Japanese2Notes

2
(Pimsleur2ndedition)

ThesearemypersonalnotesforwhenIwastakingtheseaudiolessons.Iamalready
familiarwiththeJapanesewritingsystemsoIdidn'tincludeRomaji.Thereareplenty
ofnotesfortheselessonswithRomaji.FornewKanji,Iputthekana
(hiragana/katakana)pronunciationinparentheses.Ifyouwanttousemynotesstill,
andarecuriousaboutpronunciation,thenyoucanuseeither
http://translate.google.comorhttp://dict.pspinc.com/foraquickanddirtyguideto
pronunciation. 

Unit2.01

Yesterdaymorning 

Hat 

Verygood

Didn'tsee

Havenotseen

Know

Don'tknow

It'snotfarfromhere.

HowlongareyoustayinginJapan?

Notmuchtime(neg)  

Ihavealotofwork.

Unit2.02

[Useinquestionswhenthereisadef.subject(not"what","who"
etc)]

DoyoulikeTokyo?(Useb/ccomparing)

Ididn'tdomuch 

Byallmeans

Wanttogo 

Thatperson 

I'mcalled"X"."X"

Doyouknow"X"? "X"

Unfortunately 

Excuse  (

"Ifnotdone"

"Itwon'tdo"  

Imustgo 

(From)now 

Unit2.03

What'syourname?

Met  

Wellll 

Chineseperson  

Ihavedon'thavemuchtimetodrinktea

Come  

Aglassofwine(

Menuplease  

Redwine 

Whitewine  

Always  

Notalways

Ialwaysdrinkbeer 

Ineverdrinkwine.

Myfriendisoverthere 

Unit2.04

Sometimes  

Colleague  

Threeyears  

Havebeenlivingtheresince3yearsago


IcamefromAmerica 

Short 

Long 

It'slongforMary. 

WhataboutX. X 

Idon'tknowwhereXis. X

DoyouknowwhereXis. X

Igothere 

Unit2.05

Anotherperson

Anothercolleagueiscoming.

Both 

Cango  

Mustwait 

I'mnotgonnawait  

Thebusdoesn'tcomeoften

Seldomcomes  

Goonfoot 

Pleasesayagain 

It'sinthehouse 

Thecarisfast.

Unit2.06

Afterthat 

Beforethat 

Canadian

Foralongtime 

HehasbeenlivinginTorontoforalongtime.


Redcar  

Busstop  

Cannotwait.

Donotwait.

T-shirts.T 

Ofcourse.

Untilwhattime 

Unit2.07

How 

HowdoIgotoTokyo?

Letter  

10minutes  

20min  

10till5 

MrandMrs.Sat 

Until6 

Havemeal  

Unit2.08

Formetoo 

Don'twannago

Let'sgoforadrink(inordertodrink)

Hehastoworkuntil6.

Ifyouwant.(Ifitsalrightwithyou)

About1.

StayinguntilMonorTues 

1:10 

Traveling 

Totravel

GotoMovie.

Let'shavedinner.

BEFOREthat.

Unit2.09

Toolate 

Untilabout9

Gotoaconcert

Traveloften

Whendoestheconcertbegin?()

8intheafternoon.()

20:00(8pm)

Aftertheconcert

Tomakeabusinesstrip()

Unit2.10

HowlongwillyoustayinTokyo?(Formal)


Live(Formal)

AfterTHIS

Don'tlikexmuch X 

Mustgoonabiztrip 

Sugar  

Idon'ttake/needsugar. 

Idon'ttakemilkEITHER.

Idrinkitinblack.

Isworking  

HasbeenworkinginTaiwanfor10yrs 

Unit2.11

Togo(Formal)

Leave 

Bonvoyage.Takecareofyourself()

Havefreetime.()

Early()

Chocolatecake

Takeavacation 

InJuly.()

Unit2.12

IworkforSony.

Thisweek  

Nextweek  

Heisin (Humble) 

ThisisMrTanaka.

