Against the backdrop of endless English-language dictionaries and phrasebooks, I wanted to see something new. Even for those who will never go to Japan, I think it will be interesting to taste the words of the country of the Rising Sun.

A list of short phrases that can help in conversation:

1. Yes _________ Hai

2. No _________ Iie

3. I understand _________ Vakarimas

4. I don't understand _________ Wakarimasen

5. Thank you _________ Arigato

6. Please _________ Until you get the protection

7. Please (suggesting) _________ Before: dzo

8. Please (request) _________ Onegai shimas

9. Sorry _________ Sumimasen

10. It's okay _________ Give jobu des.

11. Let's get started! _________ SA: HAJIMEMASE:

12. Good morning! _________ OHAYE: GODZAYMAS

13. Good afternoon! _________ CONNITI VA

14. Good evening! _________ KONBAN VA

15. How is your health? _________ OGENKI DES KA

16. Thank you, well _________ ARIGATO: GENKI DES

17. How are you? _________ ICAGA DES KA

18. How long have we not seen each other! _________ HISASIBURI NE

19. Please! _________ BEFORE: Subsidiary

20. Goodbye! _________ SAE: A

21. See you! _________ MATA OME NI

22. See you! _________ JIA: MATA

23. See you tomorrow! _________ ME: NITI OME NI KAKARIMASE

24. See you tomorrow! _________ MATA ASITA

25. I'm sorry _________ GO MEN NASAI

26. Can't you help me? _________ ABOUT NEGAI ITASIMAS 27. Sorry to bother you _________ SUMIMASEN DESYTA

28. Can I enter? _________ HAITTEMO Ii DES KA

29. Thank you very much! _________ BEFORE: MO ARIGATO: YEARSITE

30. No thanks _________ BEFORE: ITASIMASITE

31. It's all right! _________ ARIGATO: GENKI DES

32. Congratulations! _________ OMEDETO:

33. Thank you for your help! _________ GOKEREKU ARIGATO: GODZAIMAS

34. Thank you for the invitation! _________ GOSE: TAI ARIGATO: GODZAIMAS

35. Thank you for everything! _________ IROIRO TO DO: MO ARIGATO:

36. Thank you for the wonderful gift! _________ KEKKO NA: PUREDZENTO ARIGATO: GODZAIMAS

37. Glad to meet you! _________ HAJIMEMASITE DO: DZO EROSIKU

38. My name is _________ WATASHI NO NAMAE WA DES

39. Write your first and last name _________ ANATA NO NAMAE TO ME: DZI O KAITE KUDASAI

40. Here is my business card _________ WATASHI NO MAISHI O DO: DZO

41. It is a pleasure to meet you _________ OME NI KAKARETE TAIKHEN URESIY DES

42. Let's get to know each other! _________ DEVA SE: KAYSIMAS

43. Meet Mr. _________ SAN O SE: KAYSIMAS

44. I want to introduce you to Mr. _________ SAN OCE: KAYSITAI NODES

45. Let me introduce you to Mr. _________ SAN O GES: Kai ITASIMAS

46. ​​Do you speak English? _________ Eigo about hanasemasa?

47. I don't speak Japanese _________ Nigongo wa hanase-masen

48. Please speak more slowly _________ Mo: skosh yukkurihanashite kudasay

49. Goodbye _________ Sayo: Nara

50. Good Night _________ Oh Yasumi Nasai

51. Take care of yourself _________ Ok ki o tsukete

52. And to you the same _________ Kochira obliquely

53. How do you use it? _________ Kore o doyatte tsukaimaska?

54. What is it? _________ Kore wa nandesuka?

55. Where is the toilet? _________ About toire va dokodeska?

56. Where is ...? _________... wa doko deska?

57. What time is it? _________ Nanji deska?

58. I _________ vatashi

59. you (you) _________ anata

60. he _________ karz

62.She __________ Kanojo

63.Woman _________ josei

64.Man _________ Dansei

65. wife _________ okusan

66. husband _________ schujin

67.Daughter _________ Musume

68. child _________ kodomo

69. son of _________ musuko

Those who studied a foreign language at school, and then talked with native speakers, probably noticed that the spoken language is different from what we are taught. This does not mean that we are not taught correctly at school. We are taught the basics of the language, taught to correctly form phrases, and from phrases to build speech. This may not be colloquial speech, but you cannot keep up with colloquial speech, and school skills will help us at least guess what the person is talking about. How can we master natural spoken language?

