EN6LISH=JAPANESE CONVERSATION DICTIONARY PRECEDED BY A FEW ELEMENTARY NOTIONS OF JAPANESE GRAMMAR COMPILED BY ARTHUR ROSE-INNES AMERICAN EDITION 5) ( INDEX. PREFACE The compileris indebted for theideaofthis book Pages. to that very practical series of little dictionaries called Nutfs Conversatioii Dictionaries. Tho ex- Abbreviations I ecution of tho work would haveprovedan inipossi- PPrreofniuxnecs,iaStuifofnixes, Contractions IlIlI bility but for the excellent English-Japanese Dictionary of the Spoken Language by Hobart- GRAMMATICAL INTROliuCTioN. ** Hai'.ipden and Parlett, mIucIi has been consulted Writing 7 continually. Frequent use has also been made of CVoonicjeusgaotfioVnerobfsthe Verb 1L25 Imijrie's Etymology. Transitive and Intransitive Verbs Ifi CompoundVerbs 16 This book is intended for the use of tourists Observations onsome Verbs 17 and now residents who wish to speak a little Adjective 19 Japaneio. The compilerhas endeavoui-ed to mako Comparison of Adjectives 21 the book as practical and simple as possible, at Pronoun 21 the sacrifice sometimes of other good qualities: he NArotuicnle 2222 will l^a more pleased to receive the thanks of the Cardinal Numbers 23 beginner than the praise of the learned. Auxiliary Numerals 24 Ordinal Numbers 26 It will bo found that the Japanese in this Dic- Fractional Numbers 27 tionary is, on the whole, the ordinary, every-day, Honorifics, Polite Words 27 homo-like, middle-class, colloquial language that Postposition 29 oponleitgeenewraalylsy hoefarss:petahkeinvgeryharvuedepaunrdpostehelyexbterean- IOHnrotdmeerorrnoogyfamtWsioorndss 233900 avoided. Weights and Measures 31 DICTIONARY 33 List of words with dialogues IV Common useful phrases V n I ( ) ( ) ABBREVIATIONS AND SIGNS. PRONUNCIATION (approximate) ace. accusative a a in father adj. adjective aff. affirmative ai ai inaisle aux. auxiliary au ow in cow comp. compound ch ch in child cond. conditioned e ein pen dat. dative dist. distinct ei ei in rein expr. expressed g sometimesas in goat; fig. figuratively sometimes tlie sound of nginking filointit.lr.. iflinottlerlraoanwlsleiydtive io ioiinnmmaocrheine n. noun Ou ouin though opp. opposed « s insat p. Pfige u u input tran. transitive v. i. verb intransitive The other letters asinEnglish .Three pointsvp.rte.cedevderbbyttrliaensfiitristveletter of the Doubleconsonantsmustbepronounceddouble; "principal word in a paragraph indicate the long vowels must bepronounced long5, e,o,u;and rc'jitition ofthis word: nbovo, a.. . short vowels (i, M)are hardly pronouncedatall. In A dash has been wod to indicate the omission thevery commoncaseof verbal terminations insuf tdboefrauwAorddecoirmaslenpteonicnet.shows theway the verbhas theu is practically silent: e. g. desu is pronounced to bo conjugated. Seep. 12. des8. /Aptarrsatnlisaclnlatetientdgo:liben.eeg.uftsooleldtoaiwknsecaconhndanregcietnidoiofcnawtwoei/stahztuhtkehaerpurw;oopretdro stresJsapoanneesaechwosryldlsabalreeperxocenpotu:nce1)dwtihteh asnylelqauballe takecharge of a parcel nimotau woazukaru. preceding a double consonantwhich hasa longer [ 1seWriati-hliinterablratcrkaentsslatwiiolnlosfotmheetfiomreesgoibneg Jfaopuanndesea s3)ouands;hor2t)vtohweelsymlalkaeblsetchoentsaylilnaibnlgesaholrotnganvdowaesla; ( )siellnWutosertnrdcaest.e tahree moefatneningploafcethdecionntepxatr.enthesi.s to ciongnsseyqlluaebnlce.eoftenthrowsan accenton aneighbour- n I ( ) ( ) ABBREVIATIONS AND SIGNS. PRONUNCIATION (approximate) ace. accusative a a in father adj. adjective aff. affirmative ai ai inaisle aux. auxiliary au ow in cow comp. compound ch ch in child cond. conditioned e ein pen dat. dative dist. distinct ei ei in rein expr. expressed g sometimesas in goat; fig. figuratively sometimes tlie sound of nginking filointit.lr.. iflinottlerlraoanwlsleiydtive io ioiinnmmaocrheine n. noun Ou ouin though opp. opposed « s insat p. Pfige u u input tran. transitive v. i. verb intransitive The other letters asinEnglish .Three pointsvp.rte.cedevderbbyttrliaensfiitristveletter of the Doubleconsonantsmustbepronounceddouble; "principal word in a paragraph