A Typhoon's Coming and Your Train Might Stop. Ask the Station This.
To say Are the trains running? in Japanese, say 電車、動いてますか？ (densha, ugoitemasu ka?).
Typhoon season in Japan. You reach the station, but is your train even running?
電車、動いてますか？
densha, ugoitemasu ka?
Are the trains running?
In this video
- 電車、動いてますか？ densha, ugoitemasu ka? Are the trains running?
- すみません、電車、動いてますか？ sumimasen, densha, ugoitemasu ka? Excuse me, are the trains running?
- 山手線は動いてますか？ Yamanote-sen wa ugoitemasu ka? Is the Yamanote line running?
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