Lesson One: Basic Words
Hi! I’m Haruka! It’s nice to meet you. I’m here to teach you Japanese. So let’s get right into it!
Here is a list of words in Japanese. They’re all very basic words that you will hear all the time. These lists of words are very useful! Click on the button to hear the word and see it written in Latin letters. Above the list of vocabulary words are tabs with a couple of actions. “Write” lets you practice writing the word in Japanese characters. “Speak” lets you compare your voice against mine! Try to match my pronunciation.
good | ii | いい |
bad | dame | だめ |
yes | hai | はい |
no | iie | いいえ |
hello | konnichiwa | こんにちは |
goodbye | sayounara | さようなら |
this | kore | これ |
that | sore | それ |
thank you | arigatou | ありがとう |
I (formal) | watashi | わたし |
You’ll need to master all the words in each lesson before you can move on. I track them by giving you mastery points. You’ll need to play games to get mastery points. Each correct answer will get you mastery points for that word. When you’ve mastered all the words in a lesson, you’ll get a new one! With enough mastery points, you can even get new games and titles! You don’t want to be a baby forever, do you? Enough talking about it! Try it out for yourself.
GAME: Hit-a-word
How was it? Did you get a lot of mastery points? Probably not enough to master the whole lesson yet! Just keep at it and you’ll get a new lesson in no time. Here’s another game to practice with. Enjoy!
GAME: Multiple choice
We’re off to a good start. You’ll be able to speak Japanese before you know it. Next time, I’ll cover more on pronunciation.
