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03
Nice to meet you.
はじめまして
About Myself
Can-Do goals
From the textbook outcome list — use Study workflow for the full loop.
- Can introduce yourself (name, origin, etc.).
- Can fill in name, nationality, date of birth, etc. on an application form.
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- ぼくのかぞく
Explicit かぞく / who-is-who reading — lines up with self-intro + nationality/background type information.
- ぼくのお父さん
Simple third-person family description — good shadow reading before longer 自己紹介 monologues.
- わたしとともだちのほしちゃんとねこのどのちゃん
わたし・ともだち frames; light practice for saying who people are in short clauses.
Study workflow
Irodori is task-based: preview goals → listen → shadow → perform → minimal SRS → self-check.
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Vocabulary (36 words)
Drill these as flashcards →| Japanese | Reading | Romaji | Meaning | POS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (どうぞ)よろしくお願いします | (どうぞ)よろしくおねがいします | (doozo) yoroshiku onegaishimasu | Nice to meet you. | expression |
| ~からですか? | ~からですか? | ~kara desu ka? | Are you from ~? | expression |
| ~から来ました | ~からきました | ~kara kimashita | came from ~ | |
| ~月 (12月) | ~がつ (じゅうにがつ) | ~gatsu (juuni-gatsu) | month of the year (e.g. 12th month = December) | |
| ~日 | ~にち | ~nichi | day of the month | |
| ~年 | ~ねん | ~nen | year | |
| インドネシア | インドネシア | Indoneshia | Indonesia | noun |
| えーと | えーと | eeto | Er… (expresses that the speaker is thinking) | expression |
| カンボジア | カンボジア | Kanbojia | Cambodia | noun |
| そうですか | そうですか | soo desu ka | I see. (indicates that the speaker has understood what the other person is saying) | expression |
| タイ | タイ | Tai | Thailand | noun |
| どちら | どちら | dochira | where (polite expression) | noun |
| どちらからですか? | どちらからですか? | dochira kara desu ka? | Where are you from? | expression |
| はじめまして | はじめまして | hajimemashite | Hello. (said when meeting someone for the first time) | expression |
| ハノイ | ハノイ | Hanoi | Hanoi | noun |
| フエ | フエ | Fue | Hue | noun |
| ブラジル | ブラジル | Burajiru | Brazil | noun |
| ベトナム | ベトナム | Betonamu | Vietnam | noun |
| みなさん | みなさん | minasan | all of you | noun |
| ミャンマー | ミャンマー | Myanmaa | Myanmar | noun |
| メール | メール | meeru | noun | |
| 会社 | かいしゃ | kaisha | company | noun |
| 韓国 | かんこく | Kankoku | South Korea | noun |
| 国/お国 | くに/おくに | kuni / okuni | country / (your) country | noun |
| 国籍 | こくせき | kokuseki | nationality | noun |
| 私 | わたし | watashi | I / myself | noun |
| 住所 | じゅうしょ | juusho | address | noun |
| 出身/ご出身 | しゅっしん/ごしゅっしん | shusshin / goshusshin | hometown / (your) hometown | noun |
| 申込書 | もうしこみしょ | mooshikomisho | application form | noun |
| 生年月日 | せいねんがっぴ | seenengappi | date of birth | noun |
| 西暦 | せいれき | seereki | Gregorian calendar | noun |
| 電話番号 | でんわばんごう | denwa-bangoo | telephone number | noun |
| 同じ | おなじ | onaji | same | |
| 名前/お名前 | なまえ/おなまえ | namae / onamae | name | noun |
| 友だち | ともだち | tomodachi | friend | noun |
| 来る/来ます | くる/きます | kuru / kimas | to come | verb-irregular |
Audio tracks (11 tracks)
- 03-01X_[03-01]_kiku1.mp3kiku
- 03-02X_[03-02]_kiku2.mp3kiku
- 03-03X_[03-03]_kiku3.mp3kiku
- 03-04X_[03-04]_kiku4.mp3kiku
- 03-05X_[03-05]_katachi.mp3katachi
- 03-06X_[03-06]_hanasu.mp3hanasu
- 03-07X_[03-07]_kaiwa.mp3kaiwa
- 03-08X_[03-08]_katachi1.mp3katachi
- 03-09X_[03-09]_katachi2.mp3katachi
- 03-10X_[03-10]_katachi3.mp3katachi
- 03-11X_[03-11]_hanasu.mp3hanasu