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日语
Traditional Chinese
日語
Mandarin pinyin pronunciation
rì yǔ
Cantonese jyutpin pronunciation
yat6 yu5
Short definition Japanese language
Usage frequency Common
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All available English definitions Japanese languageAdso icon/
Copyleft icon Adso icon Adso: Japanese language
Copyleft icon Cantofish icon Cantofish: sameadso
Copyleft icon MDBG icon MDBG: sameadso
Copyleft icon LDC icon LDC: Japanese (language); Japanese
Copyleft icon Cdict icon CDict: Japanese (language)'
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(nǐ) variant of 你, you (female)
要是(yào shì) if
(jiào) to make
(wǒ) I
日语(rì yǔ) Japanese language
(wǒ) I
就教(jiùjiào)
(nǐ) variant of 你, you (female)
西班牙语(xī bān yá yǔ) Spanish language

If you teach me Japanese, I'll teach you Spanish.

(nǐ) variant of 你, you (female)
可以(kě yǐ) can
(hé) with
(wǒ) I
一起(yī qǐ yì qǐ) one
练习(liàn xí) drill
日语(rì yǔ) Japanese language
(ma) (question tag)

Can you practice Japanese with me?

这种(zhè zhǒng) this sort of
动物(dòng wù) animal
日语(rì yǔ) Japanese language
(jiào) to shout
甚么(shén me) who?
名字(míng zi) name (of a person or thing)

What do you call this animal in Japanese?

(tā) another
日语(rì yǔ) Japanese language
(jiǎng) to talk
得很(dehěn) very (much, good etc)
(hǎo hàohào) so
但是(dàn shì) but
我不( bù)
(dǒng) to understand
德语(dé yǔ) German (language)

He can speak Japanese very well, but I cannot understand German.

(tā) another
(néng) may
(jiǎng) to talk
流利的( liú lì de) voluble
日语(rì yǔ) Japanese language

He's fluent in Japanese.

汤姆(tāng mǔ) Tom (name)
日语(rì yǔ) Japanese language
(shuō) to scold
得很(dehěn) very (much, good etc)
流利(liú lì) fluent

Tom speaks Japanese very fluently.

我没有(wǒméiyǒu)
(bà) stem
英语(yīng yǔ) English
直译成( zhí yì chéng) to translate directly into
日语(rì yǔ) Japanese language

I didn't literally translate from English into Japanese.

从今天开始( cōng jīn tiān kāi shǐ)
我要(wǒyào)
(xué) -ology
一点(yī diǎn) a bit
日语(rì yǔ) Japanese language

Starting from today, I am going to learn a little Japanese.

你是(nǐshì)
日语(rì yǔ) Japanese language
学生(xuéshēng) student
(ma) (question tag)

Are you a Japanese student?

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