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100 Most Important Japanese Words

Emergency

If you’re traveling to Japan, you’re going to want to know words that have to do with “emergency” situations. You don’t want to be caught off guard in a foreign country. If you’re in trouble, you need to be able to ask for some help, whether that help is finding a bathroom or getting someone who speaks English.

トイレ (toire) = Toilet. Everyone has to use the toilet at some point, so if you need help finding it, this is the word for you.

手洗い (tearai) = Bathroom. Just like toilet, but a little more all-inclusive. You can feel free to use either of these in a pinch, though.

助けて (tasukete) = HELP. Just yell this out and (maybe) someone will come to your aid… if you’re lucky.

わかりません (wakarimasen) = I don’t understand. If someone is speaking to you in Japanese and you don’t understand them (if you’re using this list, then maybe you don’t) then you can just tell them you don’t understand what they’re saying. Follow that up with “eigo, eigo” (which you’ll learn in a minute) and you’ll be golden.

やめて！ (yamete!) = Stop it! Maybe somebody is messing with you and you want them to stop (yakuza? probably not). This is what you’d want to say.

英語 (eigo) = English. Sometimes you just need someone who speaks some English. Everyone in Japan is supposed to be able to speak English, though you might have trouble finding the right person depending on where you are.

服 (fuku) = Clothes. Don’t ask… I just thought it would be terrible to lose your clothes, and with all the hot springs and perverts, you never know.

死にそう (shini sou) = Seems Like I’m Going To Die. When things get really serious, you may need to pull out all the stops.

警察 (keisatsu) = Police. If something really bad happens, these are the guys you’re going to want to ask for.

危ない (abunai) = Dangerous. You’ll see this on signs and stuff too. If someone says “abunai” to you, you should probably watch your step.

危険 (kiken) = Peril, Hazard. Basically, this is a fancier abunai. You’ll see this on signs as well.

Asking

Asking broad general questions, then using body language to tell people the rest is a really fun way to get by in a country where you don’t speak the language!

どうした？ (doushita?) = What Happened? Then again, you probably won’t understand what the person responds with, but it’s always nice to ask.

どうして？ (doushite?) = Why? You never know…

なに？ (nani) = What? Unbelievable!

時間 (jikan) = Time. Just ask this with an quizzical tone and people will get the drift.

質問 (shitsumon) = Question. Have a question? Let someone know. Couple this with “eigo! eigo!” and maybe someone who can speak some English will come to answer your shitsumon.

だれ (dare) = Who. Great in case you need to find someone.

いつ (itsu) = When. Pretty important if you’re trying to time something.

People

Sometimes you need something that has to do with a someone. You can get by without too much here.

先生 (sensei) = Teacher. If you’re a student in Japan, this one comes in handy.

会社員 (kaishain) = Employee. Good if you’re looking for an organization’s employee to ask a question, perhaps.

人 (hito) = Person. For when you need to point out a person in general.

Locations

Finding your way around can be pretty important. Here are some Japanese words that will help you do that and keep you from getting lost.

ホテル (hoteru) = Hotel. You’ll need to be able to find this if you’re traveling in Japan.

どこ (doko) = Where. Don’t know where something is? Ask where it is with this word.

空港 (kuukou) = Airport. Don’t miss your flight!

駅 (eki) = Station. Gotta catch that train!

日本 (nihon) = Japan. Good to know where you are.

大学 (daigaku) = College. Great for college students studying in Japan, or people who like colleges in general.

本屋 (honya) = Bookstore. Some bookstores are pretty sketchy, be careful!

タクシー (takushi) = Taxi. Expensive, but you can find them everywhere.

家 (uchi/ie) = Home. There’s no place like it.

Food

Oh food, how I love thee. Can’t live without it, either.

おなかすいた (onaka suita) / はらへった (hara hetta) = Hungry. Two ways to say this one. First one is more neutral, second is more casual.

食べます (tabemasu) = To Eat. Do you eat this? Yes I eat this.

食べません (tabemasen) = To Not Eat. Do you eat this? No I don’t.

飲みます (nomimasu) = To Drink. Glug Glug.

飲みません (nomimasen) = To Not Drink. I don’t drink beer, sorry.

水 (mizu) = Water. I drink water, instead, because that’s how I roll.

飲み物 (nomimono) = Drink. Not the verb, but the noun. Please get me a drink.

食べ物 (tabemono) = Food. Need food? Any food?

美味しい (oishii) = Good Tasting. If something tastes nice (or if you want to be nice), you’d say this.

不味い (mazui) = Bad Tasting. I probably wouldn’t ever say this, but just in case you need to let someone know…

レストラン (resutoran) = Restaurant. Now you need to figure out which one.

コンビニ (konbini) = Convenience Store. Great place to buy small things and food. Convenience Store food in Japan is pretty awesome.

スーパー (suupaa) = Super Market. If you need something a convenience store can’t give you.

Being Polite

You don’t want to piss people off when you’re in their country. Bad things happen if you do…

ありがとうございます (arigatougozaimasu) = Thank You. Do I even need to tell you why you should learn this? I hope not.