I now have a tight Twitter conversation with Masayuki from Japan, who periodically corrects me to make my speech sound like a natural Japanese woman. This is usually limited to the use of particles (e.g. but instead of Yes) or colloquial synonyms (for example, shaberu instead of hanasu). Of course, I pay attention to this, but I'm not particularly worried. For me, as a non-Japanese, it is difficult to determine that the phrase will sound like this in Japanese-Japanese, and so - in Gaijin-Japanese. I rely more on the effect of imitation. I noticed that when I communicate a lot with a person, I start to speak in the same manner, use the same words as he does.

I faced the effect of imitation when I decided to practice English in ICQ (it was 2003). I found a girlfriend in America and began to communicate (and we still communicate). I was dumbfounded by her English. It was not the English I was learning. He was not incomprehensible, he was a little different.

Zadornov laughs that English is the language of information: there you cannot say love you I, etc. - everyone has probably heard. But they have nowhere to go, they have no cases. I don’t know about British, but American English was not so strict. The girlfriend deftly rearranged the members of the sentence, and those words that should, in theory, go at the end, easily went at the beginning. And I realized that in colloquial speech, strict rules are not fundamental and began to speak in the same way as she did. But not because “I don’t care, and it will do, he will understand,” but out of imitation.

It's the same in Japanese. Words or sentences can be reversed, some can be omitted altogether. Here you can only remember some phrases or principles of constructing simple sentences. For example, often the final verb is used in the form of a noun:

Instead of core then core wa tigaimas ka?

They will say core then core wa tigai ga arimas ka (aru ka)? - is there a difference between this and this?

Or I noticed that if a sentence reflects the past tense, this past tense goes, as it were, inside the sentence, and ends with a verb-link in the form of the present tense

For example, in Japanese there is such a construction have done anything in two versions:

…sieves koto ga aru and …sura koto ha atta.

So the Japanese would rather say …sieves koto ga aru... Or for example kita n des instead of kimashita.

Of course, this manner of speaking is not an axiom. Sometimes they say this, sometimes that way. Everything will not fit into the head so immediately, so the only way out is to communicate more and get used to it. And do not worry and fear that you will say something stupid to the Japanese. If you haven't taught stupidity and swearing, then everything will be fine. And if something goes wrong, then you will always be corrected.

Found it by chance and really liked it. I break the abstract into parts, because so it is more convenient to read.

Here are the words and phrases that are most commonly found in Japanese animation.

Oyasumi - good night.
Oyasumi nasai is more polite.
Gomen - I'm sorry
Gomenasai - forgive me.
Onegay - please.
Choto mate - wait a second or wait a minute.
Ohayo - good morning.
Konichiwa - hello.
Itadakimasu is usually said before you start eating this word, but if you stretch its meaning VERY strongly, then it can mean "Bon appetit".

Kso - damn it or damn it.
Yo - hello or something similar is usually used between friends.
Hi - yes
Nye - no
Kami the god
Aniki is the older brother
Nii-san is a polite brother.
Nii-chan is a brother, usually used in relation to a younger brother.
Nes-san is a polite sister
Ne-chan - a sister is again used to refer to a younger sister or a friend who is younger than you.
Yuri is the feminine name Lilia, but it also means relationships between girls.
Yaoi - means relationships between boys (Men)
Hentai - perverted or pervert and so on and so forth ....
Odango - Japanese candy on a stick.
Ohayou - Informal version.
Ossu - Very informal male version. Often pronounced as "Oss".

Group with the value "Greeting":

Konnichiwa - "Good afternoon." The usual greeting.
Konbanwa - "Good evening". The usual greeting.
Hisashiburi desu - "Haven't seen each other for a long time." Standard polite option.
Hisashiburi ne? (Hisashiburi ne?) - Female version.
Hisashiburi da naa ... (Hisashiburi da naa) - Male version.
Yahho! (Yahhoo) - "Hello". An informal option.
ooh! (Ooi) - "Hello." A very informal male version. A common greeting for long distance roll calls.
Yo! (Yo!) - "Hello". An extremely informal male version.
Gokigenyou - Hello. A rare, very polite female greeting.
Moshi-moshi - "Hello". Answer by phone.

Bye group:

Sayonara - "Goodbye". The usual option. It is said if the chances of a quick new meeting are small.
Saraba - "Bye." An informal option.
Mata ashita - "See you tomorrow." The usual option.
Mata ne - Female version.
Mata naa - Male version.
Dzya, mata (Jaa, mata) - "See you again." An informal option.
Dzya (Jaa) - Quite informal option.
De wa (De wa) - A slightly more formal version.
Oyasumi nasai - "Good night". A somewhat formal version.
Oyasumi - Informal version.

"Yes and no".
This section describes popular expressions that are often used in Japanese, anime and manga characters, and that express different types of agreement and disagreement.

