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Tae Kim's Japanese Grammar

2000+ Japanese sentences covering Tae Kim's complete grammar guide, with anime audio.

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こんにちは

Note that the Japanese "ha"-character (は) is pronounced "wa" in this case.

konnichiha: hello; good day; good afternoon. There are many more greetings in Japanese.

おはよう

The combination of "o" and "u" is usually pronounced as long "o". In Japanese, this can result from various character combinations (yo/よ + u/う in this example).

ohayou: good morning

こんばんは

Again note that the Japanese "ha"-character (は) is pronounced "wa" in this case.

konbanha: good evening

ありがとう

Note the combination of "o" and "u", which is pronounced as a long "o". It's a result of to/と + u/う in this example.

arigatou: thank you

ありがとう ございます

"arigatou gozaimasu" is a more polite way to say thank you. The "z" is pronounced as soft "s".

おはよう ございます

"ohayou gozaimasu" is a more polite way to say good morning.

The first 100 cards

In study order. The full deck has 2,076 in the app.

  1. こんにちは Note that the Japanese "ha"-character (は) is pronounced "wa" in this case.
  2. おはよう The combination of "o" and "u" is usually pronounced as long "o". In Japanese, this can result from various character combinations (yo/よ + u/う in this example).
  3. こんばんは Again note that the Japanese "ha"-character (は) is pronounced "wa" in this case.
  4. ありがとう Note the combination of "o" and "u", which is pronounced as a long "o". It's a result of to/と + u/う in this example.
  5. ありがとう ございます
  6. おはよう ございます
  7. すみません
  8. ごめんなさい
  9. ごめん
  10. はじめまして
  11. 海
  12. 海 だ
  13. 冗 談 だ
  14. 冗 談 じゃない
  15. 僕 じゃない
  16. 私 じゃない
  17. ぼく だ
  18. わたし だ
  19. 幸 せ だ
  20. 幸 せ だった
  21. ばか だ
  22. バカ だった
  23. 夢
  24. 夢 じゃなかった Double consonants Notice the "tt" in janakatta. Double consonants (tt in this case) prolong or stretch the pronunciation of the consonant (t in this case. press "r" to play the audio again). They only exist in the latin transcription, but always result from a "small tsu"-charcter in written Japanese:ka = か, ta = た, so: "kata" in Japanese looks like this: かた "katta" in Japanese looks like this: かった The "っ" in the middle is the small tsu character (here it is next to the large one: つっ). This one is responsible for the prolonged "t". This can also happen for other consonant-based characters, I'll show you more examples.
  25. 間 違 い じゃなかった
  26. みんな じゃなかった
  27. 私 は 幸 せ だ
  28. 私 は エイティーン だ The “ー” prolongs the “i”. It's an artifact from katakana, a separate Japanese alphabet.
  29. 僕 は バカ だ
  30. 僕 は 男 だ
  31. 今日 は ありがとう Note the long pronunciation of the "o"s. They result from yo/よ + u/う and to/と + u/う in this case.
  32. 今日 は ごめん
  33. 僕 も
  34. みんな も
  35. 私 も
  36. 今日 も Pay attention to the intonation: We have a question here (without question marker). Note the long o, which results from yo + u
  37. 私 も 行 く
  38. 今日 も 大 丈 夫
  39. 私 も 楽 しみ
  40. 楽 しみ だ
  41. 僕 も 寝 る
  42. 僕 も 飲 む
  43. わたし も 手 伝 う
  44. 今日 も ありがとう な
  45. 僕 が バカ だった
  46. 私 が 相 手 だ
  47. 僕 が 神 だ
  48. 大 丈 夫 私 が 行 く Note the long o, which results from jo + u
  49. 大 丈 夫 僕 が いる
  50. 僕 が 行 く よ
  51. 私 が 決 める
  52. 僕 が 残 る
  53. 私 が 困 る
  54. すてき な 夢
  55. ステキ だ ね
  56. バカ な やつ
  57. すてき な もの
  58. 大 事 な もの
  59. 大 切 な もの
  60. ステキ な 人
  61. 変 な 人
  62. 好 き な 人
  63. 変 な 人
  64. 好 き な 人
  65. 親 切 な 人
  66. きれい な 人
  67. きれい な 先 生 だった なあ
  68. 妙 な やつ Note the long o, which results from yo + u
  69. 大 事 な 友 達
  70. 大 事 な 話
  71. 俺 が 行 く
  72. すてき な 花
  73. 大 河 が 好 き だ "taiga" is the name of a character.
  74. 料 理 が 好 き な 人
  75. かわいい 人 This sounds slightly like "kawaisou" instead of "kawaii hito", but the speaker is really saying "kawaii hito".
  76. すごい 人
  77. 強 い もの
  78. かわいい もの Double vowels (ii in this case) are pronounced long.
  79. すごくない
  80. すごくない
  81. 可愛 くない な Ignore the trailing "na" in this case.
  82. かわいくない The first "ka" does not belong to the word.
  83. 遅 い
  84. 高 い
  85. 長 い な
  86. 名 前
  87. よろしくお 願 いします
  88. 危 ない
  89. おもしろい
  90. 面 白 かった
  91. 長 かった
  92. 危 なかった
  93. 怖 い
  94. 怖 くなかった
  95. おいしい Double vowels (ii in this case) are pronounced long. Note that the "ii" in this case results from two different Japanese characters: shi/し + i/い.
  96. 美味 しかった
  97. おいしくない
  98. おいしくなかった
  99. 食 べる
  100. 分 かる

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Questions

Do the Japanese decks have furigana?

Yes. Core 2000, Core 6000 and Tae Kim's grammar sentences show the reading above each kanji, the way furigana is printed in learner books.

Is this like the Anki Core 2000 / Core 6000 deck?

It covers the same frequency-ordered vocabulary, with audio, furigana and an example sentence per word, and it is ready to study in the app with no import step. Core 6000 uses cloze cards: you fill in the missing word from the sentence.

Can I learn hiragana and katakana with these decks?

Yes. The Hiragana deck has all 46 characters and the Katakana deck all 104, each card with pronunciation audio.