JSL BOOK 2
Vocabulary taken from the Japanese: The Spoken Language textbook, book 2 (lessons 13-24) Words are mostly in hepburn romanization but with JSL accent markers. I have converted the lessons to word format with various additional links to videos, etc. here: [URL link outside Memory disallowed]
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| 森本 Morimoto | (family name - forest base/origin) |
| 失礼しました shitsûrei-shimashita | Excuse me (for what I have done) (I was lacking rei) |
| 無礼 burei /na/ | A rudeness; rude; ill-mannered; lacking manners (na-noun) |
| 礼 rei | Thanks; gratitude; manners; a bow; gift (money) |
| 可笑しい okáshìi /-katta/ | Is funny/strange/weird |
| Deńwa ni dèru | Answer the phone |
| 話 hanáshì | Talking; speech /noun-stem/ |
| 話し中 (o)hanashi-chuu | [in] the midst of talk; [the line is busy] |
| 故障 koshou | Out of order; breakdown |
| 故障かもしれない koshou kâ mo shirenai | (it) may be out of order |
| どうも dôu mo | In every way; in many ways; somehow or other (seen before as 'very' intensifier) |
| 変 hêñ /na/ | Strange; odd |
| Nyuúyooku-dàigaku | New York University |
| 暇 (o)hima /na/ | Free time (any time away from work) |
| 時 toki | Occasion; time |
| 暇な時に (o)híma na tokì ni | At a time when (you) are free |
| 通じる tsuujiru /-ru; tsuujita/ | Get through (to one); make oneself understood |
| 留守番 rusubañ | A caretaker; house-sitting |
| 留守番電話 rusubañ-deñwa | An answering machine |
| 留守になる、お留守になる ([o]rusu ni naru) | Being left unattended to; leave neglected |
| 居留守を使う、居留守をする (irusu wo tsukau / irusu [wo] suru) | /exp/ pretending to be out (i.e. not answering the phone/door even though you are home.) |
| Irusu (wo) suru | Phone/door even though you are home.) |
| 故障する koshou-suru | To break down; out-of-order |
| 困ったなあ (komatta naa) | I’m in trouble |
| なあ nâa | /casual confirming sentence final particle/ |
| な na | /more casual version of ne/ |
| 大切 taisetsu /na/ | Important |
| 急用 kyuuyou | Urgent business |
| 高野 Tâkano | (Family name - tall field) |
| 遠い tooi /-katta/ | Is far (away) |
| 電話が遠い deñwa ḡa tooi | Sound far away (on the phone) |
| 遠くて toôkute | Being far.. |
| 聞こえる kikoeru /ru; kikoeta/ | Can hear; be audible Mr. Lerner's: Kiku vs Kikoeru |
| 聞こえにくい kikóenikùi /-katta/ | Is difficult to hear; hard to hear |
| 聞こえやすい kikóeyasùi /-katta/ | Is easy to hear |
| 言いにくい (iínikùi) | It’s hard to say; hesitant to say |
| 声 kôe | Voice |
| 大きな声 ôoki na kôe | A loud voice (using alternate /na-noun/ form) |
| 小さな声 chîisa na kôe | A low voice (quiet) (using alternate /na-noun/ form) |
| 直す naôsu /-u; naoshita/ | To fix (sth); to repair (sth); (do-over) |
| 電話を掛けなおす deñwa wo kakenaosu | Telephone again (do it over, implies correctly this time) |
| 切る kiru /-u; kitta/ | To cut; cut off; hang up (phone); sever (ties); turn off (lights; power); discount (prices);let drain |
| 誰も dare mo /+negative predicate/ | Nobody; not anyone /with neg. predicate/ |
| 何も nani mo /+negative predicate/ | Nothing; not anything /with neg. predicate/ |
| どこも doko mo /+negative predicate/ | No place; not any place /with neg. predicate/ |
| どちらも dochira mo /+negative predicate/ | Neither one /with neg. predicate/ |
| どれも dore mo /+negative predicate/ | Not one (of them) /with neg. predicate/ |
| いくらも ikura mo /+negative predicate/ | No large amount of /with neg. predicate/ |
| いくつも iku-tsu mo /+negative predicate/ | No large amount /with neg. predicate/ |
