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DOU hall 任天堂 nin ten dou - Nintendo video game company
食堂車 shoku dou sha - dining car
食堂 shoku dou - lunch room, cafeteria
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TOKU special 特別 toku betsu - special
特に toku ni - especially, particularly
特技 toku gi - special skill
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NIKU meat 皮肉 hi niku - irony, ironic
牛肉 gyuu niku - beef
筋肉 kin niku - muscle
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YA , SHO plains, field 荒野 ara no - wasteland, wilderness
, 野球 ya kyuu - baseball
no 長野県 nagano ken - Nagano prefecture
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HATSU depart, start from, 出発 shuppatsu - depart, leave
to happen 爆発 baku hatsu - explosion
abaku , tatsu 発見 hakken - discovery
, 発明 hatsu mei - invention
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HAN meal, cooked rice 御飯 go han - rice, meal
朝ご飯 asa go han - breakfast
meshi 炊飯器 sui han ki - rice cooker
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BYOU ill, sick 病気 byou ki - sick
病院 byou in - hospital
yamai , yamu 急病 kyuu byou - sudden illness
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FU , BU non-, negative, 不可能 fu ka nou - impossible
, bad 不安 fu an - uneasy, unsure
不公平 fu kou hei - unfairness, injustice
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FUKU clothing, obey 洋服 you fuku - western style clothes
衣服 i fuku - clothes
服従 fuku juu - obedience
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BUTSU , MOTSU thing, matter, 植物 shoku butsu - plant life
, object 物語 mono gatari - story, legend
mono 食べ物 tabe mono - something to eat
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BUN , MON sentence, literature 文明 bun mei - civilization
, 文化 bun ka - culture
fumi , aya 文具 bun gu - stationery
, 文章 bun shou - a sentence
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BETSU separate, another, 別荘 bessou - a second house
specially 特別 toku betsu - special
wakareru , wakeru 別に betsu ni - it's not that important, not particularly
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BEN exertion 勉強 ben kyou - study
不勉強 fu ben kyou - idleness
tsutomeru 勉強中 ben kyou chuu - in the midst of studying
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MOKU , BOKU eye 一目ぼれ hito me bore - love at first sight
, 目的 moku tek i - purpose, goal
me 左目 hidari me - left eye
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YOU use, service, 使用 shi you - use
business 用紙 you shi - paper, form
mochiiru 用意 you i - prepare
用心棒 you jin bou - body gaurd
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YA night, evening 夜逃げ yo nige - flight in the night, fleeing in the night
今夜 kon ya - this evening
yo , yoru 夜間 ya kan - night, night time
,
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YOU weekday 何曜日 nan you bi - what day of the week?
金曜日 kin you bi - Friday
土曜日 do you bi - Saturday
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YOU the West, 洋服 you fuku - western style clothing
western style, 洋食 you shoku - western (foreign) food
ocean 洋画 you ga - foreign painting
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RI logic, reason, truth 理由 ri yuu - reason, cause
無理 mu ri - impossible, unreasonable
理科 ri ka - science
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RYOU fee, materials 料金 ryou kin - a charge, a fee
料理 ryou ri - cooking, dish
飲料 in ryou - a drink (written word)
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SOU , SHOU each other , 首相 shu shou - prime minister
, mutual , 相合傘 ai ai
g
asa - 2
p
eo
p
le sharin
g
an umbrella
ai appearance , 相変わらず ai ka warazu - same as alwa
y
s;
aspect same ole same ole...
minister of state 相撲 sumou - Sumo
(
has a s
p
ecial su sound
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love 愛している - I love you!
愛妻 ai sai - beloved wife
ai 愛知県 ai chi ken - Aichi
p
refecture
愛読 ai doku - a Book lover
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GOU , KATSU to be together; 相合傘 ai ai gasa - 2 people sharing an umbrella
, to fit 場合 ba ai - a case, situation
au具合
g
u ai - condition
(
of various thin
g
s
)
都合 tsu
ou - circumstances, condition, convenience
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SHOU to sell; trade 商港 shou kou - a trade port
商業 shou
gy
ou - commerce, business
akinau
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SEN shallow, 経験が浅い kei ken ga asai - have little experience
superficial 浅緑 asa midori - li
g
ht
g
reen,
p
ale
g
reen
asai
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