Japanese for travelling to Japan (part 2)

Here, this week as promised.

No.                                No. OF COUNTING

1       ICHI                       一        HITOTSU

2      NI                           二        FUTATSU

3      SAN                        三        MITTSU

4      YON/ SHI              四         YOTTSU

5      GO                          五         ITSUTSU

6     ROKU                      六         MUTTSU

7      NANA/SHICHI      七        NANATSU

8      HACHI                    八        YATTSU

9      KYUU/KU                九        KOKONOTSU

10    JUU                        十        TOO

11           JUU-ICHI        20         NI-JUU

100        HYAKU            111         HYAKU JUU-ICHI

1.000     SEN               1.100     SEN HYAKU

10.000   ICHI-MAN       11.000   ICHI-MAN ISSEN    

Japanese has more specific ways to count stuffs. Example as written below.

YAKITORI, BOTTLE = -HON (本)

TICKET = -MAI (枚)

BOOK = -SATSU (冊)

If you are not sure enough about this usage, you may use number ofcounting (Hitotsu, futatsu, etc.....) as long as the total of stuffs that you request are less than 10. If those are more than 10, you could also use –KO (個).

TAXI

新宿 に行って下さい

(Shinjuku) NI ITTE KUDASAI

Please go to Shinjuku!

この 住所 に 行きたいです

KONO JUUSHO NI IKITAI DESU

I want to go to this address

（左／ 右／真っ直ぐ） に曲がって下さい

(Hidari/ Migi/ Massugu) NI MAGATTE KUDASAI

Please turn (Left/ Right/ Straight)!

（朝日 ビル）を 知って います か

(Asahi Biru) O SHITTE IMASU KA

Do you know Asahi Building?

ちょっと 待って下さい

CHOTTO MATTE KUDASAI

Please wait a moment!

（新宿） まで 何分 ぐらい です か

 (Shinjuku) MADE NANPUN GURAI DESU KA

How much time to go to (Shinjuku)?

この 次 の 交差点 で 止まって下さい

KONO TSUGI NO KOUSATEN DE TOMATTE KUDASAI

Please stop on the next intersection!

HOTEL

私 は （TOM） です。 予約 してあります

WATASHI WA (Tom) DESU. YOYAKU SHITEARIMASU

I am (Tom). I have made a booking.

私 の 部屋 番号は何番です か

WATASHI NO HEYA BANGO WA NANBAN DESU KA

What number is my room?

シングル の は あります か

SINGURU NO WA ARIMASU KA

Is there any single room?

ダブルは どう です か

DABURU WA DOU DESU KA

How about double room?

部屋代 は いくら です か

HEYADAI WA IKURA DESU KA

How much does room rent cost?

この 部屋 は小さ過ぎますから, もっと大きいの は あります か

KONO HEYA WA CHISASUGIMASUKARA, MOTTO OOKI NO WA ARIMASU KA

Because this room is too small, is there any bigger room?

部屋をきれい に して下さい

HEYA O KIREI NI SHITE KUDASAI

Please clean my room!

（毛布） を 一枚 お願いします

(Moufu) O ICHIMAI ONEGAISHIMASU

Please give me one sheet of blanket!

（六）時 に 起こして ください

(Roku)JI NI OKOSHITE KUDASAI

Please wake me up at 6 o’clock!

私 に 言付け が あります か

WATASHI NI KOTOZUKE GA ARIMASU KA

Any message for me?

予約 を 伸ばす こと が できます か

YOYAKU O NOBASU KOTO GA DEKIMASU KA

Can I extend my booking?

あと （三日） 泊まりたい です

ATO (Mikka) TOMARITAI DESU

I want to stay 3 more days

タクシー を呼んで下さい

TAKUSHI O YONDE KUDASAI

Please call a taxi!

TOILET

一番 近い お手洗い は どこ です か

ICHIBAN CHIKAI OTEARAI WA DOKO DESU KA

Where is the nearest toilet?

You may use Otearai (お手洗い ) or Toire (トイレ) but Otearai is more polite.

SEASONS

While we were typing about this part, we imagined about a famous RPG Game Harvest Moon : Back to Nature. Seems familiar? Hahaha..... we love that game much and we think a lot of people in the world do too.

Spring (Haru 春) March - May

As everybody could imagine, sakura is a main attraction in this season. Mostly international tourists come to have a sakura viewing (hanami 花見). Everyhing is so interesting with warm weather.

Summer (Natsu 夏) June - August

Hot but full of excitements. Many festivals will be held in summer and fireworks festival is the most favourite as drawn in mangas too. But beware! August is extremely hot and it could reach to 35 degrees of Celcius.

