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| Conversation | Signs and Letters | |
Last updated on Jan. 09, 2005
Conversation
English is most famous foreign language in Japan. But most Japanese understand
very few English ("Yes", "No", "OK", "Hello",
"Thank you", that's all). Most of us do not understand other
language. Please try to speak Japanese.
If you want to ask someone in English, you'd better to ask to young people (teens, 20s, or 30s).
If you want to ask someone in English, you'd better to ask to young people (teens, 20s, or 30s).
| Word & Sentence | |
| 1 | Hello. |
| 2 | Yes. |
| 3 | No. |
| 4 | Ok. |
| 5 | Thank you. |
| 6 | knife |
| 7 | fork |
| 8 | spoon |
| English | Japanese | |
| 1 | Hello . | Ko N Ni Chi Wa.  |
| 2 | Thank you. | A Ri Ga To U. |
| 3 | Exsecuse me, | Su Mi Ma Se N, |
| 4 | How much ? (about price in shop) |
I Ku Ra ? |
| 5 | Delicious ! (about foods) | U Ma I ! |
| 6 | Where? | Do Ko ? |
| 7 | laundromat | Ko I N Ra N Do Rii (close to "coin laundry") |
| 8 | toilet | To I RE (close to first 3 sounds of "toilet") |
| 9 | water | Mi Zu |
| 10 | convenience store | Ko N Bi Ni (close to first 4 sounds of "convenience") |
| 11 | 100yen shop | Hya Ku E N Sho PPu ("Hya Ku" means 100) |
| 12 | Road Station | Mi Chi No E Ki |
| 13 | Internet Cafe (Comic Cafe) |
I N Taa Ne TTo Ka Fe (close to English) (Ma N Ga Ki SSa ) |
Signs and Letters
There are three types of letters(characters) in Japanese. They are Hiragana,
Katakana, Kanji(Chinese character). So it may be hard for you to understand
Japanese letters. But don't worry, there are many note in western alphabet
in public signs (Road Signs, Signs in a station etc.).
| Hiragana |  |
| Katakana |  |
| Kanji (Chinese character) |  |
