Japanese Dictionary for Foreigners


　Thank you for your prayers for Japan!! We'll never forget your heartfelt kindness! Arigatou!
　I can't repay your kindness. But instead of it, I'll tell you true meaning of the word "Arigatou".
　I'm very glad if you feel something from this.

　　A.D.2011-03

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Note for overall:
Itarikku : Italic letters show Japanese words by Roman alphabet.
Akusento : Bold letters show accents on Japanese words.

Note for parts of speech:
n : noun
pn : proper noun
adj : adjective
nc : noun clause
cnj : conjunctive form

Note for entries:
Arigatou
ありがとう
有難う

(adj:cnj)
　"thanks".
　Modern wording of ...
←orthography by Roman alphabet　
←orthography by Japanese Hiragana　
←orthography by Japanese (included Kanji)　

←parts of speech
←explanations

Note for index:
　あ　
A
ah
←Japanese Hiragana
←orthography by Roman alphabet
←similar pronunciation by English

Index:
Gyou (row)
　ん　
N 		　わ　
W 		　ら　
R 		　や　
Y 		　ま　
M 		　は　
H(F) 		　な　
N 		　た　
T(TS/CH) 		　さ　
S 		　か　
K 		　あ　
A
ん
N
nn 		わ
WA
wah 		ら
RA
rah 		や
YA
yea 		ま
MA
mah 		は
HA
her 		な
NA
nah 		た
TA
tah 		さ
SA
sah 		か
KA
car 		あ
A
ah 		あ
A 		Dan
(rung)
ゐ
WI
wii 		り
RI
lee 		い
YI
yee 		み
MI
me 		ひ
HI
he 		に
NI
knee 		ち
CHI
chie 		し
SHI
she 		き
KI
key 		い
I
ee 		い
I
う
WU
woo 		る
RU
roo 		ゆ
YU
you 		む
MU
moo 		ふ
FU
who 		ぬ
NU
nue 		つ
TSU
tue 		す
SU
sue 		く
KU
kue 		う
U
woo 		う
U
ゑ
WE
way 		れ
RE
ray 		え
YE
yeh 		め
ME
may 		へ
HE
hey 		ね
NE
ney 		て
TE
tay 		せ
SE
say 		け
KE
kay 		え
E
ai 		え
E
を
WO
woh 		ろ
RO
raw 		よ
YO
yo 		も
MO
moe 		ほ
HO
ho 		の
NO
no 		と
TO
toe 		そ
SO
saw 		こ
KO
koe 		お
O
oh 		お
O
Gyou(row)
ば
B 		だ
D 		ざ
Z(J) 		が
G
ば
BA
bar 		だ
DA
dah 		ざ
ZA
zah 		が
GA
gah 		あ
A 		Dan
(rung)
び
BI
be 		ぢ
DI
zie 		じ
JI
jie 		ぎ
GI
gie 		い
I
ぶ
BU
boo 		づ
DU
zue 		ず
ZU
zoo 		ぐ
GU
goo 		ヴ
VU
voo 		う
U
べ
BE
bay 		で
DE
day 		ぜ
ZE
they 		げ
GE
gay 		え
E
ぼ
BO
bow 		ど
DO
doe 		ぞ
ZO
zoe 		ご
GO
go 		お
O
Gyou(row)
ぱ
P
ぱ
PA
par 		あ
A 		Dan
(rung)
ぴ
PI
pee 		い
I
ぷ
PU
poo 		う
U
ぺ
PE
pay 		え
E
ぽ
PO
poh 		お
O

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