すみません (sumimasen) = Excuse Me. The streets can be busy, it’s nice to say excuse me when you walk through people.

ごめんなさい (gomennasai) = Sorry. If you bump into a Yakuza gang member, you might want to whip this one out.

Greetings

Hopefully you meet some nice people in your travels. Say hello (and then goodbye!) to them.

おはようございます (ohayougozaimasu) = Good Morning. A greeting for morning.

こんにちは (konnichiwa) = Good Afternoon. You can use this around noonish on to the evening.

こんばんは (konbanwa) = Good Evening. Like the other ones, but for evenings.

ではまた (dewamata) = See You Later.

また明日 (mata ashita) = See You Tomorrow.

さようなら (sayounara) = Good bye. Probably won’t see them for a while :(

おやすみなさい (oyasuminasai) = Good Night. Time for sleepy time.

Basic Verbs

Verbs will get you a long ways. You don’t have to know much else as long as you know verbs, because verbs help you to get things done.

行きます (ikimasu) = To Go.

帰ります (kaerimasu) = To Return (home).

食べます (tabemasu) = To Eat. Nom nom nom.

します (shimasu) = To Do. This is the best verb ever.

見ます (mimasu) = To See. What is it you want to see?

買います (kaimasu) = To Buy. For all of you who like shopping.

待ちます (machimasu) = To Wait.

書きます (kakimasu) = To Write. Have people write the directions down!

止まります (tomarimasu) = To Stop.

教えます (oshiemasu) = To Teach. If you’re a teacher in Japan.

話します (hanashimasu) To Speak.

Basic Adjectives

Adjectives, while not as awesome as verbs, are also very useful. They help you describe things.

新しい (atarashii) = New.

嬉しい (ureshii) = Happy.

大丈夫 (daijoubu) = Okay. As in “I’m okay!”

すごい (sugoi) = Amazing. For the sight seeing.

高い (takai) = Expensive / Tall. Just depends on the context.

大きい (ookii) = Big, Large.

小さい (chiisai) = Small.

近い (chikai) = Near. How close is it?

遠い (tooi) = Far. How far is it?

悪い (warui) = Bad.

いい (ii) = Good.

面白い (Omoshiroi) = Interesting.

楽しい (tanoshii) = Fun.

熱い (atsui) = Hot.

寒い (samui) = Cold.

上手 (jouzu) = Good At.

下手 (heta) = Bad At.

赤 (aka) = Red.

青 (ao) = Blue.

黒 (kuro) = Black.

緑 (midori) = Green.

黄色 (kiiro) = Yellow.

白 (shiro) = White.

馬鹿 (baka) = Stupid! I bet you knew this one already.

Numbers

一 (ichi) = One.

二 (ni) = Two.

三 (san) = Three.

四 (shi/yon) = Four. Such an unlucky number!

五 (go) = Five. Good way to remember the first five numbers: “Itchy knee! Son, She go!” Imagine that playing out…

六 (roku) = Six.

七 (shichi) = Seven. Also kinda unlucky.

八 (hachi) = Eight.

九 (ku) = Nine.

十 (juu) = Ten.

百 (hyaku) = 100.

千 (sen) = 1,000.

万 (man) = 10,000.

円 (en) = Yen. Not really a number, but goes nicely with the numbers, I think.