Group with the value "Yes":

Hai - "Yes". Generic standard expression. It can also mean "Understand" and "Continue". That is, it does not necessarily mean consent.
Haa - "Yes, sir." A very formal expression.
Ee (Ee) - "Yes". Not a very formal form.
Ryoukai - "That's right." Military or paramilitary option.

Group with value "None":

Ie (Ie) - "No". A polite standard expression. Also a polite form of declining a gratitude or compliment.
Nai - "No." An indication of the absence or non-existence of something.
Betsu ni - "Nothing."
Group with the value "Sure":
Naruhodo - "Of course", "Of course."
Mochiron - "Naturally!" An indication of confidence in the statement.
Yahari - "I thought so."
Yappari - A less formal form of the same.

Group with the value "Maybe":

Maa ... (Maa) - "Maybe ..."
Saa ... (Saa) - "Well ..." I mean - "Perhaps, but doubts still remain."
Group with the meaning "Really?"
Honto desu ka? (Hontou desu ka?) - "Really?" Polite form.
Honto? (Hontou?) - Less formal.
So what? (Sou ka?) - "Wow ..." Sometimes pronounced like "Su ka!"
So desu ka? (Sou desu ka?) - Formal form of the same.
With desu nee ... (Sou desu nee) - "Here it is ..." Formal version.
From da na ... (Sou da naa) - Male informal version.
So nee ... (Sou nee) - Women's informal version.
Masaka! (Masaka) - "It can't be!"

Expressions of courtesy.
This section describes popular expressions of courtesy that are often found in the speech of Japanese and anime and manga characters, but are not always unambiguously translated into Russian and other languages.

Group with the value "Please".

Onegai shimasu - A very polite form. Can be used alone. It is especially often used in requests like "do something for me". Let me remind you that in most cases "u" after voiceless consonants is not pronounced, that is, this expression is usually pronounced as "Onegai simas".
Onegai - Less polite, more common form.
- kudasai - A polite form. Added as a suffix to the verb. For example, "kite-kudasai" - "Please come."
- kudasaimasen ka? (kudasaimasen ka) - A more polite form. Added as a suffix to the verb. Translated as "could you do something for me?" For example, "kite-kudasaimasen ka?" - "Could you come?"
group with the meaning "Thank you"
Doumo - Short form, usually said in response to a little "household" help, say, in response to a coat submitted and an invitation to enter.
Arigatou gozaimasu - Polite, somewhat formal. Let me remind you that in most cases "u" after voiceless consonants is not pronounced, that is, this expression is usually pronounced as "Arigato gozaimas".
Arigatou - Less formal, polite form.
Doumo arigatou - "Thank you very much." Polite form.
Doumo arigatou gozaimasu - "Thank you so much." Very polite, formal.
Katajikenai - Old-fashioned, very polite uniform.
Osewa ni narimashita - "I am your debtor." Very polite and formal.
Osewa ni natta - Informal form with the same meaning.
Group with the value "Please"
Dou itashimashite - Polite, formal form.
Iie - "Not at all." Informal form.

Group with value "Sorry".

Gomen nasai - "I'm sorry, please", "I'm sorry", "I'm sorry." A very polite form. Expresses regret for some reason, for example, if you have to disturb someone. Usually it is not actually an apology for a significant misconduct (as opposed to "sumimasen").
Gomen - Informal form.
Sumimasen - "I beg your pardon." Polite form. Expresses an apology for a material misconduct.
Sumanai / Suman - Not very polite, usually masculine.
Sumanu - Not very polite, old-fashioned uniform.
Shitsurei shimasu - "I beg your pardon." Very polite formal form. Used, say, to enter the boss's office.
Shitsurei - Similar, but less formal
Moushiwake arimasen - "I have no forgiveness." Very polite and formal. Used in the army or business.
Moushiwake nai - Less formal.

Well, when you come to the country, you can communicate freely with the locals in their native language - this is ideal. But not everyone and not always have such knowledge, and although I believe that simply memorizing individual phrases, without a general knowledge of the language, will not lead to mutual understanding with the locals, perhaps some phrases may still be useful.

From my own experience, I know that the attempt of a foreigner to at least common phrases, such as good morning, thank you, goodbye, to pronounce in the local language, always evokes a good response.

Not to read everything written on the screen, if you need these clue words for a trip to Japan or for communicating with Japanese friends download them for yourself for free, print and use. On this page, the words are partially published, as an illustrative example of what you will see in the electronic version.

And for the correct pronunciation of words, it is better to read a couple of articles, since in the Japanese language there are concepts such as reduction - contraction, and as a result, words are pronounced differently than they are spelled. This is especially true for words with the ending - で す - desu, し ま す - shimasu, in fact, the sound "u" is not pronounced.

