zcvzcxvzxcvdvand end eating. Requesting Ａ：Sumimasen. すみません。 Excuse me. ねが Onegaishimasu.

お願いし
ます。 Can you give that to me. Ｂ：Hai, douzo. はい、どうぞ。 Sure, here you go. 7 ねが Onegai-shimasu お願いしま
す please help me, do me a favor Entering a Room (Knock on the door TWICE) Ａ：Shitsurei-shimasu. 失礼し
ます。 Excuse me. Ｂ：Hai, douzo. はい、どうぞ。 Yes, come in. しつれい shitsurei-shimasu 失礼します excuse me
+shitsurei-shimashita 失礼しました excuse me for what I’ve done Shitsurei-shimasu literally means ‘I’m going
to do something rude’ and is used when entering a room, interrupting, or leaving. Shitsurei-shimashita is
used for what you’ve done. Leaving and Coming Back to Home /Office Ａ：Itte kimasu. いってきます。 See you
later. Ｂ：Itte rasshai. いってらっしゃい。See you later. Ａ：Tadaima. ただいま。 I’m home. Ｂ：Okaerinasai. おかえりなさ
い。 Welcome back. itte kimasu いってきます ritual expression when leaving home itte rasshai いってらっしゃい
ritual response to Itte kimasu tadaima ただいま ritual expression upon coming home かえ okaerinasai お帰りな
さい ritual response to Tadaima Itte kimasu is used when leaving home or stepping out the office for an
errand. It implies that you are coming back. Meeting People for the First Time A: Hajimemashite. はじめまし
て。 How do you do. ほんだ Honda desu. 本田です。 I’m Honda. ほんだ B: Honda-san desu kcdca 本田さんですか。
You’re Mr. Honda? Sumisu desu スミスです。 I’m Smith. Douzo yoroshiku. どうぞよろしく。 Nice to meet you. 8
Hajimemashite はじめまして How do you do? ~desu X です it is/I’m/you’re/they are X, etc. ~desu ka X ですか is
it/am I/are you/are they X? etc. yoroshiku よろしく ritual expression when meeting someone, when
needing a favor ねが yoroshiku onegai-shimasu よろしくお願いします please treat me favorably, thank you in
advance Hajimemashite literally means ‘for the first time.’ It is a ritual expression used in first meeting
people. You can respond with your own hajimemashite or douzo yoroshiku onegai-shimasu. Make sure
you bow. After a person tells you their name, confirm it by asking X-san desu ka. Repetition may seem
unnecessary, but it’s customary to do so during introductions. Taking Leave しつれい Ａ：Ja, shitsurei-
shimasu. じゃ、失礼します。 Well then, I’ll go (excuse me). つか Ｂ：Aa, otsukare-sama deshita. ああ、お疲れさまでした.
Ah, thanks for the good work. otuskare(-sama) おつかれ（さま） thanks for your work, you must be tired
otsukare-sama desu おつかれさまです (formal) (on going) otuskare-sama deshita おつかれさまでした (the work is
over) The above are common greetings between co-workers. They are also used to thank service
personnel or acknowledge anyone’s hard work. Parting A: Ja, mata. じゃ、また。 Well, see you. B: Sayonara
さよなら。 Good-bye. ja, mata じゃ、また see you later (informal) sayonara/sayounara さよなら／さようなら Good-
bye. Retiring at Night A: Ja, oyasumi じゃ、おやすみ。 B: Aa, oyasuminasai ああ、おやすみなさい。 9 oyasumi おやすみ
oyasumi nasai おやすみなさい Notes on Pronunciation Syllables Japanese syllables are constructed in the
following four ways. • a vowel (a, i, u, e, o) • a consonant + a vowel (62 combinations) • a consonant
alone (n, t, s, k, p) • a consonant + y + a vowel (33 combinations) The chart below shows all the syllables
in Japanese. Table 1. Syllables in Japanese k g s z t d n h p b m y r w a ka ga sa za ta da na ha pa ba ma ya
ra wa i ki gi shi ji chi ji ni hi pi bi mi ri u ku gu su zu tsu zu nu fu pu bu mu yu ru e ke ge se ze te de ne he
pe be me re o ko go so zo to do no ho po bo mo yo ro kya gya sha ja cha nya hya pya bya mya rya kyu
gyu shu ju chu ny u hyu pyu byu myu ryu kyo gyo sho jo cho nyo hyo pyo byo myo ryo Note the following
special cases marked with emphasis in the chart: • /s+i/ is pronounced /shi/ • /z+i/ is pronounced /ji/
• /t+i/ is pronounced /chi/ • /t+u/ is pronounced /tsu/ • /d+i/ is pronounced /ji/ • /d+u/ is
pronounced /zu/ 10 Long Vowels There are five long vowels in Japanese: /aa/, /ii/, /uu/, /ee/, and /oo/.
They are “long” in terms of spoken duration. In the writing system, the long versions of /a/, /i/, and /u/
are recognized as the same sound: /aa/, /ii/, /uu/. But the long version of /o/ (with certain exceptions) is
represented by /ou/ and the long version of /e/ (with certain exceptions) is written as /ei/. Long
Consonants The consonants /t/, /s/, /k/, and /p/ can be long. When these consonants constitute an
entire syllable without a vowel, they are not pronounced but take a full syllable length. • 6 syllables: i-t-
te ki-ma-su‘I’m leaving.’ • 3 syllables: I-p-pon ‘one long thing’ • 3 syllables: I-k-ko ‘one round thing’ • 3
syllables: i-s-sho ‘together’ The consonant /n/ can take up an entire syllable by itself, as in konnichiwa’
hello’ (5 syllables: ko-n-ni-chi-wa). Pitch Accent As you listen to Japanese, you will notice rises and falls
in pitch. Pitch can change from syllable to syllable in order to distinguish meaning. For example, there is
a fall in pitch in hai ‘yes’, while there is a rise in hai ‘ash’. The difference in pitch pattern distinguishes
these two words. This is called pitch accent. HAi ‘yes’ haI ‘ash’ (The high pitch is indicated by the capital
and emphasis.) On the other hand, in English a difference in loudness serves this function. This is called
stress accent. Compare the following. INsult (noun) inSULT (verb) (The loud syllable is indicated by the
capital and emphasis.) All Japanese words have one of the following pitch patterns: Fall: JAa ‘well then’
DOumo ‘thanks’ DOuzo ‘go ahead’ 11 Rise: iIE ‘no’ saYONARA ‘good bye’ taDAIMA ‘I’m home’ oHAYOU
‘good morning’ yoROSHIKU ‘Nice to meet you’ Rise and Fall: aRIgatou ‘thanks’ shiTSUrei-shimasu ‘Excuse
me’ suMIMASEn ‘Sorry’ If a word has only one syllable, a fall or a rise occurs with the following word. HA
desu. ‘It’s a tooth.’ ha DEsu. ‘It’s a leaf.’ A note on the cultural significance of pitch is in order.dcdc As
you learn Japanese, pay attention to pitch at the sentence level as well as the word level. A slight change
in pitch may indicate a subtle but significant change in meaning or mood. It is observed in many, if not
all, languages that speakers tend to raise their pitch when talking to babies or when trying to sound
gentle. Japanese is no exception in this regard. Talking in a high pitch is generally associated with
politeness in Japanese. Women tend to talk in a higher pitch, but regardless of the gender, sales and
customer service personnel, receptionists, waiters, etc. speak in overall higher pitch. Remember that
when something is the norm and expected in a culture and you don’t follow it, you may be sending a
certain message inadvertently. Just to be safe, bow, smile, and talk gently. Drills & Exercises A. Listen to
the audio. Following the first two model exchanges, respond to each cue. Cue: Guree desu. I’m Grey. グ
レーです． Response: Guree-san desu ka. Hajimemashite. Ms. Grey? How do you do? グレーさんですか。はじめまし
て。 Cue: Honda desu. I’m Honda. ほんだ 本田です。 Response: Honda-san desu ka. Hajimemashite. Ms.
Honda? How do you do?’ ほんだ 本田さんですか。はじめまして。 B. Say it in Japanese. Say it in Japanese yourself
first, listen to the audio for the model answer, and then 12 repeat the model. Practice building up and
expanding sentences. 1. Good evening. 2. Good morning. (to a friend) 3. Good morning. (to a teacher) 4.
Ms. Honda, good morning. 5. Thanks. (to a friend) 6. Thank you. (to a teacher) 7. You are welcome! 8.
Thank you very much. (for what you do or are about to do) 9. Thank you very much. (for what you did)
10. I’ll start eating. 11. Well then, I’ll start eating. 12. Thank you for the delicious treat. (to a family
member, concluding eating) 13. Thank you for the delicious treat. (politely) 14. Thank you very much for
the delicious treat. 15. I’m sorry. 16. I’m very sorry. 17. I’m very sorry. (for what happened) 18. Please
[help me]. (Thank you in advance.) 19. Professor, excuse me. 20. Good-by. 21. Well, Professor, excuse
me. Good-by. 22. Good Night! (to a friend) 23. Good night. (politely) 24. Good work! (Thank you for the
hard work) 25. Good work. Good night. 26. Thank you. I’ll have some…It was delicious. 27. Thank you
very much. I’ll have some. 28. Excuse me. (for what I am about to do) 29. Excuse me. (for what I did) 30.
How do you do? 31. My namedvdvd is Johnson. How do you do? 32. My name is Johnson. How do you
do? Very glad to meet you. 33. Good morning. See you later. (heading out) 34. See you later.
(Responding to 32) 35. I’m back. 36. Welcome back. C. Act in Japanese Imagine the situation and role-
play with a partner in Japanese. Use appropriate gestures and facial expressions. 1. Greet your
coworkers in the morning. 2. Leave the office to go to a meeting outside. 3. You are meeting Ms. Honda,
a business associate, for the first time. Introduce yourself. 13 4. Offer a seat to a client. 5. Accept a gift
from a visitor. 6. Start eating lunch. 7. Thank a supervisor for treating you at a restaurant. 8. Hand a
report to the assistant to make copies. 9. Thank a coworker for making copies for you. 10. Visit the office
of a supervisor. 11. Leave the office of a supervisor. 12. Ask a coworker to pass a document to you. 13.
Say good-by to a coworker who is about to go home. 14. Say good-by to coworkers as you leave the
office to go home. 15. Say good night to friends as you part after a night out 16. Say good-by to
coworkers as you leave the office party Review Questions 1. What is the difference between ohayou and
ohayou gozaimasu? 2. What is the difference between arigatou gozaimasu and arigatou gozaimasita? 3.
What is the difference between sayonara and itte kimasu? 4. Which is more polite, arigatou or dou mo?
5. Why can’t you attach –san or –sensei to your own name? 6. What is the difference between gomen
and gomen nasai? Who typically uses the latter? 7. What are three ways to use hai? 8. When do you use
aa? How about jaa? 9. What is the Japanese equivalent for “thank you in advance” for the job you’ve
just requested? 10. Many Japanese equivalents for “thank you” have been introduced so far. How many
can you list? Can you describe a typical situation where each can be used? 11. What is pitch accent? 12.
What are the five vowels in Japanese? The long vowels in Japanese? The long consonants? Drill Tape
Script Cue: グレーです． Response: グレーさんですか。はじめまして。 Cue: 本田です。 Response: 本田さんですか。はじめまして。 1.
ジョンソンです。 2.山本です。 3.スミスです。 4.山田です。 5.木村です。 6.ヒルです。 7.鈴木です。 8.田中です。 14 Lesson 1: New to
the Office Dialogue 1 Along with the accompanying audio, practice each line aloud and keep adding one
line at a time until you memorize the entire dialogue. Mr. Smith and Ms. Honda, new employees, are
talking about a project report. Smith：Wakarimasu ka. Do you understand it? わかりますか。 Honda：Iie,
amari wakarimasen nee. No, I don’t understand very well. いいえ、あまりわかりませんねえ。 Smith：Wakarimasen
ka. You don’t? わかりませんか。 Honda：Ee. Right. ええ。 Vocabulary Additional related words, which do not
appear in the dialogue, are marked with +. They are included in the drills and exercises. wakarimasu わか
ります understand ka か question particle amari あまり (not) very much wakarimasen わかりません don’t
understand nee ねえ particle indicating empathy ee ええ yes, that’s right ＋zenzen ぜんぜん 全然 not at all (with
negative verb) ＋yoku よく well, a lot, often ＋tokidoki ときどき 時々 sometimes ＋shimasu します do, play ＋
tabemasu たべます 食べます eat ＋nomimasu のみます 飲みます drink ＋tsukurimasu つくります 作ります make ＋norimasu
のります 乗ります ride, get on 15 Grammar Notes 1-1-1 Verbs, Non-Past, Formal, Affirmative and Negative
Verbs occur at the end of a sentence in Japanese. A lone verb can comprise a complete sentence. Unlike
English, where a subject is required, the subject and object are usually not mentioned in Japanese if they
are understood from the context. So, in the dialogue above, Mr. Smith simply says Wakarimasu ka in
order to find out if a coworker understands the report. He does not mention ‘you’ or ‘the report’, which
are obvious from the context. A Japanese verb ends in -masu (Affirmative, Non-Past, Formal) and –
masen (Negative, Non-Past, Formal) as well as other forms, which will be introduced later. Non-past
refers to an act that is performed regularly or will be performed in the future. It does NOT refer to an act
that is currently being performed. Formal refers to speaking courteously. This form is used typically
when speaking to superiors, people you meet for the first time, or strangers. It is a safer form to use
when learners first start speaking Japanese. 1-1-2 Hai and Iie: Affirming and Negating Hai means ‘what
you said is right’ regardless of whether the sentence is affirmative or negative. Ee is a less formal than
hai. Wakarimasu ka. Do you get [it]? Hai, wakarimasu. Yes, I do. Wakarimasen ka. You don’t get [it]? Ee,
sumimasen. That’s right. I’m sorry. Iie means ‘what you said is incorrect’ regardless of whether the
sentence is affirmative or negative. Iya is less formal than iie. Wakarimasu ka. Do you get [it]? Iie,
wakarimasen. No, I don’t. Wakarimasen ne. You don’t get [it], right? Iya, wakarimasu yo. No, (that’s
wrong) I do get it. 1-1-3 Sentence Particles Ka and Ne(e) Sentence particles such as ka and ne(e) attach
to a sentence. Ka is a question marker. Tabemasu. I eat it. Tabemasu ka. Do you eat it? Ne(e) with falling
intonation indicates that you assume the addressee shares your feelings. It helps create the culturally
important impression that you and the addressee share the same feeling or opinion. When used with a
question intonation, you are checking if your 16 assumption is in fact correct. Yoku nomimasu nee. You
drink a lot, don’t you! Wakarimasen nee. We don’t know, do we. Tabemasen ne? You don’t eat it, right?
1-1-4 Adverbs Adverbs appear before the verb in a Japanese sentence and indicate how much, how
often, or in what manner something happens. Amari and zenzen combine with a negative and indicate
the degree to which something happens. (Zenzen combined with an affirmative indicates an unexpected
degree in colloquial Japanese) Amari tabemasen. I don’t eat it very much. Zenzen hanashimasen. I do
not speak it at all. Yoku means ‘well, a lot, or frequently’ depending on the context. Yoku wakarimasu. I
understand well. Yoku kaimasu. I buy it a lot/often. Drills and Exercises A. Listen to the audio. Following
the first two model exchanges, respond to each cue. Cue: Shimasu ka. Do you play? Response: Ee, yoku
shimasu. Yes, we play a lot. Cue: Tabemasu ka. Do you eat this? Response: Ee, yoku tabemasu. Yes, I eat
it a lot. B. Cue: Shimasu ka. Do you do it? Response: Iie, amari shimasen nee. No, we don’t do it much.
Cue: Tabemasu ka. Do you eat it? Response: Iie, amari tabemasen nee. No, I don’t eat it much. C. Cue:
Shimasen ka. Don’t you play? Response: Ee, zenzen shimasen nee. Right, I don’t at all. Cue: Tabemasen
ka. Don’t you eat it? Response: Ee, zenzen tabemasen nee. Right, we don’t eat it at all. 17 D. Say it in
Japanese. You are talking about a Japanese dish. You’ve been asked if you eat it. 1. No, I don’t eat it at
all. 2. No, I don’t eat it very often. 3. Yes, I eat it often. 4. Yes, I make it sometimes. 5. Yes, I make it
often. E. Act in Japanese. 1. Ms. Honda is watching a Chinese video. Find out if she understands it. 2. Ms.
Honda is talking about a video game. Ask if she plays it often. 3. Ms. Honda has asked you if you eat
sushi a lot. Tell her not very often. 4. You heard Ms. Honda say that she does not drink at all. Check if
you heard her correctly. Dialogue 2 Ms. Honda and Mr. Smith are in a store. Honda: Are, kaimasu ka.
Will you buy that? か あれ、買いますか。 Smith: Ee, kaimasu kedo… Yes, I will, but… か ええ、買いますけど…. Honda:
Kore wa? How about this? これは？ Smith: Aa, sore mo chotto irimasu ne. Oh, we need a few of those, too,
don’t we? ああ、それもちょっといりますね。 Vocabulary are あれ that (GN 1-2-1) kaimasu かいます 買います buy kedo けど
but (GN 1-2-2) kore これ this (GN 1-2-1) wa は Particle of contrast (GN 1-2-3) sore それ that near you (GN 1-
2-1) mo も Particle of Addition (GN 1-2-4) chotto ちょっと little bit, a few irimasu いります need ＋ga が but
(more formal than kedo) 18 ＋takusan たくさん a lot ＋mimasu みます 見ます look, watch ＋tsukaimasu つかいます 使
います use ＋kikimasu ききます 聞きます listen, ask ＋yomimasu よみます 読みます read ＋kakimasu かきます 書きます write,
draw ＋hanasimasu はなします 話します talk, speak Grammar Notes 1-2-1 Noun + Verb As seen in Dialogue 1
above, subject, object and other elements are usually not explicitly mentioned in Japanese when they
are clear from the context. But when not clear, you can place them before the verb. Are, tabemasu ka.
