| Japanese-English dictionary of Manga de Go Go nihonGo!! Vo1.1-1-1 |
Verbs are shown by purple. Both masu-form and dictionary form are shown, and the
masu-form is more polite.
Adjectives are shown by orange
Particles are shown by green
Other parts of speech are omitted so as not to confuse you.
The translated words are carefully chosen to be appropriate to the context
of original sentences.
Narita zeekan de
inu: Kore o misete kudasai.
neko: ?!
inu: Kore wa nan desuka?
neko: (Kore wa) omiyage desu!
inu: GAUUUUUUU
neko: Naze desuka?
At Narita costoms
dog: Please show me this.
cat: ?!
dog: What is this?
cat: This is a souvenir.
dog: GAUUUUUUU
cat: Why?
| Romaji | English | Hiragana Katakana |
Kanji |
first appeared place in which content |
small category | one point advice |
| Narita | Narita | なりた | 成田 | manga | 1-1-1 | a place name |
| zeekan <-zeikan |
customs | ぜいかん | 税関 | manga | 1-1-1 | |
| de | at/in | で | managa | 1-1-1 | location marker at/in which the action/event occurs You will learn other meanings of this particle later. Each particle is written in only Hiragana. |
|
| no | posession marker | の | manga | 1-1-1 | zeekan no hito: the person who works in the customs | |
| inu |
dog | いぬ | 犬 | manga | 1-1-1 | |
| kore | this | これ | manga | 1-1-1 | * ko-so-a-do words | |
| o | direct object marker |
を | manga | 1-1-1 | hiragana is "を", not "お" |
|
| misemasu miseru |
to show | みせます みせる |
見せます 見せる |
manga | 1-1-1 | to see/look: mimasu/miru |
| misetekudasai |
Please show me. | みせてくださ い | 見せてくだ さい | manga | 1-1-1 | *verbal inflection |
| wa | topic marker | は | manga | 1-1-1 | hiragana is "は", not "わ" | |
| nan |
what |
なん | 何 | manga | 1-1-1 | "nani"(what) is pronounced "nan" in certain situation; ex) "desuka" comes after "nani" |
| desu | is, am, are | です | manga | 1-1-1 | polite style of be-verb | |
| ka | auestion marker | か | managa | 1-1-1 | put the end of the sentence | |
| omiyage/miyage |
souvenir | おみやげ みやげ |
お土産 土産 |
manga | 1-1-1 | the prefix, "o" add the politeness, though you can not add "o" to all words. |
| naze | why | なぜ | 何故 | manga | 1-1-1 | "dooshite" is also used. You can say just "Naze"/"Dooshite" in casual talk. |
