By Jeff BeuchertCIS 1020MWF 11:00 – 11:50

BEGIN STUDYING JAPANESE

Getting started• Memorize 2 basic Japanese alphabets• Hiragana• Katakana

• Memorize a few words

Hiragana

Katakana

Kanji

Common Japanes Phrases

English Japanese reading

Japanese

Good Morning Ohayousan おはようさんIt’s a nice day Ii otenki いいお天気Im going Ittekimasu 行ってきますLet’s eat Itadakimasu いただきますDelicious Oishii na~ おいしいなThank you, I’m full

Gochi sousan ごちそうさん

Hello! Konnichiwa こんにちわHow are you? Genki desu ka? 元気ですかI’ll call you Denwa shimasu 電話しますWelcome! Irasshai いらっしゃいHow about this? Ikaga desu ka? いかがですかCome again Mata kite ne また来てねHello, Hello? Moshi Moshi

Moshiもしもしもし

Lets play Asobi mashou 遊びましょうSee you next time

Mata kondo またこんど

Good evening Konbanwa こんばんわIt’s cold Hiemasu ne~ ひえますねGood-bye! Sayounara さようならGood night Oyasuminasai おやすみなさいHave a nice night

Ii yoru wo いいようろを

See you tomorrow

Mata ashita また明日

Good night Oyasumi お休み

Here are some common Japanese Phrases

See if you can translate大阪 oosaka (a girls name)

おはよ ohayo good morning

テレビ terebi television

って tte (sentence connector)

言うた iuta said

つもり tsumori expect

やったん yattan thought

やけど yakedo but

そういう souiu say

事 koto thing

よく yoku good, better

あるの aruno have

ちゃちゃん chachan (a girls name)

意味 imi meaning

やで yade is

よみちゃん yomichan (a girl’s name)

おう ou “huh”

それ sore it

使い tsukai use

方 kata how to

違う machigau make a mistake

How well did you do?Frame 1

Ooosaka, good morning!

Frame 2

T.V.

Frame 3

T.V?

Frame 4

I expected you to say good morning but. (I couldn’t think of what to say.)

Couldn’t you say something better.

Frame 5

Chachann, T.V.

T.V.

T.V.?

Frame 6

It means good morning.

Frame 7

Yomichan, T.V.

Huh, T.V.

Frame 8

Oosaka, you usually have an early T.V.

That’s the wrong meaning.

Additional ways to practice• Comic books (Manga)• Japanese Movies and TV shows• Talk with friends

The two best ways to study Japanese are• Take a Japanese Class• Move to japan

Why study Japanese• Gain an advantage in your career• Make new friends• Learn about the world

Kinds of Careers that involve Japanese• English teacher• Business Job• Accounting• Information Systems• Business Administration

• Translator or Interpreter

SourcesInformation about Japanese from:

Hasegawa, Yoko. Elementary Japanese. North Clarendon, VT: Tuttle, 2005. Print.

Song from:

Mini Moni. Ohayousan ~Mata Ashita No Uta~. Rec. 06 June 2002. Hello! Project, 2002. MP3.

Comic Strips from:

Azuma, Kiyohiko. Azumanga Daioh. Volume 1. [S.l.]: ADV Manga, 2005. Print.

Job Information from:

https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/

Hiragan and Katakan Charts from:

http://www.escale-japon.com/

Kanji Chart From:

http://www.learn-japanese.info/kanjifirst.html