Do you eat that? Kore, zenzen wakarimasen. I don’t understand this at all. Nouns can relate to sentence
verbs in a variety of ways. Subject Honda-san nomimasu ka. Does Ms. Honda drink? Object Kore
tsukaimasu ne. We’re going to use this, right?’ More categories will be introduced later. More than one
of these can appear in a sentence. The common word order is: Time--Subject--Object--Adverb--Verb
Watashi kore ypoku wakarimasu. I understand this well. However, while the verb needs to appear at the
end, noun order is relatively flexible. When sentence elements are not in the common order above, the
element moved forward has more focus. Kore, watashi yoku wakarimasu This, I understand well. 1-2-2
Ko-so-a-do series When referring to things in English, a two-way distinction between this (close to the
speaker) and that (away from the speaker) is made. In Japanese, a three-way distinction is made: kore
this thing (close to me) or this thing I just mentioned sore that thing (close to you) or that thing which
was just mentioned are that thing (away from both of us) or that thing we both know about 19 dore
which one This is the first set of expressions based on the ko-so-a-do distinction. There are more sets
that are based on the same distinction. We refer to that group as the Ko-so-a-do series, which includes
expressions such as ‘X kind’, ‘X way’, X place’, etc. These will be introduced later. 1-2-3 Clause Particle
Kedo Kedo ‘but’ connects two sentences to make one. The two sentences typically contain contrasting
ideas but sometimes the first sentence simply serves as an introduction and prepares the listener for the
second sentence. Kore wa kaimasu kedo, are wa kaimasen. I’ll buy this, but I won’t buy that. Sumimasen
kedo, wakarimasen. I’m sorry but I don’t understand. Honda desu kedo, shiturei-shimasu. I’m Honda.
Excuse me. (entering a room) The second sentence is often left unexpressed because it is clear from the
context or because the speaker hesitates to mention it for some reason. In the dialogue above, Mr.
Smith probably wanted to sound less abrupt and is inviting comments from the other speakers. Kaimasu
kedo… I’ll buy it but … (Is it okay with you? / Why did you ask?) Ga is more formal than kedo and is more
common in writing and formal speeches. There are also several variations of kedo such as keredo,
kedomo, and keredomo, which are more formal than kedo. 1-2-4 Particle Wa indicating Contrast Particle
wa follows nouns and indicates a contrast between that noun under discussion and other possibilities.
The noun can be subject, object, or some other category. Watashi wa mimasu kedo… I watch it, but…
(someone else may not) Kore wa wakarimasu. I understand this (but not the other one) Ashita wa
kaimasu. Tomorrow, I will buy it (but not today) When particle wa attaches to a noun with a question
intonation, it means ‘how about X?’ as in the dialogue above. In answering this type of question, make
sure you do not reply “yes” or “no”, since it’s not a yes-no question. 1-2-5 Particle Mo indicating
Addition The particle mo performs the opposite function of that performed by the particle wa. The
particle mo means ‘too’ or ‘also’ with an affirmative verb and ‘(n)either’ with a negative verb. It can
attach to a subject, object or time, among others. Honda-san mo mimasu. Ms. Honda watches it, too (as
well as someone else) 20 Kore mo wakarimasen. I don’t understand this, either (in addition to
something else) Ashita mo kaimasu. Tomorrow, I will buy it, too (as well as some other time) Drills and
Exercises A. Cue: Kore, mimasu ka. Do you watch this? Response: Hai, sore wa mimasu kedo, are wa
mimasen. Yes, I watch it, but I don’t watch that one. Cue: Kore, shimasu ka. Do you do it? Response: Hai,
sore wa shimasu kedo, are wa shimasen. Yes, I do it, but I don’t do that one. A. Cue: Mimasu yo. I watch
them. Response: Kore mo mimasu ka. Do you watch this, too? Cue: Shimasu yo. I do it. Response: Kore
mo shimasu ka. Do you do this, too? B. Say it in Japanese You are talking about smartphone apps. You’ve
been asked if you use them. 1. Yes, I use them sometimes. 2. Yes, I use them a lot, but I don’t buy them.
3. No, I do not use these (while I do use others). 4. Yes, I will use this one, but not that one. 5. Yes, I
often use that one you mentioned, but I don’t use this one at all. 6. No, I don’t use them. I don’t need
them at all. 7. I hear a lot about them but I don’t understand. C. Act in Japanese. 1. A coworker shows
you a smartphone music application. Ask if she listens a lot. 2. You’ve been asked if you read Japanese
newspapers online. Tell Ms. Honda that you read them a lot. 3. You’ve been asked if you know the
meaning of a particular Japanese word. Tell Ms. Honda that you hear it every now and then, but you
don’t understand. 4. You are looking at a menu at a restaurant. Ask Ms. Honda if she would take a look
at this one (a wine list) as well. 5. You’ve been asked if you buy Japanese comics. Tell Ms. Honda that
you read them a lot but you don’t buy them. 21 Dialogue 3 A group of co-workers are going out tonight.
Honda: Ikimasen ka. Do you want to go? (lit. ‘Won’t you go?) い 行きませんか。 Smith: Kyou wa chotto…
Today is a little… きょう 今日はちょっと、、、 Honda: Aa, sou desu ka. Ja, mata. Oh, I see. Well then, next time. あ
あ、そうですか。じゃあ、また。 Yamada-san wa? How about you, Mr. Yamada? やまだ 山田さんは？ Yamada: Watashi
wa ikimasu yo. I’m going. わたし い 私は行きますよ。 Vocabulary ikimasu いきます 行きます go ikimasen ka いきませんか 行
きませんか won’t you go? kyou きょう 今日 today chotto ちょっと a little sou そう so sou desu ka そうですか Is that so
Yamada やまだ 山田 Yamada watashi わたし 私 I yo よ Sentence Particle (GN 1-2-4) ＋boku ぼく 僕 I (male speaker)
＋ashita あした tomorrow ＋asatte あさって the day after tomorrow ＋mainichi まいにち 毎日 everyday ＋kimasu きま
す 来ます come ＋kaerimasu かえります 帰ります return, go home, come home ＋dekakemasu でかけます go out ＋
yasumimasu やすみます 休みます rest, take time off 22 Grammar Notes 1-3-1 Negative Questions as
Suggestions Negative questions are sometimes used to suggest or invite to do certain actions.
Tabemasen ka Won’t you have some? or Why don’t we eat? Ikimasen ka. Won’t you go? or Shall we go?
When accepting the invitation, it’s polite to say Doumo or Arigatou gozaimasu. When turning down the
invitation, avoid saying no directly. It’s best to instead leave things ambiguous by saying chotto and
sound hesitant by speaking slowly and elongating vowels. Kore tabemasen ka. Would you like to have
some? Accepting: Arigatou gozaimasu. Ja, chotto itadakimasu. Thank you. I’ll have a little, then. Turning
down: Iyaa, chottooo… Well…just … 1-3-2 Chotto: Impact Softener Chotto literally means ‘a little’.
However, it is often used as an impact softener during a conversation when less-than favorable
information is presented. For example, as explained in GN 1-3-1, it’s polite to just say chotto when
rejecting an invitation or request, rather than saying no. The efforts to avoid an unpleasant or awkward
situation is evidenced in the frequent use of chotto in Japanese communication. Here are some
examples. • To get attention from others • To be humble: o When accepting something offered: Ja,
chotto itadakimasu. Then, I’ll take just a little. o When asked if you know something well: Chotto
wakarimasu kedo… I understand a little, but… • To soften impact: o When making a request Suimasen.
Chotto onegai-shimasu. Excuse me. Can I just ask a favor? o When you do not know the answer to a
question: Chotto wakarimasen nee. I just do not know. o When you suggest taking a break, regardless of
the actual length of the break: Chotto, yasumimasen ka? Shall we take a short break? 1-3-3 Aizuchi: How
to be a Good Listener When you participate in a Japanese conversation you are expected to give
frequent feedback and show that you are engaged. Feedback includes nodding, making facial
expressions, and using short expressions such as hai, soo desu ka, aa and others. All these are called
Aizuchi. 23 You probably hear Japanese speakers use the sentence particle nee frequently and see them
nodding equally frequently. Nodding means ‘I’m listening’, but not necessarily means ‘I agree.’ So, don’t
just stair and listen with a poker face. Nod, smile, and say, Aa, soo desu ka. 1-3-4 Personal References
Watashi ‘I’ is the most common reference to oneself in Japanese, which is probably the safest form to
use for beginning learners. Boku is only used by male speakers, and less formal than watashi. Other
forms will be introduced later, which have different shades of formality and other elements, and thus
require more care in using them. Unlike English, where the pronoun you is used for the addressee in
most cases, there are many ways to address and refer to others in Japanese. To decide how to call a
person in Japanese, you need to consider your relationship with the person and the circumstances. Last
name + san is most common, but sensei ‘teacher’ and other titles are required to address and refer to
people in such positions. Using –san instead of the titles can be rude. First name with or without –san is
more informal and used among friends or to those in the subordinate positions. Be extra careful with
the word anata ‘you’. Unlike its English equivalent, anata has very limited use, usually for anonymous
addressees, and is inappropriate if you know the person’s name or title. When deciding how to call a
person, be conservative. Start with last name + san or a title such as sensei. Switch to more casual
alternatives when requested. Be careful about timing. A switch is usually initiated by the superior.
Another caution is to not overuse watashi or any personal reference for that matter. Recall that the
subject is not mentioned in Japanese when clearly understood from the context. Overuse of personal
reference is one of the most common errors made by foreigners whose native language requires them
in a sentence. 1-3-5 Sentence Particle Yo Indicating New Information Unlike the particle ne(e), which
indicates the shared information, the particle yo indicates that the speaker thinks this is new
information to the listener. So, it is often used to correct or assure someone. In the dialogue above, Mr.
Yamada tries to assure Ms. Honda that he is going by using this particle at the end. Needless to say,
when correcting someone, you need to first make sure that you are in a position to do so, and then do it
appropriately. 24 Drills and Exercises A. Cue: Ikimasu ka. Are you going? Response: Hai, ikimasu. Honda-
san mo ikimasen ka. Yes, I am. Won’t you go, too, Ms. Honda? Cue: Shimasu ka. Do you do it? Response:
Hai, shimasu. Honda-san mo shimasen-ka. Yes, I do. Won’t you do it, too, Ms. Honda? B. Cue: Ikimasu
yo. I’m going. Response: Aa, sou desu ka. Jaa watashi mo ikimasu. Oh, yea? Well then I’ll go, too. Cue:
Shimasu yo. I’ll do it. Response: Aa, sou desu ka. Jaa, watashi mo shimasu. Oh, yea? Well, then I’ll do it,
too. C. Say it in Japanese. You are talking about events for new employees. You’ve been asked if you are
going. 1. Yes, I am. How about you (Ms. Honda)? 2. Today, I’m not going, but tomorrow, I will. 3. No, I’m
going home. Won’t you (Ms. Honda) go home, too? 4. Today is a bit… I’m sorry. Invite Ms. Honda to: 5.
go out today 6. write this (a form to fill out) 7. read that (a book over there) 8. drink this (coffee) 9. talk
the day after tomorrow 10. come (to your house) D. Act in Japanese. 1. You brought cookies for
everyone in your office. Offer them. 2. Everyone is enjoying cookies, but Ms. Honda is holding back to be
polite. Invite her to eat as well. 3. You’ve been asked if you go out often. Down play how much you
actually go out. 4. Your group has been working hard. Suggest that you take a short break. 5. You’ve
been offered a food you do not care for. Politely indicate that you do not want it. 6. Mr. Yamada has
asked you if you read an online newspaper. Tell him that you do everyday, and find out if he does. 25
Dialogue 4 Mr. Smith and Ms. Honda are preparing PPT for an upcoming presentation. Honda：Are,
dekimasita ka. Is that done? あれ、できましたか。 Smith： Ee, kinou tsukurimasita. Yes, I made it yesterday. きの
う つく ええ、昨日、作りました。 Honda：Chotto renshuu-shimasen ka? Shall we practice a little? れんしゅう ちょっと練習
しませんか。 Smith：Hai, wakarimashita. Sure, okay. はい、わかりました。 Vocabulary dekimasu できます can do,
come into being dekimashita できました could do, came into being kinou きのう yesterday renshuu れんしゅう 練
習 practice (noun) renshuu-shimasu れんしゅうします 練習します practice (verb) wakarimashita わかりました got it ＋
benkyou べんきょう 勉強 study (noun) ＋benkyou-shimasu べんきょうします 勉強します study (verb) ＋meeru めいる メール
email, text (noun) ＋meeru-shimasu めいるします メールします email, text (verb) ＋kopii こぴい コピー copy (noun) ＋
kopii-shimasu こぴいします コピーします copy (verb) ＋denwa でんわ 電話 phone, phone call ＋denwa-shimsu でんわしま
す 電話します make a phone call ＋unten うんてん 運転 drive (noun) ＋unten-shimasu うんてんします 運転します drive
(verb) ＋ototoi おととい day before yesterday Grammar Notes 1-4-1 Verbs in the Past Form As explained in
1-1-1 above, the verb -masu form is Non-Past and indicates both present and future. Past is indicated by
changing -masu to -mashita (Affirmative) and -masen to -masen deshita (Negative). Here is a chart that
shows all forms. 26 Table 2. Affirmative forms of verbs in both past and non-past Affirmative Negative
Non-past -masu -masen Past -mashita -masen deshita 1-4-2 Compound Verbs /Noun + shimasu /
combinations are compound verbs. Many nouns that mean actions such as renshuu ‘practice’ and
benkyou ‘study’ appear in this pattern. When verbs in English are borrowed into Japanese, -shimasu is
attached to them and they become Japanese verbs. Make sure you pronounce them in the Japanese
way. Meeru-shimasu yo. I’ll email (or text) you. Getto-shimasu. I’ll get it/I’ll obtain it. Appuroodo-
shimasu. I’ll upload it. Drills and Exercises A. Cue: Renshuu-shimasu ka. Will you practice? Response: Ee,
chotto renshuu-shimasen ka. Yes, why don’t we practice a little? Cue: Kaimasu ka. Will you buy it?
Response: Ee, chotto kaimasenka. Yes, why don’t we buy a little? B. Cue: Yasumimashita ne. You were
absent, right? Response: Kinou wa yasumimashita kedo, ototoi wa yasumimasen deshita. I was absent
yesterday, but I wasn’t the day before yesterday Cue: Ikimashita ne. You went, right? Response: Kinou
wa ikimashita kedo, ototoi wa ikimasen deshita. I went yesterday, but I didn’t the day before yesterday.
C. Say it in Japanese. You’ve been asked about your plan for this weekend. 1. I’ll study. 27 2. Why don’t
we talk tomorrow? 3. I emailed you yesterday. Didn’t you read it? 4. I don’t know, but why don’t we go
out? 5. I’ll just take a break, but how about you, Mr. Yamada? D. Act in Japanese. 1. You’ve just finished
writing a report. Announce that it’s done. 2. You have just given an intern some instructions. Check if he
understood. 3. As you part, let Ms. Honda know that you’ll email her. 4. A classmate is late in showing
up. Suggest that somebody call her. 5. While driving, you see Ms. Honda walking. Offer her a ride. 6. Ms.
Honda is looking for something. Ask if she didn’t buy it yesterday. Review Grammar Review a. What
endings does a Japanese verb have? (1-1-1) b. For verbs, what marks the non-past affirmative? The
negative? (1-1-1) c. What does Non-Past mean? (1-1-1) d. For verbs, what marks the past affirmative?
The negative? (1-4-1) e. What does iie mean? How different is it from “no” in English? (1-1-2) f. Where
does a subject occur in a Japanese sentence? An adverb? (1-2-1, 1-1-4) g. What is the difference
between sore and are? (1-2-2) h. Where does a sentence particle occur? Give three examples of
sentence e particles with their meanings. (1-1-3, 1-3-5) i. How do you invite someone to do something in
Japanese? (1-3-1) j. In the phrase Are wa? What does wa mean? (1-2-4) k. What is the difference in
meaning among the following sentences: (1-2-4, 1-2-5) • Ashita yasumimasu. • Ashita wa yasumimasu. •
Ashita mo yasumimasu. l. What is a compound verb? Give three examples. (1-4-2) m. How is chotto
used? (1-3-2) n. How is sou desu ka used? (1-3-3) o. How is kedo used? (1-2-3) p. What caution is given
regarding addressing the person you are talking to? (1-3-4) Practical Application A. Look at each picture,
apply an appropriate verb from this lesson, and a) ask a coworker if he does it often, b) invite an
acquaintance to do it, c) ask if a coworker did it yesterday, and d) how would you answer if asked these
questions? 28 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Look at the memorandum. Read the context below and act in Japanese.
Going away party for Yuuki 6:00, tomorrow (Friday) Kyoto Garden Restaurant 1. Ask a co-worker if she
read this. 2. As an organizer of this event, invite an acquaintance to come to the event tomorrow. 3.
You’ve been invited to the event by an organizer. Thank her and tell her that you are coming. 4.
Apologize and turn down the invitation politely. 5. As an organizer, tell an acquaintance that Ms. Honda
is coming as well. 6. Tell an organizer that you are going but Ms. Honda is not. 7. You are going to the
event. Invite an acquaintance to come with you as well. 8. Confirm that he is coming. Drill Tape Script
Dialogue 1 A. Cue: しますか。 Response: ええ、よくします。 Cue: 食べますか。 Response: ええ、よく食べます。 1. 飲みますか。
2. 買いますか。 3. 作りますか。 4. 食べますか。 29 B. Cue: しますか。 Response: いいえ、あまりしませんねえ。 Cue: 食べますか。
Response: いいえ、あまり食べませんねえ。 1. 乗りますか。 2. 食べますか。 3. 作りますか。 4. 飲みますか。 C. Cue: しませんか。
Response: ええ、全然しませんねえ。 Cue: 食べませんか。Response: ええ、全然食べませんねえ。 1. 飲みませんか。 2. 買いませんか。 3.
