| A | B |
| the rivers of Japan | 日本の川 |
| the mountains of Japan | 日本の山 |
| go out into the mountains | 山に出かける |
| Thanks for your help the other day. | 先日はどうも! |
| the book of Mr. Yamakawa (a teacher) | 山川先生の本 |
| Father’s book | お父さんの車(くるま) |
| Where’s mother? | お母さんはどこ |
| write e-mails every day | 毎日メールを書く |
| write in a small-sized notebook | 手帳(ちょう)に書く |
| has little hands | 手が小さい |
| big ears | 大きい耳 |
| the school gate | 学校の門/校門 |
| Please listen well. | 良く聞いて下さい。 |
| meet a woman | 女の人に会(あ)う |
| a teacher I like | 好きな先生だ |
| Mr. Kawada (a teacher) is present. | 川田先生がいる |
| a big man | 大きい男の人 |
| look at the Milky Way | 天(あま)の川を見る |
| Mr./Ms. Yamada (a teacher, doctor, etc.) | 山田(だ)先生 |
| take out the garbage | ゴミを出す |
| I saw it last month. | 先月見ました |
| Middle school students are present. | 中学(がく)生がいる |
| give on Father’s Day | 父の日にあげる |
| Mother’s Day present | 母の日のプレゼント |
| meet (someone) every month | 毎月会(あ)う |
| Please write. | 書いて下さい |
| ride the Yamanote Line (Tokyo loop train route) | 山手線(せん)に乗(の)る |
| My ears hurt. | 耳が痛(いた)い |
| the gate of a house | 家(いえ)の門で会(あ)う |
| I can’t hear the radio. | ラジオが聞こえない |
| There are girls here/there too. | 女の子もいる |
| I like school. | 学校が好きだ |
| Mrs.Yamada is present. | 本田さんと田本さん |
| a little boy | 小さい男の子 |
| the water of a stream | 小川の水 |
| Yamamoto Elementary School | 山本小学校(がっこう) |
| leave the house | 家(いえ)を出る |
| the tip of the pen | ボールペンの先 |
| born in September | 九月生まれ |
| My father is fifty. | 父は五十才(さい)です |
| join the parents’ association | 父母会(かい)に入(はい)る |
| go to Japan every year | 毎年日本へ行く |
| write a rough draft | 下書きを書く/する |
| skillful or unskillful person | 上手/下手な人 |
| listen with both ears | 両(りょう)耳で聞く |
| enter a vocational/ technical school | 専門学校に入(はい)る |
| I don’t have any listeners. | 聞き手がいない |
| a student at a girls’ school | 女子校の生徒(と) |
| I like green tea. | お茶(ちゃ)を好む |
| We can see irrigated rice paddies. | 田んぼが見える |
| a male student | 男子学生 |
| a riverside park | 河(か)川公園(こうえん) |
| go mountain climbing | 山登(のぼ)りに行く |
| meet at the exit | 出口で会(あ)う |
| It’s 100 meters up ahead. | 100メートル先にある |
| eat something raw | 生で食(た)べる |
| get it from my grandfather | 祖(そ)父にもらう |
| speak one’s mother language, native tongue | 母国(こく)語を話(はな)す |
| watch every week | 毎週(しゅう)見る |
| I like to read [books]. | 読(どく)書が好(す)きだ |
| ask the driver | 運転(うんてん)手に聞く |
| be hard of hearing | 耳が遠(とお)い |
| I have/there is a curfew. | 門限(げん)がある |
| read a newspaper | 新(しん)聞を読(よ)む |
| a woman teacher | 女の先生 |
| Japanese pancake/ pizza hybrid | お好み焼(や)き |
| There are a lot of irrigated rice paddies. | 水田がたくさんある |
| a teacher at a boys’ school | 男子校の先生 |