| どのXも dono X mo /+negative predicate/ | No X /with neg. predicate/ |
| どんなXも donna X mo /+negative predicate/ | No kind of X /with neg. predicate/ |
| 何本も nan-bon mo /+negative predicate/ | No large number of ‘long’ units /with neg. predicate/ |
| どこも doko mo /+affirmative predicate/ | Everywhere |
| どれも dore mo /+affirmative predicate/ | Every one (of them) |
| いくらも ikura mo /+affirmative predicate/ | A large number of |
| いくつも iku-tsu mo /+affirmative predicate/ | A large number of |
| どんなXも donna X mo /+affirmative predicate/ | Every kind of X |
| 何本も nan-bon mo /+affirmative predicate/ | A large number of ‘long’ units |
| 電話に出る deńwa ni dèru | Answer the phone |
| 学校中 gakkou-juu | Throughout the school |
| 変な人 hên na hito | A strange/weird person |
| 変になった hên ni natta | Became (got to be) strange |
| 変じゃない hên ja nai | Is not strange |
| 一日中 ichínichi-jùu | Throughout the day; the whole day |
| 会議中 kaigi-chuu | During the meeting/conference; in the middle of the meeting |
| 今年中 kotoshi-juu | All (throughout) this year |
| 今年中に kotoshi-juu ni | Within (falling in some point) this year |
| お宅でいらっさいます otaku de (i)rasshaimasu | (your) residence, (your) home (honorific-polite) |
| お宅です otaku desu | (it's) your residence/home you (polite pronoun) /slang/ (it's a) nerd |
| 夕べは失礼しました yúubè wa shitsúrei shimàshita | ‘Thanks for talking with me last night’, etc. (Lit: I did a rudeness last night) |
| お電話中 [o]denwa-chuu | On a phone call; during a call |
| 可笑しい人 okáshii hìto | Funny/amusing person or peculiar/unusual person |
| 可笑しくない okâshiku nâi | It isn't funny/amusing/crazy |
| 可笑しくなった okâshiku natta | Became (got to be) funny/strange |
| お仕事中 [o]shigoto-chuu | During work; at work |
| ちょっと前までは chôtto mâe made wa | Up until a little while ago (at least) |
| 中 -chuu / -juu | /suffix on nouns/ during (activity), all throughout (time period) |
| 掛けなおす kakenaosu /-naoshita/ | Redial (phone); re-hang up; re-apply (etc.) |
| 可笑しな okashi /na/ | Funny,strange (alternate /na-noun/ form) |
| 病気の時 byouki no toki | (times) when [you] are sick |
| Xで通じる X de tsuujiru /-tsuujita/ | Get through [to one] by means of X |
| 学生の時 gakusei no toki | The time (when) [one] is/was a student |
| 今のは îma no wa | The one (just) now |
| 故障している koshou shîte (i)ru | Be broken down (out of order) |
| 忙しいとき isógashii tòki | Time(s) when [one] is busy |
| 留守番をする rusuban [wo] suru | Housesit, keep watch while someone is away; stay at home |
| 時々 tokidoki | Sometimes, from time to time |
| 幾つも使いませんでした ikutsu mo tsukaimasen deshita | I did not use any large amount (of things) /distal-style/ |
| いつも使います itsu mo tsukaimasu | I use [it] all the time (always) /distal/ |
| どこにもありませんが doko ni mo arimasen ga.. | It isn't anywhere but... |
| どこへも行きませんでした doko e mo ikimasen deshita | I didn't go anywhere /distal/ |
| どこも高いですよ doko mo takai desu yo | It's expensive everywhere (all the places) [I asssure you!] |
| いつまでも居たいですねぇ itsú màde mo itâi desu nêe. | I'd like to stay (here) for ever (until always) |
| 病気だったかもしれない byóuki dàtta ka mo shirênai | [he/she] might have been sick |
| 数字が赤くてびっくりしました suujii ga akakute bikkuri shimashita | I was surprised at the numbers being (in the) red (i.e. debt) |
| 家は駅のそばで便利です uchí wa èki no sôba de bênri desu. | It's convenient (being that) my house is near/next to the station |
| 日本語が分かってよかったです nihóngo ga wakâtte yôkatta desu | It was great that [I] could understand Japanese |