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Japanese Vocabulary

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サッカー sahk-KAH
soccer
noun
練習 ren-shoo
practice
noun
送っていく oh-koo-teh ee-koo
to drive/take (someone) and return
verb
会えなくて ah-eh-nah-koo-teh
can't meet and
verb
去年 kyoh-nen
last year
noun
hah-roo
spring
noun
お姉さん oh-nay-eh-sahn
older sister (polite)
noun
大(おお)きな oh-kee-nah
big, large
adjective
引っ越し hee-koh-shee
move, moving house
noun
決める kee-meh-roo
to decide, to determine
verb
中間子 nah-kah-nee-koh
middle child
noun
子供 koh-doh-moh
child/children
noun
子ども koh-doh-moh
child
noun
ありました ah-ree-mah-sh-tah
did have, existed (past tense)
verb
toh-koh-roh
place, location
noun
訪ねる tah-zoo-neh-roo
to visit, to call on
verb
たちまち tah-chee-mah-chee
instantly, immediately
adverb
我が家 wah-gah-yah
my home, our home
noun
転職 ten-shoh-koo
change of jobs, job change
noun
支える sah-sah-eh-roo
to support, to sustain
verb
三十年 sahn-joo-nen
thirty years
noun
彼氏 kah-reh-shee
boyfriend
noun
紹介する shoh-kai soo-roo
to introduce
verb
いません ee-mah-sen
have not / is not (negative, polite)
verb (conjugation)
他に HOH-kah-nee
else / besides / other
adverb
海外 KAI-gai (kai rhymes with 'sky')
overseas / abroad
noun
リタイアする ree-tai-ah soo-roo
to retire
verb
なんですね nahn deh-soo neh
is, isn't it? / I see that...
expression
どうやって doh yah-teh
how (by what means)
adverbial phrase
把握する hah-ah-koo soo-roo
to grasp, to keep track of, to understand
verb
双子 foo-tah-goh
twins
noun
産む oo-moo (base), oon-dah (used)
to give birth
verb
shoo
week
noun
Zoom通話 zoo-moo tsoo-wah
Zoom call
noun
職業 shoh-koo-gyoh
profession/occupation
noun
就く tsoo-koo
to take up a post/job
verb
年齢 nehn-ray-ee
age
noun
そっくり sohk-koo-ree
exactly alike, a spitting image
na-adjective/adverb
信じる sheen-jee-roo
to believe; to trust
verb
教育 kyoh-ee-koo
education
noun
何よりも nah-nee yoh-ree moh
more than anything, over everything else
adverb/phrase
最優先する sigh-yoo-sen soo-roo
to prioritize most highly
verb
進学 shin-gah-koo
advancing (to higher education)
noun
離れる hah-nah-reh-roo
to leave, to separate from
verb
結婚 keh-kohn
marriage, to marry
noun
ha-shee-ra
pillar, column
noun
繋がり tsoo-nah-gah-ree
ties, connection
noun
保つ tah-moh-tsoo
to maintain, to keep
verb
どれだけ doh-reh-dah-keh
how much; how far; to what extent
adverb
遠方 en-poh
faraway place; remote area
noun

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