Word List for Week 1

Quantity leads to quality. Enjoy each word as you build a different default setting for your voice.

All of these are what I call "hei-heiban" words.

Flat all the way from the beginning.

こんにちは　こんにちは　hello
こんばんは　こんばんは　good evening
コンビニは　コンビニは　as for the convenience store
しゅうまつは　週末は　as for the weekend
とうきょうは　東京は　as for Tokyo
こうえんは　公園は　as for the park
びょういんは　病院は　as for the hospital
こんしゅうは　今週は　as for this week
うんどうは　運動は　as for exercise
べんきょうは　勉強は　as for studying

hei-heiban practice 1 (second mora = vowel)

かいしゃは　会社は　as for the company
かいものは　買い物は　as for shopping
かいわは　会話は　as for conversation
こうえんは　公園は　as for the park
こうこうは　高校は　as for high school
けいかくは　計画は　as for the plan
けいごは　敬語は　as for honorific language
けいさつは　警察は　as for the police
けいたいは　携帯は　as for the cellphone
しゅうまつは　週末は　as for the weekend
そうじは　掃除は　as for cleaning
ちょうしは　調子は　as for the condition
びょういんは　病院は　as for the hospital
びょうきは　病気は　as for the illness
ゆうめいな　有名な　famous
もんだいは　問題は　as for the problem
れんしゅうは　練習は　as for practice

hei-heiban practice 2 (second mora = ん as n)

うんどうは　運動は　as for exercise
うんてんは　運転は　as for driving
おんせんは　温泉は　as for the hot spring
かんじは　漢字は　as for kanji
かんたんな　簡単な　simple / easy
きんちょうは　緊張は　as for nervousness
けんちくは　建築は　as for architecture
こんにちは　こんにちは　hello
こんしゅうは　今週は　as for this week
せんたくは　洗濯は　as for laundry
ほんとうは　本当は　actually / to tell the truth

hei-heiban practice 3 (second mora = ん as m)

かんぱいは　乾杯は　as for the toast
こんばんは　こんばんは　good evening
コンビニは　コンビニは　as for the convenience store
さんぽは　散歩は　as for taking a walk
しんぶんは　新聞は　as for the newspaper
しんぱいな　心配な　worried / concerning
せんぱいは　先輩は　as for the senior
てんぷらは　天ぷらは　as for tempura
ほんものは　本物は　as for the real thing

hei-heiban practice 4 (second mora = ん as ng)

しんごうは　信号は　as for the traffic light / signal
にんきは　人気は　as for popularity
にんげんは　人間は　as for humans / human beings
けんこうは　健康は　as for health
こんげつは　今月は　as for this month
まんがは　漫画は　as for manga
かんこうは　観光は　as for sightseeing
たんごは　単語は　as for the word / vocabulary item