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Here is a list of all the words JIP has taught you, from Part 1 to Part 25. Make sure you know these (before you learn any other words), because they are the most useful 250 or so words you'll ever encounter in Anime or Video Games! The only words not included are the "Words by Category". That is because it isn't vitally important to learn those words. It IS vitally important to learn these!

Also remember my advice...never try to learn two words that look alike (to you, that is...who cares if someone else says they don't look alike? If they confuse YOU, you'll take 20 X longer to learn them both) Put the two similar sounding words on two different lists.

 

[Adj] airashii - lovely
[Adj] akai - red
[Adj] amai - sweet, naive
[Adj] aoi - blue
[Adj] are - that over there
[Adj] atarashii - new
[Adj] atarimae - natural, to be expected
[Adj] atsui - hot
[Adj] benri (na) - convenient
[Adj] bukimi (na) - eerie
[Adj] chiisai - small
[Adj] chikai - near
[Adj] furui - old
[Adj] genki (na) - energetic, healthy
[Adj] hayai - fast
[Adj] hen - strange
[Adj] hidari - left
[Adj] hidoi - terrible, awful
[Adj] hitsuyou - necessary
[Adj] hontou - true
[Adj] ichiban - number 1
[Adj] kawaii - cute
[Adj] kimyou (na) - strange
[Adj] kirai (na) - disliked, hated
[Adj] kore - this
[Adj] kowai - scary
[Adj] kuroi - black
[Adj] kuwashii - knowledgable
[Adj] midori - green
[Adj] migi - right
[Adj] mijikai - short (hair, etc)
[Adj] mukashi (na) - long ago
[Adj] muri - hopeless, impossible
[Adj] muzukashii - hard
[Adj] nagai - long
[Adj] omote (no)- front
[Adj] ooki - big
[Adj] osoi - slow
[Adj] osoroshii - dreadful
[Adj] saigo - end, last
[Adj] samui - cold
[Adj] shiroi - white
[Adj] shita (no) - below
[Adj] sokkuri - exactly like
[Adj] sore - that
[Adj] taisetsu (na) - important, precious
[Adj] toui - far
[Adj] tsumetai - cold
[Adj] ue (no) - above
[Adj] ura (no) - behind, rear
[Adj] warui - bad
[Adj] yasashii - gentle
[Adj] yasui - easy
[Adj] yoi - good

[Adv] itsumo - always
[Adv] yukkuri - slowly, leisurely

[Int] dare - who
[Int] doko - where
[Int] ikutsu - how many
[Int] itsu - when
[Int] nani - what

[Misc] amari - too much
[Misc] arigatou - thank you
[Misc] dondon - steadily
[Misc] doushitemo - absolutely, no matter what
[Misc] hodo - as much as
[Misc] ima made - up till now
[Misc] ippai - full of
[Misc] ittai - (what, where) in the world
[Misc] juubun - enough
[Misc] kanarazu - without a doubt
[Misc] kesshite - never
[Misc] kou - like this
[Misc] kudasai - please
[Misc] kurai - about, around
[Misc] kure - please (informal)
[Misc] massugu - straight (ahead)
[Misc] mizukara - on purpose
[Misc] mou - already
[Misc] nante - a thing such as
[Misc] sae - only
[Misc] saisho kara - from the beginning
[Misc] shika - besides
[Misc] shikashi - however
[Misc] sorekara - and then
[Misc] takusan - many
[Misc] touri - as
[Misc] wake - it is that
[Misc] yappari - sure enough, after all
[Misc] zenzen - completely
[Misc] zutto - the whole time

