-- SUMMARY OF BUSINESS CONVERSATIONAL/ROMANJI JAPANESE-- possesor-no remoteSubj-wa immedSubj-ga obj-o verb(desu, deska, ja arimasen) no, wa, ga, o = particles; also: e = (go) to; kara = from, cause; mo = also; ni=in,on;to=and;de=with,by,at;o=thru;;noun+dake=only;node='cause;doko=locn wataxi (wa) = I; anata = you; kore = he; hanojo = she; warera = we anata-tachi = y'all; anokata = he/she; kochira-wa=... -kun:=san(young) verbs: -su; past -shita; neg -masen; neg past -masen deshita n+shimasu=vb go=ikimasu,come=kimasu,rtn=kaerimasu,lv=demasu shika(..masen)=only adj: hurui desu/-ta; huruku arimasen/ta. -eru=neutr, -emasu= polite is: desu "desh" (now) desita (was) deshoo (fut,uncert) destaka (condtl) kudesai:polite:desu:=degozimas dewagozaimasen=neg tekudesaimasenka=please Korewa-onegaishimas=this please arigatoogozimas=tnx+ temimasu=try sentc+toomoimasu=to think that -ku(adj)+narimasu=to get/become (this day/year)-[chuu,jun] ni (@start of sentc)=w/in tekimasu=rtn aft do X yori (than) Y no hoo (better) ga suki (like) desu; kiraidesu=dislike v+agemasu=do for, kuremasu=for you,moraimasu=by else;okimasu=in advance -masu := -tai desu = want to. Informal: da:=desu datta:=desta InfrmlNeg: -ku:=-nai -u:=-anai -aru:=aranai. -nai:=katta=past [Kochira=this,sochira=that,achira=that there,dochira=which?] thisorta:[konna,sonna,anna,donna] Nanji desu-ka? (What time is it?) [gozen/asa (am), gogo/yoru (pm)] #ji #f(p)un [jugofun,han,yongofun] [goro (approx), ni] desu. 1(1chi)ichi,2(IIi)ni,3(3an)san,4(4on)yon,5(5o)go 6('oku)roku,7(,7ana)nana(shichi),8(okti)hachi,9(9u)qu,10(j=10)ju 1'tsuitachi 2'hutsuka 3'mika 4'yokka 5'itsuka 6'muika 7'nanoka 8'yooka 9'kokonaoka 10'toka 11'juichinichi 20'hatsuka kinoo=ystdy,asa=am,kyoo=today,asta=tomw,kesha=this am,izen=past,imai=now, ototoi=dy bef ysdy,koshira=here,achira=this,x-ni imasta=he was@, ji-kan=hrs pst,gatsu=mo,raishu=nx wk,senshu=lst wk,konshu=this wk,nan=which, -yoobi=day:nichi=sun,getsu=mon,ka=tue,sui=wed,moku=th,kin=fri,do=sat x-wa/ga [ue-no,doko/ka?] y-no [ue(on),shita(und),nana(mid),(rt,lf)] ni imasu Kaisha (co) shain honsha shisha; kaika (asc) shakuin honshu shibu ginko (bnk) koin honton shiten. 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