10 docs tagged with "conversation"

Asking for directions in Japanese: the すみません、〜はどこですか questions you say, the まっすぐ・右・信号 answers you decode, and how to confirm what you heard.

Japanese business phrases explained: when to use the stock five (お疲れ様です, お世話になっております, よろしくお願いいたします, 失礼します) and the downward-only ご苦労様 register trap.

Learn to agree and disagree politely in Japanese: そうですね, 確かに, おっしゃる通りです, soft disagreement, and the hedging grammar that softens any opinion.

Japanese convenience store phrases made simple: recognize the clerk's keigo (あたためますか, 袋はいりますか) and answer with a few short polite replies as a beginner.

Japanese greetings for every time of day, plus workplace and seasonal ones. Both casual and polite forms of each, with a clear rule for when to use which.

Japanese train station phrases for buying tickets, asking about lines and transfers, and decoding the signs and announcements you only need to recognize.

Making a phone call in Japanese, from もしもし to 失礼します: personal vs. business openings, asking for someone, taking a message, and closing politely.

Order food at a restaurant in Japanese with confidence: the 〜をお願いします pattern, asking for the bill, the staff keigo to recognize, and what お通し is.

Learn the Japanese self-introduction (自己紹介) from はじめまして to よろしくお願いします, with polite and casual versions of every line and the bow-or-handshake answer.

Talking to a doctor in Japanese at N4: describe symptoms with 〜が痛いです and 熱があります, decode the doctor's questions, and handle the 処方箋 and 保険証 insurance card.