z for zen

z for zen
ぜん is zen
zen means meditation/dyana.
ぜ=ze
ん=n
禅 = is the kanji for zen in Japanese.
Zen buddhism.

More information about zen is in the following wikipedia link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen

y for yoroshiku

y for yoroshiku
Yoroshiku means to pleased to meet you. It is used in different ways in japanese. Doozo yoroshiku means pleased to meet you/nice to meet you. Literally it means I ask you a favor/good treatment.

どうぞよらしく- DoozoYoroshiku


ど=do


う=o


ぞ=zo


よ=yo


ら=ro


し=shi


く=ku

x for xtra

x for xtra
Since there is no x in Japanese, I can give you an extra/xtra letter in Japanese. It is the ya letter.
や=ya
When it occurs with other consonants as in the case of kya, gya etc it is written smaller in size. 


きゃ=kya


ぎゃ=gya

W for watashi

W for watashi
Watashi also means I.
Watashi and Watakushi are both formal and watashi is perceived more feminine.
Watashi wa gakusei desu means I am a student.
In Japanese, when the subject is known it is better to omit the pronouns.
gakusei desu ka? - are you a student?
hai, gakusei desu. (yes, I am a student)
iie, chigaimasu. (no, I am not lit. It is different.)

V/W for watakushi

V for watakushi
V and w are interchangeable in Japanese and represented by wa わ in hiragana.

Wakakushi wa - means I am

So to say " I am Smith"
Watakushi wa Sumisu desu.
desu is is/am/are and is always written at the end of the sentence. The sentence formation is subject object and verb. (sov) unlike English where it is SVO(subject verb object).

So to say your name
just say Watakushi wa _______________ desu.
In Japanese, there is no way you can write sm(two consonants together). So a dummy sound (u) is introduced. So Smi - Sumi and there is no th and hence it is replaced by su.
So Smith is Sumisu. Also since our names are foreign to Japanese, there should always be written using katakana instead of hiragana.
スミス - Sumisu
 - Jakuson(Jackson)

U for uuru

U for uuru
ウール means wool
Since it is a foreign word(from English) it is written in Katakana. In katakana the doubling of vowels can be denoted either by writing the vowel twice or by using the a bar like symbol ー.
ウ=u
ル=ru
ー is used in horizontal script and | is used to denote the long vowel.

T for takushii

T for Takushii

Takushii is Taxi (written in Katakana)
タクシー
タ=ta
ク=ku
シ=shi
ー=i
takushii noriba is Taxi stand
basu noriba is Bus stand