It can also be used when you think something is cute.) (You'd have to be very close to use this with someone your age or older. ~chan = a suffix often added to a child's name, or a pet.

(You would say this to an adult, someone you work for, and so on.) Minasan = ladies and gentlemen, all of you.

Lesson 1 (These words will probably be very familiar to all you die-hard anime/manga fans!)ДЄno kito = the polite version of 'ano hito.' (You'll find out there are different ways of saying certain things due to being polite and respectful.) Phew.I bet that was dull, except for you grammer lovers. Keiyoshi-bun = adjective (predicate) sentence Gimonshi = interrogative (used for a question word) The u is stressed here.once you learn the 'kanji' and 'hirigata', which are the Japanese alphabets, you'll see the differences.) Sushi = quantifier (Yes, not the delicious raw fish. Teinei-tai = polite style of speech (Used when talking to superiors,new peopletc,etc)ДЇutsu-tai = plain style of speech (Used when talking to friends, family, etc) Terms Used For Instruction (I will be using these to refer to in the Lessons! But you can still skip it if you want to get to the easy stuff in Lesson 1 rigt away) And yes, I am copying from my text book =P So, let's get started. (Alas, my laptop doesn't have Japanese characters yet.) I'll also be putting in little notes. First I'll put the romanji, which is how you say the word/write it in 'english'. I'll be putting lessons 1-6, as that's what I've learned from last semester/this semester so far. It'll help me memorize them, and you guys can go be weebo. So I've decided to put down everything I've learned from my Japanese class so far, and put new entries whenever we learn something new. I've seen them use Japanese sometimes, and sometimes they don't use it right. So looking over my f-list, I've got a lot of anime/manga fans.

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