Nihongo: A Japanese Approach to Japanese

a-dan adjective anata auxiliary verb Boku Chinese characters compound verbs daily conversation describe deshō desu e-dan Edo Period English example expression feel go-dan katsuyo verbs gomen hana Heian Period hiragana hito i-dan indicates inflection Japan Japanese grammar Japanese language Japanese sentence Japanese words jo-dōshi joshi kakegoe kaku kaku-joshi kanji Kanojo kara Kare katakana katei keigo keiyō-shi kimi Kono Kore koto kudasai kuru loanwords masu means meirei mimetic words miru mizen form modern Japanese mono naru on-yomi one's person pronouns phoneme phrase polite rashii ren'yo form rentai form rentai-shi reru second person pronouns secondary keiyō-shi sensei shinai shita shite iru shushi shushi form someone sounds speaker speaking speech suffix superior suru syllabary syllables tenki u-dan form uninflected particle usage utsukushii verb inflection watakushi Watashi word-unit write written yoku yomu yori かのじょ かれ はな ひと ぼく ほん わたし