作りませんか。 4. わかりませんか。 Dialogue 2 A. Cue: これ、見ますか。 Response: はい、それは見ますけど、あれはみません Cue: こ
れ、しますか。 Response: はい、それはしますけど、あれはしません。 1. これ、聞きますか。 2. これ、作りますか。 3. これ、書きますか。 4. こ
れ、読みますか。 B. Cue: 見ますか。Response: 私は見ますけど、本田さんは、見ませんねえ。 Cue: しますか。Response: 私はしますけ
ど、本田さんは、しませんねえ。 1. 食べますか。 2. 話しますか。 3. 作りますか。 4. 飲みますか。 C. Cue: 見ますよ。Response: これも見ます
か。 Cue: しますよ。Response: これもしますか。 1. 聞きますよ。 2. 書きますよ。 3. 読みますよ。 4. 使います。 D. Cue: 見ます
よ。Response: ああ、私も毎日見ますよ。 Cue: しますよ。Response: ああ、私も毎日しますよ。 30 1. 聞きますよ。 2. 書きますよ。 3. 読
みますよ。 4. 乗りますよ。 Dialogue 3 A. Cue: 行きますか．Response: はい、行きます。本田さんも行きませんか。 Cue: しますか。
Response: はい、します。本田さんもしませんか。 1. 出かけますか。 2. 帰りますか。 3. 読みますか。 4. 買いますか。 B. Cue: 行きます
よ。Response: ああ、そうですか。じゃあ、私も行きます。 Cue: しますよ。 Response: ああ、そうですか。じゃあ、私もします。 1. 聞きます
よ。 2. 会いますよ。 3. 書きますよ。 4. 飲みますよ。 Dialogue 4 A. Cue: 練習しますか。Response: ええ、ちょっと練習しませんか。
Cue: 買いますか。 Response: ええ、ちょっと買いませんか。 1. 勉強しますか。 2. コピーしますか。 3. 休みますか。 4. メールしますか。 B.
Cue: 休みましたね。 Response: きのうは、休みましたけど、おとといは休みませんでした。 Cue: 行きましたね Response: きのうは行きまし
たけど、おとといは行きませんでした． 1. 出かけましたね。 2. 作りましたね。 3. 電話しましたね。 4. 来ましたね。 31 Lesson 2: Meeting
People Dialogue 1 Emily, an exchange student, is staying with the Yamamoto family and is heading out in
the morning. Emily: Anou, ima nan-ji desu ka. Um, what time is it (now)? いま なんじ あのう、今、何時ですか。
Yamamoto: Etto…hachi-ji desu yo. Let’s see…it’s eight o’clock. はちじ えっと、八時ですよ。 Emily: Ja, itte kimasu.
い じゃ、行ってきます。 Well, see you later. Outside, Emily sees Mr. Tanaka, a neighbor. Emily: Ii otenki desu
nee. It’s a beautiful day, isn’t it? てんき いいお天気ですねえ。 Tanaka: A, Emily-san, gakkou desu ka. Oh, Michael.
Are you going to school? がっこう あ、エミリーさん。学校ですか。 Emily: Ie, kyou wa gakkou ja nai desu. No, not
school, today. Arubaito desu. I’m working. きょう がっこう いえ、今日は、学校じゃないです。アルバイトです。 Vocabulary
anou あのう um… (hesitation noise) ima いま 今 now nan-ji なんじ 何時 what time desu です is X etto えっと let’s
see… (hesitation noise) hachi-ji はちじ 八時 eight o’clock ii いい good o- お affix indicating politeness tenki てんき
天気 weather otenki おてんき お天気 weather (polite) ii otenki いいおてんき いいお天気 good weather gakkou がっこう 学
校 school 32 ja nai desu じゃないです is not X arubaito あるばいと アルバイト part-time job (of students), side job ＋
baito ばいと バイト abbreviated form of arubaito ＋~han 〜はん 半 half (past the hour) ＋ame あめ 雨 rain ＋yuki ゆ
き 雪 snow ＋atsui あつい 暑い hot ＋samui さむい 寒い cold ＋shigoto しごと 仕事 work, job ＋kaisha かいしゃ 会社
company, work ＋kaimono かいもの 買い物 shopping ＋sanpo さんぽ 散歩 walk ＋yasumi やすみ 休み time off,
absence, (store) closed Clock Time Ichi-ji いちじ 一時 1 o’clock Ni-ji にじ 二時 2 o’clock San-ji さんじ 三時 3 o’clock
Yo-ji よじ 四時 4 o’clock Go-ji ごじ 五時 5 o’clock Roku-ji ろくじ 六時 6 o’clock Shichi-ji しちじ 七時 7 o’clock Hachi-ji は
ちじ 八時 8 o’clock Ku-ji くじ 九時 9 o’clock Juu-ji じゅうじ 十時 10 o’clock Juu-ichi-ji じゅういちじ 十一時 11 o’clock Juu-
ni-ji じゅうにじ 十二時 12 o’clock Rei-ji れいじ 零時 12 o’clock (0 o’clock) Nan-ji なんじ 何時 what time han 〜はん 半 half
ichi-ji-han いちじはん 一時半 1:30 Grammar Notes 2-1-1/Noun + desu / ‘is N’ / Noun + ja nai desu/ ‘is not N’ /X
desu/ means ‘is X’ (Affirmative) and /X ja nai desu/ means ‘is not X’ (Negative). These noun sentences
are Non-Past and Formal. Ame desu yo. It’s raining. Kore wa gakkou desu ka. Is this a school? Honda-san
ja nai desu ka? Aren’t you Ms. Honda? A negative question can be also used 1) to show some
uncertainty, and 33 2) to politely correct someone. 1) Ima, na-ji desu ka. - What time is it? Yo-ji ja nai
desu ka? - Isn’t it four? 2) San-ji desu yo. - It’s three. Anou, yo-ji ja nai desu ka. - Umm, isn’t it four?
Recall that what is obvious from the context is usually not mentioned in Japanese. In the dialogue
above, Ms. Tanaka sees Michael going somewhere, and checks if he is going to work. All she has to say is
‘Is it work (that you are going to)?’ A sentence X wa Y desu is usually translated as ‘X is Y’. However,
unlike the English translation, where X equals Y (Y is the identity of X), the interpretation of the Japanese
sentence is more open and flexible. Consider the following: Honda-san wa shigoto desu. This sentence
does not mean ‘Ms. Honda IS work’, but rather for Ms. Honda what is under discussion is the work. So,
there are numerous possible interpretations depending on the context. For example, she is at work, her
priority is her work, her plan for the weekend is to work, what she likes is her job, to list a few. So, be
aware of the context and be imaginative. Now, test your imagination. What can the following possibly
mean? Honda-san wa Panda desu. 2-1-2 Clock Time Hours are named by attaching –ji to the number.
Minutes will be introduced later. You can attach –han to the hour to mean ‘half past the hour’. Note
that, unlike English, when asking what time it is, ima ’now’ is commonly used in Japanese, as shown in
the dialogue above. 2-1-3 Hesitation Noises: Anou and Etto Hesitation noises are very common in
Japanese conversations. Without them, a conversation may sound too mechanical and abrupt. Japanese
conversations tend to favor less direct and less confrontational exchanges. ‘Beating around the bush’
may not be such a bad thing when speaking Japanese. One way to do it is to use hesitation noises. A lot
of them! Anou and etto are two of the most common hesitation noises in Japanese. Anou is the all
mighty hesitation noise while etto indicates that you are searching for the right answer. So, when asked
what your name is, for example, anou is fine, but not etto. Anou is also used to get attention from a
person, but not etto. Besides the hesitation noises, you also hear Japanese speakers elongating the last
vowel of each word, or inserting desu ne between chunks of words to slow down speech. 34 Imaaa,
anooo, Honda-san waaaa, shigotooo desu. Honda is at work now. Ashita desu ne, anoo desu ne zenbu
desu ne tsukurimasu. I’ll make all tomorrow. Drills and Exercises A. Cue: Ima ku-ji desu ka. Is it nine
o’clock? Response: Iya, juu-ji desu yo. No, it’s ten. Cue: Ima san-ji desu ka. Is it three o’clock? Response:
Iya, yo-ji desu yo. No, it’s four. Cue: Kyou wa baito desu ka. Are you working today? Response: Ie, baito
ja nai desu. No, I’m not. Cue: Kyou wa ame desu ka. Is it raining today? Response: Ie, ame ja nai desu.
No, it isn’t. B. Say it in Japanese. You are heading out in the morning. Mrs. Yamamoto asks you if you are
going to work. Reply. 1. Yes, I’m going to the office (company). Excuse me. What time is it? 2. No, today
is my day off. I’m going shopping. 3. No, I’m not going to work today. I’m just going out. 4. Yes, I’m going
to work (side job). I’m not returning today. I’ll be back the day after tomorrow. See you later. 5. No, I’m
just taking a little walk. It’s a beautiful day! Wont’ you come, too? C. Act in Japanese. 1. Greet a neighbor
in the morning. Mention how cold it is. Ask if it’s going to snow tomorrow. 2. Ms. Honda is heading out.
Check if she is going shopping. Warn her that it will rain today. 3. You’ve been asked if it’s your day off
today. Tell Ms. Yamamoto that yes, it is, but you’ll study. 4. A supervisor is looking for Mr. Yamada. Let
her know that he is absent today, but will come tomorrow. 5. Someone has mistaken you for Mr/s.
Smith. Correct him. Use hesitation noises to avoid bluntness. 6. You’ve been invited to join a
neighborhood soccer team. Find out what time practice is scheduled everyday. 7. You found an error in
the schedule. Politely point out that this is not 3:00 and should be 3:30. 35 Dialogue 2 Michael meets a
business associate and exchanges business cards. Oda: Ajia Ginkou no Oda desu. I’m Oda from Bank of
Asia. ぎんこう お だ アジア銀行の小田です。 Hajimemashite. How do you do? はじめまして。 Michael: Oda-san desu ka.
Mr. Oda? お だ 小田さんですか。 J-Netto no Maikeru Sumisu desu. I’m Michael Smith from J-Net. J ネットのマイケ
ル・スミスです。 Douzo yoroshiku onegai-shimasu. Nice to meet you. ねが どうぞ、よろしくお願いします。 Mrs.
Yamamoto introduces Emily at a meeting of the International Club. Mrs. Y: Minasan, chotto shoukai-
shimasu. Everyone, I’d like to introduce someone. しょうかい みなさん、ちょっと紹 介します Ryuugakusei no Emirii-
san desu. It’s Emily, an exchange student. りゅうがくせい 留学生のエミリーさんです。 Emily: Hajimemashite. Emirii
Hiru desu. Hello, I’m Emily Hill. はじめまして。エミリー・ヒルです。 Amerika no Pootorando shuuritsu daigaku,
daigakuin no ichi-nensei desu. しゅうりつだいがく だいがくいん アメリカのポートランド州 立大学、大学院の一年生です。 I’m a first-
year graduate student at Portland State University, USA. Senkou wa bijinesu desu. My major is business.
せんこう 専攻はビジネスです。 Douzo yoroshiku onegai-shimasu. Nice to meet you. ねが どうぞ、よろしくお願いします。 36
Vocabulary Ajia あじあ アジア Asia Ginkou ぎんこう 銀行 bank Oda おだ 小田 Oda (family name) J-netto J−ねっと J−ネッ
ト J-Net Minas an みなさん 皆さん everyone (polite) shoukai しょうかい 紹介 introduction ryuugakusei りゅうがくせい 留
学生 study-abroad student Emirii えみりい エミリー Emily Hiru ひる ヒル Hill Amerika あめりか アメリカ USA
Pootorando ぽうとらんど ポートランド Portland shuuritsu しゅうりつ 州立 state funded daigaku だいがく 大学 university,
college daigakuin だいがくいん 大学院 graduate school ichi-nen-sei いちねんせい 一年生 freshman senkou せんこう 専攻
academic major bijinesu びじねす ビジネス business ＋dare だれ who ＋doko どこ where ＋nani-jin なにじん 何人
person of what nationality ＋minna みんな everyone, all ＋gakusei がくせい 学生 student ＋daigakusei だいがくせい
大学生 college student ＋tomodachi ともだち 友だち friend ＋kuni くに 国 country ＋ni-nen-sei にねんせい 二年生
sophomore, second grader ＋san-nen-sei さんねんせい 三年生 junior, third grader ＋yo-nen-sei よねんせい 四年生
senior, fourth grader ＋nan-nen-sei なんねんせい 何年生 what grade in school ＋rekishi れきし 歴史 history ＋keizai け
いざい 経済 economy ＋seiji せいじ 政治 politics ＋ meishi めいし 名刺 business card 37 Country & Nationality (add –
jin to the country name) Nihon にほん 日本 Japan にほんじん 日本人 Japanese Igirisu いぎりす イギリス England いぎりすじ
ん イギリス人 English Amerika あめりか アメリカ U.S. あめりかじん アメリカ American Kankoku かんこく 韓国 Korea かんこくじん
韓国人 Korean Roshia ろしあ ロシア Russia ろしあじん ロシア人 Russian Chuugoku ちゅうごく中国 China ちゅうごくじん 中国人
Chinese Taiwan たいわん 台湾 Taiwan たいわんじん 台湾人 Taiwanese Furansu ふらんす フランス France ふらんすじん フランス
人 French person Doitsu どいつ ドイツ Germany どいつじん ドイツ人 German Supein すぺいん スペイン Spain すぺいんじん ス
ペイン人 Spaniard Itaria いたりあ イタリア Italy いたりあじん イタリア人 Italian Indo いんど インド India いんどじん インド人
Indian Betonamu べとなむ ベトナム Vietnam べとなむじん ベトナム人 Vietnamese doko no kuni どこのくに どこの国 what
country nani-jin なにじん 何人 what nationality Subjects in Business School bijinesu ビジネス business
maaketingu マーケティング marketing fainansu ファイナンス finance けいり keiri 経理 accounting sapurai chein サプラ
イチェーン supply chain Academic Disciplines れきしがく rekishi-gaku* 歴史学 history けいざいがく keizai-gaku* 経済学
economics せいじがく seiji-gaku* 政治学 political science すうがく suugaku 数学 mathematics ぶんがく bungaku 文学
literature えいぶんがく eibungaku 英文学 English literature 38 にほんぶんがく nihon bungaku 日本文学 Japanese
literature げんごがく gengo-gaku* 言語学 linguistics しんりがく shinri-gaku* 心理学 psychology てつがく tetsugaku* 哲
学 philosophy しゃかいがく shakai-gaku* 社会学 sociology ぶつりがく butsuri-gaku* 物理学 physics かが く kagaku 化学
chemistry せいぶつがく seibutsu-gaku* 生物学 biology てんもんがく tenmongaku* 天文学 astrology *These can be
used without -gaku (academic discipline). Grammar Notes 2-2-1 Noun no Noun When one noun
describes another in Japanese they are connected together by particle no. /X no Y/ means a kind of Y,
which is described by X. Multiple nouns can be connected by particle no, but always the last noun is the
main noun. Compare the following: pasokon no kaisya a computer company kaisya no pasokon a
computer in the company America no pasokon no kaisya a computer company in the US America no
kaisya no pasokon a computer (made by) an American company The relationship between the main
noun and other noun(s) varies greatly depending on their meaning. The following are some examples.
Location Nihon no daigaku colleges in Japan Affiliation J-Netto no Maikeru Michael from J-Net 39
Possession watashi no baggu my bag Time san-ji no baito work from 3 o’clock Subgroup Amerika no
Pootorando Porltand, US, daigakuin no ichi-nensei First year graduate student Status ryuugakusei no
Hiru-san Mr/s. Hill, an exchange student 2-2-2 Loan Words Japanese has borrowed words and phrases
from other languages. The majority of Japanese loanwords these days come from English. When words
are borrowed, they go through some changes. First, their pronunciation changes to fit the Japanese
sound system. Make sure you learn how your name is pronounced in Japanese. Second, these words
usually become nouns, regardless of what they were in their original language. Third, their meaning in
Japanese may be different. As explained in GN1-4-2, by attaching –simasu, many borrowed words that
are verbs in the original language can be used as verbs in Japanese (kopii-shimasu ‘copy’). If the original
words/phrases are long, they get abbreviated and become very different words from the original
(sumaho for smart phone). It’s common to abbreviate two-word phrases by taking the first two syllables
from each and combine them to make four syllable words (pasokon for personal computer). 2-2-3
Introductions and Exchange of Business Cards It’s customary in business situations to exchange business
cards when meeting someone for the first time. Keep your cards ready. As you present your card (with
both hands, palms up), bow and turn it so that the other person can read it. As you receive the other
person’s card, take a moment to read/acknowledge it. You can place their business cards in front of you
during the meeting to refer to. Self-introductions are very common in Japan, during which a person gets
up in front of a group and explains who he/she is. These follow a formula, which starts with
hajimemashite, followed by your name (even if it has already been mentioned) and other information,
and closes with douzo yoroshiku onegai shimasu. Remember to bow as you introduce yourself, and nod
when others bow. It’s better to be safe and bow more often than sorry by bowing too little. When in
doubt, bow! 40 Drills and Exercises A. Cue: Amerika desu ka. Is it America? Response: Hai, Amerika no
kaisha desu. Yes, it’s an American company. Cue: Furansu desu ka. Is it France? Response: Hai, furansu
no kaisha desu. Yes, it’s a French company. B. Cue: Sensei wa Amerikajin desu ka. Is the teacher
Japanese? Response: Ie, Amerikajin ja nai desu. No, she is not American. She is Japanese. Cue: Sensei wa
furansujin desu ka. Is the teacher French? Response: Ie, furansujin ja nai desu. No, she is not French. She
is Japanese. C. Say it in Japanese. You are at a reception. You've been asked who that person is. 1. He is
Mr. Oda from Google. 2. He is a Vietnamese exchange student. He is a senior. 3. He is a friend from work
(company). I’ll introduce you. 4. He is a professor of Economics from an American college. 5. Isn’t he a
friend of Ms. Honda’s? I see him a lot. D. Act in Japanese. 1. You’ve been asked to introduce yourself to
everyone in the new office. Perform! 2. Introduce Ms. Young from Bank of Japan to everyone in your
office. 3. At a reception, approach a business associate, introduce yourself and exchange business cards.
