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COMMON ENGLISH WORDS IN JAPANESE
The words on this page are mostly nouns. There are also some verbs. Verbs are noted as (verb).
English word - Japanese word
Food and Food Items
eat, drink in Japanese is: kurau(verb) Written in Hiragana is: くらうside dish, in Japanese is ninozen Written in Hiragana: にのぜん
fork, in Japanese is fooku Written in Katakana: フォオク
spoon, in Japanese is supuun Written in Hiragana: すぷうん
glass, in Japanese is garasu Written in Hiragana: がらす
frying pan, in Japanese is furaipan Written in Hiragana: ふらいぱん
roaster, roasting pan in Japanese is irinabe Written in Hiragana: いりなべ
In Japanese, the letter 'i', is usually pronounced as the letter 'e', and 'e', is pronounced as 'a'. Example, iku is pronounced as eku, and neko, is pronounced as nako.
When letters are not available for a word in Hiragana, then they are usually written with Katakana letters.
Japanese has many letters and combination letters in each of its' alphabets - Hiragana, and Katakana.
Each of the letters in hiragana and katakana are pronounced the same, however, they are written differently. Also, Katakana, has additional letters and combination letters
that Hiragana does not have.
To see the letters of each Japanese alphabet and learn how to pronounce them(English Speaker): view here and, also at : view here
gravy, in Japanese is kakejiru Written in Hiragana: かけじる
chefs knife, in Japanese is shefuwaifu Written in Katakana: シェフワイフ
seasoning, in Japanese is enbai Written in Hiragana: えんばい
sauce, in Japanese is tsukeshiru Written in Hiragana: つけしる
salt, in Japanese is shio Written in Hiragana: しお
pepper, in Japanese is koshou Written in Hiragana: こしょう
tofu, in Japanese is toufu Written in Hiragana: とうふ
potato, in Japanese is poteto Written in Hiragana: ぽてと
french fried potato, in Japanese is potetofurai
Written in Hiragana: ぽてとふらい
roasted/baked sweet potato, in Japanese is yakiimo
Written in Hiragana: やきいも
vegetables, in Japanese is yasai Written in Hiragana: やさい
rice, in Japanese is gohan Written in Hiragana: ごはん
soy sauce, in Japanese is shouyu Written in Hiragana: しょうゆ
meat, in Japanese is niku Written in Hiragana: にく
beef, in Japanese is biifu Written in Hiragana: びーいふ
Drinks
water, in Japanese is mizu Written in Hiragana:みずmilk, in Japanese is chichi Written in Hiragana: ちち
coffee, in Japanese is koohi Written in Hiragana: こーおひ
If a word has a ー it means there are two vowels together, and they are to be 'long pronounced' when speaking the word.
beer, in Japanese is biru Written in Hiragana: びる
wine, in Japanese is wain Written in Hiragana: わいん
wine glass, in Japanese is waingurasu Written in Hiragana: わいん がらす
Sweets
sweets, candy, cakes in Japanese is okashi Written in Hiragana: おかしbaked sweets in Japanese is yakigashi Written in Hiragana: やきぎし
Places
aquarium in Japanese is suizokukan Written in Hiragana: すいぞくかんtheatre in Japanese is enbujou Written in Hiragana: えんぶじょう
lake in Japanese is kosui Written in Hiragana: こすい
ocean in Japanese is ooshan Written in Hiragana: お-おしゃん
Shopping
grocery store in Japanese is kanbutsuya Written in Hiragana: かんぶつやconvenience store in Japanese is kunbiri Written in Hiragana: くんびり
bookstore in Japanese is shobu Written in Hiragana: しょぶ
store/shop in Japanese is mise Written in Hiragana: みせ
You can do your own 'word searches' at this website; just use an English word and the Japanese meaning and spelling is given.
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