbi -- preparation
Joodan -- joke
Jounetsu -- passion, enthusiasm
Jokyu -- waitress
Junjou -- pure heart
Jumon -- spell, charm, incantation
Jutai -- conception
Jyampu (jyumpu shimasu) -- jump
Ka -- ka
Kaapetto -- carpet
Kaaten -- curtain
Kaba -- hippo
Kabocha -- pumpkin
Kabutomushi -- beetle
Kaeru -- frog
Kagami -- mirror
Kagayaku -- to shine, to glitter, to sparkle
Kagiri -- limit, as far as possible, as much as possible
Kagirinai -- unlimited, endless
Kaigan -- beach
Kaimasu (kaeru) -- buy
Kaiten -- open
Kaizoku -- pirate
Kakarimasu (kakaru) -- to hang
Kake -- credit; fragment, splinter; gambling
Kakehiki -- tactic
Kakkoii -- cool
Kako -- past
Kaku -- to write
Kame -- turtle
Kamen -- mask
Kami -- paper, hair, or god
Kaminoke -- hair
Kami-sama -- God
Kanarazu -- certainly, surely; no doubt, by all means, without fail
Kanashii -- pathetic
Kanashimi -- sadness
Kanau -- to suit, to be suitable, to conform to, to accomplish, to agree with
Kane -- bell
Kani -- crab
Kangaeru -- to consider
Kangaru -- kangaroo
Kanji -- feeling, sense, impression
Kanji -- Chinese symbols used in Japanese
Kanjiru -- to feel, sense, experience
Kantan -- simple, brief
Kanzen -- perfection, completeness (kanzen na -- perfect, kanzen ni -- perfectly)
Kao -- face
Kaori -- scent
Kappu -- cup
Kara -- from, out of; because
Karada -- body, health
Kasa -- umbrella
Kaseiten -- Mars
Kashira -- wonder (I wonder, they wonder, etc); head
Kassai -- applause
Kata -- shoulder
Katachi -- shape, figure
Katana -- sword
Katsu -- to win
Kau -- to buy
Kawa -- river
Kawaii -- cute
Kawauso -- otter
Kazan -- volcano
Kaze -- wind
Kanzen -- perfect
Kazoku -- family
Kazu -- number
Kedo -- but, however
Keeki -- cake
Kei -- punishment
Keisatsu -- police
Kekisokonau -- to fail; to be a failure; to be badly done, be botched, be bungled
Kemono -- beast
Kemushi -- caterpiller
Ken -- sword
Kenjutsushi -- swordsman
Keredo -- but, however
Ki -- tree
Kibun -- feeling, mood
Kiiroi -- yellow
Kikoeru -- to hear; to be able to hear; to be audible
Kimochi -- feeling, sensation
Kiniro -- gold
Kin gyo -- goldfish
Kinniku -- muscle
Kinou -- yesterday
Kinseiten -- Venus
Kioku -- memory, recollection, remembrance
Kirameku -- to glitter, sparkle
Kirei -- pretty, clean
Kiri -- fog, mist; limits, end; drill
Kirigirisu -- grasshopper
Kirin -- giraffe
Kiseki -- miracle, wonder
Kisu -- kiss
Kita -- north
Kitakaze -- north wind
Kitte -- stamp
Kizu -- flaw
Kitto -- surely, undoubtedly
Kizukanai -- unaware
Kizuku -- to build, to pile up, to amass
Kizutsuku -- to be wounded, hurt
Koara -- koala
koboreru -- to spill out
Kodoku -- solitude
Kodomotachi -- children (kodomo -- child)
Koe -- voice
Koetai -- want to surpass (koete -- surpass, koeru -- to surpass)
Koi -- love; evil intention, evil will; dark, deep, thick (tea); carp
Koibito -- lover (koibito-tachi -- lovers)
Koigokoro -- love, awakening of love
Koin -- coin
Kogatana -- dagger
Kohitsuji -- lamb
Koko -- here
Kokochi -- feeling
Kokoro -- heart
Kokuoo -- king
Komaraseru -- to annoy
Kome -- rice (uncooked)
Komichi -- path
Konchuu -- insects
Kono -- this, these
Kono mama -- like this
Konna -- like this, such
Konsaato -- concert
Koohii -- coffee
Koora -- soda
Koori -- ice, shaved ice
Koorogi -- cricket
Koosui -- perfume
Kooto -- coat
Kore -- this (pronoun)
Korogasu -- to roll
Korosu (koroshimasu) -- to kill
Koso -- for sure
Kotae -- anwer, response
Kotaeru -- to answer
Koto -- thing, matter, affair; account; event, occurrence; duty, task
Kotoba -- language; word; term; speech; expression, speech
Kowai -- scared
Kou -- this way
Kouen -- park
Kou no tori -- stork
Kouseiten -- fixed star
Kozutsumi -- package
Kubi -- neck
Kubisuji -- nape of neck
Kuchi -- mouth
Kuchibiru -- lips
Kudamono -- fruit
Kujikeru -- to be crushed, broken, spained
Kujira -- whale
Kurai -- dark
Kuma -- bear
Kumo -- clouds
Kumo -- spider
Kumoru -- cloudy
Kuroi -- black
Kurosu -- cross
Kuru (kimasu) -- to come (its command form, "Koi!" means "Come on!" or "Come here!")
