Set 1 Flashcards
(188 cards)
間違い (まちがい), ミス (みす)
(a/the) mistake
大きな間違い (おおきなまちがい), 大きなミス (おおきなみす)
(a/the) big mistake
脱線する (だっせんする) (suru-verb)
to derail
為る (する) (suru-verb)
to do something, to carry something out, to perform something (a task)
来る (くる) (kuru-verb), 來る (くる) (kuru-verb)
to come, to come back, to come to be, to come from, to be caused by, to do (something) and come back, to come to (to refer to - like “en cuanto a”)
勉強する (べんきょうする) (suru-verb)
to study something
書く (かく) (u-verb)
to write something, to compose something, to pen something (write something), to draw something, to paint something
散歩する (さんぽする) (suru-verb)
to walk, to stroll
段動詞 (いちだんどうし)
(a/the) one-form verb (verb with infinitive ending in -eru or -iru - base stays the same when conjugated)
話す (はなす) (u-verb)
to speak, to converse, to chat, to speak a language, to narrate, to explain
買う (かう) (u-verb)
to buy something, to purchase something, to value something, to have a high opinion of something, to provoke something, to stir something (provoke something)
読む (よむ) (u-verb)
to read something (general or thoughts), to recite something, to chant something, to predict something, to guess something, to forecast something, to see something (eg into someone’s heart), to divine something, to decipher something, to count something, to estimate something
飛ぶ (とぶ) (u-verb)
to fly, to soar, to jump (general OR topics when talking), to leap, to spring, to bound, to spatter, to scatter, to splash, to fly (eg of sparks/catcalls/rumors), to hurry, to rush, to flee, to run off, to escape, to disappear, to vanish, to fade, to thin out, to break off, to come off, to fall off, to blow (of a fuse), to be sent out (of an order), to come flying (of a punch/kick/etc), to be missing (of a page/stitch/etc)
五段動詞 (ごだんどうし)
(a/the) five-form verb (verb ending in U whose final letter changes to A, E, I, or O when conjugated)
寝る (ねる) (ru-verb), 眠る (ねむる) (u-verb)
to sleep
寝る (ねる) (ru-verb)
to sleep, to go to bed, to lie in bed, to lie down, to sleep with someone, to lie flat (eg of hair), to lie idle (of funds/stock/etc), to ferment
眠る (ねむる) (u-verb)
to sleep, to die, to rest (die), to lie (buried), to lie idle (eg of resources), to lie unused, to lie untapped, to lie untouched
着る (きる) (ru-verb)
to wear something, to put something on, to take something (blame/responsibility), to bear something (blame/responsibility)
死ぬ (しぬ) (u-verb)
to die, to pass away, to lose spirit, to lose vigor, to look dead, to cease, to stop
答える (こたえる) (ru-verb)
to answer, to reply (both intransitive)
出来る (できる) (ru-verb)
to be able to do something, to be up to the task, to be ready, to be completed, to be made, to be built, to be good at something, to be permitted to do something, to become intimate, to take up (with someone), to grow, to be raised (eg of crops), to become pregnant (all usually written just with hiragana)
丁寧語 (ていねいご)
polite language (masu and desu forms; used with people you aren’t intimate with and people socially higher than you)
masu form (ます) - formal present, future
U-verbs: change the u-kana to the corresponding i-kana and attach ます to the verb stem (話す becomes 話します)
Ru-verbs: attach ます to the verb stem (食べる becomes 食べます)
Irregular verbs: attach ます to the verb stem (勉強する becomes 勉強します)
masen form (ません) - formal negative present, future
U-verbs: change the u-kana to the corresponding i-kana and attach ません to the verb stem (話す becomes 話しません)
Ru-verbs: attach ません to the verb stem (食べる becomes 食べません)
Irregular verbs: attach ません to the verb stem (勉強する becomes 勉強しません)