indicate the long vowels must bepronounced long5, e,o,u;and rc'jitition ofthis word: nbovo, a.. . short vowels (i, M)are hardly pronouncedatall. In A dash has been wod to indicate the omission thevery commoncaseof verbal terminations insuf tdboefrauwAorddecoirmaslenpteonicnet.shows theway the verbhas theu is practically silent: e. g. desu is pronounced to bo conjugated. Seep. 12. des8. /Aptarrsatnlisaclnlatetientdgo:liben.eeg.uftsooleldtoaiwknsecaconhndanregcietnidoiofcnawtwoei/stahztuhtkehaerpurw;oopretdro stresJsapoanneesaechwosryldlsabalreeperxocenpotu:nce1)dwtihteh asnylelqauballe takecharge of a parcel nimotau woazukaru. preceding a double consonantwhich hasa longer [ 1seWriati-hliinterablratcrkaentsslatwiiolnlosfotmheetfiomreesgoibneg Jfaopuanndesea s3)ouands;hor2t)vtohweelsymlalkaeblsetchoentsaylilnaibnlgesaholrotnganvdowaesla; ( )siellnWutosertnrdcaest.e tahree moefatneningploafcethdecionntepxatr.enthesi.s to ciongnsseyqlluaebnlce.eoftenthrowsan accenton aneighbour- EN6LISH=JAPANESE CONVERSATION DICTIONARY PRECEDED BY A FEW ELEMENTARY NOTIONS OF JAPANESE GRAMMAR COMPILED BY ARTHUR ROSE-INNES AMERICAN EDITION 5) ( INDEX. PREFACE The compileris indebted for theideaofthis book Pages. to that very practical series of little dictionaries called Nutfs Conversatioii Dictionaries. Tho ex- Abbreviations I ecution of tho work would haveprovedan inipossi- PPrreofniuxnecs,iaStuifofnixes, Contractions IlIlI bility but for the excellent English-Japanese Dictionary of the Spoken Language by Hobart- GRAMMATICAL INTROliuCTioN. ** Hai'.ipden and Parlett, mIucIi has been consulted Writing 7 continually. Frequent use has also been made of CVoonicjeusgaotfioVnerobfsthe Verb 1L25 Imijrie's Etymology. Transitive and Intransitive Verbs Ifi CompoundVerbs 16 This book is intended for the use of tourists Observations onsome Verbs 17 and now residents who wish to speak a little Adjective 19 Japaneio. The compilerhas endeavoui-ed to mako Comparison of Adjectives 21 the book as practical and simple as possible, at Pronoun 21 the sacrifice sometimes of other good qualities: he NArotuicnle 2222 will l^a more pleased to receive the thanks of the Cardinal Numbers 23 beginner than the praise of the learned. Auxiliary Numerals 24 Ordinal Numbers 26 It will bo found that the Japanese in this Dic- Fractional Numbers 27 tionary is, on the whole, the ordinary, every-day, Honorifics, Polite Words 27 homo-like, middle-class, colloquial language that Postposition 29 oponleitgeenewraalylsy hoefarss:petahkeinvgeryharvuedepaunrdpostehelyexbterean- IOHnrotdmeerorrnoogyfamtWsioorndss 233900 avoided. Weights and Measures 31 DICTIONARY 33 List of words with dialogues IV Common useful phrases V T ( ) GRAMMATICAL INTRODUCTION. WRITING. The Japanese characters are of three kinds: o) The Kan-ji, a collection of several thousand signs or ideographs ofChineseorigin, in whicheach signcorrespondsnottoasoundbuttoanidea. Three or four thousand of these characters are knownto people of moderate education, andthis niimberis enough to read the newspapers and write about everyday matters. 0) TheHira-Gana, acollectionof50cursivesigns in which each sign corresponds to the sound of • syllaljlc. c) The Kaia-Kana, a collection of 50 angular signs in which each sign corresponds to the sound of a syllable. In the following table the first sign is Hira-Oana and the second Kala-Kana. 2047160 T ( ) GRAMMATICAL INTRODUCTION. WRITING. The Japanese characters are of three kinds: o) The Kan-ji, a collection of several thousand signs or ideographs ofChineseorigin, in whicheach signcorrespondsnottoasoundbuttoanidea. Three or four thousand of these characters are knownto people of moderate education, andthis niimberis enough to read the newspapers and write about everyday matters. 0) TheHira-Gana, acollectionof50cursivesigns in which each sign corresponds to the sound of • syllaljlc. c) The Kaia-Kana, a collection of 50 angular signs in which each sign corresponds to the sound of a syllable. In the following table the first sign is Hira-Oana and the second Kala-Kana. 2047160 hr a hr a