1600 Words Every Japanese Beginner Must Know 

Very - とても (totemo) Seatbelt - シートベルト Flight - フライト Wool - 毛糸 (Keito) Bakery - パン屋 (panya) Comb - とかす (tokasu) Politics - 政治 (seiji) Newspaper - 新聞 (shinbun) Understand - わかる (wakaru) Zero - 零 (rei) Thursday - 木曜日 (mokuyoubi) Friday - 金曜日 (kinyoubi) Present - プレゼント (purezento) Beige - ベージュ (beijuu) Sew - 縫う (nuu) Wide - 広い (hiroi) Shop - 買い物をする (kaimono wo suru) Sleep - 寝る (neru) Skirt - スカーと (sukato) Vest - ベスト (besuto) Necktie - ネクタイ (nekutai) Desert - 砂漠 (sabaku) Dress - ドレス (doresu) Cucumber - キュウリ (kyuuri) Sweet Potato - サツマイモ (satsumaimo) Sleeve - 袖 (sode) Drink - 飲む (nomu) Bottom - 尻 (shiri) Foot - 足 (ashi) Patient - 患者 (kanja) Liver - 肝臓 (kanzou) Cold - 冷たい (tsumetai) Weak - 弱い (yowai) Door - ドア (doa) Toilet - トイレ (toire) Bookcase - 本棚 (hondana) Color - 襟 (eri) Truck - ツラック (turakku) Pet - ペット (petto) Star - 星 (hoshi) What am I doing with my life? Ant - アリ (ari) Rose - バラ (bara) Park - 公園 (kouen) Travel - 旅行する (ryokou suru) Teacher - 先生 (sensei) Thailand - タイ (Tai) Algeria - アルジェリア (Arujeria) Linen - 麻 (asa) Argentina - アルゼンチン (aruzenchin) South Pole - 南極 (nankyoku) Antarctica - 南極大陸 (nankyoku tairiku) Airplane - 飛行機 (hikouki) Motorcycle - オートバイ(outobai) Boat - 船 (fune) Invitation - 招待状 (shoutaijou) Afternoon - what the fuck? Aluminum Foil - アルミホイル (Anumi foiru) Apologize - 謝る (ayamaru) Wave - 波 (nami) Astronaut - 宇宙飛行し (uchuu hikoushi) Austria - オーストリア (Ousutoria) Auto racing - カーレース (kaa reisu) Bad - 悪い (warui) Hero - ヒーロー (Hiiroo) Bill - 請求書 (seikyuusho) Birth - 誕生 (tanjou) Bleach - 漂白剤 (hyouhakuzai) Body - 体 (karada) Brain - 脳 (nou) Dot - 点 (ten) Breast - 乳房 (chibusa) Brunei - ブルネイ (burunei) Calculator - 電卓 (dentaku) Calorie - カロリー (karorii) Carbohydrate - 炭水化物 (tansuikabutsu) Cigar - 葉巻 (hamaki) City - 街 (mach Mayor - 市長 (shichou) Coral - サンゴ (sango) Crime - 犯罪 (hanzai) Light - 明るい (akarui) Debit card - デビットカード (debitto kaado) Deep fry - 揚げる (ageru) Delicious - おいしい (oishii)

I don’t rely on motivation, I force myself which does the trick pretty well. Discipline is better then motivation, because motivation comes and goes.

Next: 3200 kanji every beginner MUST memorize!

9:15 When they said "Brain, no" I felt that

very=とても or めっちゃ We usually use ｢めっちゃ｣ than ｢とても｣.

