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 ====== Japanese Notes ======
+^ Phrase ^ Meaning ^
+| おはよう ございます | Good morning |
+| こんにちは | Good day |
+| こんばんは | Good evening (greeting only) |
+| おやすみなさい | Good night |
+| ありがとうございます | Thank you |
+| いってきます | I'm going, I'll be back |
+| いってらっしゃい | 行ってらっしゃい  See you later. |
+| ただいま | I'm back |
+| おかえりなさい | Welcome back |
+===== Convenience Store and Restaurant =====
+[[https://tcj-education.com/column/must-know-japanese-phrases-for-newcomers-japanese-survival-guide/|Must-know Japanese phrases for newcomers (Japanese survival guide)]]
+^ Phrase ^ Meaning ^
+| ふくろ入りますか | put it in a bag? (**fukuro** irimasuka) 入る can be いる or はいる |
+| いらないよ or 大丈夫です | "no need", "it's OK" |
+| 何名 (なんめい) | How many people? 二名 (にめい) |
+| 二人 (ふたり （です)) | Two people |
+| いただきます | (traditional) "I humbly receive" (can also be used when buying) |
+| ごちそうさま | That was a feast |
+| おかいけいをおねがいします | Check Please |
+| べつべつ | Split the check? |
+==== Stores 店 (みせ) (and names end with -ya 屋) =====
+At a [[https://www.kanshudo.com/kanji/%E5%BA%97|店]] (みせ, store/shop) (whose name might end with -ya [[https://www.kanshudo.com/kanji/%E5%B1%8B|屋]]) they might offer you a ふくろ (bag), you can refuse with "it's not needed" (要らないよ, "いらないよ" or 必要ない **"ひつようない"** or even "大丈夫です").
+===== Counters =====
+^ Number ^ General (つ) ^ Drinks (杯, はい) ^
+| 一 | ひとつ | いっぱい |
+| 二 | ふたつ | にはい |
+| 三 | みっつ | さんばい |
+| 四 | よっつ | よんはい |
+| 五 | いつつ | ごはい |
+| 六 | むっつ | ろっぱい |
+| 七 | ななつ | ななはい |
+| 八 | やっつ | はっぱい |
+| 九 | ここのつ | きゅうはい |
+| 十 | とお | じゅっぱい |
+===== Action Verbs =====
+^ Japanese ^ English ^
+| 行きます　（いきます）| Go |
+| 来ます　（きます） | Come |
+| 帰ります　（かえります) | Return |
+| 食べます　（たべます） | Eat |
+| 飲みます　（のみます） | Drink |
+| 見ます　（みます） | See / Watch |
+| 聞きます　（ききます） | Hear / Listen |
+| 読みます　（よみます） | Read |
+| 書きます　（かきます） | Write |
+| 話します　（はなします） | Talk |
+| 買います　（かいます） | Buy |
+===== ⺼, nikuzuki, the Meat-Moon =====
 Why does [[https://www.hanzi-trainer.org/Mnemonic_phrase/Radical_%E6%9C%89.html|the kanji for "exist / to have", 有, look like a hand over a moon]]? It's not the moon. It's the nikuzuki, the meat-moon: [[https://www.reddit.com/r/japanese/comments/s8tet5/why_is_the_moonmonth_radical_%E6%9C%88_used_as_for_kanji/|It is not actually 月, it is 肉 in it's radical form (⺼)]].
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 > Thank you! Please provide mnemonics that'll help me remember and distinguish 濯 from 曜.
+====== Amusingly Similar ======
+^ Kanji ^ Notes ^
+| [[https://jisho.org/search/%E7%9F%B3%20%23kanji|石]] | (stone) Kun: いし, On: セキ、 シャク、 コク |
+| [[https://jisho.org/search/%E5%8F%B3%20%23kanji|右]] | (right) Kun: みぎ, On: ウ、 ユウ |
+| [[https://jisho.org/search/%E5%A3%AB%20%23kanji|士]] | (samurai) Kun: さむらい, On: シ |
+| [[https://jisho.org/search/%E5%9C%9F%20%23kanji|土]] | (ground) Kun: つち, On: ド、 ト |
+| [[https://jisho.org/search/%E6%9C%AB%20%23kanji|末]] | (end, tip close) (top branch finished growing) Kun: すえ、 うら、 うれ, On: マツ、 バツ |
+| [[https://jisho.org/search/%E6%9C%AA%20%23kanji|未]] | (not yet, hitherto) Kun: いま.だ、 ま.だ、 ひつじ, On: ミ、 ビ |
+| [[https://jisho.org/search/%E6%97%A5%20%23kanji|日]] | (day, sun) |
+| [[https://jisho.org/search/%E6%9B%B0%20%23kanji|曰]] | (say) (mouth with tongue) |
+| 午 | (horse) |
+| 牛 | (cow) (has horns) |
+| 人 | (person) |
+| 入 | (enter) (ducking head) |
+大太犬は大丈夫. Big fat dogs are fine.