uni-venture:There’s this theory that in any given language, there are 600 basic words that a
uni-venture: There’s this theory that in any given language, there are 600 basic words that are really, really good to know, because, you guessed it, they are the most common. Up next: a list of adverbs. Bear in mind that while these are adverbs in English, they aren’t necessarily also adverbs in Japanese! Some are nouns or conjunctions. here - ここ there - そこ above - 上{うえ}に below - 下{した}に in front - 前{まえ}に behind ー 後{うし}ろに nearby - 手元{てもと} a long way away - あそこ inside - 家{いえ}の中{なか}で outside - 外{そと}で right (=direction) - 右{みぎ} left - 左{ひだり} somewhere - どこか anywhere - どこまでも everywhere - どこにも nowhere - どこにも…ない Note that you need to use a negative verb for the word to mean “nowhere”upstairs - 階上{かいじょう} downstairs - 階下{かいか} now - 今{いま} soon - まもなく immediately - すぐ quickly - 速い{はや}く finally - 到頭{とうとう} again - もう一回{いっかい} once - 一度{いちど} for a long time - 前々{まえまえ}から today - 今日{きょう} generally - 一般{いっぱん}に sometimes - 時々{ときどき} always - いつも often - しばしば before - 先{さき}に after - 〇〇の後{あと} early - 早{はや}い late - 遅{おそ}い never - 決{けっ}して not yet - まだ still (=as it has been) - 依然{いぜん}として already - もう then (=at that time) - それ Followed by sentence to refer to eventthen (=next) - 次{つ}いで yesterday - 昨日{きのう} tomorrow - 明日{あした} tonight - 今晩{こんばん} a little - 少{すこ}し about (=approximately) - ぐらい/くらい almost - ほとんど at least - 少{すく}なくても completely - まるっきり very - とても enough - 十分{じゅうぶん} exactly; just - 丁度{ちょうど} too much - 〇〇すぎ/〇〇すぎる more - もっと less - 未満{みまん} also - また especially - とりわけ/特{とく}に gradually - だんだん of course - もちろん only - だけ otherwise - 又{また}は perhaps; probably - たぶん quite - まるで so; then (=therefore) - したがって/だから too (=also) - も unfortunately - 残念{ざんねん} very much (=really) - 本当{ほんとう}に well - ろくに I will be making a Quizlet set with, if not all, then definitely most of the words in this 600 words series, for people to use as a sort of basis to build their vocabulary. Keep an eye out for that! more like this | my posts | tracking #lookasta | feel free to tag me! -- source link