[Noun] ai - love
[Noun] ame - rain
[Noun] asa - morning
[Noun] atama - head
[Noun] bakemono - monster
[Noun] bouken - adventure
[Noun] boushi - hat
[Noun] bouzu - monk
[Noun] chi - blood
[Noun] chikara - power
[Noun] densha - train
[Noun] hana - nose
[Noun] hanashi - talk, story
[Noun] hate - end
[Noun] heiwa - peace
[Noun] henji - answer
[Noun] heya - room
[Noun] hikari - light
[Noun] hito - person
[Noun] hon - book
[Noun] inochi - life
[Noun] inu - dog
[Noun] isu - chair
[Noun] jibun - yourself
[Noun] jigoku - hell
[Noun] jishin - self-confidence
[Noun] juu - gun
[Noun] kachi - (a) victory
[Noun] kage - shadow
[Noun] kami - god
[Noun] kami - hair (yes, it ALSO means god!)
[Noun] kazoku - family
[Noun] keikenchi - experience points
[Noun] kenshi - swordsman
[Noun] ki - energy, spirit
[Noun] ko - child
[Noun] kokoro - heart, spirit
[Noun] kotae - answer
[Noun] kougeki - attack
[Noun] koukou - high school
[Noun] kuchi - mouth
[Noun] kumo - cloud
[Noun] kurayami - darkness
[Noun] kuruma - car
[Noun] kyoushi - teacher
[Noun] madoushi - wizard
[Noun] makoto - truth
[Noun] mane - imitation, farce
[Noun] meiwaku - pain in the butt, burden
[Noun] michi - road, path
[Noun] minna - everyone
[Noun] mise - store
[Noun] mokuteki - intention, purpose
[Noun] mono - thing
[Noun] nai - nothing
[Noun] naka - center, inside
[Noun] neko - cat
[Noun] netsu - fever
[Noun] ningen - human
[Noun] ninjin - carrot
[Noun] obake - ghost
[Noun] okaasan - mother
[Noun] okama - gay person
[Noun] okane - money
[Noun] omoide - memory
[Noun] onna - woman
[Noun] onna no ko - girl
[Noun] otoko - man
[Noun] otoko no ko - boy
[Noun] otousan - father
[Noun] rousoku - candle
[Noun] saisho - beginning
[Noun] saitei - the worst, the pits
[Noun] sanpatsu - haircut
[Noun] shima - island
[Noun] shitsumon - question
[Noun] shoubu - challenge
[Noun] shoujo - girl
[Noun] shounen - boy
[Noun] soba - nearby area
[Noun] sora - sky
[Noun] soto - outside
[Noun] tabako - cigarettes
[Noun] tabemono - food
[Noun] tatakai - (a) fight
[Noun] terebi - T.V.
[Noun] toki - time, occasion
[Noun] tomodachi - friend
[Noun] tsumori - intention
[Noun] tsuzuki - continuance
[Noun] uchuu - outer space
[Noun] ude - arm
[Noun] uta - song
[Noun] uwasa - rumor

[Pron] aitsu - he, she (informal)
[Pron] anata - you (always appropriate)
[Pron] are - that over there
[Pron] atashi - I (said by females)
[Pron] boku - I (said by males)
[Pron] dareka - someone
[Pron] daremo - no one
[Pron] kanojo - she
[Pron] kare - he
[Pron] kisama - you (what you would say to a baby -- or an enemy)
[Pron] koitsu - THIS guy/girl (right here)
[Pron] kore - this
[Pron] nanika - something
[Pron] nanimo -nothing
[Pron] omae - you (said to inferiors)
[Pron] ore - I (speaker thinks he is superior)
[Pron] sore - that
[Pron] temee - you (one step above kisama - still extremely rude!)

[Verb] ai suru - to love
[Verb] aruku - to walk
[Verb] au - to meet
[Verb] bakuhatsu suru - to explode
[Verb] dakishimeru - to embrace
[Verb] dekakeru - to go out
[Verb] deru - to go out
[Verb] erabu - to choose
[Verb] hairu - to enter
[Verb] hajimaru - to begin
[Verb] hakken suru - to discover
[Verb] hanasu - to speak
[Verb] hashiru - to run
[Verb] hottoku - to leave someone alone
[Verb] imasu - to be somewhere (person) *polite*
[Verb] iru - to be somewhere (for a person) *plain*
[Verb] kaesu - return something, give back
[Verb] kakomu - to surround
[Verb] kakureru - to conceal oneself
[Verb] kanashimu - to be sad
[Verb] kanchigai suru - to misunderstand
[Verb] kangaeru - to think
[Verb] karakau - to tease
[Verb] kasegu - to earn (money)
[Verb] katsu - to win
[Verb] kau - to win
[Verb] kekkon suru - to marry
[Verb] kikoeru - to be heard
[Verb] kiku - to listen
[Verb] kirameku - to sparkle, glisten
[Verb] korosu - to kill
[Verb] mamoru - to protect
[Verb] mane suru - to imitate
[Verb] michi ni mayou - to get lost (lit. "lose the road")
[Verb] miru - to try (also to see, watch)
[Verb] mitsukeru - to find
[Verb] morau - to receive
[Verb] motsu - to have
[Verb] mukau - to face, to head for
[Verb] nageru - to throw
[Verb] nakusu - to lose
[Verb] naru - to become
[Verb] niau - to suit, look good on
[Verb] nomu - to drink
[Verb] norou - to curse
[Verb] noru - to ride
[Verb] ochiru - to fall
[Verb] omou - to think
[Verb] osu - to push
[Verb] ou - to follow
[Verb] owaru - to end
[Verb] sagasu - to search (for)
[Verb] sorasu - to turn away, avert (your eyes)
[Verb] sumu - to live
[Verb] suwaru - to sit
[Verb] taberu - to eat
[Verb] tamesu - to test
[Verb] tasukeru - to rescue
[Verb] tataku - to hit
[Verb] tatsu - to stand
[Verb] tekagen suru - to hold back
[Verb] tobu - to fly
[Verb] tomaru - to stop
[Verb] tonde iku - to go flying
[Verb] toru - to take
[Verb] tsukeru - to attach
[Verb] tsukiau - to hang around, to date
[Verb] tsuzukeru - to continue
[Verb] tsuzuku - to continue
[Verb] ubau - to steal
[Verb] unten suru - to drive
[Verb] utau - to sing
[Verb] yaru - to do
[Verb] yattsukeru - to defeat

 

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