Kuruma -- car
Kurushii -- painful, difficult
Kutsu -- shoe
Kuuki -- air; atmosphere
Kuyashisa -- regret, chagrin
Kuzu -- wound
Kyoo -- today
Kyookai -- church
Kyou ryuu -- dinosaur
Kyuuri -- cucumber
Mabuta -- eyelids
Mada -- yet, still, more, besides
Made -- until, till doing
Mado -- window
Madobe -- by the window
Mae -- before, in front, forward, ahead
Mahou -- magic, magic spell
Mai -- thin, flat
Makeru (makemasu) -- to lose
Makura -- pillow
Mama -- as; as is; as it stands; intact (sono mama -- just as it is)
Mame -- beans
Mamoru (mamorimasu) -- to protect, guard "mamotte ageru" means "I'll protect you".
Mangestsu -- full moon
Manto -- cape
Manyuaru -- manual
Marude -- quite, entirely, completely, at all, as if
Masaka -- "it can't be!" or "that's impossible!"
Masshirona -- pure white; snow white
Mata -- and; besides; again; too; also; indirect; another
Matsu (machimasu) -- to wait
Matsuge -- eyelash
Matte -- wait!
Mau -- to dance
Mayonaka -- midnight
Mayuge -- eyebrow
Me -- eye; sight, look, glance; eyesight, vision; notice, observation; point of view; discrimination; insight; bud, sprout, shoot
Megami -- goddess
Meiro -- labyrinth, maze
Meshibe -- pistil
Mezamashi -- alarm clock
Mezame nasai -- awaken
Mezasu -- to aim at
Michi -- road, street, way, method
Michishirube -- guidepost, signpost
Midori -- green
Mieru -- to be seen, to be in sight, to look, to seem
Mikazuki -- cresent moon
Mimi -- ear, hearing
Mimizu -- worm
Minami -- south
Minna -- everyone
Mirai -- future, time to come; future life
Miru -- to look, to see
Miseru -- to show, to display
Mishiranu -- unknown, unacquainted, strange
Mitsukeru -- to find
Mitsumeru -- to stare at, gaze at, look hard at
Mittomonai -- ugly
Mizu -- water
Mizugi -- bathing suit
Mizuumi -- lake
Mo -- and
Mo -- all the (example - "sora mo" means "all the skies")
Modoru -- to return
Moeagaru -- Toi flare up, to burst into flames
Mokuseiten -- Jupiter
Momo -- peach (the fruit)
Momoiro -- peach (the color)
Mon -- gate
Mono -- thing, object, person
Mori -- forest; leak
Moshi moshi -- "hello" Usually when someone answers a telephone
Motome -- demand (noun)
Motomemasu (motomeru, motomete) -- to demand
Motomeru -- to ask for, request, demand; to look, search for
Motsu -- to hold, to possess, to carry
Motte -- more
Motto -- more, longer, farther
Mou -- already, soon, again, now
Mou -- another
Muchi -- ignorance
Muchuu -- daze, trance (in a), ecstasy, delirium
Muchuude -- as in a dream; unknowingly; wildly, madly
Mukai -- against
Mukashi -- olden days, past
Mune -- chest
Murasaki -- purple
Muri -- unreasonable, impossible, overdoing
Musha -- warrior
Mushi -- bug
Na -- name, reputation, exorcism
Nagara -- though, while
Nagareru -- to stream, to flow
Nagashi -- sink
Namida -- tears
Nan -- what
Nande -- why, how
Nani -- What!?
Nante -- how...! What...!
