Thank you very much for today. We have finished all of the hiragana. Great job, and well done for your hard work. From now on, let’s gradually practice reading so that you can read and use them naturally.
We talked about Coming of Age Day. In Japan, there is a tradition of celebrating the coming-of-age ceremony by wearing kimono.
For grammar, we studied “~no~,” which is used to talk about ownership (whose something is). I hope you’ll have many chances to use it.
Thank you very much for today’s lesson! We reviewed what you have studied so far, and you remembered it very well! Thank you for telling me about Samurai Champloo. I really enjoyed watching it. The music was wonderful too. Let’s do our best together in our lessons again from next week. I’m looking forward to our next lesson!
Below are the words that came up in today’s lesson.
・あけましておめでとうございます / akemashite omedetō gozaimasu / Happy New Year ・たんじょうび / tanjōbi / birthday ・たんじょうびおめでとうございます / tanjōbi omedetō gozaimasu / Happy Birthday ・ひさしぶりです / hisashiburi desu / Long time no see ・わかります / wakarimasu / I understand ・わかりました / wakarimashita / I understood / I understand now ・ノート / nōto / notebook ・メモをとります / memo wo torimasu / I take notes ・メモをとりました / memo wo torimashita / I took notes ・びっくりしました / bikkuri shimashita / I was surprised ・おんがく / ongaku / music ・あさ / asa / morning ・きらいです / kirai desu / I don’t like (it) ・だいきらいです / daikirai desu / I really don’t like it / I hate it When you change “kirai desu” to “daikirai desu,” it becomes closer to the meaning of “hate” in English. ・かえる / kaeru / frog ・へび / hebi / snake ・へびがきらいです / hebi ga kirai desu / I don’t like snakes ・これ / kore / this(near speaker) ・それ / sore / it (near listener) ・あれ / are / that (over there)
ありがとうございます arigatou gozaimasu = Thank you. / Thank you very much. Used for something happening now or a general thank you. ありがとうございました arigatou gozaimasita = Thank you very much. (for what you did) Used after something is finished.
Even though it was our first lesson in six months, you remembered the grammar you learned very well! すごいです！ In tomorrow’s lesson, let’s review the grammar you’ve learned while having conversations.
Thank you very much for attending the lesson. You talked about your New Year’s resolutions. We also introduced the usage of the case particles を and に.
Thank you for coming to Japanese trial lesson today.
Today, we studied greetings and numbers.
Greetings あいさつ aisatsu
はじめまして。hajime mashite. Nice to meet you. わたしは ジェーン です。 watashi wa Jane desu. I am Jane. アメリカじん です。 Amerika jin desu. I am an American. よろしく おねがいします。 yoroshiku onegai shimasu. Nice to meet you.
Numbers
０zero/rei ぜろ/れい １ichi いち ２ ni に ３ san さん ４ shi/yon し/よん ５ go ご ６ roku ろく ７ shichi/nana しち/なな ８ hachi はち ９ kyuu/ku きゅう/く １０ jyuu じゅう １００ hyaku ひゃく
