The 'NO' particle

The NO particle is affixed to a noun and indicates possession. The construction for this easy Japanese grammar principle is easy to apply and use. It will definitely come in handy both in your Japanese conversation and comprehension - The construct is as follows:
NOUN NO = 'S
Ex. 1 The dog's food. Inu no esa. Inu (dog) no = the dog's.
Ex. 2 Tom's car - Tommu no kuruma.
You might be asked, " Who's is it?" to which you could reply, it's mine, or, it's yours or, it's his, or it's theirs or its ours. In each case no would be used to indicate possession as in the following:

it's mine - watakushi no
it's your's - anata no (plural anata tachi no)
it's his - kare no
it's her's -- kanojo no
it's their's - karera no
it's our's - watakushi tachi nowho's? -  dare no?

How to say " I'm deaf" in Japanese

In Japanese, to say that one is hard of hearing, use the phrase -

mimi wa toi desu-

or literally

my ears are far away.

Family honorifics in Japanese

Humble - humble form (lowering), exalted (raising)

Father -  chichi, otosan (long o)

Mother - haha, okasan (long a)

Older Brother - ani, onisan (long i)

Younger Brother - ototo, ototosan (long o)

Older Sister - ane, onesan

Younger Sister - imoto, imotosan

Parents - ryoshin (long o), go-ryoshin (long o)

Husband shujin (lit. my lord), go-shujin

Wife - kanai, okusama or okusan  polite and most commonly used as with any word in this column, sama can be exchanged for san can be exchanged for chan and chama as well in any case where you express exaltedness.

How to say please in Japanese

To form sentences that say please verb , use the following construction:

Verb in Base-TE + KUDASAI = Please verb

Japanese verbs to put into Base-TE

Iku - v. to go
Kaku - v. to write
Taberu - v. to eat
Isogu - v. to hurry (up)
Suwaru - v. to sit down
Hairu - v. - to come in, to enter

Iku in Base-TE = Itte
Kaku in Base-TE = Kaite
Taberu in Base-TE + Tabete
Isogu in Base-TE = Isoide
Suwaru in Base-TE = Suwatte
Hairu in Base-TE = Haitte

To complete the construction all you have to do is add KUDASAI

Itte + KUDASAI = please go
Kaite + KUDASAI = please write
Tabete + KUDASAI = please eat
Isoide + KUDASAI = please hurry up
Suwatte + KUDASAI = please sit down
Haitte + KUDASAI = please enter