We offer Japanese comunication classes and/or provide English Japanese cheat sheets for your company.
For example, these samples are very useful if your company is a restaurant or does activities such as land tour,
snorkeling tour, diving tour. These are generic friendly tour conversations in Japanese.

GREETINGS
Good morning. Ohayou gozai masu.
Good afternoon. Konnichi wa.
Good evening. Konban wa.
How do you do? Hajime mashite.
My name is ___. Watashi no namae wa ___ desu.
It's pleasure to meet you. Yoroshiku onegai shimasu
Thank you. Domo arigatou
Thank you very much. Domo arigatou gozai masu
Thanks. (Informal) Domo
Thank you for your kindness. Goshinsetsu ni arigatou gozai masu
I appreciate it. Kansha shimasu
It's a pleasure. Dou itashi mashite
How are you? Genki?

APOLOGIES
Sorry. Sumi masen or gomen nasai
I'm very sorry. Hontouni sumi masen

ACTIVITY CHECK IN
May I have the name the reservation is under? Yoyaku no onamae wa.
How would you like to pay? Oshiharai wa?
Do you have a vouchar with you? Kippu wa arimasuka?
Please wait there. Asokode omachi kudasai.
Please be seated. Suwatte kudasai.
Please wait here. Kokode omachi kudasai.
Please wait a moment. Shoushou omachikudasai.
Restroom is over there. Otearai wa asoko desu.

GETTING IN AND OUT OF A VAN
Please watch your head. Atama ni kiwotsukete kudasai.
Please watch your step. Ashimoto ni kiwotsukete kudasai.
Are you OK? Daijoubu?
Did you get car sick? Kurumayoi desuka?
Please take a deep breath. Shinkokyu shite kudasai.
Please don't leave anything behind. Wasuremono naidesuka.

TOUR GUIDE
Please follow me. Tuitekite kudasai.
Let's go. Ikimashou.
Please watch out. Kiwotsukete kudasai.
Please be careful. Chuuishite kudasai.
Beautiful isn't it? Kirei desune.
Please try it. Yattemite kudasai.
Please wait here. Kokode mattte kudasai.
Anything to drink? Onomimono wa?
Are you tired? Tsukare mashitaka?

AFTER A TOUR
Did you have fun? Tanoshikatta?
I'm glad you had fun. Yokatta Tanoshide kurete.
Please join us again. Mata kite kudasai.
See you again. Matane.

EATING & DRINKING
Let's eat! Itadakimasu.
Same again? Okawari wa?
It was great food. Gochisou samadeshita.
Cheers! Kanpai.

SNORKELING OR DIVING TOUR
Please have a seat. Suwatte kudasai.
Please stand up. Tatte kudasai.
Please put your fins on. Fin wo tsukete kudasai.
Please take your fins off. Fin wo nuide kudasai.
Please take your mask off. Mask wo totte kudasai.
Please swim this way. Kocchi ni oyoide kudasai.
Please swim that way. Acchi ni oyoide kudasai.
Please don't move. Ugokanaide kudasai.
Time to go. Ikimasuyo.
Are you cold? Samui desuka?
How many time have you been diving? Dive honsuuwa?
When was your last dive? Saigoni mogutta nowa?
How much weight do you need? Weight no omosa wa?

RESTAURANT
Do you have a reservation? Goyoyaku wa arimasuka?
Does this table work for you? Kono table de iidesuka?
What would you like to drink? Onomimonowa?
How would you like this cooked? Medium? Medium rare? Rare? Yakikagen wa? Medium? Medium rare? Rare?
Is there anything I can do for you? Hoka ni nanika gozaimasuka?
Is everything OK? Ikagadesuka?
More water? Omizu wa?
Thank you very much for coming. Doumo arigatou gozaimashita.
I hope we see you again. Mata oai shimashou.

NUMBERS
(without counters)
1 ichi hitotsu
2 ni futatsu
3 san mittsu
4 shi, yon yottsu
5 go itsutsu
6 roku muttsu
7 shichi, nana nanatsu
8 hachi yattsu
9 kyu kokonotsu
10 ju to
Examples:
Ichi-nin mae
= Serving for one person
Shichi-nin no samurai = The Seven Samurai
NUMBERS (over 10)
21 ni-ju-ichi
32 san-ju-ni
43 yon-ju-san
54 go-ju-yon or ju-shi
65 roku-ju-go
76 nana-ju-roku
87 hachi-ju-nana
98 kyu-ju-hachi
100 hyaku
1,000 sen
10,000 man
Examples:
Ni-sen-hachi-nen
= Year of 2008
COLORS
Red Aka
Blue Ao
White Shiro
Black Kuro
Yellow Kiiro
Green Midori
Brown Chairo
Pink Pinku
Gray Hai-iro
Purple Murasaki
Orange Orenji
Examples:
blue sky
= aoi sora
white cloud
= shiroi kumo
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