10 JAPANESE Phrases Every Traveler Should Know (Basic Japanese)

Greetings 0:40 Thank you / You're welcome 5:37 Excuse me 8:21 How much is this 8:57 Where is the toilet 9:04 I'm sorry 9:23 Please (asking for) 9:49 Please (offering something) 10:40 Colors 10:25 Yes/No 11:11 Do you speak English 11:23 Where is___ 12:09 Directional words/phrases 13:39 Shopping phrases 14:32 Counting 15:52 Do you have _ 16:59

You should do a series of basic phrases in situations such as restaurants, konbini, dept store etc 😊

You two should have been language teachers!!! So engaging! (And I say this as someone who is a qualified teacher of English as a foreign language). Your presentation was fun and educational at the same time. You involved your students, repeated the words - very necessary - without being boring.And got us to repeat them too! 👏 I really enjoyed this video - it made me smile 👏 I truly think you have a gift. Please give us more of these lessons.

Instead of asking "Do you speak English?" in Japanese, you can just ask in English. If they don't know what you said, then they don't speak English. I would replace that one with "Chottomatte" (wait a moment.) On my trips to Japan my two most used phrases are "Thank you," and "Wait a moment." There are so many times when you just need a second to figure something out, take out money or your phone, and you don't want the person to think you gave up on communicating. That's my 2 cents!~

When I was able to visit Germany, learning many basics was invaluable. From asking directions, using simple everyday words, and learning basic cultural manners/expectations, these help us to be ambassadors for our country.

I have only visited Japan once in late 2019, hope to visit again! I had about 2 and a half months to prepare for my trip and did online Japanese learning. There is no way I could have managed a conversation, but it was so helpful! I visited a museum and it was very (very) quiet and then... I dropped my change purse and made an almighty racket (well it felt like that in the silent museum). A few people looked at me aghast. I said "sumimasen gomennasai" and their demeanour changed immediately and I was met with smiles.

As a Spanish language teacher, I sincerely congratulate both of you.

I started watching you guys pre-pandemic as I was planning a trip for my family to Japan. Multiple cancellations later we will finally be spending June traveling through Japan. So excited to finally get to experience some of the Japan you showcase and glad for this video for a few words (I will study more Japanese before we go). Thanks for keeping our dream of visiting Japan alive while the world dealt with so much.

My favorite phrase when I went in 2018 was “おすすめはなんですか？” (Osusume wa nan desu ka?”) which means “What do you recommend?” This was very helpful when the menu was hard. I didn’t know much Kanji at the time, and there were no photos or English in sight.

Konnichiwa boys! I love this so very much! I love how you’re both taking the time to explain proper pronunciation of each word. Love it!!

I love how you are giving phrases that all travellers should know, then tell us genki, and elaborate that we wont ever actually need it because its only for people who know eachother well... fabulous and well thought out information.

I love that you're doing language too now! I reckon it'd be fun to also integrate it into food videos, so you learn contextually. Good job on this one!

Really helpful! Thanks for this informative video!

You two are great…..so well explained and easy to watch

Love these language lessons. I know words but phrases are so valuable. Also love hearing the accents and how it is supposed to sound. More please!

This is my favorite video to prepare for my upcoming trip to Japan. Thank you guys you're very helpful and wholesome 🙏🏻✨

Love how you break things down and slow down the pronunciation. Thank you!!!

This is great! I actually learnt a lot and already look forward to more of your videos. Thank you and keep up the good job!

You guys did an incredible job! You covered spelling, pronunciation, explanation, situations in which you'd use the word/phrase, etc. Please do more! I'd love this to be an ongoing thing! ☺

This was brilliant! The explanation on wrong stressors and the number of syllables is great. The colloquial use of different phrases is wonderful. Thank you! 😊