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