2. Domo. gozaimasu, ‘This at expression oF gratituce. inere are several levels of politeness in Japanese, and démo argato ‘gozaimasu is an example of the most polite evel. More casual are, in descending order or politeness, arigaté gozaimasu, domo arigats, and arigaté. 3. Kore wa Takahashi-san no namae desu ka, Nate that although addressing Nv, Takahashi, Mr. Smith uses his name rather than saying anata no, "your." (See Note 3, p. 3.) 4. Sédesu, ‘When replying to questions that end with desu ka, 58 can be used insteed of repeating the noun 5. Kore wa? ‘A ring intonation on the particle wa makes this informal phrase a question without using the ques- ton marker ka. 1, Business vorabulary: OQ] O€ AF hb Nozomi Department Store omtsas Shingo Takahashi DRABBER 7 PY 325-2 3-25-2 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo © (03) 3459-9620" (03) 3459-9520 ®s.takahashitenozomidpt.com Fait S:takahashi@nozomidpt.com 1, meishi 4, denwa-bangs 2. namae 5. méru-edoresu: 3. jitsho: “The area code for Tokyo is 03. When saying a phone number aloud, put no between the area ‘cade (e.g., 03) and the exchange, and between the exchange and the last four numbers. The ‘phone number here is pronounced zero-san no san-yon-go-kya no kya i NOTE: The 0 used in telephone numbers is pronounced zera instead of rei Bette ae pamae name denwa ‘telephone iitsho access ‘bangs sramber 10 _méru-adoresu_ ‘e-mail addressIW, Personal belongings: 1 keltai 2kasa = 3.hon 4, shimbun 5. kagi 6. tokel KEY SENTENCES |. Kore wa meishi desu. Kore wa meishi dewa arimasen. |. Kore wa Sasaki-san no kasa desu. Takahashi-san no denwa-bang6 wa 03-3459-9620 desu. |. This is a business card, This is not @ business card, 1. This is Ms. Sasaki's umbrella. |. Mr. Takahathi's telephone number is 03-3459-9620,