How do you say 'train' in Japanese?
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| 1 | How do you say 'train' in Japanese? |
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้ป่ป (ใงใใใ) |
| Think of 'electric' trainsโ้ป่ป is an electric train. |
| 2 | What is the Japanese word for 'bus'? | ใใน | Borrowed from English, pronounced 'basu'. |
| 3 | How do you ask 'Where is the station?' in Japanese? | ้ง
ใฏใฉใใงใใ๏ผ (ใใใฏใฉใใงใใ๏ผ) | ้ง (ใใ) means station, ใฉใใงใใ๏ผ means where is it? |
| 4 | What phrase would you use to ask 'Is this the right train to Tokyo?'? | ใใฎ้ป่ปใฏๆฑไบฌ่กใใงใใ๏ผ (ใใฎใงใใใใฏใจใใใใใใใงใใ๏ผ) | ๆฑไบฌ่กใ (ใจใใใใใใ) means 'bound for Tokyo'. |
| 5 | How do you say 'ticket' in Japanese? | ๅ็ฌฆ (ใใฃใท) | Think of 'cut' + 'p', as in cutting a ticket. |
| 6 | What is the Japanese term for a 'single ticket'? | ไธๆใฎๅ็ฌฆ (ใใกใพใใฎใใฃใท) | ไธๆ (ใใกใพใ) means 'one sheet/ticket'. |
| 7 | How do you say 'round-trip ticket' in Japanese? | ๅพๅพฉๅ็ฌฆ (ใใใตใใใฃใท) | ๅพๅพฉ (ใใใตใ) means 'round trip'. |
| 8 | What does 'ไน่ปๅธ' (ใใใใใใใ) refer to? | A fare ticket or boarding pass for trains or buses. | ไน่ป (ใใใใใ) means 'boarding', ๅธ (ใใ) is 'ticket'. |
| 9 | How do you say 'schedule' or 'timetable' in Japanese? | ๆๅป่กจ (ใใใใฒใใ) | ๆๅป (ใใใ) = time, ่กจ (ใฒใใ) = chart or table. |
| 10 | What is the Japanese word for 'platform'? | ใใผใ | Borrowed from English, pronounced 'ho-mu'. |
| 11 | How do you ask 'What time does the train to Osaka leave?'? | ๅคง้ช่กใใฎ้ป่ปใฏไฝๆใซๅบใพใใ๏ผ (ใใใใใใใฎใงใใใใฏใชใใใซใงใพใใ๏ผ) | ๅคง้ช่กใ (ใใใใใใ) means 'bound for Osaka'; ไฝๆ (ใชใใ) = what time. |
| 12 | How do you say 'ticket machine' in Japanese? | ๅธๅฃฒๆฉ (ใใใฐใใ) | ๅธ (ใใ) = ticket, ๅฃฒ (ใฐใ) = sell, ๆฉ (ใ) = machine. |
| 13 | What is the Japanese word for 'exit' at a station? | ๅบๅฃ (ใงใใก) | ๅบๅฃ literally means 'exit' or 'way out'. |
| 14 | How do you ask 'Where is the ticket counter?'? | ๅ็ฌฆๅฃฒใๅ ดใฏใฉใใงใใ๏ผ (ใใฃใทใใใฐใฏใฉใใงใใ๏ผ) | ๅฃฒใๅ ด (ใใใฐ) means 'sales area' or 'counter'. |
| 15 | How do you say 'Please open the door' on a train? | ๆใ้ใใฆใใ ใใใ (ใจใณใใใใใฆใใ ใใใ) | ๆ (ใจใณใ) means 'door'. |
| 16 | What phrase do you use to say 'I want a one-day pass'? | ไธๆฅไน่ปๅธใใใ ใใใ (ใใกใซใกใใใใใใใใใใ ใใใ) | ไธๆฅ (ใใกใซใก) = one day, ไน่ปๅธ (ใใใใใใใ) = ride ticket. |
| 17 | How do you say 'Is this the correct platform for the train to Kyoto?'? | ใใฎใใผใ ใฏไบฌ้ฝ่กใใฎ้ป่ปใฎใงใใ๏ผ (ใใฎใใผใ ใฏใใใใจใใใฎใงใใใใฎใงใใ๏ผ) | ใใผใ (platform), ไบฌ้ฝ่กใ (ใใใใจใใ) = bound for Kyoto. |
| 18 | What is the Japanese term for 'transfer' or 'connection'? | ไนใๆใ (ใฎใใใ) | ไนใๆใ means 'to transfer' between lines. |
| 19 | How do you say 'next stop' in Japanese? | ๆฌกใฎๅ่ป้ง
(ใคใใฎใฆใใใใใ) | ๆฌกใฎ (ใคใใฎ) = next, ๅ่ป้ง (ใฆใใใใใ) = stop station. |
| 20 | How do you ask 'Does this train stop at Shinjuku?'? | ใใฎ้ป่ปใฏๆฐๅฎฟใซๆญขใพใใพใใ๏ผ (ใใฎใงใใใใฏใใใใ
ใใซใจใพใใพใใ๏ผ) | ๆญขใพใใพใใ (ใจใพใใพใใ) = does it stop? |
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