USEFUL Japanese phrases you MUST know how to use! (JAPANESE LESSON #3)

what is up ladies and gentlemen this is kensei sensei and today we're going to go over some basic japanese phrases that you could use in your daily conversations [Music] so in my last two lessons i went over hiragana katakana and kanchi and also kanji pronunciations and kanji radicals but today we're going to do something more practical because you can actually use these terms in your daily conversations now before we go into the phrases i need to explain to you about formality and also gender specific speech patterns now formality is important because in japanese depending on who you're talking to you have to change the way you speak so for example if you're speaking to your teacher or your boss you want to speak more formally and if you're speaking to someone your age or someone younger you want to speak casually and also depending on if you are male or female you would want to speak in a male speech pattern or a female speech pattern and also there are terms that are specifically used by males and also specifically used by females now let's get right in and talk about phrases that we could use when we greet someone in japanese is just good morning but it is a formal way of saying good morning so if you are meeting your teacher for the first time in the morning you can say a more casual way of saying is just ohio so if you're meeting your friends at the school gates you can say ohayou konichiwa is just good afternoon in japanese and konichiwa doesn't have a formal variation so you can say konichiwa to both your teachers and also your classmates is good evening in japanese and there is no specific time of when you can start using konbanwa but usually when it is after dawn or sunset you want to use konbanwa and again kombamwa doesn't have any formal variation so you can just say konbanwa to anyone now let's go over some phrases we can use when we're referring to ourselves watashi watashi watashi is just a gender-neutral way of saying i or me and that's why it is so commonly used in japanese however when males use watashi it is usually in a professional setting however for a woman it can both be used in a casual setting and also a formal and professional setting now you may have heard this term called atashi instead of watashi now atashi is not really a real term it is just something that derived from the term watashi and it is an informal way of saying i or me in japanese and it is also a feminine way of saying i or me now you may have heard this term boku because of maybe boku no hiro boku no hero academia but boku is a masculine way of saying i or me however it has a connotation of being used by young boys now i'm not saying that if you're above i don't know 20 years old you can't use book anymore it just has that connotation of being a more innocent way of saying i or me [Music] now ore is even more masculine and sometimes it can come out rude if you're using ore to refer to yourself in a professional setting so at work you wouldn't really want to call yourself or it especially in front of your boss or something now let's go over some phrases you can use when introducing your name this just means my name is kensei now you don't have to say name is or namaila so you can just say this and you know even more formal way of saying my name is kensei but usually you want to say your full name in this case when you're using tomoshimasu and that's because it is much more formal you can also use your last name in japanese so if my last name was sato you can say sato moshmas and that would work as well now let's go over some phrases you can use when starting a conversation this just means nice to meet you and also i'm looking forward to work with you yoroshiku onegaishimasu is a more formal way of saying nice to meet you or i look forward to work with you but you can use a much more casual version of this which is just yoroshiku now another way of using yoroshiku or yoroshiku is when saying i'm counting on you in japanese if you are asking for a favor and someone says okay i'll do it then you can say i'm counting on you or yours or so for example if i say konopo this means can you please print out this paper for me and if they say okay then you can say or yours and this means i'm counting on you this means how are you feeling now a lot of people use the phrase ogenkideska or genkiniska and that's all right but some people just overuse it too much so you want to know the variations joshua directly asks about the mental state or the emotions is just lately so saikindo means how are you lately hai is yes in japanese and is known in japanese basically means you're welcome now let's go over some phrases you can use when you're thanking someone this means thank you very much also keep in mind that you can also use ariato gozaimasu arigato gozaimasu instead of arigato gozaimashita what's the difference that is the past sense so usually you would use arigato gozaimashita when someone already did a favor for you arigato gozaimasu can be something you use when they are doing a favor for you right now or something in the future [Music] arigato is the casual way of saying ariato sankyu sankyu is just a more casual way of saying thank you in japanese and of course it derives from the english word thank you now let's go over some phrases you can use when apologizing this translates to i'm sorry and it is a formal way of saying i'm sorry this can also be used as something like excuse me in english so for example if you're trying to go through a crowd excuse me can you please move you can say it this means can you please move out the way because i want to go through. is just a way of saying i'm sorry in japanese and it is a more masculine way of saying it so usually boys or men would say this is literally i'm sorry but it is something you would use when you're truly truly sorry about something you did are words you can use when you are interrupting a meeting or just interrupting something when you're entering a meeting you can say students and if you are exiting a meaning you can say and that's because you're saying sorry for interrupting now let's go over some phrases you can use when you're saying goodbye sayonara is something you can use when you're saying goodbye or farewell in japanese meaning that you wouldn't really see the person again or it will be a long time until you'll see them again matashita is just see you tomorrow so you would use this when you know you're going to meet the person tomorrow you can use matakondo when you don't know when you're meeting them but you know that there's going to be another meeting time for you and that person and that's because condo is next time and for example if you are at a club and you know there's going to be a club meeting then you can just say matakondo matane is something you could use in a much more casual setting to with your friends for example and that just means see you later or jana is also a casual way of saying matane but also keep in mind that jhana is a more masculine way of saying janet and lastly bye bye bye bye is just bye bye in japanese and it is a casual way of saying goodbye now that's all for the phrases that we're going to learn today but i hope you can take this and use these in your daily japanese conversations for more content and more lessons on japanese make sure to subscribe to my channel and like this page so that more and more people can take advantage of this video but until next time [Music]

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Length: 9min 18sec (558 seconds)

Published: Fri May 22 2020