Vocabulary list: Minna no Nihongo I

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I; me
we; us
あなた
Top 200
you; dear; honey
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
all; everyone; everybody
さん
Top 100
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
ちゃん
Top 700
suffix for familiar person
君くん
Top 700
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
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
teacher; instructor
student (esp. a university student)
company employee; office worker; white-collar worker
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
bank employee; bank staff member; bank clerk
doctor; physician
researcher
engineer
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)
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
electricity; (electric) light
誰だれ
Top 300
who
どなた
Top 5200
who
歳さい
Top 600
... years old; age (of) ...
how old; what age
お
Top 100
honorific/polite/humble prefix
いくつ
Top 3900
how many; how old
はい
Top 200
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
いいえ
Top 1300
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
ですが
Top 400
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
name; given name; first name
は
Top 100
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
pleased to meet you; how do you do; my regards (to someone); my greetings; best wishes
please
こちら
Top 300
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
です
Top 100
be; is
から
Top 100
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
来くる
Top 100
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
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
インド
Top 6800
India
Indonesia
South Korea; Republic of Korea; Korean Empire (1897-1910)
タイ
Top 8200
Thailand
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)
ドイツ
Top 5600
Germany
Japan