How about ...? どう

To ask the state of something (how something is doing) use the useful dou (desu ka).
You can used it with or without the final 'desu ka' in conversation.

最近はどうですか？
saikin wa dou desu ka?
How's it going recently?

コーヒーはどう？
ko-hi- wa dou?
How's the coffee? or it could mean How about some coffee?

天気予報はどう？
tenki yohou wa dou?
How's the weather forecast looking?

Of course when the context is understood you can simply say, 'dou' (Like returning from a doctor's appointment, or after your friend gets off an important phone call)

Source: thejapanesepage.com

Won't you...? ～ませんか？

Why don't we study Japanese grammar?

Ok. Since we have the above construction (using a negative to suggest doing something) in English, this grammar point isn't too difficult to grasp

Construction:
1) ~masu verb - masu + mashou

どこか行きませんか。
dokoka ikimasen.
Why don't we go already?
[notice I have the English as 'we.' It could be 'you' if you are angry at the person and wish him to leave...]

映画を見ませんか。
eiga o mimasen ka .
Why don't we see a movie.

何か飲みませんか。
nanika nomimasen ka .
Wouldn't you like to drink something?
[In this case you are asking someone individually if they would like something to drink. ]

Source: thejapanesepage.com/

Let's... ～しましょう

Maybe this should be bumped up since it is so useful. Let`s start...

Construction:
1) ~masu verb - masu + mashou

Here are a few quick and useful examples:

行きましょう。
ikimashou.
Let's go.

遊びましょう。
asobimashou.
Let's play.

先生と話しましょう。
sensei to hanashimashou.
Let's talk to the teacher.

日本語を勉強しましょう。
nihongo o benkyou shimashou.
Let's study Japanese.

This example uses suru. Another example would be:

スカイダイビングしましょう。 sukai daibingu shimashou. Let's go sky diving.

This construction is very easy if you know the masu (formal) form of the verb. If you are a beginner, you probably want to stick with the ~masu form anyway.

Source: thejapanesepage.com

Slangs Dictionary - Part 9

Japanese slangs (among young people) dictionary - Part 9

ヤ	ya	Meaning
やーさん	yaasan	yakuza
やおちょう	yaochou	fixer,fix game
やく	yaku	drug
ヤフオク	yafuoku	Yahoo! auction
ヤクい	yakui	person who look like yakuza
ヤク中	yakuchuu	person who take a drug regularly
やっぱ	yappa	short for yappari, as expected, after all, as I thought
やばい	yabai	risky, it was close, big in trouble, sometime super cool
やらい	yarai	slang for yarashii , kinky, sukebe
ヤリコン	yarikon	sex match making party
ヤリマン	yariman	girl who have sex a lot
ヤンギャル	yangal	bad girl, ( blond hair + bad fashion etc)

Slangs Dictionary - Part 8

Japanese slangs (among young people) dictionary - Part 8

ラ	ra	Meaning
楽チン	rakuchin	easy,simple
ラブホ	rabuho	short for love hotel
ラブラブ	lovelove	a couple who love each other so much
ラリ	rari	go crazy because of drug etc
ロ	ro	Meaning

　

Slangs Dictionary - Part 7

Japanese slangs (among young people) dictionary - Part 7

マ	ma	Meaning
負け犬	makeinu	loser
ままちゃり	mama-chari	housewives bike
丸腰	maru-goshi	unarmed, not wearing a sword
万引き	manbiki	shoplifting
まいう～	maiu-	slang for oishii. delicious
マザコン	mazakon	a guy or boy who love their mother too much
マジ？	maji?	really? ( In kansai, Honma?)
まじうざ	maji uza	really bothered
マジギレ	maji gire	really kireru, really can't control yourself
マック	mac	short for Mc Donald's ( kanto region, in kansai Makudo)
マッチョ	macho	macho
マッパ	mappa	totally naked
マブダチ	mabu dachi	best friend
ム	mu	Meaning
むかつく	mukatsuku	piss me off
むしる	mushiru	to ignore
メ	me	Meaning
メルアド	meruado	email address
メッセ	messe	MSN messenger
めちゃ	mecha	very
メル友	merutomo	short for mail friend
モ	mo	Meaning
もやし	moyashi	skinny person
モク	moku	tobacco,cigarette
モジャ	moja	person who has hairy body
もの	mono	men's penis
元カノ	moto kano	ex-girl friend
元カレ	moto kare	ex-boy friend
元サヤ	moto saya	be reinstated as a person's girl/boy friend
元ヤン	moto yan	a person who was bad before

Slangs Dictionary - Part 6

Japanese slangs (among young people) dictionary - Part 6

ハ	ha	Meaning
売春婦	baishunfu	prostitute
ばついち	batsu-ichi	a man or woman who divorced one time
バッチグー	bacchiguu	very good
はめる	hameru	to fuck
バイキンマン	baikinman	a dirty person
ばいちゅー	baichu-	slang for bye bye
パイ毛	pai ge	nip hair
ハグハグ	hagu hagu	hug
パクリ	pakuri	steal, copy idea etc
パクる	pakuru	steal
パシリ	pashiri	work〈a person〉like a slave
はずい	hazui	hazukashii, embarrassed
バスケ	basuke	short for basketball
パチもん	pachimon	fake product
ばっくれる	bakkureru	skip class etc, escape, ignore appointment
ばったもん	battamon	fake brand product
はったり	hattari	lie
ばっちい	bacchii	dirty
パツ金	patsukin	blond hair
はみパン	hamipan	protrude under pants
ハミ毛	hamige	protrude under hair
パンちら	panchira	a quick glimpse of a woman’s panties
はんぱねぇ	hanpane-	super, greatest
ヒ	hi	Meaning
引きこもり	hikikomori	withdrawal into oneself
ひも	himo	pimp
ぴんさつ	pinsatsu	brand new bank note
ひっきｰ	hikki-	short for hikikomori, someone shut one's self up in room. never go out.
ピッチ	picchi	PHS
びみょー	bimyo	hard to say
ピヨる	piyoru	to faint
フ	fu	Meaning
ふたまた	futamata	have two boy/girl friend at same time
ぶりっ子	burikko	an excessively cute
ファッキン	fucking	short for first kitchen
ファミマ	famima	short for family mart
ファミレス	famiresu	short for family restaurant
プチ整形	puchi seikei	little cosmetic surgery
ぶっちゃけ	bucchake	say directly,frankly
フリマ	furima	short for flea market
プリ交	purikou	exchange purikura
ヘ	he	Meaning
ぺちゃんこ	pechanko	flat
ホ	ho	Meaning
ぼいん	boin	big breats
方向音痴	houkou onchi	having no sense of direction
ボキャ貧	bokyahin	person who lack the words to say what one wants to say
ぽんこつ	ponkotsu	junk,worn-out, outdated,useless
ほんま	honma	really(used in kansai)
ぼこる	bokoru	use violence
ポリ公	poliko	slang for police officer
ボンボン	bonbon	rich kid