Naka -- inside
Nakimushi -- crybaby
Naku -- to make an animal sound
Namae -- name
Nani/nan -- what
Nanimo -- nothing, anything
Nanto -- what, how, whatever
Nara -- if, in case
Naraba -- if, in case
Narau (naraimasu) -- learn
Nareru -- to grow accustomed to, to become tame
Naru -- to become, to change, to sound
Nashi -- pear
Natsu -- summer
Nayami -- problem
Naze -- why
Nazomeita -- puzzling
Nee -- come on
Negai -- wish
Negau -- to desire
Neko -- cat
Nemuri -- sleep
Nen -- sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, concern
Nezumi -- rat/mouse
Nigeru (nigemasu) -- to flee. Nigete and Nigero mean "run away!"
Nigotta -- impure
Nihon -- Japan
Nihongo -- Japanese
Niji -- rainbow
Niku -- meat
Ningen -- human
Ninjin -- carrot
Ninniku -- garlic
Nishi -- west
Niwa tori -- chicken
Nodo -- throat
Nohara -- field
Nokoru -- to remain, to be left
Nomimono -- beverages
Nomu -- to drink
Nori -- glue; seaweed
Nou -- shoulder
Nozomi -- wish (can also be "negai")
Nozomu -- to want, to desire, to wish for
Nousatsu -- to bewitch, enchant
Nukedasu -- to slip
Nusumu -- to rob
Obaasan -- grandmother
Obasan -- aunt
Ocha -- tea
Odori -- dance; dancing
Odorokaseru -- to amaze
Odoroku -- to be surprised
Odoru -- to dance
Ogawa -- stream
Oishii -- delicious
Ojiisan -- grandfather
Ojisan -- uncle
Oka -- hill
Okaasan -- mother
Okane -- money
Okairi -- "welcome home" (used after someone says "tadaima" (I'm home)
Okoru, okoraseru -- to anger
Okosu -- to raise, to cause, to wake someone
Okotte -- fire bigrade
Oku -- deep
Okuru (okurimasu) -- to get angry
Omedetou -- congradulations
Omocha -- toy
Omoi -- heavy, serious, thought, idea, sense, heart, feeling; memory (I think that is the most common meaning)
Omoidasu -- to recall, to remember
Omoide -- memories
Omoigakezu -- unexpecting, not dreaming of
Omokage -- features, looks, image, likeness
Omoshiroi -- funny
Omou -- to think, to feel
Onaji -- same, identical, equal
Onaka/i -- stomach
Oneechan -- older sister
Onegai -- please (like, begging someone to do something)
Ongaku -- music
Oni -- ogre, demon
Oniisan -- older brother
Onna -- woman
Onna no ko -- girl
Onsen -- hot spring
Ookami -- wolf
Ookii -- big
Ookoku -- kingdom
Orenji -- orange
Oroka na -- stupid (can also be "baka na")
Oshibe -- stamen
Oshieru -- to teach
Oshiri -- butt
Osoi -- slow
Osoku -- slowly
Otaku -- house; fanatic
Otoko -- man
Otona -- adult
Otousan -- father
Ouji-sama -- prince
Owari -- end, termination, conclusion
Owaru -- to end, come to an end, finish, complete
Oyogu -- to swim
Painappuru -- pineapple
Pan -- bread
Patosu -- pathos
Peeji -- page
Pen -- pen
Piiman -- green pepper
Pinku -- pink (also momoiro)
Purachina -- radiance
Raion -- lion
Rakuda -- camel
Rakuen -- paradise
Ranpu -- lamp
Razuberi -- raspberries
Reizooko -- refrigerator
Rekishi -- history
Remon -- lemon
Renshuu (renshuushimasu) -- practice
Resutoran -- restaurant
Ringo -- apple
Ririshii -- gallent, brave, awe-inspiring
Roba -- donkey
Ryooshin -- parents
Ryuu -- dragon
Ryuugi -- style, fashion
Sa -- difference, make, help
Saa -- come now
Sabaku -- desert; to judge; to decide; to sell; to sell; to deal with
Sadame -- destiny
Sae -- even; only
Sagasu -- to seek, search
Sai -- rhino
Saiai -- beloved
Saigo -- last, end, conclusion
Saikou -- maximum (Saikoo no -- highest; supreme)
Sakana -- fish
Sakebu -- to cry out
Saki -- end, destination, tip, following, undermentioned, point (pencil)
Saku -- to bloom
Sakuranbo -- cherries
Samayou -- to wander about, to roam about
Same -- shark
Samui -- cold
Sara -- plate, dish
Saru -- monkey
Sasae -- suppot, stay, prop
Sasayaku -- to whisper
Saseru -- to make (someone) do
Satou -- sugar
Sayonara -- goodbye or farewell
Sei -- fault
Seichou -- growth
Seizahyou -- star chart
Sekai -- world
Senaka -- back (of body)
Sensei -- teacher
Senshi -- warrior
Sentou -- battle
Setsuna -- moment
Setsunai -- tough, painful
Shashin -- picture/photograph
Shiawase -- happiness
Shichinenchou -- turkey (meat)
Shiine! -- Die!
