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 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.

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

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.

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 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.

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

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!!

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! 😊

I’ll he visiting Japan next week! Very useful video guys!

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.

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!

Yes! I was hoping you would do a video like this. I've already learned so many words and phrases from watching you guys already but this was wonderful. Thank you for explaining the different ways to say things and the right things to say to certain people. I never knew about how you shouldn't talk casual to people you don't know well. I found that very interesting. The level of respect the Japanese have for each other is so lovely. Thanks again guys! Can't wait for the restaurant video.❤😊

I loved this little refresher. I had forgotten some of this so it was nice to get reminded. I would love more videos like this. I am so busy most times that I do not have time to study much anymore. Or watch movies and other media in Japanese to keep my ears tuned.

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!~

I’ve been learning Japanese through Doulingo for the last 244 days and I’m so happy to have stumbled in your channel. I was so giddy that I’ve applied all what I’ve learned. Will sure check your other tips. The Japanese characters are still kinda hard for me to learn though but learning the basic words are truly entertaining. Keep your videos coming please. Domo arigatou gozaimasu. 🙇‍♀️

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

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.

Thank you guys, I've been waiting for this kind of video for ages ,, more like this please!

I really loved this video! This is valuable information to be ready to go to Japan. Thank you so much for this. I always learn so much from you guys! Arigato Gozaimasu!