2-4 Transportation and Payment

Question 1

To Tokyo Station [Narita Airport], please.

Answer 1

Tookyoo eki [narita kuukoo] made, onegai shimasu.

Question 2

Where are you headed? [lit: Where to?]

Answer 2

Dochira made desu ka?

Question 3

Sure, to the American Embassy, right? Please get on.

Answer 3

Hai, amerika taishikan made desu ne? Doozo.

Question 4

Oh, excuse me! I’m getting off here!

Answer 4

Ah! Sumimasen. Koko de orimasu.

Question 5

Where are you getting off?

Answer 5

Doko de orimasu ka?

Question 6

Excuse me. Behind the station, please.

Answer 6

Sumimasen. Eki no ura de onegai shimasu. [“de” implies action of getting off there.]

Question 7

I’m getting off at the east entrance of the station.

Answer 7

Eki no higashi-guchi de orimasu.

Question 8

The station, right? The east entrance or the west entrance?

Answer 8

Eki, desu ne? Higashi-guchi desu ka? Nishi-guchi desu ka?

Question 9

I got on the bus [taxi] at the bus [taxi] station at the south entrance.

Answer 9

Minami-guchi no basu [takushii] noriba kara | basu [takushii] ni norimashita.

Question 10

I’m getting off at the next stop.

Answer 10

Tsugi de orimasu. [“stop” is implied]

Question 11

I can use a credit card.

Answer 11

Kurejitto kaado ga tsukaemasu.

Question 12

Can we use dollars in Japan?

Answer 12

Nihon de doru ga tsukaemasu ka?

Question 13

Can we use electronic money at this convenience store?

Answer 13

Kono konbini de denshi manee ga tsukaemasu ka?

Question 14

Yes, you can use it, you know.

Answer 14

Hai, tsukaemasu yo.

Question 15

Credit cards are not accepted. [when said discreetly]

Answer 15

Kurejitto kaado wa chotto . . . . [“chotto” means a little bit; more casual that “sukoshi” or “shoo shoo”]

Question 16

How much does it cost to travel from Tokyo to Osaka by Shinkansen?

Answer 16

Tookyoo kara oosaka made, shinkansen de, ikura desu ka?

Question 17

How much does it cost to travel from Tokyo Station to Shinjuku by subway?

Answer 17

Tokyo eki kara shinjuku made, chiKATetsu de, ikura desu ka?

Question 18

To Shinjuku? It costs two hundred yen.

Answer 18

Shinjuku made desu ka? Nihyaku en desu.

Question 19

How much does it cost to travel from Narita to Haneda by airport shuttle?

Answer 19

Narita kara Haneda made, rimujin basu de, ikura desu ka?

Question 20

Two adult tickets and one child ticket to Osaka, please.

Answer 20

Oosaka made, otona [no kippu] ni mai to KOdomo [no kippu] ichi mai onegai shimasu.

Question 21

To Osaka, right? Is it round trip or one way?

Answer 21

Oosaka made, desu ne? Oofuku desu ka, katamichi desu ka?

Question 22

Here’s six thousand [three thousand, eight thousand] yen change. Thank you.

Answer 22

Roku sen [sanzen, hassen] en no okaeshi desu. Arigatoo gozaimashita. [Exceptions for thousands shown in brackets.]

Question 23

Here’s ten thousand yen. [lit: Out of ten thousand yen, please.]

Answer 23

Ichi man en kara onegai shimasu.

Question 24

Is it twenty-six thousand yen? Well then, here’s thirty thousand yen.

Answer 24

Ni man roku sen en desu ka? Jaa, san man en kara onegai shimasu.

Question 25

What time is it now? [lit: What hour is it now?]

Answer 25

Ima, nan-ji desu ka?

Question 26

It’s half past four p.m. [in the afternoon] now.

Answer 26

Ima, gogo yo-ji han desu.

Question 27

Is it seven o’clock a.m. [in the morning] now?

Answer 27

Ima, gozen shichi-ji desu ka?

Question 28

It’s still half past nine, isn’t it!

Answer 28

Mada ku-ji han desu ne?

Question 29

It’s already half past four, you know.

Answer 29

Moo yo-ji han desu yo.

Question 30

I’m traveling to Yokohama by the 14:05 limited express train.

Answer 30

Juuyo-ji go-fun no tokkyuu de | yokohama e ikimasu.

Question 31

By which express train [lit: express train of which time] are you traveling to Kamakura?

Answer 31

Nan-ji no kyuukoo de | kamakura e ikimasu ka?

Question 32

I’m traveling by the 9:19 express train.

Answer 32

Ku-ji juukyuu-fun no kyuukoo de | ikimasu.