Below is a list of useful vocabulary from past posts. Review all and memorize. There will be a test on this tomorrow!

Learn to fold origami with OrigamiTube
今週末/kon shuumatsu – this weekend
折り紙/origami
ペンギン/pengin – penguin
作る/tsukuru – to make

Survival Tip: Eliminate Your Toilet Paper Storage Worries
普通/futsuu – ordinary, normal
トイレットペーパー/toiletto peipaa – toilet paper
取りすぎる/torisugiru – to take up too much

Please Do Not Urinate in Ikebukuro Anymore
小便/Shoben – Urinate
おしっこ/Oshikko – Pee (a more colloquial way to say urinate in Japanese)
禁止/Kinshi – Prohibited
罰金/Bakkin – A fine, financial penalty

A Look at Google Translator Toolkit
翻訳/honyaku – translate
通訳/tsuuyaku – interpret
恐竜/kyouryu – dinosaur

The Best Travel Guides for Japan
町/machi – town
人気/ninki – popular
レストラン/resutoran – restaurant
旅行ガイド/ryoko gaido – travel guide

Survival Tip: Learn to Write Basic Japanese in Two Days
ひらがな/hiragana
カタカナ/katakana
漢字/kanji – Chinese characters
暗記/anki – memorization

Food & Drink: Tiny and Cheap Yakisoba Shop in Nagoya, Fukuzo – 福蔵
焼きそば/yakisoba – A fried noodle dish that usually includes pork, cabbage, and a sweet and savory sauce. However; there are many other variations.
大盛/oomori – Usually used in reference to food, meaning a larger portion.
持ち帰り/mochikaeri – The equivalent of ‘to-go’ in English.

Food & Drink: Antonio Inoki Saka-Bar アントニオ猪木酒場
居酒屋/izakaya – Japanese-style bar/restaurant
飲み放題/nomihodai – All-you-can-drink course

Food & Drink: Drink Corona in Japan 日本でコロナを飲もう
ライム/raimu – A lime
ビール/Biiru – A beer
冷凍/reitou – Freeze

Owarai – Odori お笑い　オードリー
お笑い/owarai – Japanese comedy
ツッコミ/tsukomi – The serious role in a Japanese comedic group
ボケ/boke – The idiot or goofy role in a Japanese comedic group

How to: Do Your Laundry in Japan – Demystify the Dehumidifier
除湿器/joshitsuki – dehumidifier
洗濯機/sentakki – washing machine
Survival Tip: Flu Quarantine! インフレエンザ検疫！
豚インフレエンザ/buta infurenza – Swine flu
検疫/keneki – Quarantine

Places to Stay: Toyoko Inn 東横イン
宿泊料/shukuhakuryo – Room charge
漬け物/tsukemono – Japanese-style pickles
お握り/Onigiri – Rice balls, literally means to hold or grip.

Shopping: AEON the Supermall イオン　ザ　スーパーモール
たこ焼き/takoyaki – A pan fried round dough ball filled with a piece of octopus. Way better than it sounds!

Food & Drink: Drink Hoppy and be Happy? ホッピーを飲むとハッピーになる？
外/soto – literally means outside, but in a ‘Hoppy’ situation it means the bottle of Hoppy only.
中/naka – literally means inside, but in a ‘Hoppy’ situation it refers to the shochu shot that super-powers the Hoppy
立ち飲み屋/tachinomiya – A standing bar

Day Trip: Sumida-gawa Ferryboat Cruise 隅田川水上バス
隅田川/Sumida-gawa – A famous river in Tokyo
水上バス/Suijoubasu – A ferryboat

Food & Drink: Gyoza no Osho 餃子の王将
餃子/Gyoza：Potstickers
飲み会/Nomikai：Drinking Party
唐揚げ/Karage：Fried Chicken
チャーハン/Chahan：Fried Rice

Survival Tip: Riding the Train in Tokyo
電車/Densha – A train (electric)
女性専用車/joseisenyousha – Women’s only car
痴漢/chikan – A pervert/groper (Most women in Japan have been touched or groped at least once by a chikan. That is why they made the women’s only car!)

How to: pass the Japanese drivers license test (for gaijin)
運転免許/Untenmenkyo – Driver’s licence
The below 3 phrases are absolutely necessary for the driving skills test.
右/Migi – Right
左/Hidari – Left
真っすぐ/Massugu – Straight

Food & Drink: Musashibo むさし坊　武蔵浦和店
替玉/Kaedama – A refill of ramen noodles only (no soup)