Vocabulary list: Minna no Nihongo I

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to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
it is I who should say so
よろしく
Top 1000
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
ここ
Top 100
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
そこ
Top 100
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
あそこ
Top 900
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
どこ
Top 200
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
そちら
Top 1600
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
あちら
Top 2800
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
どちら
Top 1000
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
office
conference room; council room
reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance
ロビー
Top 9000
lobby; lounge
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
トイレ
Top 2300
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory
toilet; restroom; lavatory; bathroom
stairs; stairway; staircase
elevator; lift; elevator (aviation)
escalator
くに
Top 600
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
company; corporation; workplace
うち
Top 7300
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
くつ
Top 2100
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
ネクタイ
Top 9800
tie; necktie
ワイン
Top 5500
wine
タバコ
Top 10600
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
selling area; counter; section; favorable time to sell; good time to sell
Top 2000
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
かい
Top 3800
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
what floor?
えん
Top 1200
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
いくら
Top 800
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
ひゃく
Top 2100
100; hundred
せん
Top 2300
1,000; thousand
まん
Top 1100
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
be; is
Top 100
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to show; to display
please (give me); please (do for me)
じゃ
Top 500
then; well; so; be; is
くださ
Top 1000
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
Top 600
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep