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Newbie Lesson S2
Nihongo Doujou - Conversation Starters: Meeting New People in Japan
Made Easy!

1 Kanji
Kana
Romanization
English
2
2
2
3
Vocabulary 3
Grammar Points 4
 

 

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Kanji


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&'()
* +,- /./0123
45 6789:!;< 45 9:!=>?@A

B C DEF/GGGIHBCDEFDEF/GGGI')
JKL .MNO JKL .MNO JKPQR ?STNU 
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Kana
VWX  
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! "Y8Z! XVXVWX [
6\
 + +,- /./0123
]^_ 6789:!`:9 ]^_ 9:!=>?
@A
abF DEF/GGGIbabFDEFDEF/GGG\

JKL .MNO JKL .MNO JKPQR ?STNU 
2 .-c623

Romanization
Natsumi Ydfefgfhfgjikflfmfnporqflsftufvfhflfwsfgfqfgfhfxporeflgfyfzfvf{fnpohfxpor|fnfhflfw
Watashi wa Sutairu Y tzfghfxfnf}fxfdf~porzfnf|po€fnfmfhflf|poufvfhflfw
Daigakuinsei desu.
Sh t Sh tufvfhflfwfvfnhflfmfnporqporhflfmfgufvfhflfw‚fdfƒfg„fgfqfgfhfxporeflfw
Fuyuka Konnichiwa. Watashi wa Kitagawa Fuyuka desu. Watashi wa
kaunser … fu fv fh fl w fs fg fq fg fh px ro fe l fg fy fz fv f{ pn o fh px ro f| fn fh fl w
Haruhito Etto... Higashi Haruhito desu. Etto, etto... gakusei desu.
Faburitsio Faburitsio desu. Fasshon k dfuporzf†fmf…ufvfhflfw‡rmfnfqpornfyfˆporzufvfhflfw
D dfƒfg„fgfqfgfhfxporeflgfyfzfvf{fnpohfxpor|fnfhflfw

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English
Natsumi Welcome! This is Style You. It's a pleasure to meet you.
I'm Minami Natsumi the president of Style You. I'm a
graduate student.
Shuu I'm Shuu. I'm a hairdresser. It's nice to meet you.
Fuyuka Hello. I am Fuyuka Kitagawa. I am a counselor. Nice to
meet you.
Haruhito Umm...I'm Haruhito Higashi. And...umm...I'm a student.
Fabrizio I'm Fabrizio. I'm a fashion coordinator. I'm Italian. It's
a pleasure to meet you.

Vocabulary
 Kanji
   Kana
  Romaji
dfefgfhfg
English
23 23 Y
dfƒfg„fgfqfgfhfxporefl
Welcome!
  D It's a pleasure to
9: 9: o-negai shimasu meet you
& ' ( ) [      6  \  watashi I, me
,- /./0 ,- /./0 daigakuinsei graduate student
678 678 hea sutairisuto hairdresser
=>?@A =>?@A Kon'nichi wa.
…
Hello.
3 D  E F D  E F kaunser
etto
counselor
let's see..., umm
') \ (casual)
 .-C 
: c6 gakusei
Itaria-jin
student
Italian
JKPQR ? JKPQR ? dfuporzf†fmf…
(Nationality)
STNU  STNU  fasshon k fashion coordinator,
#$ Y8Z shachd
stylist
company president

Vocabulary Sample Sentences

76 Welcome to Japan!
Ydfefgfhfgji€p
  
  orxfgfzvj i            I'm Taro Tanaka. It's a pleasure to meet

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Tanaka Tar d fu fv fh fl w fs fg fq fg fh px ro fe l fg fz fv f{ pn o you.

!  
shimasu.
I'm Tanaka.
9:&wa,
Watashi 'Tanaka ()desu.  I'm a graduate student.
9:,wa-daigakuinsei
Watashi  /./01desu.  I'm a hairdresser.
Watashi  6 7 8 waheac
sutairisuto
   desu. Hello. Nice to meet you.
9:=>?Hajimemashite.
Kon'nichiwa. @A I'm a counselor.
Watashi DEFwakaunser …ufCvfhflfw Umm...I'm Japanese.
9 
Etto...Watashi :  ' )   wa Nihon-jin desu. I'm a student.
Watashi 9:wa gakusei .-Cdesu.  I'm Italian.
Watashi 9: waJKItaria-jin PQR ?Sdesu. TNU 
 I'm a fashion coordinator.

Watashi 9:#wa$fasshon  kdfuporzf†fmf…ufvfhflfw I'm a (company) president.

