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Common Nouns in Japanese: Directions, Places and Transportation

Family | Work | School | Food | Places, Directions, and Transportation
House and Furniture | Body and Clothing | Animals and Nature | Religion | Fantasy


Driving Directions
How do we get to _? =>
Where is _? =>
What time does it leave? =>
Can you draw it for me? =>

map => chizu, shazo
corner => kado, ikkaku
street => doori, gairo
city => toshi, tokai
downtown => shitamichi
to accelerate => hayameru, fukasu
to break => kowasu, waru
to stop => osaeru, todomeru
to go =>
turn left =>
turn right =>
go straight => chokusetsu-ni

Places
airport => hiko'jo
bakery => pan'ya
bank => ginko, kinko
beach => hamabe, hama
cafe => chamise
church => kyo'kai, seido
factory => ko'jo, ko'ba
garden => teien, niwa
grocery store => kanbutsuya
home => katei, kataku
hospital => byo'in
library => toshokan, bunko
market => ichiba, ichi
movie theater => eigakan
museum => hakubutsukan, myu'jiamu
pastry shop =>
park => ko'en, teien
pharmacy => yakkyoku, kusuriya
police station => keisatsusho, tonsho
post office => yu'binkyoku
pool => mizutamari
restaurant => resutoran, inshokuten
school => gakko, gakusha
stadium => sutajiamu
store => ten, mise
train station =>
town hall => ko'kaido, yakuba
bookstore => hon'ya, shobo
zoo => do'butsuen

Transportation
by airplane =>
by bicycle =>
by boat =>
by bus =>
by car =>
on foot =>
by moped =>
by motorcycle =>
by subway =>
by taxi =>
by train =>
to fly => tobu, ageru
to float => uku, ukabu
to walk => aruku, ayumu
to drive (car) => untensuru, karu