Flight- furaito Wool- keito bakery-pan-ya Comb- tokasu Politics- seiji Newspaper- shinbun To understand- wakaru Zero- Rei Thurday- moku-yobi Friday- kin-yobi Present- purezento Beige- beju Sew- buy Wide- hiroi Shop- kaimono o Suri Sleep- neru Skirt- sukato Vest- besuto Necktie- nekutai Desert- sabaku Dress- doresu Cucumber- kyuri Sweet potato- satsumaio Sleeve- side Drink- nomu Bottom- shiri foot- ashi Patient- kanja liver- kanzo Cold- sumetai Weak- yowai Door- doa toilet- toire bookcase- hondana Coor- eri Truck- torakku pet- petto Star- hoshi And-ari Rose- bara Park- koen Travel- ryoko suru Park- koen Travel- ryoko suru Teacher- sensei Thailand- Thai Algeria- Arujeria Linen- ASA Argentina- Aruzentin Antarctica- nankyouku tairuku motorcycle- Otobai Boat- fune invitation- sotaijo Afternoon- Gogo Apologize- ayamaru Wave- NAMI Astronaut- uchu hikoshi Austria- oustoria Auto racing- Bad- warui Hero- Hiro Bill- seikusho Birth- tanjo Body- karada Brain- no Dot- ten

Just a small distinction I'd like to point out about some of these words: a lot of them depend on context. For example, it was stated that cold = tsumetai but that's more for the temperature of an object like someone's hands or a bottle of water. Cold can also be: samui which is more related to the temperature in the atmosphere. For beginners who are trying to commit these words to memory, these subtle distinctions can be very confusing.

Imagine spending your 3hrs in your lifetime and goes to japan then realized they dont speak with one word only

51:16 so they just like seeing me cry????

I would like to know how these 1600 words were chosen as words every beginner MUST know? Algeria?

Would be very valuable if you provide a few side examples to the left/right of the word, in smaller text. Or a definition. Just to disambiguate things like "sign": a stop sign? sign here? a sign that we are ready?

I want to learn how to speak Japanese tysm for spending all of your time into this once again tysm!!!

The hard part after remembering some of these 1600 words is trying to make fluid native conversations with them. And also understanding what others are saying to me. If it is like other languages, the word may change depending how it is used. There is allot more than just learning raw words.

Saving my spot 6:40

This really helped me! Arigato Gozaimasu

1:27:13 Here's a pun: "I am the 挑戦 one" And it's funny as well how someone who is chosen is often chosen because they are challenged with something only they can take on. Also 挑戦 was chousenn/ちょうせん when writing it with the MOZC tool, which is confusing because the o with a bar on top looks like it might be choosenn/ちょおせん.

Excellent choices of words ! Probably the best Japanese vocabulary video I have watched. Job well done!

1600 words EVERY Japanese beginner MUST know: 17:15

Gray - hairo parent - oya Plant - shokubutsu Platypus - kamonohashi Perscription - shohoosen koocho Programmer - purogurama Roast - aburu Roof - yane rubber band - gomubando Run - hashiru White - shiroi Safe - kinko Salad - sarada Sale - seeru Sea lion - todo seaweed - kaisoo Serious - majime Shadow - kage ship - menyoo shorts - shooto pantsu Spatula - Furaipangaeshi Purple - Murasaki no Speaker- speekaa stapler - hotchikitsu Study - benkyoo suru Talk - hanasu Throw - nageru juui Hagetaka - vulture Walrus - seiuchi Red - akai Withdraw - orosu Wood - mokuzai Time - jikan Morning - asa Ugly - minikui Easy - kantan Always - itsumo Often - yoku usually - fudan Angry - okotteiru Green - midori Scared - kowai Industry - sangyoo watch - udedokei pull - hiku Painful - itai Hopeful - kiboo ni michita Light - karui Hang - burasagaru Erase - kesu Shy - hazukashii Blue - aoi Apple - ringo sink - senmendai Bowl - booru