Useful Japanese Words and Expressions.

Greetings:

ohayoo gozaimasu - good morning!

horse-drawn - hello (good afternoon)!

konbanwa - good evening!

hajimemashite- nice to meet you

douzo for the developer - glad to meet you

o-yasumi nasai - good night

sayunara - goodbye!

Formulas for courtesy:

namae-o oschiete kudasai - what is your name?

then washingmasu - my name is ...

sumimasen - sorry

o-genki des ka - how are you?

ganki des - thanks, good

iie - no

arigatou - thanks

doumo arigatou godezhas - thank you very much

Protect - not worth gratitude

onegai ... - please (with an informal request) ...

douzo - please (when invited) ...

kekkou desu - no thanks

even matte kudasai - please wait

shitsurei shield - sorry (for disturbing)

itadakimasu - bon appetit

gochisou-sama childrenhita ... - thanks for the treat

Expression of basic needs:

onaka-ga bitch - I'm hungry

nodo-ga kawaku - I'm thirsty

koohi-o kudasai - please give me a cup of coffee

tsukareta - I'm tired

nemui des - I want to sleep

o-tearai-va dachira desu ka - where is the toilet?

Doko desu ka - where is ...

are-o misete kudasai - please show me this ...

Communication in stereotyped situations:

doshitan des ka - what happened?

daijoubu desu ka - are you all right?

daijoubu desu - everything is fine

ikura desu ka - how much does it cost?

daughter-but-go shyushchin desu ka - how are you (arrived)?

Sagashchite imas - I'm looking for ...

Michi-ni Mayo-protection - I'm lost (in the city)

koko-wa doko desu ka - where am I?

eki-wa doko desu ka - where is the railway station?

basutei-wa doko desu ka - where is the bus stop?

Ginza-wa dochi desu ka - how to get to Ginza?

nihongo-ga wakarimasen - I don't understand Japanese

vakarimasu ka - do you understand?

wakarimasen - I don't understand

shitte imas - I know

shirimasen - I don't know

Kore-wa nan desu ka - what is it (is)?

kore-o kudasai - I'll buy it ...

eigo-o hanasemas ka - do you speak english?

roschiago de hanasemasu ka - do you speak Russian?

eigo no dekiru hito imasu ka - does anyone here speak English?

nihongo-de nanto iimasu ka - what would it be in Japanese?

eigo-de nanto iimasu ka - how will it be in english?

grove de nanto iimasu ka - how will it be in Russian?

mou ichi do itte kudasai - please say again

yukkuri hanashite kudasai - please speak more slowly

E itte kudasai - please take me to ... (in a taxi)

Made ikura desu ka - how much will it cost to travel to ...

aishiteiru - i love you

kibun-ga varui - I feel bad

Questions:

dare? - who?

nani? - what?

daughters? - which the?

dorah? -which?

itsu? -when?

nan-ji desuka? - what time is it now?

doko? - where?

naze - why?

Basic formulas for a telephone conversation:

power-power - hello!

Tanaka-san-wa imasu ka - may I have lord Tanaka?

donata desu ka - please tell me who is on the phone?

Ivanov desu - Ivanov on the phone

Rusu desu - he is not at home

haishchutsu shcheimasu - he left the office

Denwashimasu - I'll call you

bangouchigai desu - you dialed the wrong number

Major health complaints:

onaka-ga itai - my stomach hurts

kaze-o hiita - I caught a cold

kega-o shield - I hurt myself

samuke-ga suru - I feel chills

netsu-ga aru - I have a high temperature

nodo-ga itai - my throat hurts

kouketsuatsu - my blood pressure has risen

kossetsu - I have a fracture

haita - my toothache

shinzoubyou - my heart worries

zutsuu - I have a headache

haien - I have pneumonia

mocheuen - I have an attack of appendicitis

yakedo - I have a burn

Hanazumari - I have a runny nose

gary - i have diarrhea

arerugia - I have an allergy

Most common nouns:

jyushcho - address

Kuukou - airport

ginkou - bank

yakkyoku - pharmacy

bewin - hospital

okane - money

bangou - number

keisatsu - police

yubinkyoku - post office

Jinja - Shinto shrine

Otera - Buddhist temple

eki - station

denwa - telephone

kippu - ticket

denshya - electric train

sakana - fish

yasai - vegetables

kudamono - fruit

niku - meat

mizu - water

fuyu - winter

haru - spring

Natsu - Summer

aki - autumn

ame - rain

Most used verbs:

