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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