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In Japan, Your WhatsApp Number Is Useless. Everyone Asks for LINE. Survival ▶

In Japan, Your WhatsApp Number Is Useless. Everyone Asks for LINE.

LINE de ii desu ka? · Is LINE okay?

situation-rescue #tokyotravel

Your Suitcase Just Jammed in a Tokyo Ticket Gate. There Was One Gate You Should Have Used. Survival ▶

Your Suitcase Just Jammed in a Tokyo Ticket Gate. There Was One Gate You Should Have Used.

koko, tōremasu ka? · Can I get through here?

situation-rescue #tokyotravel

Everyone Says Buy a Suica the Second You Land. Since March, 729 Stations Just Take the Card in Your Pocket. Survival ▶

Everyone Says Buy a Suica the Second You Land. Since March, 729 Stations Just Take the Card in Your Pocket.

tatchi kessai · tap to pay (contactless)

myth-bust #tokyotravel

Your Taxi Gets More Expensive at Night. Four Kanji Tell You When. Survival ▶

Your Taxi Gets More Expensive at Night. Four Kanji Tell You When.

shin'ya ryōkin · late-night rate

Travel Hack #tokyotravel

An Empty Taxi Drove Straight Past You in Tokyo With Your Arm in the Air. Two Kanji in the Window Had Already Said No. Survival ▶

An Empty Taxi Drove Straight Past You in Tokyo With Your Arm in the Air. Two Kanji in the Window Had Already Said No.

kaisō · out of service

sign-decode #tokyotravel

The Crowd Won't Move for You. One Little Word Makes It Split. Survival ▶

The Crowd Won't Move for You. One Little Word Makes It Split.

sumimasen, chotto tōshite kudasai · excuse me, could I get through?

situational #tokyotravel

Four Minutes to the Last Train. Don't Ask Where. Ask This. Survival ▶

Four Minutes to the Last Train. Don't Ask Where. Ask This.

mada ma ni aimasu ka? · can I still make it in time?

mini-dialogue #tokyotravel

Twenty Five Thousand Steps a Day. The Massage Shop Asks You One Question and You Need One Answer. Beginner ▶

Twenty Five Thousand Steps a Day. The Massage Shop Asks You One Question and You Need One Answer.

mō sukoshi tsuyoku onegai shimasu · A little stronger, please.

situational-dialogue #tokyotravel

Riding the Subway All Day in Japan? Say This at the Window and Stop Paying Per Ride. Beginner ▶

Riding the Subway All Day in Japan? Say This at the Window and Stop Paying Per Ride.

ichinichi jōshaken o kudasai · A one-day pass, please

situational #tokyotravel

You Fell Asleep on a Japanese Train and Woke Up Somewhere Else. Say This at the Gate. Beginner ▶

You Fell Asleep on a Japanese Train and Woke Up Somewhere Else. Say This at the Gate.

norisugoshimashita · I missed my stop.

situation-rescue #tokyotravel

Train Leaves in 4 Minutes. This Station Has 17 Platforms. Survival ▶

Train Leaves in 4 Minutes. This Station Has 17 Platforms.

nanbansen desu ka? · which platform is it?

situation-rescue #tokyotravel

Out Late in Tokyo? Miss This Train and You're Stuck Till Dawn Survival ▶

Out Late in Tokyo? Miss This Train and You're Stuck Till Dawn

shūden wa nanji desu ka? · What time is the last train?

Survival Phrase #tokyotravel

Getting in a Tokyo Taxi? Say Where You're Going in Three Words Beginner ▶

Getting in a Tokyo Taxi? Say Where You're Going in Three Words

~ made onegai shimasu · To ~, please.

mini-scenario #tokyotravel

Asked for Directions in Japan? Now Actually Understand the Answer Survival ▶

Asked for Directions in Japan? Now Actually Understand the Answer

massugu / migi / hidari · straight / right / left

phrase-drill #tokyotravel

Feeling Sick in Japan? Know This Phrase Before You Need It Survival ▶

Feeling Sick in Japan? Know This Phrase Before You Need It

doraggu sutoa wa doko desu ka · Where is the drugstore?

situational #tokyotravel

Caught in Tokyo Rain? Borrow This Phrase and a Raincoat Beginner ▶

Caught in Tokyo Rain? Borrow This Phrase and a Raincoat

kasatte kudasai · Please lend it to me

situational #tokyotravel

Never Touch a Taxi Door in Japan Intermediate ▶

Never Touch a Taxi Door in Japan

~ made onegai shimasu. · To ~, please.

Cultural Wedge #tokyotravel

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