Introduction

If you want to learn Japanese fast and very easily by far the best method to learn is using Rocket Japanese

You can download it from here

Rocket Japanese has deviated from the traditional books and is actually a software which teaches you how to speak the language.

It has many feature like :

Audio and video lessons
Culture lessons
Progress tracking
Conversation practise
And you can also test yourself by using games and online quizzes.

I have also posted some basic lessons to get you started.

Rocket products are also available for these languages:

French:Get it here
Chinese:Get it here
German:Get it here
Spanish:Get it here
Italian:Get it here

Japanese Greetings

Lets start off with Japanese greetings. I listed some greetings below.

ohayo (gozaimasu)
Good morning.

kon-nichiwa
Good afternoon. / Hello.

konbanwa
Good evening.

sayonara
Good bye. / See you later.

oyasuminasai
Good night.

arigato
Thank you.

do-itashi-mashite
You're welcome.

sumimasen
I'm sorry. / Excuse me

ogenki-desu-ka
How are you?

do-shimashita-ka
What's the matter?

odaijini
Take good care of yourself.

Japanese Numbers

Now we will learn Japanese Numbers.

0 - zero/rei
1 - ichi
2 - ni
3 - san
4 - shi/yon
5 - go
6 - roku
7 shichi/nana
8 - hachi
9 - kyuu/ku
10 - juu
11 - juuichi
12 - juuni
13 - juusan
14 - juushi
15 - juugo
16 - juuroku
17 - juushichi
18 - juuhachi
19 - juuku
20 - nijuu

This is how you make the numbers
20 = 2+10
ni + juu
20= Ni juu

30 = San juu

21 = 20 + 1
Nijuu + Ichi

22 - nijuuni
etc
30 - sanjuu
31 - sanjuuichi
32 - sanjuuni
etc
40 - yonjuu
50 - gojuu
60 - rokujuu
70 - nanajuu
80 - hachijuu
90 - kyuujuu
100 - hyaku
150 - hyakugojuu
200 - nihyaku
300 - sanbyaku
1000 - sen
1500 - sengohyaku
2000 - nisen
10,000 - ichiman
100,000 - juuman
1,000,000 - hyakuman
10,000,000 - senman
100,000,000 - ichioku

Useful Japanese Words

Here we will learn some Useful Japanese words

Yes: Hai
No: Iie

Family

Mother : Haha, Okaasan
Father : Chichi, Otousan
Wife : Kanai, Tsuma
Husband : Shujin, Otto
Daughter : Musume
Son : Musuko
Friend : Tomodachi

Places

Pharmacy, Chemists : Yakkyoku
Store, Shop : Mise
Restaurant : Resutoran, Shokudou
School : Gakkou
Bank : Ginkou
Police station : Keisatsusho
Hospital : Byouin

Food and Eating

Breakfast: Chohshoku
Lunch: Chuushoku
Dinner: Yuushoku
Vegetarian: Saishoku shugisha
Cheers! Kanpai
Bread: Pan
Beverage: Nomimono
Coffee: Koohii
Tea: Ocha, Koucha
Juice: Juusu
Water: Mizu
Beer: Biiru
Wine: Wain
Salt: Shio

Japanese Letters

There are 3 types of Japanese Letters

kanji (漢字)

hiragana (ひらがな or 平仮名)

katakana (カタカナ or 片仮名)

Those are the 3 types.There are alot of characters in the Japanese alphabet and there is alot to learn. I would recommend you to buy Rocket Japanese to learn the letters and other advanced lessons such as Sentence making , Dialogs, Verbs , nouns , Adverbs ect.

Rocket Japanese

Hope these basics have helped you even a bit. For full lessons get Rocket Japanese