Travel: Must-Know Japanese Phrases in Japan

You can watch Risa teaching top 25 must-know Japanese phrases from youtube here.

In this article, we list those phrases in written forms.  So, you can practice them repeatedly or you can copy the phrases from here and paste them to japandict.com or a Japanese language-learning tool for further research.

Section 1

• Good morning (used before noontime)
• おはよう / お早う / ohayou
• Excuse me 
• すみません / 済みません / sumimasen
• Yes 
• はい / hai
• No 
• いいえ/ iie 
• Where is the station?
• 駅はどこですか / eki wa dokodesu ka?
• 駅 / えき / eki
• どこ / 何処 / doko
• Please treat me well (also means "Nice to meet you")
• よろしくお願 いします / yoroshiku onegaishimasu
• 宜しく / よろしく / yoroshiku
• ね がい  / 願い  / negai
• How much is this?
• これはいくらですか kore wa ikuradesuka 
• 幾ら /  いくら / ikura
• Good night
• おやすみなさい / oyasuminasai
• やすみ / 休み / yasumi
• How old are you? 
• なん さいですか / nan-saidesu ka
• 何 / なん / nan
• 歳 / さい / sai

Section 2

• After you (or "Go Ahead")
• どうぞ / douzo
• I understand
• わかりました / wakarimashita
• I don't understand
• わかりません / wakarimasen
• Do you speak English?
• 英語が話せますか / eigoga hanasuse masuka
• 英語 / えいご / eigo
• はなすせ /  話せ / hanasuse
• See you soon
• じや、また /  jiya mata
• Thanks (casual), Hello, or Goodbye
• どうも / doumo
• How are you?
• お元気ですか / ogenkidesuka
• I'm sorry
• ごめんなさい / gomen nasai

Section 3

• Good evening
• こんばんは / konbanwa
• Hello (used in the afternoon)
• こんにちは / konnichiwa
• Nice to meet you
• はじめまして / hajime mashite
• What's your name?
• お名前は / onamae wa
• 名前 / なまえ / namae
• Water, please
• 水お願 いします/ mizu onegai shimasu
• 水 / みず / mizu
• 願い /  ね がい /  negai
• Help!
• 助けてください /  tasukete kudasai
• 助けて /  たすけて / tasukete
• Thank you (polite)
• ありがとう  / arigatou
• Goodbye
• さようなら / sayounara

References

1. Learn the Top 25 Must-Know Japanese Phrases! (video)
2. Hiragana (Wikipedia)
3. Learn 125 Beginner Japanese Words with Risa! (video)
4. Tips: Traveling in Japan (Travel for a Purpose)
5. Studying Japanese using YouTube
6. Survival Japanese at Restaurants (Travel for a Purpose)
7. 111 Japanese Phrases for Beginners (video).
8. HOW TO SAY HELLO IN JAPANESE (video)
9. Japanese: Top 25 Adjectives to Learn (Travel for a Purpose)
10. Japanese: Top 15 Questions to Learn (Travel for a Purpose)
11. Useful Japanese Phrases (used when visiting Japanese homes)
12. How to Introduce Yourself in Japanese
13. How to Eat a Typical Japanese Meal at Home
14. How to use Chopsticks
15. How to ride a train in Japan
16. How to Visit Someone's House