Vocabulary list: Genki: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese, Vol. 1

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say; well; um; er
今いま
Top 100
now; the present time; just now; another; more
English (language)
student (esp. a university student)
語ご
Top 5900
word; term; language; speech
senior high school; high school
午ご後ご
Top 1300
afternoon; p.m.
morning; a.m.
歳さい
Top 600
... years old; age (of) ...
さん
Top 100
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
時じ
Top 1300
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
人じん
Top 2100
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
friend; companion
name; given name; first name
何なに
Top 100
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
Japan
nth-year student; nth-year pupil
はい
Top 200
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
半はん
Top 1600
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)
number; series of digits
overseas student; exchange student
I; me
アメリカ
Top 2700
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
イギリス
Top 5100
United Kingdom; UK; Britain; England
Australia
South Korea; Republic of Korea; Korean Empire (1897-1910)
Sweden
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)
science; to think about scientifically; to think in terms of science
Asian studies
international relations
computer
anthropology
politics; government
ビジネス
Top 8700
business
literature
history
work; job; labor; work
doctor; physician
company employee; office worker; white-collar worker
senior high school student
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
graduate student; postgraduate student
university student; college student
lawyer; attorney