4. You’ve just met a new exchange student from Taiwan. Ask her what year of school she is in and what
she majors in. 5. On a guest list, you see the name of a Mr. Lee. Ask a co-worker a) if he is Mr. Lee from
Asia Bank, b) what nationality he has, and c) if he is Korean. 41 Dialogue 3 At an orientation for new
employees Staff: Anou, o-namae wa? Umm…(What is) your name? なまえ あのう、お名前は？ Michael: Maikeru
Sumisu desu. I’m Michael Smith. マイケル・スミスです。 Staff: Nihongo o-jouzu desu nee. Your Japanese is
good! に ほ んご じょうず 日本語、お上手ですねえ。 Michake: Ie ie, mada mada desu. No, no. Still a long way to go. いえ
いえ、まだまだです。 Michael sees handouts on the table. Michale: Sore, nan desu ka. What is that? なん それ、何
ですか。 Staff: Kore desu ka. Kyou no sukejuuru desu. This? It’s today’s schedule. きょう これですか。今日のスケジュー
ルです。 …… Michael: Ano kata, donata desu ka. Who is that person? ひと あの人、どなたですか。 Staff: Ano onna
no hito desu ka. Do you mean that woman? おんな かた あの 女 の方ですか。 Tookyoo-daigaku no Satou-sensei
desu. She is Prof. Sato from U. of Tokyo. とうきょうだいがくさとうせんせい 東京大学の佐藤先生です。 Vocabulary namae な
まえ 名前 name onamae おなまえ お名前 name (polite) nihongo にほんご 日本語 Japanese (language) jouzu じょうず 上手
good (at something), skillful ojouzu おじょうず お上手 good (polite) mada mada まだまだ not there yet, still long
way to go nan なん 何 what sukejuuru すけじゅうる スケジュール schedule ano X あの X that X (2-3-2) 42 hito ひと 人
person donata どなた who (polite) onna おんな 女 female kata かた 方 person (polite) toukyou-daigaku とうきょう
だいがく東京大学 University of Tokyo Satou さとう 佐藤 Sato (family name) ＋otoko おとこ 男 male ＋heta へた 下手
bad, poor (at something) ＋keitai けいたい ケータイ cellphone ＋sumaho すまほ スマホ smartphone ＋pasokon ぱそこ
ん パソコン computer, laptop ＋baggu ばっぐ バッグ bag ＋kaban かばん 鞄 brief case, bag (made of leather) ＋kasa
かさ 傘 umbrella Languages (Add –go to the country name. A few exceptions) nihongo にほんご 日本語
Japanese eigo えいご 英語 English chuugokugo ちゅうごくご 中国語 Chinese kankokugo かんこくご 韓国語 Korean
furansugo ふらんすご フランス語 French supeingo すぺいんご スペイン語 Spanish rosiago ろしあご ロシア語 Russian itariago
いたりあご イタリア語 Italian doitsugo どいつご ドイツ語 German betonamugo べとなむご ベトナム語 Vietnamese arabiago
あらびあご アラビア語 Arabic nanigo なにご 何語 what language Grammar Notes 2-3-1 Echo Questions As we have
seen, it’s common for things that are clear from the context to be left unsaid in Japanese conversation.
However, the context may not always be clear to everyone involved. In such cases, people use echo
questions (echoing back all or part of what has just been said) for clarification. In the dialogue above, the
staff member uses the echo question ‘Do you mean this?’ to check if Michael is referring to the
handouts near her. Michael: Sore, nan desu ka. What is that? Staff: Kore desu ka. Kyou no sukejuuru
desu. This? It’s today’s schedule. While echo questions are not unique to Japanese, they occur a lot
more 43 frequently in Japanese conversations. This is because echo questions are not only used for
clarification, but also to slow down the pace of conversation or soften the tone. Recall that hesitation
noises are used to take time and avoid direct responses. Echo questions are often used for similar
purposes. So, even when there is no need for clarification, Japanese speakers may ask echo questions. In
such cases, an answer to the echo question is not necessarily expected. The most common echo
questions are those that repeat the topic nouns, which may have been left unsaid or which are typically
marked by the particle wa in the other person’s speech. Wakarimasu ka? Do [you] understand? -Watashi
desu ka. Iya, amari… Do you mean me? Not really. Kore wa sumaho desu ka. Is this a smartphone? -Kore
desu ka. Hai. Do you mean this? Yes. Note here that ‘Sumaho desu ka.’ is impossible as an echo
question. Watch out! *-Sumaho desu ka? Hai. Do you mean a smartphone? Yes. 2-3-2 Ano X Ko-so-a-do
series #2 In Lesson 1, the first set of ko-so-a-do series (kore, sore, are, dore) was introduced. The second
set of the series is kono, sono, ano, and dono. Both sets are based on the same ko-so-a-do distinction
(near the speaker, close to the addressee, or away from both). The difference between the two sets is
that the first is a set of nouns and the second is a set of incomplete elements that require a following
noun and cannot be used alone. So, while kore is an independent noun meaning ‘this’, kono is linked to
a noun, meaning ‘this X’. Note that when translated into English, both kore and kono are translated as
‘this’. kore this kono kaisha this company kono nihon no kaisya this Japanese company Drills and
Exercises A. Cue: Furansugo, wakarimasu ka. Do you understand French? Response: Furansugo desu ka.
Ie, wakarimasen. French? No, I don’t. Cue: Chuugokugo, wakarimasu ka. Do you understand Chinese?
Response: Chuugokugo desu ka. Ie, wakarimasen. Chinese? No I don’t. 44 B. Cue: Kore, dare no keitai
desuka? Whose cellphone is this? Response: Kono keitai desu ka. Wakarimasen nee. This cellphone? I
don’t know Cue: Are, doko no kaisha desu ka. Where is that company from? Response: Ano kaisya desu
ka. Wakarimasen nee. That company? I don’t know. C. Say it in Japanese. Ms. Honda has asked you what
is in the bag. 1. Which bag is it? 2. Do you mean this bag? It’s my smartphone. 3. Do you mean that bag
over there? Isn’t it Mr. Oda’s laptop? 4. This is my friend’s umbrella. 5. I don’t know. It’s not my bag. D.
Act in Japanese. 1. You are at a reception. Approach another guest and ask his name. 2. You caught a
sight of Prof. Sato at the reception. Ask a staff member if that woman is in fact Prof. Sato. 3. Ms. Honda
is carrying a big bag. Ask what’s in it. 4. You’ve just heard a name of someone. Check if that is a name for
a man? 5. Someone has mistaken your bag for hers. Point out her mistake and get your bag back. 6. At
the party you’ve been complimented on your Japanese skills. Be humble and respond. Dialogue 4
Michael checks the schedule. Michael: Doyou to nichiyou wa yasumi desu ne. We’re off on Sat. and Sun.,
right? どよう にちよう やす 土曜と日曜は休みですね? Honda: Mochiron desu. Of course. もちろんです。 Michael: Ajia
ginkou no apo wa getsuyoubi deshita ne. The appointment with Bank of Asia was on Mon. right? ぎんこう
げつようび アジア銀行のアポは、月曜日でしたね。 Honda: E? Kayoubi ja nakatta desu ka. Huh? Wasn’t it on Tues? か よ う
び え？ 火曜日じゃなかったですか。 Michael: Aa, sou deshita ne! Sumimasen. Oh, that’s right! Sorry. ああ、そうでしたね。
すみません。 45 Vocabulary doyou(bi) どよう（び） 土曜日 Saturday to と and nichiyou(bi) にちよう（び） 日曜日 Sunday
mochiron もちろん of course apo あぽ アポ appointment getsuyoubi げつようび 月曜日 Monday deshita でした was
(the Past form of desu) e え？ What? Oh? (Surprise/‘Couldn't hear’) kayoubi かようび 火曜日 Tuesday X ja
nakatta desu ka X じゃなかったですか Wasn’t it X? ＋itsu いつ when ＋jugyou じゅぎょう 授業 class ＋shukudai しゅくだい
宿題 homework ＋shiken しけん 試験 exam ＋kaigi かいぎ 会議 meeting, conference ＋orienteishon おりえんていしょん オ
リエンテーション orientation ＋purezen ぷれぜん プレゼン presentation ＋hon ほん 本 book ＋kyoukasho きょうかしょ 教科書
textbook ＋manga まんが manga, comic, anime ＋anime あにめ アニメ anime ＋nooto のおと ノート notebook ＋kami
かみ a 紙 paper ＋enpitsu えんぴつ 鉛筆 pencil ＋pen ぺん ペン pen Days of the Week Youbi nichi-youbi にちようび 日曜
日 Sunday getsu-youbi げつようび 月曜日 Monday ka-youbi かようび 火曜日 Tuesday sui-youbi すいようび 水曜日
Wednesday moku-youbi もくようび 木曜日 Thursday kin-youbi きんようび 金曜日 Friday do-youbi どようび 土曜日
Saturday nan-youbi なんようび 何曜日 what day of the week Grammar Notes 2-4-1 Days of the Week Youbi
indicates days of the week. There are three variations for each day of the week. 46 getsu, getsu-you,
getsu-youbi The longer, the more formal. Abbreviations like the following are also very common. Getsu-
sui-kin Mon-Wed-Fri Kaa-moku Tue-Thurs. Do-nichi Sat-Sun The question word nan-youbi ‘what day of
the week’ cannot be used to ask ‘what day of the month’, which will be introduced later. 2-4-2 Noun to
Noun /X to Y/ means ‘X and Y’. Unlike English ‘and’, which can connect various elements including
adjectives, verbs, or sentences, the particle to can only connect nouns or noun phrases. Nihon to
America Japan and America Asia Ginkou no Oda-san to J-Netto no Sumisu-san Mr. Oda from Asia Bank
and Mr. Smith from J-Net Kayoubi to mokuyoubi no jugyou Classes on Tuesday and Thursday Kono
nihongo no kyoukasho to ano hon this Japanese textbook and that book Like other particles, to follows a
noun, and when pronouncing, there is no pause between the noun and to (in English, you can pause
before ‘and.’) There is no limit to the number of nouns connected, but it’s rare for an adult speaker to
list more than three or four. 2-4-3 The Past Form of /X desu/ X deshita, X ja nakatta desu The forms of /X
desu/ including the Non-Past, Past, Affirmative and Negative are shown in the chart below. Make sure
you do not use deshita in the Past Negative form. Table 3. Conjucation of non-past and past-forms of -
desu in the affirmative and negative. Affirmative Negative Non-past Nihongo desu. It’s Japanese.
Nihongo ja nai desu. It’s not Japanese. Past Nihongo deshita. It was Japanese. Nihongo ja nakatta desu.
It wasn’t Japanese. 47 The Past forms are also used to express recollection of information, even when it
is information about an event scheduled in the future. Kaigi wa ashita deshita ne. The meeting was
tomorrow, right? -Iya, asatte ja nakatta desu ka? No, wasn’t it the day after tomorrow? Drills and
Exercises E. Cue: Kyou wa getsuyoubi desu ne. Today is Monday, right? Response: E? Kayoubi ja nai desu
ka? What? Isn’t it Tuesday? Cue: Kyou wa Mokuyoubi desu ne. Today is Thursday, right? Response: E?
Kinyoubi ja nai desu ka? What? Isn’t it Friday? F. Cue: Kinou wa ame deshita ne. It rained yesterday,
right? Response: Ee, ame ja nakatta desu ka. Yes, didn’t it rain? Cue: Shike wa getsuyou deshita ne. The
exam was Monday, right? Response: Ee, getsuyou ja nakatta desu ka. Yes, wasn’t it on Mon.? G. Say it in
Japanese. You are talking about last week’s meeting. Ask the following: 1. When was it? 2. What day of
the week was it? 3. What time was it? 4. Where was it? 5. Which country was it (held in)? 6. Which
company was it (held at)? 7. Who was the teacher? 8. Of what nationality was the teacher? 9. In what
language was it? 10. Which textbook was it (that was used)? Emily is looking at the course catalog. Ask
her: 1. What days of the week are the Japanese classes scheduled on? 2. What time are they scheduled
at? 3. Who is the instructor? 4. Is homework due everyday? 5. What time is the Tuesday orientation for
exchange students scheduled at? 48 You’ve been asked the above questions. Reply: 6. It’s Monday,
Wednesday and Friday. 7. Aren’t they at nine and eleven thirty? 8. The instructors are Japanese and
American. The Japanese teacher is Prof. Sato, but I do not know the name of the American teacher. 9. Of
course, it’s everyday, I tell you. 10. The Tuesday orientation is at 10:30, but the sophomores do not go.
H. Act in Japanese. 1. Find out from the teacher what day of the week the Japanese exam is scheduled
and what time. 2. You’ve just been told that there is an exam today! Express your surprise. 3. You need
to write down something. Ask for paper and a pen. 4. A coworker is wondering about yesterday’s
weather. You remember that it rained yesterday. Let him know. 5. You have an appointment with a
business associate this week. Confirm with her that it is at ten o’clock on Thursday. Make sure you thank
her in advance for the appointments. Review Grammar Review a. What does /X desu/ mean? How about
/X deshita/? (2-1-1, 2-4-3) b. For noun sentences, what is the Non-Past negative? How about the Past
negative? (2- 1-1, 2-4-3) c. How is a clock time expressed? How about the days of the week? (2-1-2, 2-4-
1) d. How do you ask what time it is in Japanese? How about what day of the week today is? (2-1-1, 2-4-
1) e. Give two examples of Japanese hesitation noises. What is the difference between them? How are
they used? (2-1-3) f. Which is the main noun in the noun phrase / X no Y/, X or Y? (2-2-1) g. What is the
relationship between the two nouns in /X no Y/? (2-2-1) h. What three changes may happen when a
foreign word is borrowed into Japanese? (2- 2-2) i. What is the ritual expression used at the beginning of
a self-introduction? How is it closed? (2-2-3) When do you bow? j. What is the difference between sore
and sono? (2-3-2) k. What is an echo question? How do you use it? (2-3-1) l. How is ‘E?’ used? (2-4
vocabulary) m. What is the difference in meaning between the following (2-4-3): 1. Nihonjin ja nakatta
desu. 49 2. Nihonjin ja nakatta desu ka. n. What does the particle to ‘and’ combine? (2-4-2) Practical
Applications Part A You work in a HR office of a company. Answer the questions on the basis of the
student ID of prospective part-time employees below. 1. You’ve been asked who are the students. 2.
Your supervisor asks you to call the person whose name is on one of the cards. Ask if she means Chris
Johnson. 3. You supervisor says that Ms. Wang went to Lincoln University. Correct him politely 4. You’ve
been asked if both Johnson and Wang are juniors. 5. You’ve been asked who is studying Business. 6.
Your supervisor asks you to set up appointments with them tomorrow. Find out what time tomorrow he
has in mind. 7. You set up two separate appointments. Inform the supervisor that for Mr. Johnson it’s
9:30 and for Ms. Wang it’s 11:30. 50 Part B You see your supervisor holding a flyer. It’s March 18th
today. 1. You hear your supervisor talking to student interns about the flyer. Ask if it’s (for) a class. 2. Ask
your supervisor what the conference is about. 3. Ask your supervisor if it will be (conducted) in Chinese.
4. Ask your supervisor what language it is. 5. Ask your supervisor where in Japan it will be held. 6. Ask
your supervisor when it is. 7. Ask your supervisor if it is today. 8. Ask your supervisor what days of the
week the dates are. 9. You hear your supervisor talking to co-workers about the keynote speaker. Ask if
it’s Prof. Honda. 10. You hear your supervisor talking to co-workers about the keynote speaker. Ask who
it is. 11. You hear your supervisor talking to co-workers about the keynote speaker. Ask if the keynote
speaker is from a Japanese university. 12. Ask your co-worker if he is going. 13. You’ve been asked above
questions by a co-worker. Answer his questions on the basis of the flyer. 14. The event is over. Now ask
and answer with a co-worker the questions above in the Past form. 51 Drill Tape Scripts Dialogue 1 A.
Cue: 今、九時ですか。 Response: いや、十時ですよ。 Cue: 今、三時ですか。 Response: いや、四時ですよ。 1. 今、七時ですか。 2. 今、
四時ですか。 3. 今、八時ですか。 4. 今、十時ですか。 5. 今、一時半ですか。 6. 今、六時半です。 B. Cue: 今日は、バイトですか。
Response: いえ、バイトじゃないです。 Cue: 今日は、雨ですか。 Response: いえ、雨じゃないです。 会社ですか。 1. 買い物ですか。 2. 雪
ですか。 3. 練習ですか。 4. 散歩ですか。 5. 休みですか。 Dialogue 2 A. Cue: アメリカですか。 Response: はい、アメリカの会社です。
Cue: フランスですか。 Response: はい、フランスの会社です。 1. イギリスですか。 2. ロシアですか。 3. ドイツですか。 4. 韓国ですか。 5.
中国ですか。 B. Cue: 先生は、アメリカ人ですか。 Response: いえ、アメリカ人じゃないです。日本人です。 Cue: 先生は、フランス人ですか。
Response: いえ、フランス人じゃないです。日本人です。 1. 中国人ですか。 2. イタリア人ですか。 3. 台湾人ですか。 4. インド人ですか。 5. ロ
シア人ですか 52 Dialogue 3 A. Cue: フランス語、わかりますか。 Response: フランス語ですか。いえ、わかりません。 Cue: 中国語、わか
りますか。 Response: 中国語ですか。いえ、わかりません。 1. ロシア語、わかりますか。 2. アラビア語、わかりますか。 3. スペイン語、わかりま
すか。 4. フランス語、わかりますか。 5. 韓国語、わかりますか。 B. Cue: これ、だれのケータイですか。 Response: このケータイですか。わか
りませんねえ。 Cue: あれ、どこの会社ですか。 Response: あの会社ですか。わかりませんねえ。 1. これ、何の本ですか。 2. あれ、どこのパソコ
ンですか。 3. あれ、だれの傘ですか。 4. これ、何時のバイトですか。 5. それ、どなたの鞄ですか。 Dialogue 4 A. Cue: 今日は、月曜日です
ね。Response: え？火曜日じゃないですか。 Cue: 今日は、木曜日ですね。 Response: え？金曜日じゃないですか。 1. 今日は、水曜日ですね。
2. 今日は、日曜日ですね。 3. 今日は、金曜日ですね。 4. 今日は、火曜日ですね 5. 今日は、土曜日ですね B. Cue: きのうは雨でしたね。
Response: ええ、雨じゃなかったですか。 Cue: 試験は月曜でしたね。 Response: ええ、月曜じゃなかったですか。 1. 会議は、イギリスでした
ね。 2. アポは、水曜日でしたね。 3. おとといは、会社でしたね。 4. あの留学生は、韓国人でしたね。 5. あれは、日本語の教科書でしたね。 53
Lesson 3: Settling Down Dialogue 1 Michael is checking apartment listings. Honda: Ii apaato, arimasu ka.
