Common Japanese Phrases

This is a ever-growing collection of common and useful Japanese phrases. They aim at beginners of Japanese studies and travellers to Japan. Each phrase includes the Japanese transcription and pronunciation.

• Chapter 1: Greetings
• Chapter 2: Useful phrases and expressions
• Chapter 3: Body parts
• Chapter 4: Health and medicine
• Chapter 5: Japanese slang

If you have any questions, please post them to our forum or leave a comment below.

Register at the Japan Forum to discuss this topic. Or leave us a comment below. Please note that your comment will have to be approved before being displayed and that images and hyperlinks will not be shown.
Disclaimer: any comments posted are those of the comment authors alone. Japan Reference (JREF) reserves the right to remove comments at any time.