| 喧嘩する
kenka-suru | argue, quarrel, fight |
| だって datte (d-atte)
[-te form + mo, drop the -e of te form and add atte ex:. de mo -> d[e] -> datte ex: aruite mo -> aruit[e] -> aruitatte ex: yokute mo -> yokut[e] -> yokutatte] | but, however, even so (contracted form) |
| 一生懸命
isshoukenmei | with all one's might;wholeheartedly |
| 言いおわる
iiowaru /-u; iiowatta/ | finish saying |
| 言い終わらないうちに
iiowaranai uchi ni | before [one] has finished saying |
| 話しはじめる
hanashihajimeru /-ru; hanashihajimeta/ | begin talking |
| さ
sa | sentence particle of assertion |
| このままじゃ(あ)
kono mama ja -(a) | being this condition;as is |
| 不味い ・ まずい
mazui /-i mazukatta/ | inadvisable;is poor at;tastes bad |
| 遅くならないうちに
osoku naranai uchi ni | while it hasn't become late; before it gets (too) late |
| （お）詫び
wabi / owabi | an apology |
| 謝る
ayamaru /-u; ayamatta/ | apologize (vi) |
| お詫びを言う
(o)wabi wo iu | apologize; give an apology (exp) |
| 言ったって
ittatte (itt-atte) | even if [someone] says |
| だのに
da no ni | even though [it is] / in spite of [that] |
| 悪くたって
warukutatte (warukut-atte) | even if it's bad (contracted form) |
| 相手
aite | partner; the other party |
| そんなもん
sonna mon[o] | that kind of thing / that's the way it is (w/ short variant) |
| 我慢する
gaman suru | bear, endure, suffer in silence, grin and bear it |
| 我慢しなければ ・ 我慢しなけりゃ（あ） ・ 我慢しなきゃ（あ）
gaman-shinakereba / gaman-shinakerya -(a) / gaman-shinakya -(a) | unless one puts up with/knuckles under (5 variations) |
| だから
da kara | therefore |
| 愚痴
guchi | complaints |
| 愚痴を言う
(guchi wo iu) | to voice one’s grievances; complain |
| クレーム
kureemu /suru/ | complaint (waseigo) [i.e. to business, restaurant, etc.) |
| 記事
kiji | news article |
| 何の記事
nan no kiji | [a news] article about what? |
| 社説
shasetsu | editorial |
| 広告
koukoku | advertisement |
| 小説
shousetsu | a novel |
| 詩
shi | poem, poetry |
| 論文
ronbun | article, essay, thesis |
| 都会
tokai | the city |
| 大都会
daitokai | large city, metropolis |
| 田舎
inaka | the country (side), rural |
| 空気
kuuki | air |
| 空
sora | sky |
| 海とか湖
umi to ka mizuumi | oceans and/or lakes and the like |
| 戻る
modoru /-u;modottta/ | return; back up (vi) |
| 戻す
modosu /-u; modoshita/ | put back, send back, throw up (vt) |
| 自然
shizen | nature; natural |
| 自然的
(shizen-teki ) | natural (-na) |
| 環境
kankyou | environment |
| 自然の環境
shizen no kankyou | natural environment |
| 暗い
kurai /-i; kurakatta/ | is dark (adj) |
| 明るい
akarui /-i; akarukatta/ | is light (not dark) [adj] |
| 暗くならないうちに
kuraku naranai uchi ni | while it hasn't become dark, before it gets dark. |
| 動く
ugoku /-u; ugoita/ | [something] moves (vi) |
| 動かす
ugokasu /-u; ugokashita/ | to move [something] (vt) |
| 動き出す
ugokidasu /-u; ugokidashita/ | start to move |
| 渋滞
juutai | (traffic) congestion; delay |
| 命
inochi | life |
| 匹
-hiki | counter for small animals or fish |
| 羽
(-wa) | counter for birds |
| 頭
(-tou) | counter for large animals |
| 一羽
(ichi-wa) | 1 bird |
| 一頭
(it-tou) | 1 large animal |
| 一匹
ip-piki | 1 small animal |
| 二匹
(ni-hiki) | 2 small animals |
| 二羽
(ni-wa) | 2 birds |
| 二頭
(nitou) | 2 large animlas |
| 五匹
(gohiki) | 5 small animals |
| 五羽
(go-wa) | 5 birds |
| 五頭
(go-tou) | 5 large animals |
| 何羽
(nani-wa) | how many birds? |
| 何頭
nan-tou | how many large animals? |
| 何匹
(nan-biki) | how many small animals? |
| 七匹
(nana-hiki) | 7 small animals |
| 七羽
(nana-wa / shichi-wa) | 7 birds (2 ways) |
| 七頭
(shichi-tou) | 7 large animals |
| 飼う
kau /-u katta/ | keep animals/have animal (as a pet) |
| 社説面
(shasetsumen [-men is general suffix for page/section of the paper]) | editorial page (in a newspaper) |
| 汚染
osen | pollution |
| 何時に着いたって構わないよ
Nan-ji ni tsuit-atte kamawanai yo. | it doesn't matter what time you arrive (using -te mo contraction) |
| あのスーツケースだって小さすぎるでしょう？
Ano suutsukeesu d-atte, chiisasugiru deshou? | even if it's that suitcase (over there), it's too small right? |
| ittá ttè (i)tt-áttè, hońtou wa ikánakàtta nêe. | Even if he says he went, really, he didn't go did he |
| ittá ttè (i)tt-áttè, hońtou wa iwánakàtta nêe | Even if he says he said it, really, he didn't say it, did he |
| itá ttè (i)tt-áttè, hońtou wa inâkatta nêe | Even if he says he was there, really, he wasn't there, was he |
| 忘れないうちにそれを書きましょう
wasurenai uchi ni, sore wo kakimashou. | Let's (i.e., you) write that down before you forget. |
| このようなマンションに住んでいる人は、だいたい弁護士とか医者ですね！
kono you na manshon ni sunde (i)ru hito wa, daitai bengoshi to ka isha desu ne! | The people living in apartment(s) like this [one] are, for the most part, lawyers and doctors, and the like, aren't they! |
