2000 Most Common Japanese Words in Context: Get Fluent & Increase Your Japanese Vocabulary with 2000 Japanese Phrases

By Lingo Mastery

Have you been trying to learn Japanese and simply can’t find the simple way to discover new words?

Are you tired of having to pore through boring textbooks and complicated material that you don’t really understand?

Are you looking for a way to learn the language more effectively without taking shortcuts?

If you answered “Yes!” to at least one of those previous questions, then this book is for you! We’ve compiled the 2000 Most Common Words in Japanese, a list of terms that will expand your vocabulary to levels previously unseen.

Did you know that — according to an important study — learning the top two thousand (2000) most frequently used words will enable you to understand up to 84% of all non-fiction and 86.1% of fiction literature and 92.7% of oral speech? Those are amazing stats, and this book will take you even further than those numbers!

In this book:

- A detailed introduction with tips and tricks on how to improve your learning – here, you will learn the basics to get you started on this marvelous list of Japanese terms!

- A list of 2000 of the most common words in Japanese and their translations

- An example sentence for each word – in both Japanese and English

- Finally, a conclusion to make sure you’ve learned and supply you with a final list of tips

Don’t look any further, we’ve got what you need right here!

In fact, we’re ready to turn you into a Japanese speaker… are you ready to become one?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lingo Mastery
• Release date: Jun 22, 2021
• ISBN: 1951949110

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2000 Most Common Japanese Words in Context

Get Fluent & Increase Your Japanese Vocabulary with 2000 Japanese Phrases

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Contents

Introduction

The 2000 Most Common Words in Japanese

Conclusion

Introduction

Congratulations for getting 2000 Most Common Japanese Words in Context! You made a big step towards achieving a native-like proficiency.

We all know that the best way to learn a foreign language is to live in the country where the language is spoken. However, it’s not always possible for most people with jobs, schools, and family. That is why this book is assembled to give you the ultimate experience as if you are living in Japan. This book presents expressions and phrases in an order based on frequency in both spoken and written language. Therefore, the ones listed at the top are the words you would hear if you had just arrived on the streets of Japan.

When you are learning a language while being a foreign country you would normally resort to following a textbook that teaches you basic grammar rules, and perhaps looking up dictionaries for the meaning of words. In that manner, you only learn the words you look up. There are over a half million words in Japanese dictionaries. It would take over 100 years for you if you learnt 10 words a day. This book helps you accelerate that process to 6 months or so, depending on how many words you can attempt to learn each day.

One of the things you might attempt when learning a foreign language is to make friends who speak the language and learn from conversations with them. While it is highly recommended, what could be left out is the written language. In order to improve fluency, you will need to know the written language as well, and some words or phrases may only appear in writing. This book is comprised of frequently appearing words in both spoken and written Japanese. 

This book is particularly useful for those people who have spent some time studying Japanese, and have some understanding of the grammar, but find it difficult to use the learned language in actual situations. When you master these 2000 words and phrases you will be comfortable with not just living in or visiting Japan, but also attending schools or having a business conversation with a native Japanese speaker.

Five reasons why this book will help you boost your Japanese proficiency:

1. As words are listed by frequency in both spoken and written usage, you will have the same experience as if you are learning to them in Japan.

2. Useful and practical expressions and phrases for real living or visiting.

3. Both conversational and written Japanese.

4. More than a grammar book.

5. Modern and traditional culture

How to use this book:

Following a list number, each word is presented with most appropriate Japanese written characters/English phonology [the abbreviated part of speech] English meaning, then a sample sentence in Japanese and the English translation.

(Sample)

1077-      緑/midori [n] green

信号は緑色なのに青信号と呼ばれます。

Although traffic lights are green, they are called blue lights.

For English phonology, the revised Hepburn Romanization system is used, with an exception for long vowels. Long vowels are shown with a non-Hepburn Romanization that is authorized by the Japanese Foreign Ministry.

