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# System prepended metadata

title: Vocab
tags: [Japanese]

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###### tags: `Japanese`

# Vocab
| Japanese | Hiragana/Katakana | Romanization | English | Notes 
| ----------- | ----------- | ----------- | ----------- | ----------- |
| 複雑 | ふくざつ | `fukuzutsu` | complicated | |
| 難しい | むずかしい | `muzukashii` | difficult | Can be abbreviated as `muzui` in casual |
| 気持ち | きもち | `kimochi` | feeling | |
| 良い | いい | `ii` | good | 良い `yoi` and いい  `ii`  have similar meanings, kanji uncommon except in very formal contexts |
| 悪い |  わるい | `warui` | bad | |
| | さようなら | `sayounara` | goodbye | `sayonara` is also okay but less correct |
| | こんにちは | `konnichiwa` | hello | |
| | こんばんは | `konbanwa` | good evening | |
| | おはよう | `ohayou` | good morning | |
| お休み | おやすみ | `oyasumi` | good night | kanji optional |
| お帰り | おかえり | `okaeri` | reponse to someone coming home | kanji optional |
| 名前 | なまえ | `namae` | name | |
| | はじめまして |  `hajimemashite` | nice to meet you | |
| 私 | わたし | `watashi` | I, me | |
| 僕 | ぼく | `boku` | I, me | |
| 俺 | おれ |  `ore` | I, me | |
| | あなた |  `anata` | you | |
| お前 | おまえ | `omae` | you | |
| 悲しい  | かなしい | `kanashii` | sad | |
| 好き | すき | `suki` | like | |
| 大好き | だいすき | `daisuki` | love | |
| 今 | いま | `ima` | now, present time | |
| | じゃない | `jyanai` | not, aren't | Appended for negation |
| 大丈夫 | だいじょうぶ | `daijyoubu` | all right, okay | |
| 易しい | やさしい | `yasashii` | easy | |
| 簡単 | かんたん | `kantan` | easy | |
| | いいえ | `iie` | no | |
| 大学生 | だいがくせい | `daigakusei` | college student | |
| 大学院生 | だいがくいんせい | `daigakuinsei` | grad student | |
| 仕事 | しごと | `shigoto` | work | |
| |トイレ | `toire` | toilet | |
| 元気 | げんき | `genki` | energy | |
| 何 | なに | `nani` |  what | |
| | どう | `dou` | how | |
| | どこ | `doko` | where | |
| 誰 | だれ | `dare` | who | |
| 今日 |きょう | `kyou` | today | |
| 明日 |あした | `ashita` | tomorrow | |
| 昨日 |きのう | `kinou` | yesterday | |
| 暇 | ひま | `hima` | free, available | |
| | から | `kara` | because | |
| 車 | くるま | `kuruma` | car | |
| 彼女 | かのじょ | `kanojyo` | girl, girlfriend | |
| お姉さん | おねえさん | `oneesan` | older sister | |
| 妹 | いもうと | `imouto` | younger sister | |
| | います | `imasu` |  to exist, to have | Used for sentient things, negation: いません |
| | あります | `arimasu` | to exist, to have | Used for nonsentient, negation: ありません|
| | です | `desu` | to be | |
| 二人 | ふたり | `futari` | 2 people, couple, pair | |
| 先生 | せんせい | `sensei` | teacher | |
| 日本語 | にほんご | `nihongo` | japanese language | |
# Verb Conjugations
| infinitive | negative | past | past negative 
| ----------- | ----------- | ----------- | ----------- |
| `-masu` | `-masen` | `-mashita` | `-masendeshita` |

# MISC NOTES
* 気持ち prefixes a feeling with adjectives like いい for good and わるい for bad e.g. 気持ちいい
	* 気持ちいい/気持ち悪い is a contraction of 気持ちがいい/気持ちが悪い with the subject particle omitted
	* 気持ち悪い is contracted to きもい in casual text/speech
* `wa` as a grammer particle is written as は (`ha`) as in こんにちは
	* `wa` is used to mark topics, が(`ga`) is used to mark the subject
* ね(`ne`) and よ(`yo`) are both assertions with よ being more confident, and  ね seeking agreement
* じゃありません(`jyarimasen` is a more formal way to say じゃないです(`jyanaidesu`)
	* generally, ない is a contraction of ありません (e.g. 車がありません -> 車がない)
* Appending a か(`ka`) turns something into a question
* Put time qualifiers like at the beginning of a sentence
* Structure is subject -> object -> verb
* の(`no`) as in noun1のnoun2 is used to qualify noun2 with noun1 e.g., 日本語の先生　にほんごのせんせい a teacher of the japanese language 
	* also frequently used to indicate possessive e.g. 相川さんのお姉さん andrew's older sister or 私の車 わたしのくるま my car