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Learn Japanese: Will You Make It In Japan?

Learn Japanese easily! When visiting Japan, it is essential that you understand and give instructions. You will need to know all kinds of phrases and questions like, “The pharmacy is there” and “Do you know where the hospital is?”

By learning a few important words and phrases, you will surely succeed on the streets of Japan. In this Japanese article for beginners, you will master the words and phrases you need to give and understand instructions. Just some of the Japanese vocabulary words that you will discover are yakkyoku (“pharmacy”) and Konbini (“convenience store”). You will also learn to explain locations using the Japanese words for “near” and “there.” If you want to explore Japan without problems, do not miss this article!

Vocabulary: In this article, you will learn the following words and phrases:

chikaku – “close”

yakkyoku – “pharmacy, drugstore”

Konbini – “convenience store”

tonari – “next to”

kusuri – “medicine”

already – a suffix that means “shop” or “seller”

tsuukoo-nin – “pass, passerby”

Grammar: In this article, you will learn the following words and phrases:

Vocabulary and useful phrases in a hospital

Konbini – “convenience store”

Konbini is the abbreviation of konbiniensu sutoaa.

asoko – “Over there”

Asoko is one of the so-called ko-so-a-do words. For more information onWords of Ko-so-a-do, see Article 7 of Season 4 of the Newbie Series.

Review the following vocabulary:

Demonstrative pronouns:

Korea – “East”

painful – “That”

is it so – “that one over there”

Golden – “Which”

Demonstrative adjectives:

kono – “this”

Dream – “what”

year – “that which is there”

Not to do – “which”

Rentals:

koko – “here”

soko – “there”

asoko – “Over there”

doko – “where”

Chikaku ni yakkyoku wa arimasu ka.

“There’s a pharmacy close by?”

Review the following vocabulary and usage:

chikaku – “near”

or – spot indicator for particles

yakkyoku – “pharmacy”

Washington – topic bookmark

arimasu – “exists”

ka – question mark

In article 27 of season 4 of the Newbie Series, we introduced the sentence structure Chikaku ni __arimasu ka. Now you will see that neither Georgia gold Washington follow the site the speaker is looking for.

Chikaku ni/ place you are looking for / (Washington / Georgia) arimasu ka.

Chikaku ni / yakkyoku / wa arimasu ka.

Chikaku ni /yakkyoku / ga arimasu ka.

Chikaku ni / yakkyoku / arimasu ka.

Examples:

  1. Sumimasen. Chikaku ni toire wa arimasu ka.

    “Excuse me. Is there a bathroom near here?”

  2. Asoko desu.

    “It’s over there.”

  3. Sumimasen. Chikaku ni eki ga arimasu ka.

    “Excuse me. Is there a station near here?”

  4. Sumimasen. Wakarimasen.

    “I’m sorry, I do not know.”

Gramatical point

In this article, you will learn how to explain a location.

Yakkyoku wa konbini no tonari desu.

“The pharmacy is next to the convenience store.”

Review the following vocabulary and usage:

yakkyoku – “pharmacy”

Washington – topic bookmark

Konbini – “convenience store”

Not – possessive particle

tonari – “next to”

from his – copula (linking verb)

Konbini no tonari means “next to the convenience store”. Check the usage in the following examples.

  1. Yakkyoku no tonari

    “Next to the pharmacy”

  2. Byooin no tonari

    “next to the hospital”

  3. Eki no tonari

    “next to the station”

  4. Daigaku no tonari

    “next to the university”

List of positional words:

“English” / Japanese

“on, above, over” / EU

“under, under, under” / shita

“inside” / naka

“close” / chikaku

“next to” / tonari

“in front of, before” / mae

“behind” / ushiro

Use

Eki no (Japanese positional word)/ “English”

Eki no (EU) / “at the station”

Eki no (shita) / “under the station”

Eki no (naka) / “at the station”

Eki no (tonari) / “next to the station”

Eki no (chikaku) / “Near the station”

Eki no (mae ) / “in front of the station”

Eki no (ushiro) / “behind the station”

Practice: Fill in the blanks to complete the following sentences.

  1. “The pharmacy is in the hospital.”

    Yakkyoku wa Byooin no __ from his.

  2. “The bathroom is next to the elevator.”

    Toire wa erebeetaa no __ from his.

  3. “The convenience store is across from the station.”

    Konbini wa eki no __ from his.

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