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Japanese Phrasebook/Greetings and farewell

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English

Rmaji

Japanese

Meeting and greeting.

Deatta toki no aisatsu.

Phrases to practise.

Fureezu no rensh.

Yes.
No.

Hai.
Iie.

Please (lit: do this humble request).

Onegai shimasu.

Thanks. (casual)
Thanks. (casual, a bit more polite)
Thanks a lot. (even more polite, but still casual, lit. Thanks very much!)
Thank you. (polite)

Dmo.
Arigat.
Dmo arigat.
Arigat gozaimasu.

Thank you very much. (very polite)

Dmo arigat gozaimasu.

Sister projects

Thank you very much (for what you have done). (very polite, past tense)

Dmo arigat gozaimashita.

Print/export

You're welcome/Don't mention it/Not at all.

D itashimashite.

Kochirakoso.

Sumimasen.
Gomen'nasai.
Ohay gozaimasu.

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The pleasure is mine./It's me who should say that./Same here. (lit: my side
for sure!)
Excuse me./Thank you. (can be both an apology or a "thank you".)
I'm sorry (apology).
Good morning (used till about 10am).

Good evening.

Konban wa.

Good night (used when going away and about to sleep soon).

Oyasuminasai.

Can you speak English?

Eigo de hanasemasu ka?

Is there anybody here who can speak English?

Koko ni eigo o hanaseru hito wa

imasu ka?

I can speak only a little Japanese.

Watashi wa nihongo ga sukoshi

shika hanasemasu.

What is your name? (polite)

O-namae wa nan desu ka?

My name is Kaori. (very polite)

Watashi wa Kaori to
mshimasu.

I am Kaori/It's Kaori.
How do you do? / Nice to meet you. (only at first meeting, lit: "We have
started...", usually followed by stating ones name)

Kaori desu.

It's nice to meet you. (lit: please, be good to me)

Yoroshiku o-negai shimasu.

How are you? (polite, Lit: are you healthy?)

O-genki desu ka?

How are you feeling? (casual)

Ikaga desu ka

Yes, I'm fine. (Lit: yes, I'm healthy.)

Hai, genki desu.

I don't understand.

Wakarimasen.

I understand.

Wakarimasu.

What did you say?

Nanto iimashita ka

Hajimemashite.

M sukoshi yukkuri hanashite

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Please speak more slowly.

I understand very well.

Example sentences

Yoku wakarimasu.

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Shiyourei

M sukoshi yukkuri hanashite

kudasai.

Examples showing the use (of a word).

In the example sentences paragraph we will show you each time the use of the words learned so far. First, some more vocabulary:

(Nihongo, Japanese)

(Rmaji)

(Eigo, English meaning)

ten'in

salesperson

shika

nothing but, only (used with verb in negative

tense)

Daijoubu (desu). (desu is not necessary, but

It's alright. It's okay. No problem.
makes it more polite)

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yuujin / tomodachi

friend

mou

already

au

to meet

mada

yet, still

Example 1: Mr. Smith walks into a shop.

Sumisu: Ohayou gozaimasu. Eigo o hanasemasu ka.

Ten'in: Sumimasen. Eigo o hanasemasen.
Sumisu: Watashi wa nihongo ga sukoshi shika hanasemasen. (Remark: here ga may be replaced by (w)o)
Ten'in: Daijoubu desu. Wakarimasu.
Smith: Good morning. Can you speak English?
Salesperson: I'm sorry. I can't speak English.
Smith: I can speak only a little Japanese. (lit: I can't but speak a little Japanese)
Salesperson: That's ok. I understand.
Example 2: Akira-san is introducing his friend Satou Hiroko-san to his other friend Naoka-san.
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Hiroko: Konnichiwa.
Akira: Konnichiwa. Watashi no yuujin no Naoko ni mou aimashita ka.
Hiroko: Iie. Mada atte imasen.
Akira: Naoko, kochira wa Satou Hiroko-san desu.
Hiroko: Hajimemashite. Hiroko desu.
Naoko: Hajimemashite. Naoko desu.
Hiroko: Douzo yoroshiku o-negai shimasu.
Naoko: Kochira koso. Douzo yoroshiku o-negai shimasu.

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Hiroko: Hello.
Akira: Hello. Have you already met my friend Naoko?
Hiroko: No. I haven't yet met (her).
Akira: Naoko, this is Mrs. Hiroko Satou.
Hiroko: How do you do. My name's Hiroko.
Naoko: How do you do. I'm Naoko.
Hiroko: I'm very pleased to meet you.
Naoko: Same here (lit: my side for sure). I'm very pleased to meet you.

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