Syvum Home Page

Home > Quiz Games > English - Japanese Translation Games (Eigo - Nihongo Hon'yaku Gēmu) > Print Preview

Airport : English - Japanese Translation Game
(Kūkō : Eigo - Nihongo Hon'yaku Gēmu)

Formats Japanese Course Japanese Worksheets Reverse Worksheet / Test Paper Quiz English - Japanese Reverse Quiz Reverse Quiz Review
Table | List

Try the Quiz : AIRPORT (KŪKŌ)

About Button apid Just what you need to know!
eview



Usage of Japanese Scripts
  • There are 3 Japanese scripts : Hiragana, Katakana & Kanji. Mostof the Japanese sentences are written in Hiragana, Katakana & Kanji, all three.
  • Hiragana is used for the endings of verbs and for grammatical particles.
  • Katakanais used for transcription of words borrowed from foreign languages(except Chinese), like country names, personal names, etc.
  • Both Hiragana and Katakana letters are a phonetic reperesentation of sound representing exactly the same set of sounds.
  • Kanji, which is a set of Chinese characters called sinograms, is used for the nouns and the radicals of verbs.
  • The Hiragana script has a Kanji equivalent (excepts the endings of verbs and the particles).
  • The Katakana script does not have a Kanji equivalent.
  • Whereas Hiragana and Katakana are phonetic representations of sound, Kanji conveys sounds as well as meanings.
  • A sentence in Japanese can be written in Hiragana and Katakana only (without Kanji).
  • Romaji (Roman letters) is simply the transliteration of  Japanese in the Latin script. It is sometimes used for the convenience of foreigners, mostly on sign-boards and at stations.
  • The Romaji vowelsā, ī, ū, ē signify emphasis, and hence are also written asaa, ii, uu et ee. ex. īe = iie
  • The vowel ō becomes ou and not oo ex. gakkō = gakkou
  • In Katakana, the emphasis on the vowel signifies a long sound written as . ex. nōto (notebook), will be written in katakana as : ノ

Example. The sentence 'Mr.Yoshida, show your passport please.' is written in :

Japanese Romaji :Yoshida san, pasupōto o misete kudasai.. ;

Japanese traditional (Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji) : 吉田さんパスポートせてさい。 ; where
Kanji = 吉田 (Yoshida), (mi) and (kuda) ; Katakana = パスポート(pasupōto = passport) and the rest is Hiragana.

Japanese Hiragana and Katakana (without Kanji) : よしださんパスポートせてください。
Note - The Kanjis in the sentence written in Japanese traditional, 吉田, and are replaced by their hiragana equivalents よしだ, and くだrespectively.

Note :
'San' is used as a suffix to a personal name and is the equivalent of Mr, Mrs, Miss and Master.
Japanese names (Yoshida) are written in Hiragana and Kanji as shown in the above example.

を(o) is used as the particle in a sentence to indicate the direct object of a transitive verb.
を(o)is always used after the object and before the verb. In the example above, を(o) comes after the object pasupōto  パスポート(passport) and before the verb misete (show). 

Kanji is sometimes written in combination with Hiragana.
In the above example misete (show) is written in Kanji as せて, and in Hiragana as せて.
likewise, kudasai (please) is written in Kanji as さい, and in Hiragana as ください.

Romaji Vocabulary  Hiragana Vocabulary   Katakana Vocabulary  Kanji Vocabulary  

Hiragana Alphabets   Katakana Alphabets   Kanji Characters Tables




English Word (Eigo no Kotoba) : Japanese Word - Romaji (Nihongo no Kotoba) : Writing in Japanese Scripts - Hiragana / Katakana & Kanji
  • air hostess   : eahosutesu
    -  Katakana : エアホステス 

