Learn Japan in 30-second reels
Real phrases for the konbini, the restaurant, the train — each with romaji and English, ready to use the second you land.
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POV: Security Opened Your Backpack. Those Konbini Snacks Are Not Coming In.
mochikomi kinshi · no outside food or drinks
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Did You Catch That? That Train Will Skip Your Hotel.
kaisoku · rapid (skips stations)
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You Pulled Up to the Exit. The Bar Did Not Move. Twenty Cars Are Now Waiting.
Shutsujō-mae seisan · Pay before you exit.
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Every Locker at Tokyo Station Is Shut. Two Kanji Mean You're Walking.
manpai · full (lockers, parking, a box). Not 満員.
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Google Said Go Straight. Two Red Kanji Disagreed.
tsūkō-dome · road closed, no through traffic
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The Cart Lady Said One Sentence. You Have Eight Seconds.
shanai hanbai desu · onboard sales, the snack cart is here
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You Booked the Quiet Week in September. Japan Invented a Five-Day Weekend
renkyū · consecutive holidays / a long weekend
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A Typhoon Just Ate Your Plans. Don't Cancel Them. Move Them.
hinichi o henkō dekimasu ka? · Can I change the date?
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