Are there any good apartments? いいアパート、ありますか。 Michael: Sukunai desu nee. Very few. すく 少ないですね
え。 …… Honda: Kono apaato wa dou desu ka? How about this apartment? このアパートはどうですか。 Michael:
Sou desu nee. Chotto takaku naidesu ka. Let’s see. Isn’t it a little expensive? たか そうですねえ。ちょっと高くないです
か。 Vocabulary apaato あぱあと アパート apartment arimasu あります there is/are, exists sukunai すくない 少ない be
few, there are few dou どう how sou desu nee そうですねえ Let me see, I’m thinking takai たかい 高い expensive
takakunai たかくない 高くない is not expensive ＋manshon まんしょん マンション condominium ＋ie いえ 家 house,
home ＋heya へや 部屋 room ＋ikaga いかが how (polite) ＋ooi おおい 多い be a lot, there are a lot ＋yasui やすい 安い
cheap ＋ookii おおきい 大きい large, big ＋chiisai ちいさい 小さい small ＋atarashii あたらしい 新しい new ＋furui ふるい 古い
old 54 Grammar Notes 3-1-1 Adjective Sentences All adjectives in Japanese end in -i (Non Past), -katta
(Past), and - ku. takai expensive takaku nai not expensive To make the Past form, change -i to -katta. For
the negative form, change nai to nakatta. takakatta was expensive takaku nakatta was not expensive To
make a formal style adjective sentence, add desu. Takai desu. It’s expensive. Takaku nai des. It’s not
expensive. Takakatta desu. It was expensive. Takaku nakatta desu. It was not expensive. In Lessons 1 and
2 verb sentences and noun sentences were introduced. With the adjective sentences introduced in this
lesson you have now seen all three Japanese sentence types. The chart below shows the forms that
have been introduced so far. Table 4. Examples of affirmative and negative non-past types of verb, noun,
and adjective sentences in Japanese. Non-past – Affirmative Non-Past – Negative Verb Sentence
Wakarimasu. Wakarimasen. Noun Sentence Nihon desu. Nihon ja nai desu. Adjective Sentence Takai
desu. Takaku nai desu. 55 Table 5. Affirmative and negative past types of verb, noun, and adjective
sentences in Japanese. Past - Affirmative Past - Negative Past - Affirmative Verb Sentence
Wakarimashita. Wakarimasen deshita. Noun Sentence Nihon deshita. Nihon ja nakatta desu. Adjective
Sentence Takakatta desu. Takaku nakatta desu. The adjective ii has special forms. This is the only
exception in the entire class of adjectives. Ii desu It’s good Yoku nai desu It’s not good Yokatta desu It
was good. Yoku nakatta desu. It wasn’t good. Yoku is one of the most commonly used adverbs and was
already introduced in Lesson 1 as in yoku wakarimasu, yoku tabemasu, etc. Yokatta desu nee is a
common response to good news. 3-1-2 Adjective + Noun In Lesson 2, you saw two ways of extending a
noun into a noun phrase. One way is to modify a noun by another, as in the sequence /X no Y/ in the
phrase Amerika no kaisha ‘American company.’ Another example is the kono-sono-ano-dono group that
precedes a noun, as in ano kaisha ‘that company’. These two ways can be combined as in kono Amerika
no kaisha ‘this American company.’ Adjectives can directly modify a noun to make a noun phrase (no
need for the particle no). takai keitai expensive cellphone takaku nai keitai cellphone that is not
expensive It’s possible to combine more than one adjective or other modifying elements to extend a
noun phrase. chiisai takai keitai small, expensive cellphone kono Amerika no chiisai takai keitai this
small, expensive American cellphone 56 Note that all the modifying elements occur before the main
noun, and that the particle no must be attached to a noun modifier wherever it occurs. The order of
modifying elements is rather free, unlike in English, where there are certain restrictions. chiisai takai
kono Amerika no keitai this small, expensive American cellphone kono watashi no keitai this cellphone
of mine watashi no kono keitai this cellphone of mine 3-1-3 arimasu ‘there is X’ The verb arimasu means
‘there is’ or ‘I have’. It indicates inanimate existence such as objects, plants, ideas, events, etc. A
different verb is used for people and animals and will be introduced later. There are two negative forms
for arimasu: arimasen and nai desu. The latter is less formal. As we have seen so far, nai desu is part of
the negative forms for noun and adjective sentences. Arimasen can substitute for nai desu in these
forms and sounds a little more elegant. Sumaho ja nai desu. → Sumaho ja arimasen. It’s not a
smartphone. Takaku nai desu. → Takaku arimasen. It’s not expensive. Similarly, the Past form arimasen
deshita can substitute for nakatta desu. Sumaho ja nakatta desu. → Sumaho ja arimasen deshita. It
wasn’t a smartphone. Takaku nakatta desu. → Takaku arimasen deshita. It wasn’t expensive. The chart
below shows all the forms including these alternatives. Table 6. All the past forms of "arimasen" -
affirmative and negative - as a verb sentence, noun sentence, and adjective sentence. Affirmative Non-
past – Negative – Non-past Verb Sentence Arimasu. Nai desu. Arimasen. Noun Sentence Nihon desu.
Nihon ja nai desu. Nihon ja arimasen Adjective Sentence Takai desu. Takaku nai desu. Takaku arimasen.
57 Table 7. All the non-past forms of "arimasen" - affirmative and negative - as a verb sentence, noun
sentence, and adjective sentence. Affirmative-Past Negative-Past Verb Sentence Arimashita. Nakatta
desu. Arimasen deshita. Noun Sentence Nihon deshita. Nihon ja nakatta desu. Nihon ja arimasen
deshita. Adjective Sentence Takakatta desu. Takaku nakatta desu. Takaku arimasen deshita. Note the
difference between the following sentences. Kaisha ja arimasen / Kaisha ja nai desu. It’s not a company.
(Identity) Kaisha wa arimasen / Kaisha wa nai desu. There is no company. (Existence) Drills and Exercises
A. Listen to the audio . Following the first two model exchanges, respond to each cue. たか Cue: 高いですか。
Takai desu ka. Is it expensive? やす Response: いえ、安いですよ。 Iie, yasui desu yo. No, it’s cheap, I assure you.
やす Cue: 安いですか。Yasui desu ka. Is it cheap? たか Response: いえ、高いでよ。 Iie, takai desu yo. No, it’s
expensive, I assure you. B. Cue: いいですか。Ii desu ka. Is it all right? Response: いいえ、あまりよくないです。 Iie,
amari yoku desu. No, it’s not very good. やす Cue: 安いですか。Yasui desu ka. Is it cheap? やす Response: いいえ、
あまり安くないです。Iie, amari yasuku desu. No, it’s not very cheap. 58 C. Cue: アパートですか。Apaato desu. Is it an
apartment? Response: いいえ、アパートじゃありません。 Iie, apaato ja arimasen. No, it’s not an apartment. やす
Cue: 安いですか。 Yasui desu ka. Is it cheap? やす Response: いいえ、安くありません。Iie, yasuku arimasen. No, it’s
not cheap. D. A. Cue: あれ、高かったですか。 Are, takakatta desu ka. Was that expensive? Response: いえ、高くな
かったですよ。 Ie, takaku nakatta desu yo. No, it wasn’t. Cue: あれ、新しかったですか。 Are, atarashikatta desu ka?
Was that new? Response: いえ、新しくなかったですよ。 Ie, atarashiku nakatta desu yo. No it wasn’t. E. Say it in
Japanese. You’ve been asked your opinion about an apartment. 1. Let me see…isn’t it big? 2. It’s a little
old. Aren’t there any new apartments? 3. It’s not very expensive, but I wonder if it might not be small. 4.
I saw it yesterday. It was nice. 5. There are many small apartments, but big ones are scarce, aren't they?
F. Act in Japanese with a partner. Ms. Honda is checking apartment listings. Ask if there is anything good.
1. Ms. Honda has recently moved into a new apartment. Find out how she likes it. 2. At a store, you saw
a nice bag, but it’s small. Get the attention of a clerk and ask if there is a big one. 3. A co-worker just
broke great news to you. Respond. 4. Ms. Honda went to see an apartment yesterday. Ask her a) how it
was, b) if it was good, c) if it wasn’t old. 5. You’ve been asked about your a) apartment, b) school, c)
company. Describe. 59 Dialogue 2 Michael finds an interesting apartment listing. Michael: Juu-go-ban
wa ikura desu ka. How much is number 15? ばん 15 番は、いくらですか。 Honda : Rokuman-nanasen-en desu.
It’s ¥67,000. ろくまんななせんえん 六万七千円です。 Warukunai desu yo. That’s not bad, you know. わる 悪くないですよ。
Michael: Motto yasui no wa arimasen nee. There isn’t one that’s cheaper, is there. やす もっと安いのはありません
かねえ。 Honda: Chotto muzukashii desu nee. That would be a little difficult, wouldn’t it. ちょっとむずかしいですね
え。 Vocabulary juugo じゅうご 十五 fifteen ban ばん 番 (ordinal) number juugo-ban じゅうごばん 十五番 number
fifteen ikura いくら how much? rokuman ろくまん 六万 60,000 nanasen ななせん 七千 7000 en えん 円 yen (currency
of Japan) rokuman-nanasen-en ろくまんななせんえん 六万七千円 ¥67,000 warui わるい 悪い bad waruku nai わるくない 悪
くない not bad motto もっと more motto yasui もっとやすい もっと安い cheaper no の one(s) muzukashii むずかしい 難し
い difficult, hard ＋doru どる ドル dollar ＋yasashii やさしい easy, kind Grammar Notes 3-2-1 Numbers and
Classifiers (~en, ~doru, ~ban) Japanese numbers are listed at the end of this lesson. Note that numbers
4, 7 and 9 60 have alternating forms: yon, yo and shi for 4, nana and shichi for 7 and kyuu and ku for 9.
The form depends on what classifier is combined with the number (See below for classifiers). In
Japanese, numbers with five or more places are counted in groups of four places ( ~man, ~oku, ~chou).
On the other hand, in English these numbers are counted by groups of threes places (thousands,
millions, billions). So, ten thousand in Japanese has a special name man, and succeeding groups of four
places have the names ~oku, and ~chou. Traditionally a comma was inserted every four places (10,000
was written 1,0000). Note that 10, 100 and 1000 do not require ichi, but 10,000 does. In another words,
you need to say ichi only for the last place in each four-place group. 1 ichi 10000 ichi-man 10 juu 100000
juu-man 100 hyaku 1000000 hyaku-man 1000 sen 10000000 sen-man So, ¥11111111 is sen hyaku juu
ichi man sen hyaku juu ichi en. Also note the following sound changes. For 100’s (hyaku) h→ b 300
sanbyaku; ?00 nanbyaku (how many hundreds?) h→ pp 600 roppyaku; 800 happyaku For 1000’s (sen)
s→z 3000 sanzen; ?000 nanzen (how many thousands?) s→ss 8000 hassen Japanese numbers are
usually followed by a classifier, which indicates what is counted or numbered. Use of ‘bare’ numbers is
rather limited (counting the number of pushups, etc.) When counting things in Japanese, numbers are
combined with classifiers that are conventionally used for the particular nouns being counted. This is
similar to English expressions like “ten sheets of paper” (not ten papers), or “a loaf of bread” (not a
bread.) Recall that the classifier for clock time is –ji, and grade in school is –nensei. We add three more
in this lesson: –en for the Japanese currency, –doru for US currency, and –ban for numbers in order
(first, second, etc.) Before –ji, 4, 7, and 9 are respectively yo, shichi, and ku. As shown in the chart below,
before –en the number 4 is yo, and the numbers 7 and 9 before –en, doru and –ban are nana, and kyuu.
The classifier -ban is also used for ranking (first place, second place, etc.) Ichi-ban is also used as an
adverb to mean ‘most’ or ‘best.’ The pitch accent changes for the adverbial use (iCHIban → iCHIBAN)
Ichi-ban jouzu most skillful Ichi-ban atarashii newest Ichiban ii daigaku the best college 61 Table 8.
Classifiers for numbers 1-10, as well as an unknown number, for suffixes -en, -doru, and -ban -en -doru -
ban 1. Ichi-en Ichi-doru Ichi-ban 2. Ni-en Ni-doru Ni-ban 3. San-en San-doru San-ban 4. Yo-en Yon-doru
Yon-ban 5. Go-en Go-doru Go-ban 6. Roku-en Roku-doru Roku-ban 7. Nana-en Nana-doru Nana-ban 8.
Hachi-en Hachi-doru Hachi-ban 9. Kyuu-en Kyuu-doru Kyuu-ban 10. Juu-en Juu-doru Juu-ban ? Nan-en
Nan-doru Nan-ban 3-2−2 Pronoun No Recall that we have the following three noun phrase structures. 1.
Adjective + Noun yasui apaato cheap apartment 2. Kono + Noun kono apaato this apartment 3. Noun no
Noun watashi no apaato my apartment It sounds too wordy and unsophisticated if the same noun is
repeated unnecessarily. How can we avoid repeating the main noun in these structures when it is
already known from the context? For Structure 1, replace the noun with the pronoun no. → yasui no
inexpensive one For Structure 2, use kore-sore-are-dore, instead. → kore this For Structure 3, just drop
it. → watashi no mine The pronoun no can replace the noun directly after an adjective, but is usually not
used to refer to people. These rules hold when the three structures are combined. ` 62 kono atarashii
apaato this new apartment → kono atarashii no watashi no kono kaban this bag of mine → watashi no
kore atarashii Amerika no kaisha new American company → atarashii Amerika no 3-2-3 ka nee ‘I
wonder’ Some sentence particles can occur in combination. One common combination is ka nee ‘I
wonder.’ Ka indicates doubt and nee indicates that the speaker assumes the hearer has the same doubt.
In the dialogue above, Michael asks if there are cheaper apartments, assuming Ms. Honda understands
his situation. Compare the following: Motto yasui no wa arimasen ka. Aren't there cheaper ones? Motto
yasui no wa arimasen ka nee. I wonder if there are cheaper ones. While the first asks for an answer, the
second does not demand a response because the speaker assumes that the other person shares the
same question. The result is softer. Ka nee is also used as a polite response to a question when the
speaker does not know the answer. Ano hito dare desu ka? Who is that person? -Dare desu ka nee. I
wonder, too. Dare no kasa desu ka? Whose umbrella is it? -Dare no desu ka nee. I wonder whose it is,
too. Drills and Exercises A. Cue: Go-en desu ka. Is it five yen? Response: Ie-ie, gojuu-en desu yo. No, no,
it’s fifty yen! Cue: Nihyaku-en desu ka. Is it two hundred yen? Response: Ie-ie, nisen-en desu yo. No, no,
it’s two thousand yen! B. Cue: Takai desu nee. It’s expensive, isn’t it! Response: Ee, motto yasui no wa
arimasen nee. Yes, there aren’t any cheaper ones, are there. Cue: Chiisai desu nee. It’s small, isn’t it!
Response: Ee, motto ookii no wa arimasen nee. Yes, there aren’t any bigger ones, are there. C. Cue:
Minna, ookii desu nee. They’re all big, aren’t they! Response: Ichiban ookii no wa, dore desu ka. Which is
the biggest one? 63 Cue: Minna, furui desu nee. They’re all old, aren’t they! Response: Ichiban furui no
wa, doredesu ka. Which is the oldest one? D. Say it in Japanese. You’ve been asked the price of
something. Reply. 1. ¥ 650 2. ¥ 1010 3. ¥ 14000 4. ¥790000 5. ¥ 8800 6. ¥ 3300 7. ¥1111 At a meeting,
ask what other people think of the following: 8. a newer company 9. the more difficult Chinese textbook
10. the easiest one 11. the cellphone #13 12. Prof. Kimura’s new course on Tue-Thur E. Act in Japanese
with a partner. 1. In a shoe store, you’ve tried on a pair and found them to be too small. Get the
attention of a clerk and ask for a little bigger pair. 2. Browsing an online shopping site, Ms. Honda
misread the price of an item as 5000 yen. It is actually 50000 yen. Correct her nicely. 3. Find out today’s
dollar to yen exchange rate. 4. You are doing a homework assignment. Exclaim that Question #14 is
hard. Ask if Ms. Honda gets it. 5. You’ve been asked for your opinion about an apartment. Mention that
it is not bad, but you wonder what the rent is. 6. With a partner, ask and answer how much something
costs. Exchange opinions about the price. 64 Dialogue 3 Michael checks the apartment further. Michael:
Sugoku kirei na apaato desu nee. It’s a really beautiful apartment, isn’t it! すごくきれいなアパートですねえ。
Honda: De mo chotto tooku nai desu ka. But isn’t it a little far? とお でも、ちょっと遠くないですか。 Michael: Sou
desu ne. Amari benri ja nai desu nee. You are right. It’s not very convenient, is it. べんり そうですね。あまり便利
じゃないですね。 Honda: Zannen desu nee. Too bad, huh! ざんねん 残念ですねえ。 Vocabulary sugoi すごい 凄い
amazing, great sugoku すごく 凄く really, amazingly kirei きれい（な） pretty, clean de mo でも but tooi とおい 遠い
far benri べんり（な） 便利 convenient zannen ざんねん（な） 残念 too bad, regrettable ＋kitanai きたない dirty ＋chikai
ちかい 近い close, near ＋fuben ふべん（な） 不便 inconvenient ＋dame だめ（な） bad, unacceptable ＋yuumei ゆうめい
（な） 有名 famous Grammar Notes 3-3-1 Na-Nouns When one noun describes another, there are two
possible patterns. You’ve seen one of these already with the particle no: watashi no keitai ‘my cell
phone,’ nihongo no sensei ‘the Japanese teacher.’ A smaller set of nouns hooks up to nouns with the
particle na: kirei na nihongo ‘beautiful Japanese,’ benri na keitai ‘convenient cell phone.’ These will be
called “na nouns.” All na nouns are intangible, but not all intangibles are na nouns. All na nouns will be
followed by (na) in the glossary to distinguish them from regular nouns. Note that the pronoun no can
replace the main noun in this combination. kirei na apaato a clean apartment → kirei na no a clean one
65 amerika no yuumei na kaisha a famous company in America → amerika no yuumei na no a famouse
one in America 3-3-2 Adjective ~Ku Forms as Adverbs The –ku form of adjectives are also used as
adverbs. Yoku wakarimasu. I understand it well. Sugoku kirei desu. It’s really beautiful. Yasuku
kaimashita. I bought it cheaply. Ookiku kakimasu. I’ll write it big. Atarashiku tsukurimasu. I’ll remake it.
