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Animals

doubutsu - animal
tori - bird
niwatori - chicken
uma - horse
buta - pig
ushi - cow
hitsuji - sheep
inu - dog
neko - cat
nezumi - mouse, rat
hari nezumi - hedgehog (needle rat)
shishi - lion
tora - tiger
hebi - snake
kaeru - frog
ahiru - duck
kuma - bear
risu - squirrel
usagi - rabbit
tokage - lizard
zou - elephant
taka - hawk
washi - eagle
shika - deer
yagi - goat
dachou - ostrich
rakuda - camel
karasu - crow, raven
itachi - skunk
gachou - goose
hakuchou - swan
kitsune - fox
saru - monkey
mujina - badger
wani - alligator

Aquatic Animals

kame - turtle
iruka - dolphin
kingyou - goldfish
sakana - fish
same - shark
azarashi - seal
tako - octopus
kujira - whale
kurage - jellyfish
unagi - eel
hamaguri - clam
ika - squid
kani - crab
seiuchi - walrus

Insects

mushi - insect
hachi - bee
ka - mosquito
mimizu - earthworm
imomushi - caterpillar
chou - butterfly
kumo - spider
gokiburi - cockroach
hae - fly
ari - ant
inago - grasshopper
sasori - scorpion
namekuji - slug
hiru - leech

Note: A group of ANY animal is a mure (pronounced moo RAY). In English, we have a school of fish, a herd of cattle, a flock of geese, a murder of crows, etc. In Japanese, it's much easier!


Parts of the Body

Above the Neck

hana - nose
me - eye
medama - eyeball
kuchi - mouth
mimi - ear
kuchibiru - lips
kubi - neck
atama - head
ke - hair
hidai - forehead
hou - cheek
kao - face
ha - tooth

In the Middle

hiji - elbow
ude - arm
te - hand
tekubi - wrist (kubi = neck)
yubi - finger
oyayubi - thumb (oya = parent)
naizou - internal organs
shinzou - heart
mune - chest
hara - stomach
kinniku - muscle
hone - bone

Below the Waist

ashi - leg, foot
momo - thigh
sune - shin
hiza - knee
ashikubi - ankle
kotsuban - pelvis
ketsu - butt
ashi no yubi - toe
daichou - large intestine

Colors

kuroi - black
kasshoku - brown
akai - red
enshoku - orange
kiiro - yellow
midori - green
aoi - blue
murasaki - purple
haiiro - grey
shiroi - white
momoiro - pink
makka - deep red

Video Game Words

Nouns

shujinkou - main character
zukan - picture book
(used for Pokedex)
PUREI jikan - time elapsed (in a game)
katsuyaku - activity
tensou - a transfer, transmission
PASOKON - PERSonal COMputer
SUICHI - switch
shoubu - match, contest
waza - technique
kusuri - medicine

dougu - equipment
mahou - magic
koumoku - item
mahi - paralysis

kizu - wound, injury
kougeki - attack
kouka - result, effect
joutai - condition


Adjectives

yasei - wild
genki (na) - energetic, healthy
futsuu (na) - normal


Verbs

tsukeru - to attach
kakikomu - to fill in (form, etc)
nemuru - to sleep
tsukamaeru - to catch, seize
sodatsu - to raise (a Pok?©mon, for example)
taoreru - to collapse, fall
SUICHI o ireru - to flip a switch (in the Pok?© center)
oboeru - to remember
tobidasu - to jump out, to appear suddenly
nigeru - to escape
yameru - to quit
tatakau - to fight
naosu - to cure
GETTO suru - to catch (Pokemon)


Misc

sugu ni - right away
yatta! - "All right!" (literally, "I did it!" wink
koko made - up till now, up to here
sei ippai - at the limit
yuke! - go!
-hiki, -piki, -biki - "counter" for animals (depends on number)


Technique Names

denkou sekka - lightning quick
kage bunshin - shadow offshoot
denki SHOKKU - electric shock
kaze okoshi - create wind
tai atari - body blow
hikkaku - scratching
kyuuketsu - suck blood
chou onpa - super sound wave
sunakake - sand trap
tsutsuku - to pick at, poke
nirami tsukeru - to glare at
nakigoe - crying voice

amerika - America
chuugoku - China
doitsu - Germany
furansu - France
itaria - Italy
igirisu - England/Great Britain
kankoku - Korea
nihon - Japan
suisu - Switzerland
supein - Spain

roshia - Russia


PROBLEMS
Leave me alone.
ほっといて。 (hottoite.)
Don't touch me!
さわらないで! (sawaranaide!)
I'll call the police.
警察をよびます。 (keisatsu o yobimasu)

Police!
警察! (keisatsu)
Stop! Thief!
待て! どろぼう! (mate! dorobō!)
I need your help.
たすけてください。 (tasukete kudasai)

It's an emergency.
緊急です。 (kinkyū desu)
I'm lost.
迷子です。 (maigo desu)
I lost my bag.
かばんをなくしました。 (kaban o nakushimashita)

I dropped my wallet.
財布をおとしました。 (saifu o otoshimashita)
I'm sick.
病気です。 (byōki desu)
I've been injured.
けがしました。 (kega shimashita)

Please call a doctor
.
医者を呼んでください。 (isha o yonde kudasai)
Can I use your phone?
電話を使っていいですか? (denwa o tsukatte iidesuka)