Shigusa -- action, acting, gesture, bearing, treatment
Shihai -- rule, control, direction
Shika -- nothing but
Shikashi -- But, however
Shima -- island
Shimatta -- "oh no" or "darn"
Shima uma -- zebra
Shinbun -- newspaper
Shinjiru (shinjimasu) -- to beleive in. "Shinjirarenai" means "I can't believe it!"
Shinjitsu -- truth, fact
Shinju -- pearl
Shinsetsu -- kind
Shinu (shinimasu) -- to die
Shinwa -- myth, legend, friendship, fellowship
Shio -- salt
Shiren -- test, trial, probation, ordeal
Shiro -- castle
Shiro tori -- swan
Shiroi -- white
Shita -- tongue
Shitagi -- underwear
Shitteiru -- to know
Shizuka -- quiet
Shokubutsu -- plant
Shooyoosei -- elf
Shounen -- youth, boy; boyhood
Shukkoku -- to leave the country
Shunkan -- moment, second, instant
Sobakasu -- freckles
Sofaa -- sofa
Soko -- there (near to person addressed by speaker)
Sono -- that (adjective)
Sonna -- such, like that, that sort of
Soo da! -- That's it!
Sou -- yeah
Sora -- Sky
Sore -- that (pronoun)
Sorosoro -- gradually, steadily, quietly, slowly, soon
Soshite -- and
Sotto -- quietly; softly; gently; secretly
Sotto -- face of the earth
Subete -- everything
Sugao -- uncovered face
Sugoi -- amazing, great, cool
Suiageru -- to suck up; suitoru (take in)
Suika -- watermelon
Suiseiten -- Mercury
Suki -- like/love
Sukoshi -- a little
Sugu -- immediantly, soon, easily, right (near)
Sukanku -- skunk
Sumimasen -- Excuse me
Sumiwataru -- clear
Suna -- sand, grit
Sunaona -- meek, gentle
Suru -- to do
Susumeru -- to advance, promote, go forward, recommend, advise, encourage
Susumu -- to make progress, to advance, to improve
Suteru -- to cast aside, to throw away, to resign
Suzume -- sparrow
Suzumebachi -- wasp
Tabemono -- food
Taberu -- to eat
Tabi -- journey, trip
Tabi - time (example -- three times)
Tada -- merely, only, simply; free of charge
Tadashii -- correct
Taihen -- terrible, awful
Taiko -- ancient
Taisetsu -- important, precious
Taiyouten -- Sun
Taka -- hawk; amount
Takai -- tall, high, also means expensive
Takara -- treasure
Taki -- waterwall
Tako -- octopus
Takushi -- taxi
Tama -- soul, ball
Tamago -- egg
Tamanegi -- onion
Tamashii -- soul, spirit
Tame -- sake, advantage, for
Tameiki -- sigh
Tango -- word
Tanima -- valley
Tanjoobi -- birthday
Tanomu -- to beg
Tanoshii -- fun
Tanoshimi -- delight
Taru -- to be enough
Tasai -- multi-colored
Tashika -- certain, sure, definite
Tasukeau -- to help eahc other, to cooperate
Tasukeru -- to help, save
Tasukete (tasukemasu) -- help, save
Tatakai -- battle (noun)
Tatakau (tatakaimasu) -- to fight, do battle
Tatoe -- example, even if, if, though, although
Tatta -- only, merely, but, no more than
Te -- hands
Teeburu -- table
Teinei na -- polite
Tegami -- letter
Tekagami -- hand-mirror
Teki -- enemy
Tekken -- clutched fist
Tenki -- weather
Tenshi -- angel
Teru -- shiny
Tetsugaku -- philosophy
Teze -- thesis, statement
Tobu -- to fly (tonde - fly)
Tochi -- earth
Toi -- question
Toiki -- deep sigh
Toire -- lavatory
Tojiru -- to blind; to file; to sew up; to shut, close
Tokei -- clock
Toki -- time
Tokidoki -- sometimes
Tokimeki -- excitement
Tokimeku -- to throb, flutter, palpitate
Toku -- distance
Tomato -- tomato
Tomodachi -- friend
Tonari -- next to
Tonbo -- dragonfly
Tooi -- far
Tora -- tiger
Toreenaa -- sweatshirt