Drills and Exercises A. Cue: Kirei desu ka. Is it clean? Response: Ee, sugoku kirei na apaato desu yo. Yes,
it’s a really clean apartment! Cue: Takai desu ka. Is it expensive? Response: Ee, sugoku takai apaato desu
yo. Yes, it’s a really expensive apartment! B. Cue: Kirei desu ka. Is it clean? Response: Iya, kirei ja nai
desu yo No, it’s not clean! Cue: Tooi desu ka. Is it far? Response: Iya, tooku nai desu yo. No, it’s not far!
C. Say it in Japanese. You’ve been asked for your opinion about an apartment. 1. Isn’t it a little far? 2.
Isn’t it a little inconvenient? Isn’t there anything closer? 3. It’s really beautiful, isn’t it. However, I
wonder where it is located. 4. It’s no good. It’s big, but it’s really old. Too bad. 5. It’s that famous
apartment, isn’t it. It’s the most expensive one, you know. D. Act these roles in Japanese with a partner.
1. Your friend got a perfect score on a test. Exclaim your amazement. 2. A co-worker mentions that she
will not make it to the company event. Express your disappointment. 3. You’ve been asked to give a
speech in Japanese. Humbly turn down the 66 opportunity and ask if there isn’t anyone better. 4. A co-
worker has shown you a picture of his mother. Comment how beautiful she is. 5. Compare products in
the market by manufacturer, price, size, usefulness, etc. Dialogue 4 Michael has settled into his new
apartment. Ms. Honda is checking if he needs anything. Honda: Isu toka tsukue, arimasu ka. Do you have
things like chairs and desks? つくえ いすとか 机 、ありますか。 Michael: Hai, isu mo tsukue mo arimasu. Yes, I
have both chairs and desks. つくえ はい、いすも 机 もあります。 Daijoubu desu. I’m fine. だいじょうぶ 大丈夫です。 Honda:
Hontou desu ka. Terebi wa? No kidding. How about a television? ほんとう 本当ですか。テレビは？ Michael: Aa,
terebi wa irimasen. Oh, a television I don’t need. ああ、テレビはいりません。 Vocabulary isu いす chair toka とか
such (things) as tsukue つくえ 机 desk isu toka tsukue いすとかつくえ いすとか机 things like chairs and a desk ~mo
~mo 〜も〜も both ~ and ~ isu mo tsukue mo いすもつくえも いすも机も both chairs and desks daijoubu だいじょうぶ
（な）大丈夫 fine, safe, okay hontou ほんとう 本当 truth, reality, fact terebi てれび テレビ television ＋ya や such
(things) as ＋teeburu てえぶる テーブル table ＋beddo べっど ベッド bed ＋reizouko れいぞうこ 冷蔵庫 refrigerator ＋
sentaku (shimasu) せんたく 洗濯 laundry ＋sentaku-ki せんたくき 洗濯機 washing machine ＋souji (shimasu) そうじ 掃
除 cleaning ＋souji-ki そうじき 掃除機 vacuum cleaner ＋eakon えあこん エアコン air conditioner 67 Grammar Notes
3-4-1 X toka Y, X ya Y /Noun to ka Noun/ means that the referenced nouns are examples of the category
under discussion. /Noun ya Noun/ is its more formal version. More than two examples can be listed, but
it’s unusual to have more than three or four. Isu toka tsukue, arimasu ka. Do you have things like chairs
and desks? Isu ya tsukue arimasu ka. Do you have things like chairs and desks? Isu toka tsukue toka
terebi, arimasu ka. Do you have things like a chair, desk, and TV? Toka does not require another noun to
follow it while ya does. Therefore, the following are possible. Keitai toka tsukaimasu ka. Do you use
things like smartphone? Keitai toka sumaho toka tsukaimaus ka. Do you use things like cellphones and
smartphones? 3-4-2 X mo Y mo - ‘both X and Y’ ‘neither X nor Y’ X mo Y mo means ‘both X and Y’ in an
affirmative sentence and ‘neither X nor Y’ in a negative sentence. Compare the three responses below.
Kore to are, irimasu ka. Do you need this and that? -Hai, kore mo are mo irimasu. Yes, I need them both.
-Iie, kore mo are mo irimasen. No, I don't need either this or that. -Iie, kore wa irimasu kedo, are wa
irimasen. No, I need this, but I don’t need that. In the first two responses, both items share a similarity,
i.e., you need both or you don’t need either, but in the third sentence the two items are being
contrasted, i.e. you need one but not the other, thus the particle wa is used. Drills and Exercises A.
Listen to the audio . Following the first two model exchanges, respond to each cue. Cue: Isu to ka
tsukue, arimasu ka. Do they have things like chairs and desks? Response: Hai, isu mo tsukue mo arimasu.
Yes, they have both chairs and desks. Cue: Keetai to ka sumaho, arimasu ka. Do they have things like
mobile phones and smart phones? Response: Hai, keetai mo sumaho mo arimasu. Yes, they have both
mobile phones and smart phones. 68 B. Cue: Isu ya tsukue, arimasu ka. Do they have things like chairs
and desks? Response: Ie, isu mo tsukue mo arimasen. No, they have neither chairs nor desks. Cue: Eigo
ya Supeingo, wakarimasu ka. Do they understand things like English and Spanish? Response: Ie, eigo mo
supeingo mo wakarimasen. No, they understand neither English nor Spanish. C. Say it in Japanese.
You’ve been asked what you need for your new apartment. 1. I have everything. I’m fine. 2. I have a
chair, but I have neither a desk nor a table. 3. I have a refrigerator, but I do not have a washer. I wonder
if there is a cheapwasher. 4. I have a bed and chair, but I do not have a TV. I do not have a vacuum
cleaner, either. 5. I have things like a table and chair, but I do not have a refrigerator, a washer, etc.
You’ve been asked about this weekend’s weather. 6. It will be nice on both Sat. and Sun. 7. It will be nice
on Sat., but it will rain on Sun. 8. It will be nice on Sat. and Sun., but it will rain on Monday. 9. It rained
yesterday AND today, right? I wonder if it will rain again tomorrow. 10. It was cold yesterday. But it will
be beautiful on Sunday. D. Act in Japanese with a partner. 1. A stranger just slipped and fell in front of
you. React! 2. You’ve just heard something incredible. Express your surprise/disbelief. 3. Find out if your
classmates do Facebook, Twitter, etc. 4. Ask a co-worker if he cleans, does laundry, etc. often. 5. With a
partner, discuss what furniture/appliances you have in your apartments, how they are, and what you
need. Make sure you are a good listener. Use hesitation noise, and echo questions where appropriate.
69 Review Grammar Review 1. Japanese has three types of sentences: verb sentence, noun sentence
and adjective sentence. Give example of each in the Non-past and Past affirmative forms and their
negative forms. (3-1- 1) 2. We have seen various examples of the following ways to expand a noun into a
noun phrase. (3-1-2, 3-2-2, 3-3-1) • Noun no Noun • Adjective + Noun • Kono + Noun • Noun na Noun a.
Give an example of each. b. Give an example of a noun phrase with all the modifiers above combined. c.
What happens in each case when the main noun is already understood? 3. Compare the difference in
meaning among the following: (3-4-1, 3-4-2) a. Kami to enpitsu, irimasu ka. b. Kami to enpitsu mo
irimasu ka. c. Kami to enpitsu wa irimasu ka. d. Kami mo enpitsu mo irimasu ka. e. Kami toka enpitsu
toka irimasu ka. f. Kami toka enpitsu mo irimasu ka. 4. In English, large numbers are counted by groups
of three places. How about in Japanese? (3-2-1) 5. Which numbers have alternating forms? 6. Give three
examples of a classifier. How are they used? 7. What does arimasu mean? What are its two negative
forms? (3-1-3) 8. What are the ~ku form and ~katta form for the adjective ii? (3-1-1) 9. Give two
examples of the adjective ~ku form being used as adverb. (3-3-2) 10. How are na-nouns different from
adjectives? From other nouns? (3-3-1) Practical Applications A. Use online apartment listings and discuss
the relative merits of each. B. Recall what was discussed in A. Check and share your recollections with
others. 70 Numbers Table 9. Numbers 1-40 in groups of ten, written in Japanese with English alphabet 1-
10 11-20 21-30 31-40 1 ichi 11 juu-ichi 21 nijuu-ichi 31 sanjuu-ichi 2 ni 12 juu-ni 22 nijuu-ni 32 sanjuu-ni
3 san 13 juu-san 23 nijuu-san 33 sanjuu-san 4 shi, yo, yon 14 juu-shii/yon 24 nijuu-shi/yon 34 sanjuu-
shi/yon 5 go 15 juu-go 25 nijuu-go 35 sanjuu-go 6 roku 16 juu-roku 26 nijuu-roku 36 sanjuu-roku 7
shichi, nana 17 juu-shichi/nana 27 nijuu-shich/nanai 37 sanjuu-shichi/nana 8 hachi 18 juu-hachi 28 nijuu-
hachi 38 sanjuu-hachi 9 kyuu, ku 19 juu-kyuu/ku 29 nijuu-kyuu/ku 39 sanjuu-kyuu/ku 10 juu 20 nijuu 30
sanjuu 40 yonjuu 71 Table 10. Numbers 41-80 in groups of ten, written in Japanese with English
alphabet 41-50 51-60 61-70 71-80 41 yonjuu-ichi 51 gojuu-ichi 61 rokujuu-ichi 71 nanajuu-ichi 42
yonjuu-ni 52 gojuu-ni 62 rokujuu-ni 72 nanajuu-ni 43 yonjuu-san 53 gojuu-san 63 rokujuu-san 73
nanajuu-san 44 yonjuu-shi/yon 54 gojuu-shi/yon 64 rokujuu-shi/yon 74 nanajuu-shi/yon 45 yonjuu-go
55 gojuu-go 65 rokujuu-go 75 nanajuu-go 46 yonjuu-roku 56 gojuu-roku 66 rokujuu-roku 76 nanajuu-
roku 47 yonjuu-shichi/nana 57 gojuu-shichi/nana 67 rokujuu-shichi/nana 77 nanajuu-shichi/nana 48
yonjuu-hachi 58 gojuu-hachi 68 rokujuu-hachi 78 nanajuu-hachi 49 yonjuu-kyuu/ku 59 gojuukyuu/-ku 69
rokujuukyuu/-ku 79 nanajuu-kyuu/ku 50 gojuu 60 rokujuu 70 nanajuu 80 hachijuu 72 Table 11. Numbers
41-80 in groups of ten, written in Japanese with English alphabet 41-50 51-60 61-70 71-80 41 yonjuu-ichi
51 gojuu-ichi 61 rokujuu-ichi 71 nanajuu-ichi 42 yonjuu-ni 52 gojuu-ni 62 rokujuu-ni 72 nanajuu-ni 43
yonjuu-san 53 gojuu-san 63 rokujuu-san 73 nanajuu-san 44 yonjuu-shi/yon 54 gojuu-shi/yon 64 rokujuu-
shi/yon 74 nanajuu-shi/yon 45 yonjuu-go 55 gojuu-go 65 rokujuu-go 75 nanajuu-go 46 yonjuu-roku 56
gojuu-roku 66 rokujuu-roku 76 nanajuu-roku 47 yonjuu-shichi/nana 57 gojuu-shichi/nana 67 rokujuu-
shichi/nana 77 nanajuu-shichi/nana 48 yonjuu-hachi 58 gojuu-hachi 68 rokujuu-hachi 78 nanajuu-hachi
49 yonjuu-kyuu/ku 59 gojuukyuu/-ku 69 rokujuukyuu/-ku 79 nanajuu-kyuu/ku 50 gojuu 60 rokujuu 70
nanajuu 80 hachijuu 73 Table 12. Numbers 81-100 in groups of ten; 100-1000 in groups of hundreds;
and 1000-9000 in groups of thousands. All written in Japanese with English alphabet. 81-90 91-100 100-
1000 1000-9000 81 hachijuu-ichi 91 kyuujuu-ichi 100 hyaku 1000 sen 82 hachijuu-ni 92 kyuujuu-ni 200
ni-hyaku 2000 ni-sen 83 hachijuu-san 93 kyuujuu-san 300 san-byaku 3000 san-zen 84 hachijuu-shi/yon
94 kyuujuu-shi/yon 400 yon-shi/hyaku 4000 yon-shi/sen 85 hachijuu-go 95 kyuujuu-go 500 go-hyaku
5000 go-sen 86 hachijuu-roku 96 kyuujuu-roku 600 rop-pyaku 6000 roku-sen 87 hachijuu- shichi/nana
97 kyuujuu- shichi/nana 700 nana-hyaku 7000 nana-sen 88 hachijuu-hachi 98 kyuujuu-hachi 800 hap-
pyaku 8000 has-sen 89 hachijuu-kyuu/ku 99 kyuujuukyuu/-ku 900 kyuu-hyaku 9000 kyuu-sen 90 kyuujuu
100 hyaku 1000 sen 1000 sen 74 Table 13. Numbers 10,000 - 90,000 in groups of ten thousand. Written
in Japanese with English alphabet. 10,000 – 90,000 10,000 ichi-man 20,000 ni-man 30,000 san-man
40,000 yon-man 50,000 go-man 60,000 roku-man 70,000 nana-man 80,000 hachi-man 90,000 kyuu-man
how many 100’s? nan-byaku how many 1000’s? nan-zen how many 10,000’s? nan-man 0 rei or zero 75
Drill Tape Scripts Dialogue 1 A. Cue: 高いですか。 Response: いえ、安いですよ。 Cue: 安いですか。 Response: いえ、高いで
よ。 1. 古いですか。 2. 大きいですか。 3. 新しいですか。 4. 多いですか。 B. Cue: いいですか。Response: いいえ、あまりよくないです。
Cue: 安いですか。 Response: いいえ、あまり安くないです。 1. 高いですか。 2. いいですか。 3. 古いですか。 4. 小さいですか。 5. 少ないで
すか。 C. Cue: アパートですか。 Response: いいえ、アパートじゃありません。 Cue: 安いですか。 Response: いいえ、安くありません。
1. いいですか。 2. 留学生ですか。 3. 新しいですか。 4. 多いですか。 5. 四時ですか。 6. 新しい教科書ですか。 7. 大きい学校 D. *Cue: あれ、
高かったですか。 Response: いえ、高くなかったですよ。 Cue: あれ、新しかったですか。 Response: いえ、新しくなかったですよ。 1. あ
れ、古かったですか． 2. あれ、少なかったですか． 3. あれ、よかったですか． 4. あれ、熱かったですか． 5. あれ、小さかったですか。 6. あれ、安
かったですか． Dialogue 2 A. Cue: 五円ですか。 Response: いえいえ、五十円ですよ。 76 Cue: 二百円ですか。 Response: いえい
え、二千円ですよ。 1. 三十円ですか。 2. 七千円ですか。 3. 一万円ですか。 4. 八百円ですか。 5. 九十万円ですか。 6. 六万円ですか。 B. Cue: 高
いですねえ。 Response: ええ、もっと安いのはありませんかねえ。 Cue: 小さいですねえ。 Response: ええ、もっと大きいのはありませんかね
え。 1. 古いですねえ。 2. 大きいですねえ。 3. 悪いですねえ。 4. むずかしいですねえ。 C. Cue: みんな、大きいですねえ。 Response: 一番大
きいのは、どれですか。 Cue: みんな、古いですねえ Response: 一番古いのはどれですか。 1. みんな、新しいですねえ。 2. みんな、むずかしいで
すねえ。 3. みんな、やさしいですねえ。 4. みんな、安いですねえ。 5. みんな、いいですねえ。 Dialogue 3 A. Cue: きれいです
か。Response: ええ、すごくきれいなアパートですよ。 Cue: 高いですか。 Response: ええ、すごく高いアパートですよ。 1. 便利ですか。 2.
新しいですか。 3. 大きいですか。 4. きたないですか。 5. 不便ですか。 B. Cue: きれいですか。 Response: いや、きれいじゃないですよ。
Cue: 遠いですか。 Response: いや、遠くないですよ。 1. マンションですか。 2. 近いですか。 3. きたないですか。 4. いい大学ですか。 5. き
れいな英語ですか。 77 Dialogue 4 A. Cue: いすとか机、ありますか。Response: はい、いすも机もあります。 Cue: ケータイとかスマホ、
だめですか。 Response: はい、ケータイもスマホもだめです。 1. 雨とか雪、すごいですか。 2. 五番とか六番、安いですか。 3. アパートとかマン
ション、見ますか。 4. 宿題とか試験、多いですか。 5. 洗濯機とか、冷蔵庫、買いますか。 B. Cue: いすや机、ありますか。Response: いえ、いす
も机もありません． Cue: 英語やスペイン語、分かりますか。 Response: いえ、英語もスペイン語も分かりません。 1. ペンや鉛筆、いりますか。
2. 中国人や韓国人、来ますか。 3. マンガやアニメ、少ないですか。 4. テーブルやベッド、きれいですか。 5. 会社や学校、近いですか。 78 Lesson
4: Project Team Dialogue 1 Michael is on the project team headed by Ms. Tanaka. He has been given an
assignment. Honda: Taihen desu ne. That’s a lot of work, isn’t it. たいへん 大変ですね。 Tetsudaimashou ka
Shall I help you? て つ だ 手伝いましょうか。 Michael: Ie, daijoubu desu. No, I’m fine. だいじょうぶ いえ、大丈夫です。
Ekuseru o tsukaimasu kara. I’ll use Excel, so... つか エクセルを使いますから。 Honda: Sou desu ka? Ja,
ganbattekudasai. Are you sure? Well, then, good luck. そうですか。じゃ、がんばってください。 Michael: Hai,
ganbarimasu. Thanks (I’ll try hard.) はい、がんばります。 ……. Michael: Zenbu dekimashita! All Done! ぜ ん ぶ 全
部、できました。 Tanaka: Hayai desu nee! So fast! は や い 速いですねえ。 Vocabulary taihen(na) たいへん（な） 大変
difficult, challenging tetsudaimasu てつだいます 手伝います help tetsudaimashou ka てつだいましょうか手伝いましょうか
shall I help? ekuseru えくせる エクセル (Microsoft) Excel o を Object marking particle kara から because, so
ganbatte kudasai がんばってください Good luck! banbarimasu がんばります I’ll do my best zennbu ぜんぶ 全部 all, the
whole thing hayai はやい 早い fast, early ＋osoi おそい 遅い slow, late 79 ＋dou shite どうして why ＋naze なぜ why
(formal) ＋nan de なんで why (casual) ＋waado わあど ワード (Microsoft) Word ＋apuri あぷり アプリ app,
application ＋intaanetto いんたあねっと インターネット internet ＋netto ねっと ネット internet ＋pawaapointo ぱわあぽいん
と パワーポイント PowerPoint ＋fairu ふぁいる ファイル file +waifai わいふぁい Wi-Fi Wi-Fi Grammar Notes 4-1-1
~mashou, Suggesting or Offering to Do Something The –mashou form is made by changing -masu to -
mashou. A verb in the - mashou form means ‘let’s do X’ or ‘why don’t I do X’. It is used to make a
suggestion or offer to do something. Kaerimashou. Let’s go home. Tetsudaimashou ka? Shall I help you?
