Bowing おじぎ ojigi
Japanese people bow to express their respect and appreciation. People bow along with greetings, words of appreciation or apologies. The strength of the respect, gratitude or apology, dictates how low your bow should be.
There are no genders, articles or singular/plural forms in Japanese. Different counters are used together with numbers.
| museum | 美術館bijutsukan |
| the station | 駅eki |
| the shops | 店mise |
| the houses | 家ie/uchi |
| a/one | 一つhitotsu |
| a ticket | チケット一枚chiketto ichimai |
| one stamp | 切手一枚kitte ichimai |
| a room | 一部屋hito heya |
| one bottle | 一本ippon |
| some (countable) | いくつかikutsuka |
| some (uncountable) | いくらかikuraka |
| some wine | ワインいくらかwain ikuraka |
| some fruit | フルーツいくつかfuruutsu ikutsuka |
| some biscuits | ビスケットいくつかbisuketto ikutsuka |
| Do you have…? | …はありますか…wa arimasu ka? |
| Do you have a timetable? | 時刻表はありますかjikokuhyoo wa arimasu ka? |
| Do you have a room? | 部屋はありますかheya wa arimasu ka? |
| Do you have milk? | 牛乳はありますかgyuunyuu wa arimasu ka? |
| I/We’d like to… | …(動詞) たいです…(verb) tai desu |
| I/We’d like… | …(名詞) をお願いします…(noun) o onegai shimasu |
| I’d like an ice cream | アイスクリームをお願いしますaisukuriimu o onegai shimasu |
| We’d like to go home | 家に帰りたいですie ni kaeritai desu |
| Another… | …おかわり…okawari |
| Some more… | …もう少し…moo sukoshi |
| Some more bread | パン、もう少しpan moo sukoshi |
| Another Japanese tea | お茶、おかわりocha okawari |
| Another beer | ビール、おかわりbiiru okawari |
| Some more water | お水、もう少しomizu moo sukoshi |
| How much is it? | これはいくらですかkore wa ikura desu ka? |
| large | 大きいookii |
| small | 小さいchiisai |
| with | とto |
| without | 抜きでnukide |
| Where is/are…? | …はどこですか… wa doko desu ka? |
| Where is/are the nearest…? | 一番近い … はどこですかichiban chikai … wa doko desu ka? |
| How do I get to…? | …へはどうやって行きますか…ewa dooyatte ikimasu ka? |
| to the museum | 美術館へはbijutsukan ewa |
| to the station | 駅へはeki ewa |
| to Kyoto | 京都へはKyooto ewa |
| There is/are… | …があります…ga arimasu |
| There isn’t/aren’t any… | …がありません…ga arimasen |
| When? | いつitsu? |
| At what time…? | 何時に…nan-ji ni…? |
| today | 今日kyoo |
| tomorrow | 明日ashita |
| May I…? | …もいいですか…mo ii desu ka? |
| May I smoke? | タバコを吸ってもいいですかtabako o sutte mo ii desu ka? |
| How does this work? | これはどうやって使いますかkore wa dooyatte tsukaimasu ka? |
| What does this mean? | これはどういう意味ですかkore wa doo iu imi desu ka? |
Japanese people tend to tell you where they work rather than what they do.
| Where do you work? | お勤めはどちらですかotsutome wa dochira desu ka? |
| How’s your work? | 仕事はどうですかshigoto wa doo desu ka? |
| I’m… | 私は…watashi wa… |
| a doctor | 医者ですisha desu |
| a manager | マネージャーですmaneejaa desu |
| a housewife | 主婦ですshufu desu |
| I work from home | 私は在宅勤務ですwatashi wa zaitaku-kimmu desu |
| I’m self-employed | 私は自営業ですwatashi wa jieigyoo desu |
| 天気予報 tenki-yohoo | weather forecast |
| 晴れ hare | fine |
| 悪い warui | bad |
| 曇り kumori | cloudy |
| 変わりやすい天気 kawariyasui tenki | changeable weather |
| sunny | 天気がいいですtenki ga ii desu |
| It’s muggy | 蒸し暑いですmushiatsui desu |
| It’s raining | 雨が降っていますame ga futte imasu |
| It’s snowing | 雪が降っていますyuki ga futte imasu |
| It’s windy | 風が強いですkaze ga tsuyoi desu |
| What a lovely day! | なんていい日nante ii hi! |
| What awful weather! | なんてひどい天気nante hidoi tenki! |
| What will the weather be like tomorrow? | 明日の天気はどうですかashita no tenki wa doo desu ka? |
| Do you think it’s going to rain? | 雨が降りそうですかame ga furisoo desu ka? |
| It’s very hot today | 今日はとても暑いですkyoo wa totemo atsui desu |
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