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 ====== Japanese Notes ====== ====== 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)]]. 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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