Japanese Vocabulary

Sl No	Japanese Word	Reading in Hiragana	Meaning	Use in Sentence
1	定数	ていすう	Constant(C)
3	復元	ふくげん	Restore
2	定義	ていぎ	Definition
4	実行	じっこう	Execute(C)
5	削除	さくじょ	Delete(C)
6	文	ぶん	Sentence
7	状態	じょうたい	State
8	条件	じょうけん	Condition
9	結果	けっか	Result
10	検索	けんさく	Search(C)
11	転送	てんそう	Transfer(C)	サーバーへデータを転送｛てんそう｝する
12	保存	ほぞん	Save/Preserve
13	設定	せってい	Setting(C)
14	消えます	きえます	Disappear
15	編集	へんしゅう	Edit(C)
16	閉じる	とじる	Close(C)
17	不要	ふよう	Unnecessary
18	北	きた	North
19	東	ひがし	East
20	西	にし	West
21	南	みなみ	South
22	構文	こうぶん	Syntax(C)
23	代理店	だいりてん	Agency
24	営業店	えいぎょうてん	Business Shop
25	取得	しゅとく	Aquisition/Take
26	引数	ひきすう	Argument(C)
26	装置	そうち	Device(C)
27	環境	かんきょう	Environment
28	関数	かんすう	Function(C)
29	画像	がぞう	Image
30	表示する	ひょうじする	Display
31	方法	ほうほう	Method
32	系列	けいれつ	Sequence
33	端末	たんまつ	Terminal(C)
34	送信	そうしん	Transfer(C)
35	受信	じゅしん	Reception
36	前頁	ぜんぺーじ	Previous Page
37	規格	きかく	Standard
38	企画	きかく	Plan/Project
39	営利目的	えいりもくてき	Commercial
40	営利	えいり	Profit_pursuing
41	目的	もくてき	Purpose
42	参照	さんしょう	Reference
43	編集	へんしゅう	Edit
44	登録	とうろく	Register
45	履歴	りれき	History/Record
46	歴史	れきし	History
47	接続	せつぞく	Connect
48	不正	ふせい	Illegal,Injustice
49	指定	してい	Assign/Appointment
50	設定	せってい	Setting
51	失敗	しっぱい	Failure
52	存在	そんざい	Presence/Existance
53	超えます	こえます	Exceed
54	続きます	つづきます	Continue
55	相手	あいて	Other Party/Person
56	衛星	えいせい	Satellite
57	放送	ほうそう	Broadcast
58	出力	しゅつりょく	Out put
59	入力	にゅうりょく	In put
60	項目	こうもく	Item
61	操作	そうさ	Operation
62	選択	せんたく	Selection
63	現在	げんざい	Present(time) / Now
64	賢明さ	けんめいさ	Wisdom/Knowledge
65	知識	ちしき	Knowledge/Wisdom
66	最新	さいしん	Latest
67	貴重	きちょう	Valuable
68	助言	じょげん	Advice
69	全体	ぜんたい	Whole
70	進捗	しんちょく	Progress
71	日程	にってい	Schedule
72	内容	ないよう	Content
73	割いて	さいて	Spares(sparing)
74	機会	きかい	Chance
75	お招き	おまねき	Invitation
76	独学	どくがく	Self-Study
77	法則	ほうそく	Principle/Rule
78	教材	きょうざい	Teaching Material
79	試します	ためします	Try
80	怠け者	なまけもの	Lazy Person
81	者	もの	Person
82	登る	のぼる	Climb	山に登る
83	互い	たがい	Each other
84	繋がる	つながる	Connect
85	監査	かんさ	Inspection/Audit
86	再開する	さいかいする	Reopen
87	使用します	しようします	Use
88	商業的な	しょうぎょうてきな	Commercial
89	教師	きょうし	Teacher
90	生徒	せいと	Student
91		やりとり	Interaction/Conversation	教師は、もっと多くの時間を割いて生徒とやりとりしたほうがいい。
92	口座	こうざ	Account
93	支店	してん	Branch
94	本社	ほんしゃ	HeadOffice
95	息子	むすこ	Son
96	娘	むすめ	Daughter
97	部数	ぶすう	Copy	パンフレットの印刷部数は100部のみです。
99	取り敢えず	とりあえず	Temporarily
100	解決	かいけつ	Solution
101	翌週	よくしゅう	The next week
102	文章	ぶんしょう	Sentences
103	倹約する	けんやくする	Save(money)
104	開発	かいはつ	Development
105	増設	ぞうせつ	Increase/Enlarge
106	調査	ちょうさ	investigation
107	日程	にってい	schedule
108	決まります	きまります	decide
109	記載	きさい	Description
110	工程	こうてい	Process
111	排他	はいた	Exclusive
112	制御	せいぎょ	Control
113	現象	げんしょう	Phenomenon
114	遷移	せんい	Transition
115	権限	けんげん	Authority
116	障害	しょうがい	Trouble
117	結合	けつごう	Uniting
118	出発	しゅっぱつ	Departure
119	到着	とうちゃく	Arrival
120	構成	こうせい	Composition
121	復旧	ふっきゅう	Recovery
122	用紙	ようし	Form
123	但し	ただし	however/but
124	再表示	さいひょうじ	Restatement/redisplay
125	描画	びょうが	Drawing
126	速度	そくど	Speed
127	指示	しじ	Instruction/designation
128	宛先	あてさき	Address
129	上記	じょうき	Above mentioned
130	扱い	あつかい	Handling
131	確定	かくてい	Decision
132	翌日	よくじつ	The next day
133	即時	そくじ	Immediate
134	配列	はいれつ	Arangement/Alignment
135	用件	ようけん	Business
136	定義書	ていぎしょ	Definition　Book
137	幅	はば	Width
137	長さ	ながさ	Length
138	商用	しゅうよう	Accomodation
139	文字	もじ	Character(letter)
140	事情	じじょう	Circumstances
141	就業	しゅうぎょう	Start work/job again
142	遅刻	ちこく	Late/delay
143	添付	てんぷ	Attachment/append
144	想定	そうてい	Assumption
145	送り状	おくりじょう	Invoice
146	無料	むりょう	Free
147	荷主	にぬし	Shipper
148	取り除く	とりのぞく	Remove
149	種別	しゅべつ	Type/Kind
150	宅急便	たっきゅうびん	Home Delivery Service
151	抽出	ちゅうしゅつ	Extraction
152	独身	どくしん	Bachelor
153	独立	どくりつ	Independence
154	自由	じゆう	Freedom
155	坂	さか	Slope
156	作家	さっか	Writer
157	作品	さくひん	Works
158	感覚	かんかく	Sense
158	及び	および	And
158	言語	げんご	Language
159	事前	じぜん	In advance