Japanese Vocabulary – Human Relationships

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Japanese Vocabulary – Human Relationships – Review Notes

Today, we learned how to say some human relationships in Japanese! In these video review notes, we will go over what we learned and we will learn some new words!

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Japanese Vocab: Human Relationships

★　Today we will learn some Japanese vocabulary for human relationships!

★　The Japanese word for human relationships is人間関係 (にんげんかんけい – ningen kankei)

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★　友達 (ともだち – tomodachi)is Japanese for friend or friends.

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★　親友 (しんゆう – shin’yuu) means best friends or a close friend.

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★　幼馴染 (おさななじみ – osananajimi) is Japanese for a childhood friend, or someone you have been friends with since childhood.

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★　彼女 (かのじょ – kanojo) is Japanese for girlfriend.

★　彼女 also means “her” in Japanese.

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★　彼氏 (かれし – kareshi) is Japanese for boyfriend.

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★　先輩 (せんぱい – senpai) is Japanese for a senior (someone who is older than you or is your superior) at work or school.

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★　後輩 (こうはい – kouhai) is Japanese for a junior (someone who is younger than you or is newer than you) at work or school.

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★　同僚 (どうりょう – douryou) is Japanese for coworker.

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Additional Human Relationship Words:

夫婦　　　　fūfu　　　 　　married couple

兄弟　　　　kyōdai　　　　brothers, siblings

上司　　　　jōshi　　　　　boss

部下　　　　buka　　　　　subordinate

知り合い　　shiriai　　　　 acquaintance

恋人　　　　koibito　boyfriend-girlfriend, lovers

同級生　dōkyūsei　classmate/person of same age

Click here to learn family relations vocabulary!

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Conclusion:

Do you want to know any other human relationship vocabulary in Japanese? Leave a comment below!

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