Tori -- bird
Toride -- fortress
Toriniku -- chicken
Toshiyori -- old
Totemo -- very, extremely
Towa -- limitless
Tsubasa -- wings
Tsukamaeru -- to catch; to seize; to take hold of
Tsukamu -- to seize, to grab, to grip, to catch
Tsuki -- moon
Tsukiakari -- moonlight
Tsukiten -- moon
Tsukuri -- make up; structure, physique
Tsukuru -- to make, to create
Tsumabiku -- to strum (instrument)-
Tsumi -- crime, offense; sin; fault
Tsurai -- painful, heart-breaking, harships
Tsuraku -- painful
Tsuru -- crane
Tsurugi -- sword
Tsutaeru -- to convey, to report, to communicate
Tsuya -- gloss, glaze
Tsuyoi -- strong, powerful, mighty
Tsuyoku -- to be strong
Tsuyoku -- tightly
Tsuyosa -- strength, power
Uchihimo -- braid (can also be "amigami")
Uchikizu -- bruise
Uchuu -- universe
Ude -- arms
Udewa -- bracelet
Uma -- horse
Umareru -- to be born
Umi -- ocean, sea
Uragirimono -- traitor
Uragiru -- to betray
Urahara -- opposite
Urayamu -- to envy, be jealous of
Ureshii -- happy
Urusai -- noisy
Usagi -- rabbit
Unmei -- fate, destiny
Ushi -- house; cow
Uso -- a lie"Usotsuki" means liar.
Uta -- melody, song
Utagou -- to be in doubt
Utsukushii -- beautiful
Utsuru -- to reflect
Utsusu -- to display
Uwasa -- rumor
Uzura -- quail
Wadakamari -- ill feeling
Wain -- wine
Wakai -- young
Wakari -- understanding
Wakarimashita -- it is understood, "I understand"
Wakarimasu -- I understand (wakaru)
Wakarimasen -- I don't understand
Wakaru -- to understand (wakarimasu)
Wakatta -- "Gottcha." or "I understand"
Wake -- reason
Wana -- trap, snare
Warau -- to laugh; to smile; to chuckle
Wareta -- broken
Warui -- bad
Washi -- eagle
Warai -- laughter
Watashi -- I (there are more variations. I'll expalin at the bottom)
Wazuka -- merely, only
Ya -- arrow; valley
Yakusoku -- promise, oath
Yama -- mountain
Yameru (yamemasu) -- to stop, quit
Yamero -- "Stop!"
Yamette -- stop
Yami -- darkness
Yada -- (for girls) "Stop it!"
Yagate -- before long, soon
Yagi -- goat
Yajuu -- beast, wild animal
Yaku -- to bake
Yaku -- yak
Yomigaeru -- to be resurrected, revived
Yappari -- As I thought
Yaru -- to do, to kill
Yasai -- vegetables
Yasashiku -- gently
Yaseta -- thin
Yasui -- inexpensive, cheap
Yatta -- I did it!
Yattekuru -- to come along, to turn up
Yatto -- at last
Yo -- night; world, age, times
-Yo -- above, over; more
Yokata -- I'm glad
Yokubarina -- greedy
Yori -- from, out of, since, than
Yoroi -- armor
Yorokobi -- joy, enjoyment
Yoru -- night
You ni -- just like
Yowai -- weak
Yubi -- fingers
Yubikiri -- pinky promise
Yubisasu -- to point at
Yudan -- carelessness; imprudence; unguarded moment
Yugameru -- to distort; to contort; to crook, bend; to curve; to wrap
Yukai sa -- melting star
Yuki -- snow
Yuku -- to go; to die, pass away
Yume -- dream
Yurikago -- cradle
Yurusu (yurushimasu) -- forgive. Yurusanai and Yurusenai mean "I won't/can't forgive you!"
Yuuhi -- sunset
Yuuki -- courage
Zankoku -- cruel, brutal
Zankokuna -- cruelty
Zannen -- regret, disappointed; too bad
Zasshi -- magazine
Zassoo -- weeds
Zeitaku -- luxury, extravagance
Zetsuboo -- despair
Zettai -- absolutely
Zoo -- elephant
Zonjimasu (zonjiru) -- thinks, feels; knows
Zoosho -- book collection, library
Zubon -- pants
Zurui -- sly
Zutto -- always, directly to the point; very much; by far