Japanese - The Rough Guide to Tokyo - page 260

GREETINGS AND BASIC COURTESIES
Hello/Good day Konnichiwa ࠓ೔͸

Good morning Ohayō gozaimasu

͓͸Α͏͍͟͝·͢

Good evening Konbanwa ࠓ൩͸

Good night (when leaving) Osaki ni

͓ઌʹ

Good night (when going to bed) Oyasuminasai ͓ٳΈͳ͍͞

How are you? O-genki desu ka

͓ݩؾͰ͔͢

I'm fine (informal) Genki desu ݩؾͰ͢

I'm fine, thanks Okagesama de

͓͔͛͞·Ͱ

How do you do/Nice to meet you Hajimemashite ͸͡Ί·ͯ͠

Don't mention it/you're welcome Dō itashimashite

Ͳ͏͍ͨ͠·ͯ͠

I'm sorry Gomen nasai ͝ΊΜͳ͍͞

Just a minute please Chotto matte kudasai

ͪΐͬͱ଴͍ͬͯͩ͘͞

What's your name? Shitsurei desu ga o-namae wa ࣦྱͰ໊͕͓͢લ͸

My name is (x) Namae wa (x) desu

ࢲͷ໊લ͸ (x)

Goodbye Sayonara/Sayōnara ͞ΑͳΒ͞Α͏ͳΒ

Goodbye (informal) Dewa mata/Jā ne

Ͱ͸ຢ͡Ό͋Ͷ

CHITCHAT
Where are you from? O-kuni wa doko desu ka ͓ࠃ͸Ͳ͜Ͱ͔͢

Britain Eikoku/Igirisu

ӳࠃΠΪϦε

Ireland Airurando ΞΠϧϥϯυ

America Amerika

ΞϝϦΧ

Australia Ōsutoraria ΦʔετϥϦΞ

Canada Kanada

Χφμ

South Africa Minami Afurika ೆΞϑϦΧ

New Zealand Nyū Jiirando

χϡʔδʔϥϯυ

Japan Nihon ೔ຊ

Outside Japan Gaikoku

֎ࠃ

How old are you? O-ikutsu desu ka ͓͍ͭ͘Ͱ͔͢

I am (age) (age) sai desu (age) ࡍͰ͢

Are you married? Kekkon shite imasu ka ͍݁ࠗͯ͠·͔͢

I am married/not married Kekkon shite imasu/imasen

͍݁ࠗͯ͠·͍͢·ͤΜ

Do you like …? … suki desu ka ޷͖Ͱ͔͢

I do like … suki desu

|޷͖Ͱ͢

I don't like … suki dewa arimasen |޷͖Ͱ͸͋Γ·ͤΜ

What's your job? O-shigoto wa nan desu ka

͓࢓ࣄ͸ԿͰ͔͢

I work for a company Kaishain desu ձࣾһͰ͢

I'm a tourist Kankō kyaku desu

؍ޫ٬Ͱ͢

Really? (informal) Hontō ຊ౰

That's a shame Zannen desu

࢒೦Ͱ͢

It can't be helped (informal) Shikata ga nai (formal)/Shō ga nai ࢓ํ͕ͳ͍͠ΐ͏͕ͳ͍

(informal)

NUMBERS, TIME AND DATES
There are special ways of counting different things in Japanese. The most common first translation is used when counting
time and quantities and measurements, with added qualifiers such as minutes ( pun/fun ) or yen ( en ). The second
translations are sometimes used for counting objects. From ten, there is only one set of numbers. For four, seven and nine,
alternatives to the first translation are used in some circumstances.

Zero Zero 0

One Ichi Ұ Hitotsu ͻͱͭ

Two Ni

ೋ

Futatsu

;ͨͭ

Three San ࡾ Mittsu Έͬͭ