Japanese Skill:Direct. 2

Direct. 2 is the 40th skill (assuming read left to right) in the Japanese language course. It has 7 lessons,

Grammar Notes[]

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Lessons[]

Lesson 1[]

門 (mon) = gate (もん)
町 (ma-chi) = town/city (まち)
図書館 (to-sho-kan) = library (としょかん)
自動車 (ji-dou-sha) = automobile (じどうしゃ)
読む (yo-mu) = to read; to recite; to chant (よむ)
読みました (yo-mi-ma-shi-ta) = I read (past tense) (よみました)
持つ (mo-tsu) = to have; to hold (in one's hand); to carry (もつ)
持っていません (mo-tte-i-ma-sen) = I don't have (もっていません)

Lesson 2[]

大きい (oo-ki-i) = large/big (adjective) (おおきい)
アパート (a-paa-to) = apartment
エレベーター (e-re-bee-taa) = elevator
デパート (de-paa-to) = department store
手洗い (te-ara-i) = the act of washing the hands (てあらい)
お手洗い (o-te-ara-i) = bathroom/restroom (おてあらい)
二十四時間 (ni-juu-yon-ji-kan) = twenty four hours (にじゅうよんじかん)
乗る (no-ru) = to take; to board; to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.) (のる)
開く (a-ku) = ₍₁₎ to open (e.g. doors); ₍₂₎ to open (e.g. a business, etc.) (v5k, vi) (あく)
開く (hira-ku) = ₍₆₎ to open (a new business for the first time); (...) (v5k, vt) (ひらく)
開きます (hi-ra-ki-ma-su) = it opens/it will open (ひらきます)
開きました (hi-ra-ki-ma-shi-ta) = it opened (ひらきました)
開いています (a-i-te-i-ma-su) = it is open (あいています)
交番 (kou-ban) = police box (こうばん)
まで (ma-de) = until

Lesson 3[]

玄関 (gen-kan) = entrance/entranceway (げんかん)
廊下 (rou-ka) = hallways (ろうか)
戸 (to) = sliding door (と)

Lesson 4[]

階段 (kai-dan) = stairs (かいだん)
上る (nobo-ru) = ₍₁₎ to go up; to climb; to ascend (v5r, vi) (のぼる)
上りました (no-bo-ri-ma-shi-ta) = I went up (のぼりました)
上ってください (no-bo-tte-ku-da-sai) = please go up (のぼってください)
切符 (ki-ppu) = ticket/tickets (きっぷ)
電車の切符 (den-sha-no-ki-ppu) = train ticket (でんしゃのきっぷ)
どこかで (do-ko-ka-de) = anywhere/somewhere
どこかに (do-ko-ka-ni) = somewhere in/anywhere in
出かける (de-ka-ke-ru) = ₍₁₎ to leave; to depart; (...) (v1, vi) (でかける)
出かけますか (de-ka-ke-ma-su-ka) = are you going out? (でかけますか)
誰か (da-re-ka) = someone (だれか)
何か (na-ni-ka) = something (なにか)

Lesson 5[]

危ない (a-bu-nai) = dangerous (adjective) (あぶない)
危ないです (a-bu-nai-de-su) = it is dangerous (あぶないです)
危なかったです (a-bu-na-ka-tta-de-su) = it was dangerous (あぶなかったです)
止まる (to-ma-ru) = ₍₁₎ to stop (moving); to come to a stop (v5r, vi) (とまる)
止まり (to-ma-ri) = stop (とまり)
止まりましょう (to-ma-ri-ma-shou) = let's stop (とまりましょう)
止まって (to-ma-tte) = stop (とまって)
止まってください (to-ma-tte-ku-da-sai) = please stop (とまってください)
止まってはいけません (to-ma-tte-wa-ike-ma-sen) = you cannot stop (とまってはいけません)
メートル (mee-to-ru) = meters
キロ (ki-ro) = kilo
歩く (aru-ku) = to walk (あるく)
何キロメートル (nan-ki-ro-mee-to-ru) = how many kilometres (なんキロメートル)
所 (to-ko-ro) = place/places (ところ)
どこかほかの所 (do-ko-ka-ho-ka-no-to-ko-ro) = somewhere else (どこかほかのところ)

Lesson 6[]

橋 (ha-shi) = bridge/bridges (はし)
誰も (da-re-mo) = no-one (だれも)
誰にも (da-re-ni-mo) = anyone (だれにも)
誰でも (da-re-de-mo) = everyone (だれでも)
誰とも (da-re-to-mo) = with anyone (だれとも)
何も (na-ni-mo) = nothing/anything (なにも)
要る (i-ru) = to be needed; to be wanted (いる)
近くに (chi-ka-ku-ni) = nearby/close to (ちかくに) (‘close place, at which’)
この近くにあります (ko-no-chi-ka-ku-ni-a-ri-ma-su) = it is near here (このちかくにあります) (‘it exists at this close place’)
閉める (shi-me-ru) = to close; to shut (v1, vt) (P) (しめる)
閉めます (shi-me-ma-su) = I closed it
閉めています(shi-me-te-i-ma-su) = I am closing it
閉まる (shi-ma-ru) = ₍₁₎ to be closed; to close; to be shut (v5r, vi) (しまる)
閉まっています (shi-ma-tte-i-ma-su) = it is closed (by itself) (しまっています)
閉まっていますか？(shi-ma-tte-i-ma-su-ka) = is it shut/closed? (しまっていますか)
閉まりました (shi-ma-ri-ma-shi-ta) = it has closed (itself) (しまりました)
言う (i-u) = to say; to utter; to declare (いう)
言いません (i-i-ma-sen) = I will not tell (いいません)
話す (hana-su) = to talk; to speak; to converse (はなす)
話しませんでした (ha-na-shi-ma-sen-de-shi-ta) = I did not speak (はなしませんでした)
には (ni-wa) = in (the)

Lesson 7[]

何でも (nan-de-mo) = everything/anything (なんでも)
運転手 (un-ten-shu) = driver (うんてんしゅ)
村 (mu-ra) = village (むら)
階 (kai) = floor (かい)
四階 (yon-kai) = fourth floor (よんかい)
五階 (go-kai) = fifth floor (ごかい)
十九階 (juu-kyuu-kai) = nineteenth floor (じゅうきゅうかい)