Vocabulary list: Minna no Nihongo I

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indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
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indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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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.
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if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
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at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
から
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from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
する
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to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
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indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
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hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
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to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
こと
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thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
それ
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that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
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to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
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right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
この
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this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
でも
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but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
です
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be; is
その
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that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
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to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
そう
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in that way; thus; so; so?
I; me
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good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
これ
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this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
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to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
だけ
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only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
さん
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Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
くれ
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to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
まで
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until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
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to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
もう
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now; soon; already; yet; further; more
あの
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that; those; the
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to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
ひと
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person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
ここ
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here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
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honorific/polite/humble prefix
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to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
いま
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now; the present time; just now; another; more
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to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
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to; towards; for
なに
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what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
まえ
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in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
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to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
なか
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inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
かお
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face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
また
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again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)