This chart shows the Romanization used in this book with each corresponding hiragana.

a

か

ki

き

ku

く

ke

け

ko

さ

shi

し

su

す

se

せ

so

た

chi

ち

tsu

つ

te

て

to

な

ni

に

nu

ぬ

ne

ね

no

は

hi

ひ

fu

ふ

he

へ

ho

ま

mi

み

mu

む

me

め

mo

や

yu

ゆ

yo

ら

ri

り

ru

る

re

れ

ro

わ

wo

ん

(an apostrophe is used when the んcharacter is followed by a vowel or a y)

が

gi

ぎ

gu

ぐ

ge

げ

go

ざ

ji

じ

zu

ず

ze

ぜ

zo

だ

ji

ぢ

zu

づ

de

で

do

ば

bi

び

bu

ぶ

be

べ

bo

ぱ

pi

ぴ

pu

ぷ

pe

ぺ

po

きゃ

kyu

きゅ

kyo

しゃ

shu

しゅ

sho

ちゃ

chu

ちゅ

cho

にゃ

nyu

にゅ

nyo

ひゃ

hyu

ひゅ

hyo

みゃ

myu

みゅ

myo

りゃ

ryu

りゅ

ryo

ぎゃ

gyu

ぎゅ

gyo

じゃ

ju

じゅ

jo

びゃ

byu

びゅ

byo

ぱ

pi

ぴ

pu

ぷ

pe

ぺ

po

ぴゃ

pyu

ぴゅ

pyo

Here is a reference for abbreviated parts of speech.

[adn] adnominal

[adv] adverb

[aux] auxiliary

[conj] conjunction

[cp] compound

[i-adj] i-adjective

[interj] interjection

[n] noun

[na-adj] na-adjective

[num] numeral

[p] particle

[p. case] case particle

[p. conj] conjunctive particle

[p. dic] discourse particle

[pron] pronoun

[v] verb

Enjoy the experience as you learn Japanese with this book. Studying a foreign language requires active effort. With this book you can be passive and still learn Japanese, as the language is conveniently presented in order of importance.

You can start at anywhere in this book. Skim through and find a word that interests you. Or, if you are a beginner to intermediate Japanese learner, start from #1. When you master these 2000 words and phrases, you will be comfortable with not just living in or visiting Japan, but also attending schools or having a business conversation with a native Japanese speaker.

Ready? Let’s get started!

The 2000 Most Common Words in Japanese

Here are your 2000 Japanese words. As previously stated in the Introduction, these are arranged by their frequency of use in both written and spoken Japanese. Feel free to rearrange them during your practice as you encounter the words in your reading, watching or listening to Japanese media, or in conversation with Japanese people.

1- の/no [p. case] possessive; in, at, for, by, of

これはわたし私のいもうと妹のしゃしん写真です。

This is a picture of my little sister.

2- に/ni [p. case] location; on, in, to, for

ディズニーランドにい行きたいです。

I want to go to Disneyland.

3- は/wa [p] topic maker

それはわたし私のではありません。

That is not mine.

4- た/ta [aux] indicates past tense

きょう今日はしごと仕事にい行きました。

I went to work today.

5- を/o [p. case] objective, accusative

これをよ読んでください。

Please read this.

6- だ/da [aux] copula; be; is

このゲームはきみ君のか勝ちだ。

You are the winner in this game.

7- が/ga [p. case] nominative, subjective

これがよ読みたかったほん本です。

This is the book I wanted to read.

8- て/te [p. conj] reason

あし足がいた痛くて、ある歩けない。

My feet hurt so I can’t walk.

9- と/to [p. case] and, with

つま妻とビーチにい行きました。

I went to the beach with my wife.

10- ます/masu [aux] indicates respect for the listener

おにもつ荷物はあした明日おとど届けします。

We will deliver your package tomorrow.

11- も/mo [p] too, also

これもあした明日までのしゅくだい宿題だ。

This homework is also due tomorrow.

12- で/de [p. case] location or time; in, at, from, by

あのこうえん公園であ会いましょう。

Let’s meet at the park.

13- てる/teru [aux] indicates continuing action or state; be -ing

あか赤ちゃんがとり鳥をみ見てる。

The baby is looking at the bird.

14- ている/te iru [aux, cp] indicates continuing action or state; be -ing

ずっとおんがく音楽がな鳴っている。

The music is still playing.

15- です/desu [aux] copula-polite; be, is

これがわたし私のいえ家です。

This is my house.

16- れる/reru [aux] indicates passive voice

ふつうにつか使われるこうつう交通きかん機関はでんしゃ電車です。

The transportation normally used is the train.

17- という/to iu, to yuu [cp] called, named

これが、マカロンというおかし菓子です。

This is a confectionary called a macaron.

18- つう（通）/tsuu [na-adj] connoisseur, authority

つう通なひと人がこの好むみせ店だ。

This is a shop that connoisseurs are