(Edited until 13:30) Very - とても (totemo) Seatbelt - シートベルト Flight - フライト Wool - 毛糸 (Keito) Bakery - パン屋 (panya) Comb - とかす (tokasu) Politics - 政治 (seiji) Newspaper - 新聞 (shinbun) Understand - わかる (wakaru) Zero - 零 (rei) Thursday - 木曜日 (mokuyoubi) Friday - 金曜日 (kinyoubi) Present - プレゼント (purezento) Beige - ベージュ (beijuu) Sew - 縫う (nuu) Wide - 広い (hiroi) Shop - 買い物をする (kaimono wo suru) Sleep - 寝る (neru) Skirt - スカーと (sukato) Vest - ベスト (besuto) Necktie - ネクタイ (nekutai) Desert - 砂漠 (sabaku) Dress - ドレス (doresu) Cucumber - キュウリ (kyuuri) Sweet Potato - サツマイモ (satsumaimo) Sleeve - 袖 (sode) Drink - 飲む (nomu) Bottom - 尻 (shiri) Foot - 足 (ashi) Patient - 患者 (kanja) Liver - 肝臓 (kanzou) Cold - 冷たい (tsumetai) Weak - 弱い (yowai) Door - ドア (doa) Toilet - トイレ (toire) Bookcase - 本棚 (hondana) Color - 襟 (eri) Truck - ツラック (turakku) Pet - ペット (petto) Star - 星 (hoshi) What am I doing with my life? Ant - アリ (ari) Rose - バラ (bara) Park - 公園 (kouen) Travel - 旅行する (ryokou suru) Teacher - 先生 (sensei) Thailand - タイ (Tai) Algeria - アルジェリア (Arujeria) Linen - 麻 (asa) Argentina - アルゼンチン (aruzenchin) South Pole - 南極 (nankyoku) Antarctica - 南極大陸 (nankyoku tairiku) Airplane - 飛行機 (hikouki) Motorcycle - オートバイ(outobai) Boat - 船 (fune) Invitation - 招待状 (shoutaijou) Afternoon - what the fuck? Aluminum Foil - アルミホイル (Anumi foiru) Apologize - 謝る (ayamaru) Wave - 波 (nami) Astronaut - 宇宙飛行し (uchuu hikoushi) Austria - オーストリア (Ousutoria) Auto racing - カーレース (kaa reisu) Bad - 悪い (warui) Hero - ヒーロー (Hiiroo) Bill - 請求書 (seikyuusho) Birth - 誕生 (tanjou) Bleach - 漂白剤 (hyouhakuzai) Body - 体 (karada) Brain - 脳 (nou) Dot - 点 (ten) Breast - 乳房 (chibusa) Brunei - ブルネイ (burunei) Calculator - 電卓 (dentaku) Calorie - カロリー (karorii) Carbohydrate - 炭水化物 (tansuikabutsu) Cigar - 葉巻 (hamaki) City - 街 (mach Mayor - 市長 (shichou) Coral - サンゴ (sango) Crime - 犯罪 (hanzai) Light - 明るい (akarui) Debit card - デビットカード (debitto kaado) Deep fry - 揚げる (ageru) Delicious - おいしい (oishii) Deposit - 預金 (yokin) Designer - デザイナー (dezainā) Dirty - 汚い (kitanai) Document - 書類 (shorui) Equality - 平等 (byōdō) Event - イベント (ibento) Autumn - 秋 (aki) Heavy - 思い (omoi) Firework - 花火 (hanabi) Flamingo - フラミンゴ (furamingo) Model (full body photo) - 全身の写真 (zenshin no shashin) Fur Seal - オットセイ (ottosei) Gardener - 庭師 (niwashi) Landscaper - にわし (ni washi) Gargle - うがいおする (ugai o suru) Handsome - ハンサム (hansamu) Harmonika - ハーモニカ (hāmonika) Heart - 心臓 (shinzō)

As a German this is perfect: Learning English & Japanese at the same time !!

It would have been really nice of the graphic that accompanies each word included a definition, so you could distinguish what the word means. E.g. is the "cold" an adjective or a noun, and if its a noun is it the concept of something of low temperature, or a common disease?

Excellent sir Thank you

3:13 Kyuri......... KyuuuuUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUri

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I m beginner to learn speak Japanese from india. Thanks for this. Love you ❤❤🙏🙏🙏

Yep i can totally memorized 1600 words of japanese *What did i eat last night?*

It’s frustrating that there is no context for the English words, such as whether it is the verb or noun form, eg “cold”, the meaning changes a lot if it’s kaze or tsumetai

Amazing variety! 🌸

me: *says all these words perfectly* my brain: *forgetting every word the second i say it*

Some words crack me up . I learn faster when I hear the words , this works for me .