Hot(objects)

Hot(weather)

Cold(objects)  

Cold(weather)  

Teaisstillcold.

He'llbebacknextweek.

Unit2.13

Beautifulplace 

Weatherisbad 

Notgood.

Notcold

Nothot

Wanttotravel.

HowistheweatherinOsaka?

Toobad  

Thingstodo

Interesting  

Therearemanythingstodo 

Therearemanyinterestingplaces

Unit2.14

Whydon'tyougivethistoTanaka.
 

Daughtersarebeautiful  

Sons  

Costsmoney()

Wasn'texpensive  

Butbefore 

Unit2.15

Wasnotveryexpensive 

Doesthetripcostmoney? 

Everyday  

Itwasafeast 

Howold. 

22yo  

Wasworking 

Hadacar 

Wasliving

Newspaper  

Newsstand 

Delicious  

Unit2.16

Company  

IworkatacompanyinTokyo 

Phone 

Phonebook  

Phonenumber  

Doyouneedaphonebook? 

Idon'tknowthephonenumber 

Wanttocall 

Oh!Thereitis

Childrenalreadybecamebig(grownup)
 

Bank  

IworkatabankinOsaka 

Gaswasn'texpensive 

Unit2.17

Universitystudent

MywifeworksforacompanyinOsaka


Highschoolstudent  

Isstudying  

Economics  

Whichuniversityisit? 

Postoffice  

I'mlookingforapostoffice 

About50meters 

Unit2.18

Stamp  

Thereafter(then) 

Thenontherightisthebank 

Thatcorner  

Pleaseturn 

Pleaseturnrightonthecorner 

Mywifealwayswritesletters  

Oftenwrites 

Rarelywrites 

Neverwrites 

Home(anyhouse,usedforownhome)  

Childrenarenothome 

WhereinAmericaisyourson? 

Iwanttocallataxi 

Pleasewait(polite)  

Thetaxicame! 

Hospital  

Mywifeisnotfeelingwell  

Goabout1km 

Unit2.19

Makeatelephonecall  

Becausethephoneisfastright? 

It'snearby  

Gostraightonthisstreet 


I'msorrytohearthat 

Pharmacy  

IwouldliketobuyanAmericannewspaper


Inall(total)  

Unit2.20

Err... 

Excuseme

Howmuchisitinall?

Change(money)  

That's400Yeninchange 

Thephoneisfasterthanletters 

Thehospitaliscloserthanthepharmacy 

Notclose

Doesyoursonwritelettersoften? 

ToOsakaplease 

Oneticketplease  

OnetickettoOsakaplease 

Osakabound 

Whichtracknumberisit? 

WhichtrackisittoOsaka? 

HowlongisittoOsaka? 

ExpressTrain  

SuperExpressTrain  

Thesuperexpresstrainisfasterthantheexpresstrainisn'tit?


Unit2.21

Thebusisslowerthanthecar

I'mnotveryskilled 

IamgoingtoseeMr.Jonestoday 

Iwillbewaitinghere 

Tomove  

Thecarisnotworking(moving) 

Iwillcallmyfriend 

Todayisaholiday 

Everything(everyone)isclosed 

WherecanIbuyit? 

TheexpresstrainisonTrack8 

ThesuperexpresstrainisonTrack7 

Thesuperexpresstrainisfasterthantheexpresstrain


Unit2.22

Kiosk 

CanIbuystampsatthestation'skiosk
 

About5minutes  

Immediately/Soon 

Iwouldliketogosoon 

Areyougoingbysubwayorbus?


Thebusisslow/late 

Tennis 

ImustgotoShinjuku 

Ableto 

Convenience/Condition  

It'snotconvenient 

Unit2.23

Acquaintance  

Iplaytennisoften 

Idon'tknowheratall 

IplaytenniswithMaryoften


CanMary'shusbandplaytennistoo?


