learning japanese 4! :)

Here’s what you need to know; there are many ways in saying "I/Me" and "You" and also many ways to indicate "Yes", "No" and "That’s right".

• I/ME - WATASHI and YOU - ANATA are commonly used.
• I/ME - ATASHI (Female) / BOKU & ORE (Male)
• YOU – ANTA (Female) / KIMI & OMAE (Male)
• YES – HAI / EE / UN
• NO – IIE / UUN / IYA…
• THAT’S RIGHT! – SO-DANE! / SO-DANA! (Male) / MA-NE!
• BECAUSE… - DATTE…
• BUT… - DEMO…

English	Japanese
How are you?	GENKI?
How’s it going?	GENKI DATTA?
Okay, I guess	AMMARI
I’m fine	GENKI-YO (Female) GENKI-DAYO (Male) MANE
So-so/Not good, not bad	MA-MA
How have you been doing?	DO-SHITETA?
What’s happening?	DO-SHITA-NO?
What have you been talking about?	NANI HANASHITETA-NO?
What’s wrong?	DOKA SHITA-NO? NANKA ATTA-NO? DO-SHITA-NO? DO-SHITAN-DAYO (Male)
Nothing	BETSU-NI NAN-DEMO NAI-YO NANI-MO
Nothing much	BETSU-NI NANI-MO BETSU-NI NANI-MO
Nothing special	BETSU-NI KAWANNAI AIKAWARAZU
It’s none of your business!	KANKEI NAI-DESHO! (Female) KANKEI NAI-DARO (Male) YOKEI-NA OSEWA!
Leave me alone!	HOTTOITE!
What’s on your mind?	NANI KANGAETEN-NO?
I was just thinking	KANGAE-GOTO SHITETA CHOTTO
I was just daydreaming	BOTTO SHITETA
What do you mean?	DO-IU IMI?
I can’t say for sure	NANTO-MO IENAI HAKKIRI IENAI
I’m not sure	YOKU WAKARANAI
Is something wrong?	KANI-GA CHIGAU-YONE (People) NAN-KA CHIGAU-NO? (Things)
That can’t be helped/There’s nothing you can do about it	SHIKATA NAI-NE
I guess so	SO-DATO OMOU
Maybe	TABUN-NE
Maybe not	CHIGAU-JA NAI-NO
I wonder…	SO-KANA…
I don’t think so/I doubt it	SO OMOWANAI
How come?	NANDE? DO-SHITE? DO-SHITE-DAYO?
That’s unfortunate/That’s a shame	ZANNEN-DANE
So we’ve meet again	MATA ATTA-NE
I wanted to see you/I missed you	AITAKATTA
I want to see you soon	SUGU AITAI
See you later	JA MATA-NE MATA-NE MATA BAI-BAI