日本語勉強頑張ってください。私は英語を勉強しています！

I am surprised what words a beginner should know. I study japanese for quite some time and didn't knew all of them. Also i found some a bit misleading at least for me. Like 買い物する what is translated as "shop". From what i know, it means "to go shopping" or "to buy something" 🤔

Finally I have the time to watch a 3 hour video about Japanese 😂 Thank you for your amazing videos and hope one day I can go to Japan or possibly live there!

It would be great if you clarified on the screen the difference between words being nouns, verbs and adjectives, since without context or dissambiguation, many of this words can be missused.

Brunei is such an Important word. Very helpful when traveling in Japan.

Should have included the context or some examples. Many words and translation are quite confusing for those who have not studied Japanese.

Hey it's different then reading a bunch of grammar books I know Hindi all I did was Word list Prounceing perfect An learned sensetece formation that all an I understood just fine

18:01 roof is yane, but the voice says heya which means room

こんにちは、私はサチンです。私はインドから来ました。そして、私は日本語が大好きです....ありがとう

Finished in one day. It gets slight harder after word 1380. There are so many more words that are necessary. This is a scratch on the surface honestly. On to the next lesson.

Can we get pictures and possibly explanations in descriptions of certain things in the next video? For example why you say nen for year but it says Toshi. The pictures would be useful for example between fly (hae) and fly (tobu). Please and thank you. I also prefer the way it used to be done in alphabetical order that way I could track my progress.

I wonder like to visit Japan one day but to live and work there is a hell no just my opinion feel free to comment on your thoughts

Very interesting Thanks for uploading

I came to the conclusion that you should learn words in blocks. For example, school related words, and then, house related words, and so on. At least, I think it is a more efficient way.

I love risa sensi

I'm intrigued by the "mas" at the end of Japanese words ... can you explain why the English spelling of Japanese words includes letters that are not pronounced?

Thank you very mach .🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰

Very- とても Seatbelt- shitoberuto Flight-furaito Wool- keito, 毛糸 Bakery- panya、 パニャ Comp- tokasu 、 溶かす Politics- seiji 、政治 Newspaper- shinbun、 新聞 Present- purezento Beige- beiju Sew- nuu Wide- hiroi、広い Shop- kaimono o suru Sleep- neru, 寝る Skirt- sukaato Vest- besuto Necktie- nekutai Desert- sabaku, 砂漠 Dress- doresu Cucumber- kyuuri Sweet potato- satsumaimo Sleep- sode Drink- nomu Bottom- shiri Foot- ashi Patient- kanja, 患者 Liver- kanzo Cold- tsumetai Weak- yowai 弱い Door- doa Toilet- toire Bookcase- hon dana Collar- eri Truck- torakku Pet- petto Star- hoshi Want-hoshii Ant- ari Rose- bara Park- kouen Travel- ryokoo suru Teacher - 先生 Thailand- tai Linen- asa 麻 South pole- nankyoku、 南極 Antarctica- nankyoku tairiku Airplane- hikokii Motorcycle- ootobai Boat- fune Invitation- shootaijoo Apologize- 謝るayamaru Wave- Nami 波 Austria- ousutoria Auto racing- kaa resu Bad- Warui Hero- hiiroo Bill- seikyusho Birth- tanjo, 短女 Body- 体 karada Brain- no Dot- ten Breast- chibusa/oppai Calculator- dentaku Calorie- karorii Carbs- tansuikabutsu Cigar- 葉巻 City- machi Coral- sango Crime- hanzai Light- akarui Debit card- debitto kado Deep fry- 上げる Delicious- 美味しい Deposit- yosin Designer- dezaina Dirty- kitanai Document- Equality - byoodoo Event- ibento Autumn- 秋 aki Heavy- omoi 重い Flamingo- furamingo Model- 全身お写真 Furseal- ottosei Gardener- miwashi Gargle- ugai o suri Handsome- kakkoii Harmonica- haamonica Heart- kokoro/ shinzo Here- koko ここ Black- 黒い Hockey- hokkee Hotdog- hotto doggu Interview- intabyuu Jogging- jogingu Jordan- yorudan Kettle- yakan Kind- yasashii/ 親切 shinsetsu Knee- hiza Confirm- kakunin suru Brown- chairo Learn- narau Lebanon- rebanon Liverpool- livapuru Marketing- maaketingu Microscope- kenbikyoo Museum- bijutsu kan Open- akeru Order- chyumon India- indo Gray- haiiro Parent- oya 親 Plant- 植物 shokobutsu Prescription- shohoosen Principal- koochoo Roast- aburu Roof- yane Rubber rand- gomubando Run- hashiru Wjite- 白い Safe- kinko、 金庫 Salad- サラダ Sale- seeru Seaweed- kaisoo Serious- maji Shadow- kage 影 Ship- めんよう menyou Shorts- shoto pantsu Speaker- supiikaa Stapler- hotchikitsu Study- benkyoo suru Talk- hanasu 話す Throw- nageru Tool- tuuru Vet- juui Vulture- hagetaka Walrus- seiuchi Red- akai, 赤い Withdraw- 下ろす orosu Wood- mokuzai Time- 時間 jikan Morning- asa 朝 Ugly- みにくう Easy- 簡単 Always- いつも Often- よく Usually- 普段 fudan Angry- okotte iru Green- midori, 緑 Scared- 怖いkowai Indurstry- sangyoo Watch- udedokei Pull- hiku, 引く Painful- 痛い Hope- 規模お?/ kiboo Light- karui Hang- burasagaru Erase- kesu, 消す Shy-hazukashii Blue- aoi Anyways- 鳥合図 toriaizu Apple- ringo Sink- senmendai Bowl- booru Pot- nabe Thunderstorm- 雷雨 raiu Jacket- jaketto Guidebook- ryokoo gaidobukku Golf- gorufu Geography- chiri Chemistry- kagaku Yellow- kiiroi, 黄色い Math- suugaku Economy- keizai, 経済 Art- bijutsu Daisy- deiji Giraffe- kirin, Cheetah- chitaa Crocodile- wani, Pink- pinku Eel- unagi 鰻 Wedding- kekkon Anniversary- kinenbi