While the speaker is always included as a doer of the action, the addressee might not be included
depending on the context. Ekuseru o tsukai mashou. Let’s use Excel. Or, Why don’t I use Excel. Now,
how do you respond to a suggestion or an offer made to you? • When suggested to do something: To
accept Sou shimashou. Let’s do that. To disagree politely Iya, chotto…. No, just…. • When someone has
offered to do something for you: To accept it Hai, onegai-shimasu. Yes, please. To turn it down Ie,
daijoubu desu. No thank you (I’m fine.) Note that the question form -mashou ka typically has a falling
intonation. It is more polite than -mashou alone because the addressee can say no to the question.
Verbs such as arimasu, dekimasu, and wakarimasu do not occur in the - mashou form because they all
indicate something beyond one’s control. 4-1-2 Particle O Marking the Object Every Japanese sentence
has a subject, although it is not always explicitly stated. On the other hand, the occurrence of an object
is more limited. This only occurs 80 with certain verbs (transitive verbs, explained later) and usually does
not occur in an adjective or noun sentence. In Lesson 1, it was explained that the object of the verb is
placed before the verb with or without the particles wa (contrast) or mo (addition). In this lesson, the
particle o is added. Consider the following. Kore tabemasu. I’ll eat this. Kore wa tabemasu. This, I’ll eat
(while I won’t eat that). Kore mo tabemasu. I’ll eat this, too. Kore o tabemasu. It’s this that I’ll eat. In all
these sentences, kore is the object of the verb tabemasu. When the object is marked by the particle o,
the focus is on this item and this item only as the one that you eat. So the last sentence above is
typically the answer to the question of ‘what will you eat.’ Depending on the context, what is focused on
may be 1) the o-marked object alone or 2) the entire sentence, which presents new information that has
not yet been mentioned in the conversation. A very common situation for 1) is in combination with
question words (what, who, which, etc.) Question words are inherently focused and thus followed by
the particle o (not wa or mo.) Similarly, in a yes-no question, the object, when focused, is marked by the
particle o. 1) The object noun is focused. Dore o tabemasu ka. Which one will you eat? Kore desu. It’s
this. Kore o tabemasu. I’ll eat this. (This is the one I’ll eat.) Now let’s see how yes-no questions are
answered when the wrong object is presented. The following are two typical answers. Pasokon o
tsukaimasu ka. Is it a laptop that you use? Iya, pasokon ja nai desu. Sumaho desu. No, it’s not a laptop.
It’s a smartphone (that I use.) Iya, pasokon wa tsukaimasen. Sumaho o tsukaimasu. No, I don’t use a
laptop. I use a smartphone. Note that in the second answer pasokon takes the particle wa, while
sumaho takes the particle o. This is because sumaho is the focused item being newly presented. On the
other hand, pasokon has been already mentioned and the particle wa here indicates that pasokon is in
contrast to sumaho. 2) The entire sentence presents new information. For example, in the dialogue
above, the fact that Michael will use Excel is new information and explains why he does not need help.
Here are more examples of this type. 81 Dekakemasen ka? Won’t you go out? Iya, nihongo o benkyou-
shimasu. No, I’ll study Japanese. Purezen desu yo. It’s a presentation. Ja, pawaapointo o tsukurimashou.
Well then, let’s make PPT. 4-1-3 Reason + Kara The clause particle kara connects two sentences together
to make one. In the sequence of /Sentence A kara, Sentence B/, Sentence A represents the cause and
Sentence B the effect. Takai desu kara, kaimasen. Because it’s expensive, I’ll not buy it. Wakarimasen
kara kikimasu. Because I don’t understand it, I’llask. Sentence B can be left unsaid when it is understood
from the context. Ikimasen ka. You are not going? Ee, ame desu kara. Right, because it’s raining. The
clause particles kara and kedo are opposites of each other. Compare the following. Takai desu kara,
kaimasen. It’s expensive, so I’ll not buy it. Takai desu kedo, kaimasu. It’s expensive, but I’ll buy it. There
are three Japanese words for ‘why.’ Dou shite is most common, naze more formal, and nan de is casual.
Desu ka can directly follow them if the rest of the sentence is understood from the context. Dou shite
kaimasen ka? Why don’t you buy it? Dou shite desu ka? Why is it (that you don’t buy it)? Drills and
Exercises A. Listen to the audio . Following the first two model exchanges, respond to each cue. Cue:
Tetsudaimasu ka. Are you going to help? て つ だ 手伝いますか。 Response: Mochiron desu. Itsu
tetsudaimashou ka. Of course. When shall I help? て つ だ もちろんです。いつ手伝いましょうか。 Cue: Shimasu ka. Are
you going to do it? しますか。 Response: Mochiron desu. Itsu shimashou ka. Of course. When shall I do it? も
ちろんです。いつしましょうか。 82 B. Cue: Apuri, tsukaimasu ka? Do you use apps? つか アプリ、使いますか。 Response:
Hai, kono apuri o tsukaimasu. Yes, I use this app. つか はい、このアプリを使います。 Cue: Terebi, kaimasu ka? Will
you buy a TV? か テレビ、買いますか。 Response: Hai, kono terebi o kaimasu. Yes, I’ll buy this TV. か はい、このテレビ
を買います。 C. Cue: Are, takai desu ka? Is that expensive? たか あれ、高いですか Response: Hai, takai desu kara,
kaimasen. Right. It’s expensive, so I won’t buy it. たか か はい、高いですから、買いません. Cue: Are, tsukaimasen ka?
You don’t use that? つか あれ、使いませんか。 Response: Hai, tukaimasen kara, kaimasen. Right. I don't use it, so
I won’t buy it. つか か はい、使いませんから、買いません。 D. Say it in Japanese. You’ve been asked if you are busy
today. 1. Yes, because I’m going to do my homework. 2. Of course. Because I’ll practice Japanese. 3.
Why? It’s Sunday today, so I have no work. 4. Yes, because I’m going to copy my old computer files. 5.
Yes, because I’m going to make slides for a PowerPoint presentation. You’ve been asked to help set up a
meeting for your group. Ask your supervisor the following questions: 6. Which room should we use? 7.
Shall I write down everyone’s names? 8. Whom shall I help? 9. Shall I use this new app? 83 10. When
shall I email the file? E. Act these roles in Japanese with a partner. 1. A co-worker is swamped by work.
a) Offer to help. b) Wish him luck. 2. At a restaurant, ask Ms. Honda what she is going to drink. 3. You’ve
been asked to email a file. Ask which file to email. 4. At a restaurant, you ordered a while ago. Mention
to your companions that it’s taking a long time. Get the attention of a waiter and ask if it’s ready yet. 5.
Ask each other what you do on your day off. Reply. (e.g., read books; watch TV; play sports like tennis,
soccer; write blog entries; make cookies; practice Yoga) Dialogue 2 The team has been working hard all
morning. Tanaka: Minasan, sukoshi yasumimashou. Everyone, Let’s just take a break. やす みなさん、すこし休み
ましょう。 Michael: Ja, ocha, iremashou ka. Then, shall we make tea? ちゃ い じゃ、お茶、入れましょうか。 Honda:
Watashi ga iremasu yo. I’ll do it. わたし い 私 が入れますよ。 Michael: Ja, tetsudaimasu. Well then, I’ll help. て つ だ
じゃ、手伝います。 Beverages have been brought in. Michael: Tanaka-san wa nani ga ii desu ka? What would
you like, Ms. Tanaka? た な か なに 田中さんは、何がいいですか。 Tanaka: Watashi wa koohii o onegai-shimasu. I’ll
have Coffee, please. わたし ねが 私 はコーヒーをお願いします。 Aa, oishii desu nee! Ahh, it’s good, isn’t it! ああ、おいしい
ですねえ！ 84 Vocabulary sukoshi すこし 少し a little ocha おちゃ お茶 tea, green tea ga subject marking particle
iremasu いれます 入れます make (tea, coffee), put in Tanaka たなか 田中 Tanaka (family name) koohii コーヒー
coffee oishii おいしい delicious, tasty ＋mazui まずい not tasty ＋koucha こうちゃ 紅茶 black tea ＋mizu みず 水 cold
water ＋juusu ジュース juice ＋gyuunyuu ぎゅうにゅう 牛乳 milk ＋okashi おかし お菓子 snacks, sweets ＋suiitsu すいいつ
スイーツ sweets ＋pan パン bread ＋keeki ケーキ cake ＋kukkii クッキー cookie ＋kudamono くだもの 果物 fruit ＋ringo
りんご apple ＋mikan みかん mandarin orange ＋ichigo いちご strawberry Grammar Notes 4-2-1 Particle Ga
Marking the Subject Recall that the subject of a sentence can be placed in front of a verb, adjective or
noun + desu in spoken Japanese without any particle or with the particles wa or mo. In this lesson, the
particle ga is added. Kono apaato, takai desu. This apartment is expensive Kono apaato wa takai desu.
This apartment is expensive (while others may not). Kono apaato mo takai desu. This apartment is also
expensive. Kono apaato ga takai desu. It’s this apartment that is expensive. The particle ga follows the
subject noun in situations where 1) special focus is placed on the subject, or 2) the entire sentence
presents new information. Situation 1) commonly occurs in combination with question words. In
answering these questions, it is common to use particle ga with the noun, or to just give the noun +
desu. 1) The subject noun is focused. 85 Dare ga, ikimasu ka. Who is going? -Honda-san desu. It is
Honda-san (who is going). -Honda-san ga ikimasu. Ms. Honda is going. In Dialogue 2 above, when
Michael suggests making tea, Ms. Honda says Watashi ga iremasu ‘I will make tea (not Michael or
anyone)’ putting a focus on her as THE person to make tea. Another similar example in the dialogue is
when Michael asks what Ms. Tanaka wants. Michael says nani ga ii desu ka putting a focus on ‘what’. 2)
The entire sentence presents new information. Kaerimasu ka? Are you going home? -Hai, shukudai ga
arimasu kara. Yes, because I have homework. Here having homework is new information and explains
why the speaker is going home. It’s not shukudai alone that is focused here ( ‘it is homework that I
have’) but rather the sentence as a whole is focused ( ‘it’s that I have homework.’) Drills and Exercises A.
Cue: Chotto yasumimasen ka. Would you like to take a break? やす ちょっと休みませんか。 Response: Sou desu
ne. Minasan yasumimashou. Right. Everyone, let’s take a break. みな やす そうですね。皆さん、休みましょう。 Cue:
Kaerimasen ka. Would you like to go home? かえ 帰りませんか。 Response: Sou desu ne. Minasan,
kaerimashou. Right. Everyone, let’s go home. みな そうですね。皆さん、帰りましょう。 B. Cue: Koohii ya koucha,
nomimasu ka? Do you drink things like coffee and tea? こうちゃ の コーヒーや紅茶、飲みますか。 Response: Iya, ko-
hi-mokoucha mo nomimasen. No, I don’t drink either coffee or tea. こうちゃ の いや、コーヒーも紅茶も飲みません。
Cue: Keei ya kukkii, tabemasu ka? Do you eat things like cake and cookies? た ケーキやクッキー、食べますか。 86
Response: Iya, keeki mo kukkii mo tabemasen. No, I don’t eat either cake or cookies. た いや、ケーキもクッキーも
食べません。 C. Cue: Keeki desu ka? Is it cake? ケーキですか。 Response: Hai, ke-ki wo kaimasu. Yes, I’ll buy a
cake. か はい、ケーキを買います。 Cue: Honda –san desu ka. Is it Ms. Honda? ほ ん だ 本田さんですか。 Response: Hai,
Honda-san ga kaimasu. Yes, Ms. Honda will buy it. ほ ん だ か はい、本田さんが買います。 D. Say it in Japanese.
Offer to do the following for your group. 1. Shall I make tea? 2. Shall I make coffee, black tea, etc.? 3.
Shall I buy apples and (mandarin) oranges? 4. Shall I buy a lot of water because it’s hot today 5. Shall I
make a big strawberry cake? You have questions about the project. Ask Ms. Tanaka. 6. Who writes the
schedule? 7. When will the schedule be ready? 8. What shall I do? 9. What work will be most difficult?
10. Whom shall I help? E. Act out these roles in Japanese with a partner. 1. Your group has been working
very hard. Suggest that 1) you take a short break, 2) go home because it’s late, 3) keep trying hard a little
longer. 2. Your supervisor will not make it to the meeting. Offer to go in her place. 3. The email that you
were waiting for has finally come. Announce it to your co- workers. 4. Your group is going to rent a car.
Ask who is going to drive. 5. Check the coffee shop menu, and ask each other what you are going to
have. 87 Dialogue 3 It’s almost lunchtime. Michael: Ohiru wa obentou desu ka? Do you have Bento for
lunch? ひる べんとう お昼はお弁当ですか。 Honda: Ie, gaishoku desu. No, I eat out. がいしょく いえ、外 食です。 Michael
and Ms. Honda are deciding on a restaurant. Honda: Nani ga suki desu ka? What do you like? なに す 何が好
きですか。 Michael: Boku wa raamen ga tabetai desu kedo… I want to eat ramen, but…. た ぼくはラーメンが食べたい
ですけど。 Honda: Ii, raamen-ya-san ga arimasu yo. There is a good ramen shop. や いいラーメン屋さんが、ありますよ。
At a Ramen shop Honda: Ohashi, daijoubu desu ka? Are you okay with chopsticks? だいじょうぶ おはし、大丈夫で
すか。 Michael: Mochiron desu. Of course. もちろんです。 Vocabulary hiru ひる 昼 noon, lunch (o)bentou おべんとう
お弁当 boxed lunch gaishoku がいしょく 外食 eating out nani なに 何 what ga が particle suki(na) すき（な） 好き like,
be fond of raamen ラーメン ramen tabetai たべたい 食べたい want to eat ~ya 〜や 屋 shop ~ya refers to the
business establishment that sells the item to which ~ya is attached. (pan-ya, obentou-ya, hon-ya, etc.)
raamen-ya ラーメンや ラーメン屋 ramen shop 88 raamen-ya-san ラーメンやさん ラーメン屋さん ramen shop (polite)
ohashi おはし お箸 chopsticks ＋gohan ごはん ご飯 cooked rice, a meal ＋hirugohan ひるごはん 昼ご飯 lunch ＋asa あさ
朝 morning ＋asagohan あさごはん 朝ご飯 breakfast ＋ban ばん 晩 evening ＋bangohan ばんごはん 晩ご飯 dinner ＋
washoku わしょく 和食 Japanese food ＋youshoku ようしょく 洋食 Western food ＋chuuka ちゅうか 中華 Chinese food
＋furenchi ふれんち フレンチ French food ＋itarian いたりあん イタリアン Italian ＋kirai(na) きらい（な) dislike, hate ＋
daisuki(na) だいすき（な） 大好き like very much ＋daikirai(na) だいきらい（な） dislike very much, detest Additional
Lunch Items teishou ていしょく 定食 set meal udon うどん udon soba そば soba, buckwheat noodles onigiri おにぎ
り onigiri hanbaagaa ハンバーガー hamburger sarada サラダ salad sando サンド sandwich Tableware supuun すぷう
ん スプーン spoon fooku ふぉおく フォーク fork naifu ないふ ナイフ knife osara おさら お皿 plate, dish chawan ちゃわん 茶碗
rice bowl, tea cup owan おわん お椀 small bowl donburi どんぶり 丼 bowl, bowl of rice with food on top koppu
こっぷ コップ glass kappu かっぷ カップ cup 89 Grammar Notes 4-3-1 Double-Subject Structures A Japanese
sentence can have more than one subject phrase. This is called a double-subject sentence. Maikeru-san
wa [ohashi daijoubu desu.] Michael is fine with chopsticks. In the sentence above, ohashi is the subject
of the bracketed sentence, and Maikerusan is the subject of the entire sentence. In other words, the
bracketed sentence ‘chopsticks are fine’ is an attribute of or a description about Michael. Similarly, in
the examples below, the bracketed sentences are facts about the preceding nouns. Furansu wa [keeki ga
oisii desu]. France has good cake. Honda-san wa [eigo wa jouzu desu] kedo… Honda-san is good at
English, but…. Dare ga [eigo ga dekimasu] ka. Who can speak English? Watashi mo [sushi ga suki desu]
kedo. I like sushi, too. As shown above, both of the subject nouns (inside and outside of the brackets)
can take the particles ga, wa, mo, or no particle. Depending on which particle is used, there is a shift in
meaning (ga=new information, wa=contrast, mo=addition, or no particle= neutral). Special note should
be taken of nouns such as suki ‘like’, and kirai ‘dislike’, and the verbs such as wakarimasu ‘understand’,
dekimasu ‘can do’, arimasu ‘have’, and irimasu ‘need.’ These all indicate a state rather than an action in
Japanese. Therefore, unlike their English translations, they do not take an object. What you like, what
you understand, etc., can be marked by the particles ga, wa, or mo, or no particle, but not by the
particle o. Honda-san wa sushi ga suki desu. Ms. Honda likessushi. Watashi wa terebi wa irimasen. I
don't need a TV. Kono daigaku wa arabiago no jyugyou mo arimasu. This university has an Arabic class,
too. By the way, there is no such thing as a double-object structure in Japanese. Whew! 4-3-2 Verb Stem
+ tai ‘want to do x’ Tabetai desu means ‘I want to eat’. To make the tai form of a verb, replace ~masu
with ~tai desu. Tabemasu → Tabetai desu I want to eat it. Mimasu → Mitai desu I want to see it. A ~tai
form is an adjective. All of its forms follow the adjective patterns. 90 Table 14. Affirmative, negative, past
and non-past forms of the verb tabemasu. Affirmative Negative Non-past tabetai desu Tabetaku nai
desu Tabetaku arimasen Past tabetakatta desu Tabetaku nakatta desu Tabetaku arimasen deshita X-tai
desu is typically used to express the speaker’s desire (‘I want to …’) and to ask the addressee’s desire
(‘Do you want to…?’) but not a third person’s desire (‘He wants to ….’) Describing other people’s wants
will be discussed later. With the ~tai form, the object of the verb can be marked either by the particle ga
or o (ga/o conversion). Both of the following sentences are possible and mean ‘I want to study
Japanese.’ Nihongo o benkyou-shitai desu. What I want to do is to study Japanese. Nihongo ga benkyou-
shitai desu. What I want to study is Japanese. Unlike the English forms such as ‘do you want to’ or
‘would you like to’, which can be used to invite someone to do something, the ~tai forms are not
generally used as invitations or suggestions in Japanese. For invitations and suggestions, negative
questions are more commonly used. Tabemasen ka? Would you like to eat it? (Invitation) Tabetai desu
ka? Do you want to eat it? (Question) The verbs that do not occur in the ~mashou form also do not
occur in the ~tai form. These include wakarimasu, irimasu, arimasu and dekimasu. Drills and Exercises A.
