Take a look at the English to Japanese phrases below. Try to remember them, then take the Vocabulary Exercise by following one of these links.
| English | Japanese | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| phrase | comment | phrase | Romaji | comment |
| here | ここ | koko | ここ | |
| there | あそこ | asoko | あそこ | |
| direction | 方角、方向 | hôgaku, hôko | ほうがく、ほうこう | |
| distance | 距離 | kyori | きょり | |
| north | 北 | kita | きた | |
| south | 南 | minami | みなみ | |
| east | 東 | higashi | ひがし | |
| west | 西 | nishi | にし | |
| left | side | 左(側) (ひだり | hidari (gawa) | ひだり（がわ） |
| right | side | 右(側) (みぎ | migi (gawa) | みぎ（がわ） |
| front | 前 | mae | まえ | |
| back | 後 | ushiro | うしろ | |
| far | 遠い | tôi | とおい | |
| near | 近い | chikai | ちかい | |
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