How do you say "Can I dance with you?" in Japanese?

Name: There's a Drum Tower and a Circle of Dancers. You're Allowed to Join.
Uploaded: 2026-07-21T06:01:21Z
Duration: 50 s
Description: Learn to say 一緒に踊ってもいいですか？ (issho ni odotte mo ii desu ka?) — Can I dance with you?. A 30-second Japanese lesson for travelers from Kōfuku.

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There's a Drum Tower and a Circle of Dancers. You're Allowed to Join.

To say Can I dance with you? in Japanese, say 一緒に踊ってもいいですか？ (issho ni odotte mo ii desu ka?).

Every tourist films the circle from outside. The circle is open, and this is how you walk into it.

一緒に踊ってもいいですか？ issho ni odotte mo ii desu ka? Can I dance with you?

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Why this phrase

A Kofuku and Hana role-play at a neighborhood Bon Odori, peak season right now through Obon in mid August. Hana plays a local dancing in the circle; Kofuku plays the visitor standing outside with his phone up. He asks 「一緒に踊ってもいいですか？」 and she waves him in and shows him the steps. CRITICAL FRAMING: a Bon Odori circle is already open to anyone, so nobody needs permission. The phrase is an ICEBREAKER, not a gate; it is the sentence that turns a stranger into the person teaching you the moves. Kofuku says this plainly so the video never implies you would be turned away.