| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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.) |
| 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 |
| いつも
itsu mo /+affirmative predicate/ | always |
| どちらも
dochira mo /+affirmative predicate/ | both |
| 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 |
| どのXも
dono X mo /+affirmative predicate/ | every X |
| 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 |