1:19:42 if you mean Turkey as country ,it must be Toruko not shichimencho

I smile every time I hear Risa's voice

53:21 Don't mind if I do.

7:29 Wh@t?

5:19

Video: Birth, Tanjo Me: Tanjiro

When do we use "モルモット(guinea pig)" in daily conversation?

Oh dear

Pot - nabe Thunderstorm - raiu Jacket - jaketto Guidebook - ryokoo gaidobukku Golf - gorufu Geography - chiri chemistry - kagaku Yellow - kiiroi Math - suugaku Economy - kaizai art - bijutsu Computer sci - konpyuuta saiensu Daisy - deiji Kirin - giraffe Cheetah - chiitaa Hipo - kaba Crocodile - wani Buffalo - baffaroo Pink - pinku Eel - unagi wedding - kekkon anniversary - kinenbi Eighty - eight - hachijuuhachi 55- go juu go 44 - yon juu yon headache - zuutsu bug - mushu Suvenier - omiyage ofuro Siler - gin guinea - morumoto hyaku - hundred One tril - icchoo health - kenkoo Under - shita Crow - karasu Injection - chuushaki Scale - hakari Stove - konro Luggage - nimotsu Do - suru Name - shimei orange - orenji iro musical instrument - gakki Overseas - kaigai Camping - kyanpu Eleven - juu ichi Twelve - juu ni Thirteen - juu san Fourteen - juu yon, juu shi Fifteen - juugo go out - dekakeru 18 - juu hachi 19 - juu kyuu Playground - asobiba animal - doubutsu 17 - juu nana juu shichi Soldier - heishi Entrepreneur - kigyooka -

...beige is important to know? lol but yes this seems like a helpful video, i'll have to watch it in parts to expand my vocabulary, thank you!

Many of these words NEED context. For instance Tsumetai doesn't mean cold the way it does in English. It usually refers to something specific being cold like a drink or your hands. So you couldn't say it's "Tsumetai" outside, you would need to use "Samui". The usage of many Japanese words is different from English. Basically a lot of words that are one word in English have multiple words in Japanese.

