Japanese Skill:Work 1

Work 1 is the 64th skill (assuming read left to right) in the Japanese language course. It has 7 Skills.

Work 1
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Language	Japanese
Skills	218
Skill No.	135
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Grammar Notes

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ABBREVIATIONS AND CODES

abbr	abbreviation
adj-i	adjective (keiyoushi)
adj-na	adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
adj-no	nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
adj-pn	pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi)
adv	adverb (fukushi)
arch	archaism
ateji	ateji (phonetic) reading
col	colloquialism
ctr	counter
exp	expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)
hon	honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) jazyk
hum	humble (kenjougo) language
n	noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
n-suf	noun, used as a suffix
P	Popular term
pn	pronoun
rK	rarely-used kanji form
suf	suffix
uk	word usually written using kana alone
v1	Ichidan verb
v4s	Yodan verb with 'su' ending (archaic)
v5k-s	Godan verb - Iku/Yuku special class
v5r	Godan verb with 'ru' ending
v5r-i	Godan verb with 'ru' ending (irregular verb)
v5s	Godan verb with 'su' ending
vi	intransitive verb
vs	noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
vs-i	suru verb - included
vt	transitive verb

Lessons

Lesson 1

• 会議 (kaigi) = meeting/conference (かいぎ)
• 給料 (kyuuryou) = salaries (きゅうりょう)
• 低すぎる (hikusugiru) = too low
• すぎる (sugiru) = too much
• 名刺 (meishi) = business card
• 働いている (ha-ta-rai-te-i-ru) = is working / works
• 働かない (ha-ta-ra-ka-ni) = does not work
• 仕事 (shi-go-to) = job
• 用意 (yōi) = preparation
• 何を用意すればいいですか (nani o yōisure baiidesuka) = what should I prepare

Lesson 2

• 上司 (jōshi) = boss
• 社長 (shachō) = company president / executive director
• 成功しました (seikō shimashita) = succeeded
• 複雑 (fukuzatsu) = complicated
• 決め (kime) = decision
• 決めた (kimeta) = decided [ピカチュウ、君(きみ)に決(き)めた！= Pikachu, I choose you! (“Pikachu, I decided at you!”) Ϟ(๑⚈ ․̫ ⚈๑)∩]
• 最近では (saikin de wa) = these days / recently
• 話しやすいです (hanashi yasui desu) = easy to talk with

Lesson 3

• 書類 (shorui) = documents (しょるい)
• ファイル (fairu) = files
• はんこ (han-ko) = personal seal
• 通訳 (tsuu-ya-ku) = interpreter [the job of interpreting languages] (つうやく)
• 下げた (sa-ge-ta) = lowered; bow
• 下げて (sa-ge-te) = lower
• 上げて (a-ge-te) = raise
• 手を上げる (te-wo-a-ge-ru) = _{(exp,v1) (1)} to raise one's hand; _{(exp,v1) (2) (id)} to surrender; (+) (てをあげる)
• 顔を上げる (kao-wo-a-ge-ru) = _(exp,v1) to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes (かおをあげる)
• 頭を下げる (atama-wo-sa-ge-ru) = _{(exp,v1) (1)} to bow; to bow one's head; _{(exp,v1) (2)} to apologize; to apologise; (+) (あたまをさげる)
• 顔を上げられなかった (kao o agerarenakatta) = I couldn't raise my face

Lesson 4

• 事務所 (jimusho) = office
• 残業 (zangyō) = work overtime
• 今夜 (kon'ya) = tonight
• 続け (tsuzuke) = continue
• 続けます (tsuzukemasu) = continue; stay
• 続けられなかった (tsuzukerarenakatta) = could not continue
• 咲き (saki) = bloom
• 咲き続けます (sakitsuzukemasu) = keeps blooming
• 上がり続けます(agaritsuzukemasu) = keeps rising
• 踊り(odori) = dance
• 値段 (nedan) = price
• 下がった (sagatta) = has fallen; has lowered
• 上がりました (agarimashita) = went up; has gone up
• 実験 (jikken) = experiment
• 後ろに下がってください (ushiro ni sagatte kudasai) = please go back

Lesson 5

• 工場 (kōjō) = factory (こうじょう)
• お金持ち (okanemochi) = rich/wealthy (adj.)
• 貧し (mazushi) = poor
• 売って (utte) = sell
• 勤める (tsutomeru) = (lit.: serve) to work
• の上に (no ue ni) = aside from; in addition to
• アルバイト (arubaito) = part-time job

Lesson 6

• 無理 (mu-ri) = impossible/unreasonable
• 相談 (sōdan) = consultation
• 相談したらどうですか (sōdanshi taradōdesuka) = why don't you consult with...
• ファックス (fakkusu) = fax
• メール (meeru) = email
• 送ってくれませんか (okuttekuremasenka) = would you mind sending
• 送りました (okurimashita) = sent
• 送ってあげました (okutte agemashita) = I sent it (as a favor/to someone of higher rank)

Lesson 7

• 失礼します (shitsurei shimasu) = (lit.: excuse me) I will be leaving
• 失礼していいですか？ (shitsurei shite ii desu ka) = May I be excused? / (Is it ok for me to be rude?)
• 先に (saki ni) = first
• そろそろ (sorosoro) = soon
• お疲れ様 (otsukaresama) = (lit: you must be tired) well done; I appreciate your efforts
• もしもし (mo-shi-mo-shi) = hello (on the telephone)
• ので = since / because