Autumn (Aki 秋) September – November

Leaves turns to orange color and begin to fall. In September, the weather becomes warmer again then colder when it reaches the beginning of winter.

Winter (Fuyu 冬) December - February

Usually tourists get here in winter to play ski or for attending snow festivals such as Snow Festival Sapporo. Truly, winter could spend more costs because you have to bring a lot of jackets that could affects to your baggage fee and you may eat more than usual portion as more calories are needed for your energy.

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Japanese for travelling to Japan (part 1)

Japanese has become one of most famous tourism destinations in the world, especially in Asia. Tourism in Japan has grown really fast. But language sometimes become a huge problem. Japan government understand and try to promote Japan by providing tour guiding books and brochures in English. University admission test includes English test and every school in Japan teaches English since the very young age. But still, Japan isn’t only a living place of young people. Besides, the fact is old people has bigger population than young people. You couldn’t expect old people to speak English fluently so it maybe easier to study a bit of Japanese standard sentences. We’ll make these into parts so it’ll be easier to learn.

STANDARD SENTENCES

英語 を 話せます か       EIGO O HANASEMASU KA

Could you speak English?

日本語 が 少し 話せます  
NIHONGO GA SUKOSHI HANASEMASU

I can speak a little bit of Japanese

分かりました                      WAKARIMASHITA

I understood

 分かりません                  
WAKARIMASEN

I don’t understand

もう一度言って下さい     
MOU ICHIDO ITTE KUDASAI

Please say it one more time!

もうゆっくり話して下さい 
MOU YUKKURI HANASHITE                                                         KUDASAI

Please speak slowly!

どうぞ                              
DOUZO

Here you go

そう です か                       
SOU DESU KA

Is that so?

おはよう ございます          
OHAYOU GOZAIMASU

Good morning         

こんにちは                         
KONNICHIWA

Hello/ Good afternoon

こんばんは                    
  KONBANWA

Good evening

すみません                         
SUMIMASEN

Sorry

ありがとう ございます     
ARIGATOU GOZAIMASU

Thank you

どう いたしまして          
DOU ITASHIMASHITE

With pleasure/ Your welcome

RESTAURANT

お腹 が 空いた  
ONAKA GA SUITA

I am hungry

喉 が 乾きました  
NODO GA KAWAKIMASHITA

I am thirsty

いっらしゃいませ                IRRASHAIMASE

Welcome

英文 の メニュ お下さい    
EIBUN NO MENYU O KUDASAI

Please give me English menu!

和食                                     WASHOKU

Japanese food

洋食                                      YOUSHOKU

Western Food

朝 ご飯/朝食                        ASA GOHAN/ CHOUSHOKU

Breakfast

昼ごはん ／ 昼食                 HIRU GOHAN/ CHUUSHOKU

Lunch

晩 ご飯／夕食                     BAN GOHAN/ YUUSHOKU

Dinner

チキン                                  CHIKIN

Chicken

魚                                          SAKANA

Fish

豚 肉                                     BUTANIKU

Pork

牛 肉                                     GYUUNIKU

Beef

野菜                                      YASAI

Vegetable

果物                                      KUDAMONO

Fruit

皿                                          SARA

Plate

匙                                          SAJI

Spoon

箸                                         HASHI

Chopsticks

フォーク                              FO-KU

Fork

ナイフ                                    NAIFU

Knife

茶碗                                       CHAWAN

Tea Cup

塩                                          SHIO

Salt

胡椒                                      KOSHOU

Pepper

砂糖                                      SATOU

Sugar

醤油                                      SHOUYU

Soy sauce

甘い                                     AMAI

Sweet

辛い                                      KARAI

Spicy

塩辛い                                 SHIOKARAI

Salty

苦い                                      NIGAI

Bitter

熱い                                      ATSUI

Hot

冷たい                                 TSUMETAI

Cold

美味しい                              OISHII

Delicious

まずい                                 MAZUI

Bad

揚げる                                 AGERU

Deep Fried

蒸す                                      MUSU

Steam

ゆでる                                 YUDERU

Boil

煮る                                      NIRU

Simmer

焼く                                      YAKU

Grill

炒める                                 ITAMERU

Stir Fry

Note : Ou means ō (long way of speaking)

Most of the restaurants in Japan that we visited have food images board inside and outside. If you get dizzy, you could just point on the images. That’s the easiest way and Japanese mostly understood what we meant. In fact, young people in Japan could speak English quite well too but some prefer to change into their Katakana speaking (Japanese alphabets for foreign language). For example, butter become Batā (バター).

Next, we will write how to say number of counting stuffs for these travelling and culinary stuffs. See you! =)

We eat, we walk, we talk

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