Useful Short Phrases In Japanese

[ai-chan]

• Welcome --> Irrasshaimase
• Good morning --> Ohayo gozaimasu
• Good afternoon (day) --> Konnichiwa
• Good evening --> Konbanwa
• Good-bye --> Sayonara
• Good night --> Oyasuminasai
• How are you? --> O genki desu ka?
• How do you do? --> Hajimemashite
• Pleased to meet you --> Dozo yoroshiku or Yoroshiku onegaishimasu
• And you? --> Anata wa?
• Thank you (very much) --> Domo arigato gozaimasu
• You're welcome --> Do itashi mashite
• Say! Listen! (to get attention) --> Anone
• Excuse me (to get attention) --> Sumi masen
• Excuse me (pardon me) --> Gomen nasai or Shitsurei shimasu
• I am sorry --> Gomen nasai
• Please (when offering something) --> Dozo
• Please (when requesting something) --> Kudasai
• Please show me --> Misete kudasai
• Please write it --> Kaite kudasai
• Please give me this --> Kore o kudasai
• I'm sick --> Byoki desu
• Let's go --> Ikimasho
• Do you speak English? --> Anata wa eigo o hanashimasu ka?
• Yes, I speak a little --> Hai, sukoshi hanashimasu
• Do you understand? --> Wakarimasu ka?
• Yes, I understand --> Hai, wakarimasu
• Oh, I see --> As, soo desu ka
• No, I don't understand --> Iie, wakarimasen
• Please say it again --> Mo ichido itte kudasai
• Please speak slowly --> Yukkuri hanashi te kudasai
• Please wait a moment --> Chotto matte kudasai
• What is your name? --> Anata-no namae wa?
• My name is _______ --> Watashi no namae wa ________ desu
• Where is it? --> Doko desu ka?
• What time is it? --> Nan-ji desu ka?
• How much is it? --> Sore wa ikura desu ka?
• I will take it --> Sore kudasai
• No, thank you --> Iie kekko desu
• Do you like it? --> Suki desu ka?
• I like it --> Suki desu
• I don't like it --> Kirai desu
• It's beautiful --> Kirei desu
• Hello (on telephone only) --> Moshi moshi
• Let me see --> So desu ne

[tsunami]

and u say u dont know japanese. %-( better lock my thread and post everything here. its much better and organised here. :claps:

[ai-chan]

Lock your thread? not a chance

And these are just from my Japanese language bookmarks :lol:

[Selenium_Glow]

The Gomen nasai and the word Gomenasai are a little confusing... How will I know which one is a person reffering to when he pronounces it?

[Kyo]

What do you mean by the word 'gomenasai'?

If you want to differentiate between 'Excuse me' and 'I am sorry', it will depend on the context of the speech.....

[Selenium_Glow]

The Gomen nasai and the word Gomenasai are a little confusing... How will I know which one is a person reffering to when he pronounces it?

As far as I can recall (may be incorrect as well...) that Gomenasai means "Good Friend" or something like that... I first saw it on a anime video which was titled Gomenasai.

[Kyo]

I have no recollection of this.....(i.e. Gomenasai= good friend)

I however do recall a music video I saw a loooong time ago titled Gomenasai....... the song was about a girl trying to apologize to her best friend...... thats my recollection anyways...... maybe we are thinking of the same video?

I remember I saw it somewhere again recently also.......... but I only glimpsed the title...... didnt watch the full thing.......

Will get back to you on this......

[Selenium_Glow]

Could be... Now I remember... It was a video by Tatu. You must have heard of them too. They had a famous debut video for "All the things she said". It was on Z-Music. I still remember. It was written Gomenasai. The video was about a girl who saves her friend from her enemies.

Waiting for a reply...

[Kyo]

Im positive.....gomenasai means sorry and thats it...... no difference from Gome-Nasai...... just written differently......

[Durach]

And if you want to say you're an Indian...

Watashi wa indo jin des= I am an Indian.

[ai-chan]

Watashi wa indo jin des

Neat! I'm sure it will come handy.