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Japanese for your trip to Japan
The phrases you actually need when you land in Tokyo: order, pay, get around and ask for help, with the manners Japanese people appreciate.
This path is built around situations, not grammar. You start with the ten most useful phrases, like すみません (sumimasen) (excuse me, and how you call a waiter) and これをください (kore o kudasai) (this one, please), then move on to restaurants, trains, hotels and the konbini.
Instead of memorizing phrase lists, you practice them in conversations: the character speaks, you answer out loud, and speech recognition checks whether you would be understood. You pass immigration, order at a ramen shop and check in at a hotel, all before your flight.
A conversation from this path
パスポートを見せてください。
pasupōto o misete kudasai.
Your passport, please.
はい、どうぞ。
hai, dōzo.
Here you are.
日本へは何をしに来ましたか。
Nihon e wa nani o shi ni kimashita ka.
What is the purpose of your visit to Japan?
観光です。
kankō desu.
Sightseeing.
どのくらい滞在しますか。
dono kurai taizai shimasu ka.
How long will you stay?
二週間です。
nishūkan desu.
Two weeks.
どこに泊まりますか。
doko ni tomarimasu ka.
Where will you be staying?
東京のホテルです。
Tōkyō no hoteru desu.
At a hotel in Tokyo.
はい、どうぞ。よい旅を。
hai, dōzo. yoi tabi o.
Here you go. Have a good trip.
ありがとうございます。
arigatō gozaimasu.
Thank you very much.
What you will be able to do
- Order in a restaurant, pay, and explain an allergy or diet
- Take trains and taxis and ask the way
- Check in, shop at a konbini and visit temples without awkwardness
- Read important signs and ask for help
- Behave like a polite guest in Japan
15 lessons, 1 of them free.
Manners, not just words
In Japan you do not leave a tip, you do not talk on the phone on the train, and you take your shoes off when entering homes and some restaurants. The path explains these things exactly when they matter, so you feel at ease.