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お正月
New Year's holiday
元日
New Year's Day
神社
shrine
寺
temple
教会
a church
クリスマスツリー
Christmas tree
写真を撮ります
to take a picture
作ります
to make
もうすぐ
coming soon; shortly
初めて
the first time
シナゴーグ
synagogue
大晦日
New Year's Eve
クリスマスイブ
Christmas eve
年賀状
a New Year's card
着物
kimono
飾ります
to decorate
包みます
to wrap
クリスマス・プレゼント
Christmas gift
サンタクロース
Santa Claus
だ
da (hiragana); to be; is
じゃない
isn't (casual form)
だった
was; were (casual form)
じゃなかった
wasn't; weren't (casual form)
たことがあります
phrase to indicate past experience (+past tense)
天気
weather
雨
rain
雪
snow
降る
to get down; to fall (precipitation)
曇り
cloudy (weather)
晴れ
sunny (weather)
風
wind
温度
temperature
~でしょう
phrase ending for probability (weather forecast)
~でしょう?
phrase ending to ask, confirm, agree with you
多分
maybe; probably
曇
cloud
台風
typhoon
津波
tidal wave; tsunami
ハリケーン
hurricane
天気予報
weather forecast
地震
earthquake
気温
(air) temperature
晴れのち曇り
sunny later cloudy
晴れ時々曇り
sunny sometimes cloudy
掃除をする
to clean (as in sweeping)
洗濯をする
to do the laundry
料理をする
to cook
皿
plate
洗う
to wash
手伝う
to lend a hand; to help
持って行く
to take (object) somewhere
持って来る
to bring (object)
持って帰る
take it home
連れて行く
to bring (someone) and go
連れて来る
to bring (someone) and come
連れて帰る
to bring (someone) and take home
ごみを出す
to take out trash
かじ(家事)
housework; chores
かじ(火事)
a fire (incident)
庭仕事
yard work
ご馳走
feast
冊
counter for bound objects like books
あげます
to give (to someone)
差し上げます
to give away (to superior)
やります
to give (to inferior)
くれます
to give (to me)
下さいます
someone (superior) gives to you; your in-group
貰います
receive
頂きます
receive (from superior)
下さい
give me
助ける
to help; to save; to rescue
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