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Introductions
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		m		f		formal
I/me -     	boku		atashi		watashi		
he/she/you	kare		kanojo		anata
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I am		boku wa		atashi wa	watashi wa	(example: atashi wa yuuki miaka)
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how are you?	       genki?			o-genki desu ka?

how do you do?	n/a		n/a		hajimame shite?

are you ok?	dai jyo bu ka? 	dai jyo bu?	n/a

pleased to	n/a		n/a		dozo yoru shiku 
   meet you					
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I am fine	genki				genki desu
and you?	anata wa?			anata wa?
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come in		dozo		dozo		n/a

please come
   in		n/a		n/a		dozo agatte kudasai
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I'm sorry	       gomen ne			gomen nasai
                         n/a			sumimasen
I apologize		 n/a			o wabi itashi masu
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excuse me					sumimasen
pardon me					o jama shi masu		
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please 		onegai/kudasai			onegai shi masu
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thank you	arigatou	arigatou	domo arigatou 	(gozaimasu)

your welcome	    doi tashima shite		same
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Greetings & Closings
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Good Morning		ohaiyo 		+	gozaimasu
Good Day		koniti wa
Good Afternoon		konnichi wa
Good Evening		konban wa
Good Night		oyasumi		+	nasai
Goodbye			sayonara
See you later		ja mata ne
Later			ja ne
Bye			ja
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One Word Quickies			|Expressions
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yes-	hai		no-	iie	|what is it?		nan desu ka?
--------------------------------------	|what the hell?		nan datou?	
what		nani	 		|what is this?		nani kore
when 		itsu			|
where		doko			|where is?		doko wa?
why		doushite/naze		|where is this?		doko desu ka?
how		doo/naze		|where is _____?        _____ wa doko?
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nothing		nan de mo nai	 	|I know			wa kare masu
a lot	 	takusan			|I believe		shinji ru 
a little	sukoshi			|I understand		wa kari mame shite/wagata
never		nidoto			|
--------------------------------------	|I don't know		wa kare masen
be nice 	yoku shite tene		|I don't believe	shiji nai
your right	ta dashii		|I don't understand	wagata ja nai
so		dakara			|
anyway		tokorode		|what are you doing?	nani shite ru no?
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funny		okashi			|can this be?		masaga?
cool		sugoi			|thank goodness		yagata
cute		kawaii			|
--------------------------------------	|me too			atashi/boku/watashi mo
scary		kowai			|
dangerous	abodai			|oh no 			so na
unbelievable	shinji rare nai		|right			ne
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stop		yamate 			|Misc.
look		mite			|good dream		yoi yume wo
wait		mate			|transform		henshin
hurry		haiyaku			|yoma			demon
look out	abunai			|kanbate		good luck
continue	yoshi			|minna 			everyone
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good for you	yoku deki ma shita/zoukoso	|
who cares? 	dare ga kini suruno		|
shut up		urusai				|
dammit		shimatta			|
shit		kuso				|
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Romancing :)
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Do you like me?		watashi no koto suki? (watashi: foraml for I/me, replace with: boku, atashi)

I love you		ai shite ru
I love you too		watashi mo ai shite masu 
I love you alot		takusan ai shite ru

kiss me			kisu shite
hug me			daku shite
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Speacial Occasions
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Happy New Year		ake mashite o medetou gozaimasu 
Happy Birth Day		o tanjoubi o medetou 
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to want			ga hoshii
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I want you 		anata ga hoshii
I don't want pizza 	pizza ga hoshii ku nai
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to like			suki desu	
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I like pink 		atashi wa pink ga suki
I don't like pink       atashi wa pink ga suki ja nai
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you are+		anata wa+	(also works with "I am":"wastashi wa")
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crazy			ikareteru	| you are very _____.
cheap			oyashi		|	anata wa tottemo _____.
nice			suteki		|
cute			kawaii		|--------------------------------------------------------
beautiful		kirei		| shows possesion:	no 
small			chibi		| 
stupid			baka		| my cat	 	atashi no neko	
sick			by�ko		|
sleepy			nemutai		|
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