Basic words

Learning to speak Japanese requires constant practice and a lot of reading and studying. I couldn't think of a better place to put some of my own personal notes, except here, I hope you don't mind. For those of you who may be interested, (or who are also learning Japanese) you can use this list as a reference too.

english	romaji	kana	kanji
who	dare	だれ	誰
what	nani	なに	何
when	itsu	いつ	何時
where	doko	どこ	何処
why	doushite / naze	どうして / なぜ	如何して / 何故
how	dou / ikaga	どう / いかが	如何 / 如何
which way	dochira	どちら	何方
how much	ikura	いくら	幾ら
how long / how far	donogurai	どのぐらい	どの位

english	romaji	kana	kanji
up	ue	うえ	上
down	shita	した	下
right	migi	みぎ	右
left	hidari	ひだり	左

english	romaji	kana	kanji
new	atarashii	あたらしい	新しい
old	furui	ふるい	古い
young	wakai	わかい	若い
old (in age)	toshiyori	としより	年寄り

Jan 11, 2010