Common Phrases

Question 1

Nice to meet you/ How do you do?

Answer 1

Hajimemashite

Question 2

I am __

Answer 2

__ to moushimasu

Question 3

Best regards/ Let’s be nice to each other

Answer 3

Yoroshiku onegai shimasu

Question 4

How old are you?

Answer 4

Nansai desu ka

Question 5

I am __ years old

Answer 5

___ sai desu

Question 6

I am 21 years old

Answer 6

Ni juu issai sai desu

Question 7

How old do I look?

Answer 7

Nansai ni miemasu ka

Question 8

You look ___ years old

Answer 8

__ sai ni miemasu

Question 9

What is your name?

Answer 9

(O)namae wa nan desu ka

Question 10

Good morning (formal)

Answer 10

Ohayou gozaimasu

Question 11

Good morning (casual)

Answer 11

Ohayou

Question 12

Good afternoon

Answer 12

Konnichiwa

Question 13

Good evening

Answer 13

Konbanwa

Question 14

Good night (formal)

Answer 14

Oyasuminasai

Question 15

Good night (casual)

Answer 15

Oyasumi

Question 16

Thank you (short version)

Answer 16

Arigatou

Question 17

Thank you (long version)

Answer 17

Arigatou gozaimasu

Question 18

I will be back (used when leaving a place you plan to return to soon)

Answer 18

itte kimasu

Question 19

Have a good day/ Take care/ See you (said to someone who is leaving and returning soon)

Answer 19

itterasshai

Question 20

I’m home/ I’m back (used when arriving home or when returning to a place you recently left)

Answer 20

Tadaima

Question 21

Welcome back home (can also be said to someone who returned to a place they’ve been before)

Answer 21

Okaerinasai