Top 50 phrases to get by Japan: Getting around and shopping

💬 [は] is written [は] but here it's said (wa): [ここはどこですか？]. You'll hear the same in [トイレはどこですか？] and [駅はどこですか？].

💬 [は] is written [は] but here it's said (wa): [トイレはどこですか？]. You'll hear the same in [ここはどこですか？] and [駅はどこですか？].

💬 [は] is written [は] but here it's said (wa): [駅はどこですか？]. You'll hear the same in [ここはどこですか？] and [トイレはどこですか？].

💬 The small [っ] is a held beat: [まっすぐ] is closer to (massugu) than (masugu). That little pause shows up in lots of words, so it's worth training your ear for it.

💬 Put a place before [に行きたいです] to say where you want to go: [駅に行きたいです], [ホテルに行きたいです]. [に] marks the destination.

💬 [この] has to go before a noun, so [この住所] means [this address]. If you want to say just [this] by itself, use [これ].