Thank you to Ken for joining us for this video! Are there any other phrases you found useful while traveling Japan? Let us know in the comments!

I hope everyone enjoys their trip to Japan!😊👍 Thanks for having me, Aimee!!

@Japaneseconversation-with-Masa

3 ай бұрын

けんちゃん発見！🤓 You became word wide star!

@kensanokaeri

3 ай бұрын

@@Japaneseconversation-with-Masa Thanks, Masa!!🤣

@matejsidlo5295

3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for theese kinds of videos. As a beginner I really appreciate it

This is so helpful!!

Thanks Aimee. Always enjoy watching these little tips. You’ve done a great job since the channel relaunched. These tips really helped me when I went to Tokyo last October.

@tokyocheapo

3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for the kind comment! Really glad to hear they helped on your trip 😊

SO HELPFUL for our first trip to Japan in a few weeks, arigatou gozaimasu!

テンションが高いんだ❤

My go to asking direction phrase was "Doko wa ____ desu ka?" when I was studying in Kyoto. even though I didn't fully understand the what people were saying to me I still understood their gestures and hand movements. Then i would give them a "hai" and "arigato" to acknowledge their answer

Thank you for your suggestions! Downloading local apps before traveling helps you find popular places, and using web translation tools like Immersive Translate improves understanding during your journey, regardless of the country you visit.

These are great useful tips! I will be referring back to this video from time to time. The restroom and picture taking sentence would be common for me. 😅

@tokyocheapo

3 ай бұрын

Glad you found them helpful! 😊

THANK YOU SO MUCH! My flight to Osaka is in 1 hour and it's my first time traveling to Japan, this video popping up by chance is a blessing and i'm so glad it did. This channel is doing amazing work!

@tokyocheapo

3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your kind comment! Enjoy your trip to Japan!

So helpful! Thanks! Question about splitting bills in Japan - I’ve heard from different people that a lot of restaurants don’t allow splitting bills and the few that do are mostly chains, is this still the case?

02:50 so good :D

Arigatou gozaimasu! 👍

"Sumimasen." By FAR the phrase you will need the most.

One month away

👍

17 more days and Konnichiwa

@siobhanrose1680

2 күн бұрын

How was it? For me it’s 62 days or so. Very excited.

i have a different question and hope you can help me out. I have heard that it is important to have cash on you at all times. I was wondering how much money I should exchange for a 17 day trip? i was planning on exchanging 1000€. And if I run low on cash I would exchange more. Does that make sense or should I exchange about 1.500€ from the start?

Very useful thank you! 🙏🏻Can you recommend a phrase for us to explain we are vegan and/or vegetarian?

@tokyocheapo

2 ай бұрын

Hi there! You could pair the phrase for 'which one do you recommend' with 'bejitalian (vegetarian)/bigan (vegan) desu ga'. So the entire phrase would be 'bejitalian desu ga, osusume wa dore desu ka?' This translates to 'I'm a vegetarian, which one do you recommend?' 😊

@user-rv1qc4xw5p

Ай бұрын

Thanks! ☺️

@siobhanrose1680

2 күн бұрын

Watashi wa biigan desu. Also, I have found that if you type one vegan restaurant or cafe into google in your area, and click on the “see similar places” all the vegan spots show up in your map area. I will be using that! No having to ask if it’s vegan.

Question, for "toire arimasuka", could I also say "toire wa dokodesu ka"?

@marshall-brown

3 ай бұрын

Yep, both work! "Toire arimasu ka" is like "Do you have a toilet?" or "Are there toilets?" and "toire wa doko desu ka" is "Where is the toilet?"

@star-tingwithmyintuition3463

3 ай бұрын

shouldnt you say shimas at the end for please? @@marshall-brown

What about konichiwa; what does it mean..?

@tokyocheapo

3 ай бұрын

It means 'hello' 😊

Byōin wa doko desuka?

@tokyocheapo

3 ай бұрын

Yes, a great one if it’s an emergency and you need to find a hospital.

If you want to continue any conversation in Japanese, just say "Soo desu ne." And if you want to sound a little punkish, just say "Soo yaroo!"

Why do these Japanese tution always spell the words with a silent "u" . Example why Arimasuka when it should be Arimaska? It's everywhere and only serves to confuse beginners like me.

Ken was Awesome. The young lady came across as if she did not want to be there. She did not repeat a phrase or seem genuine in her interaction with Ken.

@tokyocheapo

3 ай бұрын

Don’t worry, Ken and I have been friends for a long time so I had a blast filming this video together! I didn’t repeat anything as I thought it best if everyone viewing heard the phrases just from a native speaker 😊

@notyourteacher766

3 ай бұрын

Wow, no need to be rude. Aimee's great! She's the host of the channel, at least learn her name before you criticize her.

It could be better if you can provide the possible replies that people might get from the person they are asking question when using these Japanese phrases. Based on experience, people may not understand what the staff will reply, especially if the answer to the question asked is other than "Hai/Yes".

@star-tingwithmyintuition3463

3 ай бұрын

very good point, i think this is going to happen!

@tokyocheapo

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for the suggestion! We’ll keep this in mind for a more in-depth video 😊

@cooljammer00

3 ай бұрын

In my experience, at that point your option is to find someone else, whip out your phone/Google translate, or try anyway with gestures and the language barrier.