  • airline  : earain
    -  Katakana : エアライン

  • airplane  : hikouki, hikōki
    -  Hiragana : ひこうき ;  Kanji : 飛行機

  • airport  : kukou, kūkō
    -  Hiragana : くうこう ;  Kanji : 空港

  • aisle seat   : tsuurogawa, tsūrogawa
    -  Hiragana : つうろがわ ;  Kanji : 通路側

  • baggage, luggage  : nimotsu
    -  Hiragana : にもつ ;  Kanji : 荷物

  • baggage allowance  : nimotsuseigen
    -  Hiragana : にもつせいげん ;  Kanji : 荷物制限

  • baggage reclaim  : bagejjikureemu, bagejjikurēmu
    -  Katakana : バゲッジクレーム

  • baggage van  : nimotsusha
    -  Hiragana : にもつしゃ ;  Kanji : 荷物車

  • bank  : ginkou, ginkō
    -  Hiragana : ぎんこう ;  Kanji : 銀行

  • cafeteria  : shokudou, shokudō
    -  Hiragana : しょくどう ;  Kanji : 食堂

  • confirmation  : kakunin
    -  Hiragana : かくにん ;  Kanji : 確認

  • currency  : tsuuka, tsūka
    -  Hiragana : つうか ;  Kanji : 通貨

  • customs  : kanzei
    -  Hiragana : かんぜい ;  Kanji : 関税

  • customs clearance : tsuukan, tsūkan
    -  Hiragana : つうかん ;  Kanji : 通関

  • customs duty  : Kanzei
    -  Hiragana : かんぜい ;  Kanji : 関税

  • customs officer  : zeinkanri
    -  Hiragana : ぜいかんり ;  Kanji : 税関吏

  • domestic  : kokunai
    -  Hiragana : こくない ;  Kanji : 国内

  • duty free  : menzei
    -  Hiragana : めんぜい ;  Kanji : 免税

  • elevator  : erebeetaa, erebētā
    -  Katakana : エレベーター

  • escalator  : esukareetaa, esukarētā 
    -  Katakana : エスカレーター

  • excess baggage  : choukatenimotsu
    -  Hiragana : ちょうかてにもつ ;  Kanji : 超過手荷物

  • family  : kazoku
    -  Hiragana : かぞく ;  Kanji : 家族

  • flight number  : furaitonanbaa, furaitonanbā
    -  Katakana : フライトナンバー 

  • foreign currency  : gaika
    -  Hiragana : がいか ;  Kanji : 外貨

  • gate  : geeto, gēto
    -  Katakana : ゲート

  • immigration  : nyuukoku, nyūkoku
    -  Hiragana : にゅうこく ;  Kanji : 入国

  • international  : kokusai
    -  Hiragana : こくさい ;  Kanji : 国際

  • luggage cart : kaato, kāto
    -  Katakana : カート

  • meal  : gohan
    -  Hiragana : ごはん ;  Kanji : ご飯

  • money  : okane
    -  Hiragana : おかね ;  Kanji : お金

  • money exchange  : kawase
    -  Hiragana : かわせ ;  Kanji : 為

  • number  : bangou, bangō
    -  Hiragana : ばんごう ;  Kanji : 番号

  • passenger  : joukyaku, jōkyaku
    -  Hiragana : じょうきゃく ;  Kanji : 乗客

  • passport  : ryoken, pasupōto
    -  Hiragana : りょけん ; Katakana : パスポート ;  Kanji : 旅券

  • pilot  : hikoushi, hikōshi
    -  Hiragana : ひこうし ;  Kanji : 飛行士

  • reservation  : yoyaku
    -  Hiragana : よやく ;  Kanji : 予約

  • seat  : zaseki, shīto
    -  Hiragana : ざせき, シート ;  Kanji : 座席

  • seat belt  : shiitoberuto, shītoberuto
    -  Katakana : シートベルト 

  • seat number  : zasekibangou, zasekibangō
    -  Hiragana : ざせきばんごう  ;  Kanji : 座席番号 

  • shop  : mise
    -  Hiragana : みせ ;  Kanji : 店

  • snack  : sunakku
    -  Katakana : スナック

  • telephone  : denwa
    -  Hiragana : でんわ ;  Kanji : 電話

  • terminal  : taaminaru, tāminaru
    -  Katakana : ターミナル

  • ticket  : ken
    -  Hiragana : けん ;  Kanji : 券

  • toilet  : otearai
    -  Hiragana : おてあらい ;  Kanji : 御手洗い

  • vegetarian  : saishokushugisha
    -
    Hiragana : さいしょくしゅぎしゃ ; 
    Kanji : 菜食主義者

  • visa  : sashou, biza
    -  Hiragana : さしょう ; Katakana : ビザ ;  Kanji : 査証

  • water  : mizu
    -  Hiragana : みず ;  Kanji : 水

  • weigh  : hakaru
    -  Hiragana : はかる ;  Kanji : 量る

  • window seat  : madogawa no seki
    -  Hiragana : まどがわのせき ;  Kanji : 窓側の席



Try the Quiz : AIRPORT (KŪKŌ)


Contact Info © 1999-2024 Syvum Technologies Inc. Privacy Policy Disclaimer and Copyright
Previous
-
Next
-