Bothplaytennis 

BothCANplaytennis 

BothLIKEtennis

Botharegood/skilledattennis 

Betterthanherhusband 

Fairly/Quite 

Heisquitegood 

YoyogiPark 

Wednesdayisnotconvenient 

Iamallright  

Tothesubwaystation 

Iamwalkingtothestation 

Unit2.24

Busy 

Extremely  

You'reverybusyaren'tyou? 

CoffeeShop  

Mr.Ito'swifeisbetterthanme 

Hasbeendoing 

Hasbeenplayingtennis 

Asmanyas 

Ihavebeenplayingtennisforasmanyas15years


Though 

Tomorrowisaholidaythough 

Itdoesn'tmatter  

Tohaveameeting ()

Whatdoes"kaigi"mean? 

Howdoyousay"x"inJapanese? X

IamgoingtoTokyo,Osaka,Kyoto,andKobe


Unit2.25

Golf 

Side  

IlikeXbetter X

IpreferX X 

Howlonghaveyoubeenplayinggolf?


Thisweek'sWednesday  

Themorningisalittlebusythough 

Buttheafternoonisalright 

Thatcoffeeshop'scoffeeisdelicious


WherecanIchangemoney?  

Iamgoingandreturning 

I'llbebackhererightaway  

Unit2.26

Welcome

Aftertennis,wouldyouliketogotothecoffeeshop?


Room  

Iwanttochangemoney 

Iwanttochangedollarstoyen 

Inorderto... 

Inordertochangemoney 

Iamgoingtothebanktochangemoney


Nearby

MitsubishiBankisnearby 

ThereisaFujiBanktoo 

Americaislarger Xisbigger:Use

AmericaislargerthanJapan Xis
biggerthanY:Use

Iamgoingtothepostofficetoo +

Iammeetingafriendatnoon  

Asfor(to)thebank,areyougoingtheresoon? 
+

Immediately  

Iwanttogoimmediately 

Unit2.27

Imustgo

Arethebanksopenatnoon? 

Can/MayIgo? 

Isitalrightifwegotogether? 

Abouthowmuch? 

Ihearyou'regoingtoShikokuright?(confirm) 

I'mleavingWed.thisweek 

TherearemanythingstodoinShikoku(use"de")


Only(usewithnegverb) 

IamstayinginShikokuforonlyafewdays


Ionlyhavedollars (no)

Ionlyplaygolf 

Airplane  

OnlyIamgoingtoShikoku 

BuMr.YamadastaysinShikokuforasmanyas2weeks


Tocomeback  

I'mcomingbackonSunday 

Unit2.28

IsthereameetinginKysh? 

ThereisameetinginKyshtoo 

Iwillonlystayafewdays 

Thereisorangejuicetoothough 

Family(polite) 

Didgo(polite)

Didyougowithyourfamily?

Whatkindof.. 

Town 

WhatkindoftownisBoston? 

Inordertosee/meet 

IamgoingtoBostontoseemyfamily


Sometime(someday)  

SomedayIwanttogotoAmerica


Well,someothertimethen 

Unit2.29

Infrontofthestation 

CanIchange(money)there? 

Todraw(write)amap  (

Letmedrawamapforyou 

Wouldyouliketocome?(polite) 

Thisweekend  

March  

Thetraintakes(costs)time 

Takethatroadabout100m 

Myhouseisinfrontofthepostoffice 
(

I'msorrythatI'mlate(I'vebecomelatethereforeIamsorry)


Unit2.30

Excuseme(I'mgoingtocommitsomethingrude)[idiom]

Icamebytaxifromthestation 

Becausethebustakestime 

Theweatherisn'tgoodtoday 

Snowing(snowfalls)  

Itdoesn'tsnowmuch 

Winter 

Summer 

Rain 

ItrainsofteninJapan 

ItrainsalotinJapan 

It'sdoesn'tsnowmuchinBoston,butit'scold


Itdoesn'tsnowmuch 

InJapan,inJuneandJuly,itrainsoften

-NotesbyW.ChowofCalifornia.Aug02,2011