Cue: Kaimasu. I’m going to buy it. か 買います。 Response: Nani o kaimasu ka. What are you going to buy? な
に か 何を買いますか。 Cue: Irimasu. I’m going to need it. いります。 Response: Nani ga irimasu ka. What are you
going to need? なに 何がいりますか。 91 B. Cue: Udon, yoku tabemasu nee. You eat udon a lot, don’t you! た う
どん、よく食べますねえ。 Response: Ee, watashi wa udon ga suki desu kara. Yes, because I like udon. わたし す え
え、 私 はうどんが好きですから。 Cue: Geimu, yoku shimasu nee. You play a lot of games, don’t you! ゲーム、よくします
ねえ。 Response: Ee, watashi wa geimu ga suki desu kara. Yes, because I like games. わたし す ええ、 私 はゲームが
好きですから。 C. Cue: Zenbu mitai desu ka. Do you want to see all? ぜ ん ぶ み 全部、見たいですか. Response: Ie, kore
wa mitai desu kedo, No, I want to see this, are wa mitaku nai desu. but I don’t want to see that. み み いえ、
これは見たいですけど、あれは見たくないです． Cue: Zenbu yomitai desu ka? Do you want to read all? ぜ ん ぶ よ 全部, 読みた
いですか． Response: Ie, kore wa yomitai desu kedo, No, I want to read this, are wa yomitaku nai desu. but I
don’t want to see that. よ よ いえ、これは読みたいですけど、あれは読みたくないです。 D. Say it in Japanese. You’ve been
asked if you like Japanese food. 1. Yes, I like it. My favorite is ramen. 2. Well, I do not hate it, but my
favorite is Chinese. 3. Of course I love it. I want to eat it everyday. You’ve been asked why you go to a
particular restaurant so often. 4. Because their ramen is famous. 5. Because they have Wi-Fi. 6. Because
I want to each good western-style food. A co-worker has asked you what you want to do this weekend.
92 7. I’d like to play the new game. 8. I’d like to do shopping. 9. I’d like to study because there will be an
exam. 10. I’d like to clean my apartment. I’d like to do laundry, too. E. Act these roles in Japanese with a
partner. 1. At a restaurant, you’ve been asked if you need a fork. State that you don’t; you prefer
chopsticks. 2. You’ve been asked if you cook a lot. You make breakfast, but buy bento, a sandwich, etc.
for lunch. For dinner, you eat out a lot. 3. Ask a taxi driver if there is a good ramen shop. 4. Ms. Honda
invited you to her favorite restaurant. Find out what (dish) is good at the restaurant. 5. Ask each other
about your favorite fruit, book, sports, and class. Dialogue 4 Co-workers go out for a drink after a long
day. Waitress：Go-chuumon wa? May I take your order? ちゅうもん ご注文は？ Tanaka：Toriaezu, biiru,san-bon
kudasai. For starters, three beers,please さんぼん とりあえず、ビール、三本ください。 Michael：Sore kara sashimi o
futa-tsu to yakitori o hito-tsu onegai-shimasu. And two orders of sashimi and one order of yakitorti,
please. ふた や とりひと ねが それから、さしみを二つと焼き鳥一つ、お願いします。 Beer has been poured for everyone.
Tanaka: Kyou wa otsukare-sama deshita. Thanks for all your hard work today. き ょ う つか 今日はお疲れさまでし
た。 Ja, kanpai! Well, cheers! かんぱい じゃ、乾杯！ Everyone：Kanpai! Cheers! かんぱい 乾杯！ 93 Vocabulary
chuumon ちゅうもん 注文 order (at a restaurant) gochuumon ごちゅうもん ご注文 order (at a restaurant) (polite)
toriaezu とりあえず first off, for the moment biiru びいる ビール beer san-bon さんぼん 三本 three bottles, See 4-1-1
sorekara それから and, then sashimi さしみ sashimi futa-tsu ふたつ 二つ three items See 4-1-1 yokitori やきとり 焼き
鳥 skewered BBQ chicken hito-tsu ひとつ 一つ one item See 4-1-1 kanpai かんぱい 乾杯 cheers, a toast ＋
chuumon-shimasu ちゅうもんします 注文します place an order ＋ryouri りょうり 料理 cuisine, cooking ＋menyuu めにゅ
う メニュー menu ＋sushi すし 寿司 sushi ＋tempura てんぷら 天ぷら tempura ＋tabemono たべもの 食べ物 food ＋
nomimono のみもの 飲み物 drink(s) ＋nama なま 生 draft beer, raw ＋wain わいん ワイン wine ＋sake さけ 酒 sake ＋
uuron-cha ううろんちゃ ウーロン茶 oolong tea ＋niku にく 肉 meat ＋sakana さかな 魚 fish ＋yasai やさい 野菜 vegetables
Additional Food and Condiments misoshiru みそしる みそ汁 miso soup tamago たまご 卵、玉子 egg nori のり
seaweed ebi えび shrimp sake さけ 鮭 salmon gyuuniku ぎゅうにく 牛肉 beef butaniku ぶたにく 豚肉 pork toriniku とり
にく 鶏肉 chicken suteeki すていき ステーキ steak karee かれい カレー curry yakiniku やきにく 焼き肉 yakiniku (Korean
BBQ beef) 94 yakisoba やきそば 焼きそば yakisoba (Stir-fried noodles) shouyu しょうゆ 醤油 soy sauce miso みそ 味噌
miso shio しお 塩 salt koshou こしょう 胡椒 pepper satou さとう 砂糖 sugar Grammar Notes 4-4-1 More
Classifiers: ~hon、~tsu In Lesson 3, it was explained that when counting things in Japanese, numbers are
combined with specific classifiers that are conventionally used for the nouns being counted. We add two
classifiers, ~hon、~tsu, in this lesson. The classifier ~hon is used to count long cylindrical objects such as
bottles, pens, umbrellas, bananas, etc. The classifier ~tsu is the most generic classifier, which can be
used for both tangible and intangible items such as opinions, meetings, etc. It is also used for items that
do not have a special classifier. So, it may be a safe choice when you are not sure what classifier to use.
There are two numerical systems in Japanese: one of Chinese origin, which was introduced in Lesson 3,
and another system of Japanese origin. The latter only goes up to the number ten. 1 hito, 2 futa, 3 mi, 4
yo, 5 itsu, 6 mu, 7 nana, 8 ya, 9 kokono, 10 tou The classifier ~hon is combined with Chinese numerals.
Note that alternatives for ~hon are ~pon (for 1, 6, 8, 10) and ~bon (for 3 and how many). The classifier
~tsu is combined with Japanese numerals and for quantities over ten Chinese numerals without a
classifier are used: juu-iti, juu-ni, juu-san, etc. 95 Table 15. Expressions of -tsu and -hon/pon/bon when
combined with numbers 1-11, as well as an unknown number. ~tsu ~hon/pon/bon 1 hito-tsu 一つ ip-pon
一本 2 futa-tsu 二つ ni-hon 二本 3 mit-tsu 三つ san-bon 三本 4 yot-tsu 四つ yon-hon 四本 5 itsu-tsu 五つ go-hon 五本 6
mut-tsu 六つ rop-pon 六本 7 nana-tsu 七つ nana-hon 七本 8 yat-tsu 八つ hap-pon 八本 9 kokono-tsu 九つ kyuu-hon
九本 10 tou 十 jup-pon or jip-pon 十 本 11 juuichi 十一 juuip-pon 十一本 ? ikutsu/oikutsu いくつ nan-bon 何本 4-4-2
Quantity Expressions There are two kinds of quantity expressions in Japanese. One is comprised of a
number and classifier (san-bon, hito-tsu, etc.) and the other is a general quantity expression (chotto,
suskoshi, takusan, zenbu, minna, etc.) Within a sentence they both usually occur right before the verb,
adjective, or noun +desu. Unlike English, the noun usually comes before the amount in Japanese. Biiru,
san-bon kudasai. Three (bottles of) beers, please. Sashimi wa hito-tsu 1000-en desu. One sashimi is ¥
1000. Mizu o sukoshi nomitai desu. I want to drink a little bit of water. As shown in the examples above,
a quantity expression is typically marked by the lack of a particle. It is not followed by the particle ga or
o. However, it can be followed by the particle wa or mo. When wa follows a quantity expression, it
means 96 ‘at least’ and when mo follows it, it implies that the number is big (that much!) Mainichi,
shukudai ga hito-tsu wa arimasu. I have at least one HW assignment everyday. Obentou o futatsu mo
tabemashita. I ate all two bentos. How are multiple items and numbers listed up in Japanese? Suppose
we want to say ‘Three apples and four oranges, please.’ Combine the following two sentences into one.
Ringo o mit-tsu kudasai. Three apples, please. Mikan o yot-tsu kudasai. Four oranges, please. → [Ringo o
mit-tsu] to [mikan o yot-tsu] kudasai. Three apples and four oranges, please. There is no limit on how
many things can be listed, but it is rare to list more than three items. Onigiri ga mit-tsu to sando ga itsu-
tsu, sorekara mizu ga ni-hon arimasu. There are three onigiri, five sandwiches, and two bottles of water.
Drills and Exercises A. Listen to the audio . Following the first two model exchanges, respond to each
cue. Cue: Go-hon desu ne. Five, right? Response: Ie, rop-pon desu. No, six. ご ほ ん ろっぽん 五本ですね。 いえ、六本
です。 Cue: Mit-tsu desu ne. Three, right? Response: Ie, yot-tsu desu. No, four. みっ よっ 三つですね。 いえ、四つで
す。 B. Cue: Sashimi to biiru desu ka. Sashimi and beer? さしみとビールですか。 Response: Hai, sashimi o futa-tsu
to Yes, two sashimi and biiru o sdan-bon kudasai. three beers, please. ふた さんぼん はい、さしみを二つとビールを三
本、ください。 Cue: Ringo to mikan desu ka. Apples and oranges? リンゴとみかんですか。 Response: Hai, ringo o
futa-tsu to Yes, two apples and Mikan o mit-tsu kudasai. three oranges, please. ふた みっ はい、リンゴを二つと、み
かんを三つください。 97 C. Say it in Japanese. At a restaurant, order the following: 1. two draft beers to start 2.
three beers and one oolong tea 3. two black teas and one strawberry cake 4. three sashimi, five sake,
and two orange juices 5. two orders of Today’s Fish and one vegetable tempura. No beverages． Just tea.
D. Act these roles in Japanese with a partner. 1. Ask Ms. Honda what her favorite food is. 2. At a
restaurant, get the attention of the waiter and ask for a) a menu, b) more water. 3. You’ve been asked to
get the following items. Find out how many are needed: chairs; pencils; bottled water; bento; umbrella;
bananas; apples. 4. The project is over. You want to propose a toast. Make sure that everyone has a
drink, acknowledge everyone’s hard work, and then propose a toast. 5. Discuss what people usually
have for breakfast, lunch, or dinner in Japan and in your home country. Drinks? Review Grammar
Review A. What is the difference in meaning among the following? (4-1-1, 4-3-2) 1. Yasumimasen ka. 2.
Yasumimashou. 3. Yasumimashou ka 4. Yasumitai desu ka. B. What is the difference in meaning between
the following? (4-1-3) 1. Yasai desu kedo tabemasen. 2. Yasai desu kara tabemasen. C. Give two
examples of classifiers and one example of things that each classifier is used to count. (4-4-1) D. What is
the difference in meaning between the following sentences? (4-1-2, 4-2-1) 1. Honda-san o mimashita. 2.
Honda -san ga mimashita. E. What is the difference in meaning among the following sentences? (4-1-2)
1. Wain nomimasu ka. 2. Wain wa nomimasu ka. 3. Wain mo nomimasu ka. 4. Wain o nomimasu ka. F.
What are the two types of quantity expressions in Japanese? Where do they typically occur in a
sentence? (4-4-2) 98 G. What is a double-subject sentence? Give an example. (4-3-1) H. How is a ~tai
form made? What does it mean? (4-3-2) I. What is the negative form of tabetai desu? The Past form?
The Past negative form? (4-3- 2) J. The typical word order in a Japanese sentence is as follows:(4-1-2, 4-
2-1, 4-4-2) Time – Subject – Object – Quantity – Verb The chart below summarizes what particle to
choose for different parts (columns) with the different discourse functions (rows). On the basis of the
chart, pay close attention to the particles and handle the following situations. Table 16. Choices of
particles for different discourses functions Time Kinou Subject watashi Object keeki Quantity hiyo-tsu
Neutral no particle no particle no particle no particle Contrast wa wa wa wa Addition mo mo mo mo
Focused/New no particle ga o no particle Tabemashita 1. Find out if a co-worker eats sushi. 2. You know
he ordered sushi yesterday. Find out if he will have more today. 3. At the restaurant, you’ve been asked
what you are going to eat. You’d like a little sushi. 4. Ask Ms. Honda what she will eat. 5. The waiter
brought you sushi. You didn’t order it. You ordered Sashimi. 6. Everyone in your group is drinking sake.
You don't like sake and would rather have beer. What offered sake, what would you do? 7. You usually
do not drink beer, but today is a special day. You will have some. 8. You’ve been asked if you eat
Japanese food often. Well, you do sometimes, but not very often. 99 Practical Applications A. Check
menus from different kinds of restaurants, discuss what you will have and how many, and then order
them. B. Your group is organizing an event. At an organizational meeting, choose volunteers for each
task below. Confirm who is in charge of each task and who can help. 1. make posters 2. make copies of
posters 3. clean the room #101 4. order bento 5. buy beverages, snacks, etc. 6. buy cups, plates, and
tableware Drill Tape Scripts Dialogue 1 A. Cue: 手伝いますか。 Response: もちろんです。いつ手伝いましょうか。 Cue: しま
すか。 Response: もちろんです。いつしましょうか。 1. 行きますか。 2. 会いますか。 3. 紹介しますか。 4. 話しますか。 5. 電話しますか。 B.
Cue: アプリ、使いますか。 Response: はい、このアプリを使います。 Cue: テレビ、買いますか。 Response: はい、このテレビを買います。
1. アパート、見ますか。 2. バイト、しますか。 3. まんが、読みますか。 4. 仕事、手伝いますか。 5. ファイル、コピーしますか。 C. Cue: あれ、
高いですか。 Response: はい、高いですから、買いません。 Cue: あれ、使いませんか。 Response: はい、使いませんから、買いません。 1.
あれ、不便ですか。 2. あれ、難しいですか。 3. あれ、ありますか。 4. あれ、古いですか。 5. あれ、できません。 100 Dialogue 2 A. Cue:
ちょっと、休みませんか。 Response: そうですね。皆さん、ちょっと休 みましょう。 Cue: 昼ご飯を帰りませんか。Response: そうですね。皆
さん、帰りましょう。 1. エクセルを使いませんか。 2. 本田さんを手伝いませんか。 3. もっと、練習しませんか。 4. あした、出かけませんか。 5. 教
科書を読みませんか。 B. Cue: コーヒーや紅茶、飲みますか。 Response: いや、コーヒーも紅茶も飲みません。 Cue: ケーキやクッキー、作りま
すか。 Response: いや、ケーキもクーキーもつくりません。 1. パンやおにぎり、買いますか。 2. お茶や水、いりますか。 3. お菓子やパン、作りま
すか。 4. ジュースや牛乳、ありますか。 5. りんごやみかん、食べますか。 C. Cue: ケーキですか。 Response: はい、ケーキを買います。 Cue:
本田さんですか。 Response: はい、本田さんが買います。 1. 新しいスマホですか。 2. あの傘ですか。 3. 大学のともだちですか。 4. 先生の本です
か。 5. 女の人ですか。 Dialogue 3 A.Cue: 買います。 Response: 何を買いますか。 Cue: いります。 Response: 何がいりますか。 1.
見ます。 2. きらいです。 3. わかりません。 4. 書きます。 5. おいしいです. B.Cue: うどん、よく食べますねえ。 Response: ええ、私はうどん
が好きですから。 101 Cue: ゲーム、よくしますねえ。 Response: ええ、私はゲームが好きですから 1. 日本語、よく勉強しますねえ。 2. ワイ
ン、よく飲みますねえ。 3. リンゴやみかん、よく買いますねえ。 4. 日本のアニメ、よく見ますねえ。 5. あのアプリ、よく使いますねえ。 C. Cue: 全
部、見たいですか. Response: いえ、これは見たいですけど、あれは見たくないです． Cue: 全部読みたいですか Response: いえ、これは読みた
いですけど、あれは読みたくないです。 6. 全部、使いたいですか． 7. 全部、勉強したいですか． 8. 全部、聞きたいですか。 9. 全部、手伝いますか。
10. 全部、買いますか。 Dialogue 4 A. Cue: 五本ですね。 Response: いえ、六本です。 Cue: 三つですね。 Response: いえ、四つで
す。 1. 七本ですね。 2. 六つですね。 3. 十二本ですね。 4. 八つですね。 5. 十です。 B. Cue: さしみとてんぷらですか。 Response: はい、刺
身を二つと天ぷらを三つ、ください。 Cue: リンゴとみかんですか。 Response: はい、リンゴを二つと、みかんを三つください。 1. お弁当とサンド
ですか。 2. パンとおにぎりですか。 3. 水とウーロン茶ですか。 4. コーヒーとジュースですか。 5. リンゴのケーキと、イチゴのケーキですか。