Watashi-wa shachdufvfhflfw

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Grammar Points
Target phrase:

9:! VWX 

1.Watashi wa Natsumi desu.

I am Natsumi.

9:!\
2.Watashi wa gakusei desu.

I am a student.

3.Watashi wa Itaria-jin desu.

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9:! .-c6
I am Italian.

Sentence Pattern:
Watashi wa_____desu.
9 
:  





 
  
9: ‡  gfq  |fv 
 g
por}|fnfqfeporzf{
fnfqfmpor} rv
Watashi
wa (
desu
 g
f l rn fxpor}fxorhv flpofn rvfzfmmfgfzf{ forhfxnf|porhfnfqfvfw
  orhvfmf„f|fg rgf{por}fn r„ufvfqpofvfu
The term copula comes from the fact that desu
from the combination of the particle de
 nfzfumfxfv fvfq  arimasu 

"to be."

This sentence pattern comes in handy when you introduce yourself.

1. Say your name!

9: VWX 

Watashi wa Natsumi desu.

5
Natsumi
VWX  ~nfgf|fnfzfhzfnf|fv
9: ]^_ 
ex) Watashi wa Fuyuka desu. 9:abF ‡f|flf„flfefnfw

Watashi wa Haruhito desu. ‡f|fnfqflfxpormfgfw 
And what's your name?
Watashi wa_____desu.
9 
:  






 
  
2. Say your occupation!

Watashi wa gakusei desu.

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9:')

gakusei
')  \ hfmflfufvfzfm 
ex) Watashi wa hea sutairisuto desu.
9 :,- /./01 ‡f|n
stylist."
Watashi wa daigakuinsei desu.
9:&'() [6\ ‡f|n
graduate student."

And what's your occupation?

Watashi wa _____ desu.
9: 
*Even if you don't know how to say your occupation in Japanese, don't worry! Just
use the English word for the time being.

3. Say your nationality!

9: .-C
Watashi wa Itaria-jin desu.c6

6 Itaria-jin

 
. - C
c 6    r‡ fm n f ro fn

z f
fv fq fh fg z 
9: L A c6 ‡nf|fqfnfƒpofornfzfw 
9:C  ‡nf|k porhfhfw 
ex) Watashi wa Burajiru-jin desu.
Watashi wa Suisu-jin desu.

And what's your nationality?

Watashi wa_____desu.
9 
:  ! 
 Watashi wa is often omitted when it is understood from the context.

See the following examples:

9: VWX  Natsumi desu. VWX 

Watashi wa Natsumi desu.
Watashi wa gakusei desu.
9:\ Gakusei desu.

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9: .-c6
 .-c6
Watashi wa Itaria-jin desu. Itaria-jin desu.

Useful
dfƒfg„fgfqfgfhfxporeflgfyf6zfvf7{fnp8ohfxpor|fnfhfl 23
expressions from today's dialog
 DKon'nichiwa
 Itaria-jin  .-C c6
 Dfd ƒfg„fgfqfgfhfxporeflgfyfzfvf{fnpohfxpor|fnfhfl
2
3 

This literally means "please be good to me." It is a commonly used expression

which corresponds to "it's a pleasure to meet you."

In Japanese speech, there are several levels of politeness. Compare the following
expressions:

- D dfƒfg„fgfqfgfhfxporeflgfyfzfvf{fnpohfxpor|fnfhfl 23
-----Very polite expression 
7 - Yoroshiku o-negai shimasu
-----Polite 2 3 
expression
- Ddfƒfg„fgfqfgfhfxporefl

- Yoroshiku
-----Casual expression,
  not to be used to elders or superiors

-----Very casual expression


6Kon'nichiwa
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It means "hello." or "good afternoon." Be careful not to stress the syllable ni

too much :)

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 Itaria-jin
.-C c6

C c6 f| vfnfzfh
fvfqfhfgfzgfq
fvfg
rvfw
fxfvfzhfnf„porzf{hfgf|fvfgfzfvfhzfnfmporgfzfn formf„f~
C
jin c6 orhnfmfmfnf}fxfvfumfgmfxfvzfnf|fvgn}fgflfzfmfqf„fw jin

Guess the meaning! ?C

1) Supein-jin =C 
2) Kanada-jin
J A?C 

  Q Q SC-C 
3) Furansu-jin
4) Mareeshia-jin
5) Mekishiko-jin - 
. =C 
6)Amerika-jin -A? C 
7) Airulando-jin O/0A.-C
8) Osutoraria-jin .C 
8 9) Igirisu-jin
10) Doitsu-jin
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