Local Japan Guide

  ◆ Japanese phrases about the weather #1(天気) ◆ The weather was nice today. きょうは、いいてんきだった。  ▶︎  listen Kyowa iitenki datta It was a calm day. きょうは、おだやかなてんきだった。　▶︎  listen Kyowa oadayakana tenki datta It was the first clear day in three days. みっかぶりにはれた。　▶︎  listen Mikkaburini hareta I hope the weather is nice tomorrow. あした、はれるといいな。　▶︎  listen Ashita harerutoiina It was cloudy today. きょうは、くもりだった。　▶︎  listen Kyouwa kumori datta It was cloudy all day. いちにちじゅう、くもりだった。　▶︎  listen Ichinitiju kumori datta It was rainy today. きょうは、あめだった。▶︎  listen kyouwa ame datta It has been raining for four days. よっかもあめがつづいている。　▶︎  listen Yokkamo amega tuzuiteiru It snowed today. きょうは、ゆきがふった。　▶︎  listen Kyouwa yukiga futta It sleeted. みぞれがふった。　▶︎  listen Mizorega futta When I woke up, there was snow on the ground. おきたら、ゆきがつもっていた。　▶︎  listen okitara yukiga tumotteita   I hope you’ll have a great time in Japan！ Thank you for reading my article...

  ◆ The number of people (にんずう) ◆ This is the counter for people, except if there is just one person, or if there are two people. For one person, you say hitori (一人, ひとり) and for two, you say futari (二人, ふたり). 1 person ひとり ▶︎ listen hitori 2 people ふたり▶︎ listen futari 3 people さんにん▶︎ listen sannin 4 people よにん▶︎ listen yonin 5 people ごにん▶︎ listen gonin 6 people ろくにん▶︎ listen rokunin 7 people ななにん▶︎ listen nananin 8 people はちにん▶︎ listen hachinin 9 people きゅうにん▶︎ listen kyunin 10 people じゅうにん▶︎ listen jyunin Thank you for reading my article! Feel free to leave a comment!       I hope you’ll have a great time in Japan！  

  ◆ Japanese Numbers(すうじ) ◆                                                                             　similar pronunciation 1 いち ▶︎ listen ichi itchy [ítʃi] 2 に▶︎ listen ni knee [níː] 3 さん▶︎ listen san sun [sʌ́n] 4 し▶︎ listen shi she [ʃíː] 5 ご▶︎ listen go go [góʊ] 6 ろく▶︎ listen roku rock [rɑ́k] 7 なな▶︎ listen nana nana [nάːnə] 8 はち▶︎ listen hachi hatch [hǽtʃ] 9 きゅう▶︎ listen kyu queue [kjúː] 10 じゅう▶︎ listen jyu Jew [dʒúː] I hope you’ll have a great time in Japan！ Thank you for reading my article! Feel free to leave a comment!    

  ◆ Basic Japanese Greetings(あいさつ) ◆ Good morning. おはようございます。  ▶︎  listen Ohayō gozaimasu Hello! こんにちは!　▶︎  listen konnichiwa Good evening. こんばんは。　▶︎  listen konbanwa Good night. おやすみなさい。　▶︎  listen oyasuminasai Bye-bye. じゃあね。　▶︎  listen jaane See you tomorrow. またあした。　▶︎  listen mata ashita I'm going. いってきます。▶︎  listen ittekimasu See you later. いってらっしゃい。　▶︎  listen itterasshai I'm back. ただいま。　▶︎  listen tadaima Well come back. おかえりなさい。　▶︎  listen okaerinasai Wellcome. いらっしゃいませ。　▶︎  listen irasshaimase Hello.(on the phone at the biginning of a conversation .) もしもし。　▶︎  listen moshimoshi Thank you. ありがとうございます。  ▶︎  listen arigatohgozaimasu I hope you’ll have a great time in Japan！ Thank you for reading my article! Feel free to leave a comment!