| Building the Niseko glossary now... a list of Japanese words you need to know in Niseko! Please use the contact form to email us words to add, words you've heard but don't know the meaning of, and words you want to know. |
important pronunication notes
|
a = u as in but i = i as in bit u = oo as in boo e = e and is bet o = o as in bot |
ou = oor as in door ii = ee as in bee |
asa - morning
asa gohan - breakfast
dare - who
konbini - convenience store, eg Seicomart, Lawsons, 7-11
gaijin - foreigner
gohan - food/rice
hai - yes
hontou - really? are you serious?
iku - go
ikou - let's go
ikura - how much (does it cost)?
irashaimase - welcome
itsu - when
keitai - mobile phone
konbanwa - good evening
konichiwa - hello
majide - really? are you serious?
miruku - milk
nan / nani - what
ohayou (gozaimasu) - good morning (add gozaimasu to be more polite to people you don't know so well)
onsen - natural hot spring baths
pan - bread
ramen - Chinese style Japanese noodles. Hokkaido specialty, must have!
taberu - eat
teishoku - value set meal (a main meal served with several sides such as a bowl of rice, a bowl of miso soup, salad and pickles)
totemo - very
sayonara - goodbye
sashimi - a slice of raw fish on its own, not on a rectangular cube of rice
suberu - ski, snowboard (literally 'slide')
sugoi - amazing, unreal
suupaa - supermarket
sushi - a slice of raw fish served on a rectangular cube of rice
yama - mountain
yoru - night
yuki - snow
