Basic Japanese - Words Connection

Enlarge your vocabulary in context

Words Family

	washitsu				heya				yooshitsu
Japanese style room				room				Western style room

	apaato
apartment

	hikkoshi(masu)			yachin			karimasu
house-moving (to move)			a rent (of house, room)			to borrow, rent

Quiz

Examples

Kono heya no yachin wa tsuki 12-man-en desu.

The rent of this room is 120,000en per month.

	Watashi no apaato ni wa heya ga futatsu arimasu.
	Hitotsu wa washitsu. Moohitotsu wa Yooshitsu desu.

There are two rooms at my apartment.

One is a Japanese style room. Another is a Western style room.

Ryokan de washitsu ni tomarimashita.

I stayed at a Japanese style room in Japanese hotel.

	Washitsu no yuka wa Tatami desu.
	Neru toki wa Tatami no ue ni Futon o shikimasu.

The floor of Japanese style room is Tatami mat.

When we sleep, we put Futon on the Tatami mats.

	Ima no apaato wa semakute, yachin ga takai kara,
	hikkosoo to omotte imasu

Since the room is small and the the rent is height,

I'm planning to move out of the current apartment.

	Greg-san wa tomodachi to kyoodoo de apaato o
	karite imasu.

Greg-san is renting an apartment (room)

with his friend.

	Shuumatsu hikkoshi o suru node, tomodachi ni
	kuruma o kariru tsumori desu.

Because I'm moving this weekend, I plan to borrow a car

from my friend.

	Osaifu o wasureta node, tomodachi ni
	okane o karimashita.

Because I forgot to bring my wallet,

I borrowed some money from my friend.

Functional patterns used in the examples

Verb root form + tsumori:I plan to do

See Building Up Conversation Level 2 Chapter 2

Verb plain form + kara and node:expressing a reason "because", "therefore"

See Building Up Conversation Level 2 Chapter 3

Verb te form + -te imasu:expressing present progressive or state

See Building Up Conversation Level 2 Chapter 4

te form semakute,:used as a conjunction "and"

See Building Up Conversation Level 2 Chapter 6

toki:"when", "during", "in case of"

See Building Up Conversation Level 2 Chapter 10

Vocabulary

apaato

apartment

arimasu

to have, be at, exist

particle indicating a place involving an action, "in", "at"

particle indicating a means, way or method, "by"

futatsu

two

futon

Japanese style bedding, bedclothes

heya

room

hikkoshi

house-moving

hikkoshimasu

to move to, relocate

hikkosoo

volitional form of hikkoshimasu

hitotsu

one

ima

current, now, present

imasu (-te imasu)

(fp) expressing progressive or state

kara (-kara)

(fp) so, therefore, because

karimasu

to borrow, rent

kariru

root form of karimasu

karite

te form of karimasu

kono

this (object)

kuruma

car

kyoodoo de

in cooperation, jointly, share

man

ten thousand

moohitotsu

another one

nemasu

to go to bed, sleep, lie down

neru

root form of nemasu

node (-node)

(fp) so, therefore, because

okane

money

omoimasu (volitional form + to omotte imasu)

(fp) expressing intention; I'm plannig to do

osaifu

wallet, purse

ryokan

Japanese style hotel

semai

small, narrow

semakute

te form of semai

shikimasu

to lay, spread

shimasu

to do, play, forming shimasu verb

suru

root form of shimasu

shuumatsu

weekend

takai

expensive, high, tall

Tatami

Tatami mat

with (person)

toki (-toki)

(fp) when, in case, during, occasion, time

tomarimasu

to stay (at hotel, inn)

tomodachi

friend

tsuki

month

tsumori (-tsumori desu)

(fp) expressing intention; plan to do

on, above, over, top, upper

washitsu

Japanese style room

wasuremasu

to forget, forget to bring, leave something behind

wasureta

ta form of wasuremasu

yachin

rent (of a house, room)

yooshitsu

Western style room

yuka

floor

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