If you are in a business that could become international then maybe expanding to Japan would make a wise choice and another reason for you to discover how to speak this culturally rich language.

The history of the Japan and the Japanese people is soaked with honor. In a world where honor and respect is falling away rapidly this foundation of honor is a great reason to investigate the language.

Honor for family as well as in doing your best at any endeavor. That is one of the many reasons why such a geographically small country can be such a powerful country. Learning their language will give insights to the heritage of Japan.

To learn to speak Japanese is difficult if your native language is English because the Japanese language is not rooted in any of the ‘romance languages’.

A great way to learn the language is to go to Japan or to an area where Japanese is spoken such as certain areas of larger metropolitan locations.

But in order to be most effective during your stay in the region, or during the visit to the area of town, it is necessary to learn the Japanese vernacular to avoid any problems and misunderstanding with the locals. Despite English being an international language used in many cities on the planet, not everyone knows how to use it as their second mode of communication.

Once again, for beginners, learning the language might be quite hard to swallow. Many people would often go to language schools to learn the basics of Japanese vernacular and expand their knowledge by immersing themselves in the culture. Some of those who stayed in the region picked it up in due time. But for those who have no opportunity to visit Japan in their own leisure, there are plenty of options to take to learn the Japanese language in the convenience of your own home.

A great place to start is by researching some of the learn at home languages by japanese language software (will be updated by jpbasic.com)  such as Rosetta Stone, … But where ever you start or however you pursue it, the Japanese language is worth the time invested.

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ぜろ、れい-zero, rei: zero

いち-ichi: one

に-ni : two

さん-san: three

よん、し-yon, shi: four

ご-go : five

ろく-roku: six

なな、しち-nana, shichi: seven

はち-hachi: eight

きゅう、く-kyu, ku: nine

じゅう-juu: ten

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おはようございます ohayogozaimasu : good morning

こんにちは –konnichiwa : hello, good afternoon

こんばんは – konbanwa : good evening

おやすみなさい-oyasuminasai : good night

さようなら-sayounara : bye, goodbye

ありがとう　ございます arigatou gozaimasu : thank you

すみません-sumimasen : excuse me, sorry

おねがいします-onegaishimasu : please

2.    Classroom instructions

Let’s begin はじめましょう hajimemashou

Let’s finish　おわりましょう owarimashou

Let’s take a break　やすみましょう yasumimashou

Do you understand? わかりますか wakarimasuka

（はい、わかりますーいいえ、わかりません）

Once more　もういちど mou ichido

Fine けっこうです kekkodesu

That’s not ok/ that’s wrong　だめです damedesu

Name　なまえ namae

Exam, homework　しけん、しゅくだい shiken, shukudai

Question, answer, example　しつもん、こたえ、れい shitsumon, kotae, rei

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Ex,

おばさん-obasan：aunt、おばあさん-obaasan： grandmother

おじさん-ojisan：uncle 、おじいさん-ojiisan：grandfather

ゆき-yuki：snow 、ゆうき-yuuki：courage

え-e：picture, ええ-ee：yes

とる-toru：take, とおる-touru：pass

ここ-koko：here 、こうこう-koukou：high schooll

Note: How to write the long vowels in hiragana?!

• The long vowels of the あ line

Add  あto the hiragana letters belonging to the line

• The long vowels of the い line

Add  いto the hiragana letters belonging to the line

• The long vowels of the う line

Add  うto the hiragana letters belonging to the line

• The long vowels of the え line

Add  いto the hiragana letters belonging to the line (exceptions: ええ:

yes、おねえさん: elder sister)

• The long vowels of the お line

Add  うto the hiragana letters belonging to the line(exceptions: おおきい:

big、おおい: many, とおい：far…)

How to write the long vowels in katakana : add ‘―’

Eg.,

カード-kaado：Card, タクシー-takushi：taxi,　スーパー-suupaa： supermarket, テープ-teepu：tape,　ノート-nooto notebook

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Katakana ( カタカナ) is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji, and in some cases the Latin alphabet.

In modern Japanese, katakana are most often used for transcription of words from foreign languages (called gairaigo). For example, “television” is written terebi (テレビ). Similarly, katakana is usually used for country names, foreign places, and personal names. For example, America is written アメリカ Amerika (America also has its own kanji (ateji) Amerika (亜米利加) or for short, Beikoku (米国), which literally means “Rice Country”).

Katakana are also often, but not always, used for transcription of Japanese company names. For example Suzukiis written スズキ, and Toyota is written トヨタ. Katakana are also used for emphasis, especially on signs, advertisements, and hoardings (i.e., billboards). For example, it is common to see ココ koko (“here”), ゴミ gomi(“trash”) or メガネ megane (“glasses”).

(source: wikipedia)

Table of katakana

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Hiragana (ひらがな) is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system, along with katakana, kanji, and the Latin alphabet (Rōmaji)

Hiragana are used for words for which there are no kanji, including particles such as kara から “from”, and suffixes such as ~san さん “Mr., Mrs., Miss, Ms.” Hiragana are also used in words for which the kanji form is not known to the writer or readers, or is too formal for the writing purpose. Verb and adjective inflections, as, for example, be-ma-shi-ta (べました) in tabemashita (食べました, “ate”), are written in hiragana. In this case, part of the root is also written in kanji. Hiragana are also used to give the pronunciation of kanji in a reading aid called furigana.

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