Japanese - The Rough Guide to Tokyo - page 259

CONTEXTS JAPANESE
Useful words and phrases

PERSONAL PRONOUNS
I Watashi ࢲ

I (familiar, men only) Boku

΅͘

You Anata ͋ͳͨ

You (familiar) Kimi

͖Έ

He Kare ൴

She Kanojo

൴ঁ

We Watashi-tachi ࢲͨͪ

You (plural) Anata-tachi

͋ͳͨͨͪ

They (male/female) Karera/Kanojo-tachi ൴Β൴ঁͨͪ

They (objects) Sorera

ͦΕΒ

BASIC COMMUNICATIONS
Ye s Hai ͸͍

No Lie/Chigaimasu

͍͍͑ҧ͍·͢

OK Daijōbu/Ōkē େৎ෉Φʔέʔ

Please (offering something) Dōzo

Ͳ͏ͧ

Please (asking for something) Onegai shimasu ͓ئ͍͠·͢

Excuse me Sumimasen/Shitsurei shimasu

͢Έ·ͤΜࣦྱ͠·͢

I'm sorry Gomen nasai/Sumimasen ͝ΊΜͳ͍͢͞Έ·ͤΜ

Thanks (informal) Dōmo

Ͳ͏΋

Thank you Arigatō ͋Γ͕ͱ͏

Thank you very much Dōmo arigatō gozaimasu

Ͳ͏΋͋Γ͕ͱ͏͍͟͝·͢

What? Nani? ͳʹ

When? Itsu?

͍ͭ

Where? Doko? Ͳ͜

Who? Dare?

ͩΕ

This Kore ͜Ε

That Sore

ͦΕ

That (over there) Are ͋Ε

How many? Ikutsu?

͍ͭ͘

How much? Ikura? ͍͘Β

I want (x) (x) ga hoshii desu (x) ͕ཉ͍͠Ͱ͢

I don't want (x) (x) ga irimasen (x) ͕͍Γ·ͤΜ

Is it possible …? … koto ga dekimasu ka

|͜ͱ͕Ͱ͖·͔͢

Is it …? … desu ka |Ͱ͔͢

Can you please help me? Tetsudatte kuremasen ka

ख఻ͬͯ͘Ε·ͤΜ͔

I can't speak Japanese Nihongo ga hanasemasen ೔ຊޠ͕࿩ͤ·ͤΜ

I can't read Japanese Nihongo ga yomemasen

೔ຊޠ͕ಡΊ·ͤΜ

Can you speak English? Eigo ga dekimasu ka ӳޠ͕Ͱ͖·͔͢

Is there someone who Tsūyaku wa imasu ka

௨༁͸͍·͔͢

can interpret?
Could you please speak more slowly? Motto yukkuri hanashite kuremasen ka ΋ͬͱΏͬ͘Γ࿩ͯ͘͠Ε·ͤΜ͔

Could you say that again please? Mō ichido itte kuremasen ka ΋͏Ұ౓ݴͬͯ͘Ε·ͤΜ͔

I understand/I see Wakarimasu/Naruhodo

෼͔Γ·͢ͳΔ΄Ͳ

I don't understand Wakarimasen ෼͔Γ·ͤΜ

What does this mean? Kore wa dōiu imi desu ka

͜Ε͸Ͳ͏͍͏ҙຯͰ͔͢

How do you say (x) in Japanese? Nihongo de (x) o nan-te yomimasu ka ೔ຊޠͰYΛԿͯݴ͍·͔͢

What's this called? Kore wa nan-to iimasu ka

͜Ε͸Կͱݴ͍·͔͢

How do you pronounce Kono kanji wa nan-te yomimasu ka ͜ͷ׽ࣈ͸ԿͯಡΈ·͔͢

this character?
Please write in English/Japanese Eigo/Nihongo de kaite kudasai ӳޠ೔ຊޠͰॻ͍͍ͯͩ͘͞