kau - to buy

dekiru - to be able

kuru - come

nomu - to drink

taberu - to eat

iku - go

uru - sell

hanasu - to talk

tomaru - to shoot (hotel room)

vakaru - to understand

aruku - to walk

kaku - to write

Pronouns:

vatashi - i

watashitachi - we

anata - you, you

kare - he

kanoj - she

karera - they

Most common adjectives:

ui - good

varui - bad

ookii - large

chisai - small

You can also get acquainted with the phonetics of the Japanese language, learn the pronunciation of adverbs, colors, numbers, designations of directions, see the spelling of useful hieroglyphs that indicate the days of the week, months, announcements and signs, the names of cities and regions, you can download the Japanese phrasebook for free. I would be glad if he can help you navigate when visiting Japan. Additionally, I recommend reading the article about in Japanese and about

To get the Russian-Japanese phrasebook, you need to subscribe to the electronic version of the phrasebook located in the sidebar of the blog.

Have you ever wondered how Japanese people speak when they speak Russian? Japanese has a limited number of phonetic sounds, while other languages, such as English or German, and even more so Russian, have a much larger variety of sounds. So, the Japanese should diligently study those sounds that they have never used before.

To learn to speak with the correct Japanese accent, you need to plunge into the language atmosphere, for example, go to study at a language school in Japan.

But first, you can use the following steps to try and speak like a Japanese with an appropriate accent.

Exploring sounds

Let's look at some examples to help you improve your pronunciation in English.

1. Pronounce "R" like "L". The “R” actually sounds a little weird - it's a mix of “R” and “L”, but it's not so easy for the Japanese to pronounce this sound, so you can just say “Lu”. So "Far" would be "Falu" (very weak "u").

2. Pronounce "A" as "Ai". So "A" in "Are" will be soft "Airu" (very weak "u")

3. Pronounce "D" as "Do". Therefore, the "D" in "Cold" would be a very soft "Do" instead of a very soft "Duh" in English.

4. Say "L" like "Ru". So "Cold" is "Corudo" (a very soft "u" and ends with "o") instead of "Col-duh" in English.

5. Replace the hard "Th" with "S". Therefore, the word "Think" will be pronounced "Sink".

6. Change the soft "Th" to "Z". So "The" becomes "Ze".

7. Change words ending in "S" or "Th" so that they end in "Su" or "Zu". Thus, "Is" would be "Izu" or "Isu", and "Smith" would be "Sumisu". For example:

• "Hello, my name is John Smith" would be "Haruro, my naimu izu John Sumisu"

8. Replace "V" with "B". So "Very" is pronounced "Bery".

9. Pronounce "B" as "Bu".

10. Pronounce "F" as "Hu". So "Fish" is "Hish".

11. Break words into syllables. Instead of thinking about the pronunciation of Carikter, try to focus on pronouncing each Cah-lic-tel syllable.

12. Try pronouncing the sentence “It” s very cold in here. ”It will sound“ Ittsu beri korudo in hiaa ”.

Practice

In order to learn the Japanese language and its pronunciation, language practice is required.

1. First, slowly connect the sounds, changing the pronunciation: "It" s very funny "to" It-su be-ry hon-ey ".

2. Say sentences out loud and accelerate with a Japanese accent. For example, you could talk about what you have done / are going to do today.

3. Listen to Japanese speaking English or Russian. This can be on video or in real life if you are familiar with a Japanese person.

4. Repeat after them the pronunciation of words and phrases.

5. Write words and phrases with emphasis on syllables to read these sounds.

6. Write down the phrase “Write it how it sounds”, which becomes “Raito itto hau itto saunzu”.

7. Start slowly and speed up as you practice:

• Brilliant - bu-rui-rui-ant;
• Concentration - cono-sano-tu-re-sono (“no” has a very soft “o”);
• Force -foa-su (very weak "u");
• Frapacchino -fu-rah-peh-chee-naw;
• Girls - ga-ars (gualrus);
• Hello - ha-ru-rō (very weak "u");
• Homework - hō-mu-waa-ku (very weak "u"));
• McDonalds (3 syllables) - Ma-Ku-Do-Na-Ru-Do-Zu (7 syllables)
• Really - riiri (ruilrui);
• Screen (1 syllable) - Ssu-ku-rin-no (4 syllables).

Applying an accent

1. Do a play, stand-up, skit or video of you speaking with a Japanese accent.

2. Use the new accent for fun and relaxation, in a pleasant, friendly and kind manner; don't be rude or mean.

• Record video with sound on your phone and listen. Study them.
• Make an audio recording (such as MP3) so you can listen and study with headphones without looking at the screen.

A warning

• Parodying can embarrass or anger Japanese people.