I got a question. So "shop" would be kaimono o suru right. The kanji in Kaimono would be the syllable "Ka" and "Mo"?

It would help a lot if I had context for the English words? Some have multiple meanings.

why it said -heya to roof ? what i knew is roof as yane.. is it the same??

Ok I will study and memorize vocabulary outside this video and then I will come back to see how much I can recognise

Thank You!

They have a podcast too, on apple podcasts. I’m going to try it out for the first time tonight, so I can learn in my sleep so I can connect neurons while the glial fluid is flushing out my brain. Hopefully it works, even if only a little bit.

helped with japaneses modern 😅

"Every long journey begins with one step"

I am native Japanese . I just wondered why is it recommended to me...

Do I need Japanese humans to talk to?

Why the hell is flamingo, Istanbul, Jordan, Kuwait etc in the list, never used them in my trip to Japan.

Useful

Thank you🥰

for all verbs, it would be better if you put 'to' in front

I checked wool. Wool is uru. It wasn’t keito. Keito is yarn. Also, It says linen is asa? It was Rinen ( japanized English) Asa is morning. Please, someone explains this to me? Thank you?

As a beginner, I don't what I should do with Aluminium foil, Brunei or point words ...

Nice I'ma learning Japanese thank you

i like this video

A lot of the English words are homophones, so without context, how do I know if they are taking about (for example) patient as in a person in a hospital or to wait for something. They are spelled the same way. But I'm sure the Japanese words for these are not the same.

At 7:29 there is no Romanji text translation.

I'm confused, why is 'fur seal' one of the crucial words a beginner must know? Do they have a fur seal problem in their large towns and cities? Are fur seal attacks common in Tokyo or something?

kanji is going to be the death of me

Excuse me, sensei may I ask some question ? What is the problem if spelling with this カバ ( hippo) ? May could you explain is there any particle way?

It's hard to sound some out sense it doesn't have the text with some words could we maybe revise this so I can be assured I'm pronouncing them correctly lol well not just me future student aswell please and thanks keep up the good work this is much appreciated I'm learning alot

Japanese language is cutest 🇯🇵💙🥰

You are beautiful Miss Riza. You are a good nihongo teacher as well. Good day and be careful.

Not always clear if it's a verb or noun in advance, and the transcription isn't always correct either.

Nice

This isn't so much a comment to the producer as they are using common translations, but I personally think "bakery" is poorly translated. "pan" is the Japanese word for bread. "pan-ya" is "bread shop". The generic term "bakery" is wrong because a bakery while baking bread, could also bake other things that aren't bread, like cake, and cookies. In Japan it is rare a "pan-ya" will offer cake and cookies (though I have seen prepackaged cookies a couple times. Cakes are bought from cake shops, and fresh cookies from cookie shops (what few I have found here).

I think some of the words are easier to memorize because the pronunciations are similar 🥹

Marvelous post I am set for life enough words to walk through the final Torii as I am 88 now and surprise I know great deal of these words, but am learning new ones nice job 👍

4:27 gojo intensifies

Very good

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I tried logging into my account I set up some months ago. I’ve tried every password I use. All it does is say it will email me directions to reset my password but I never get an email.

Thx to these videos i progress fast in learnign Japanese, thank you a lot!

01:21 i prefer the zero as 0

risa looks so cute in the thumbnail

i just learn japanes by accidental i try to figure out what the meaning of some writing in hiragana and katakana the one i know is こんにちは hello はし''めまして greeting わたしは i トイレはと''こて''すか where is the toilet わかりますか do u understand わかりません i dont understand わかります i understand そのとおり thats right これはなんて''すか what is this すみません sorry こ''めなさい im so sorry さようなら farewell またね see u later し''やあね see ya たても very is what i translate is correct in this writing of hiragana because i dont really know to comunicating with japan language only memorizing some meaning in this word but in fact i know japan using kanji a very dificult writing alphabet can u at least explain if what i write is true or have a mistake please

Is it totally different from previous 1500 1400 1300... ???