Practical Japanese - Intermediate Conversation Skills

What you'll learn

• Everyday conversational sentences in polite -masu/-desu Japanese
• How to suggest plans and confirm times and places
• Phrases for giving opinions, agreeing, and reacting
• Restaurant and shopping phrases beyond the basics
• Small-talk openers for meeting people and catching up
• Correct pronunciation from native-speaker audio on every card

Preview the flashcards

A sample of the 42 cards in this set — each with pronunciation and English meaning.

今週末、時間がありますか。/ konshūmatsu, jikan ga arimasu ka /

Do you have time this weekend?

一緒に食事に行きませんか。/ issho ni shokuji ni ikimasen ka /

Would you like to go eat together?

何時に会いましょうか。/ nanji ni aimashō ka /

What time shall we meet?

駅の前で待ち合わせしましょう。/ eki no mae de machiawase shimashō /

Let's meet up in front of the station.

来週の金曜日はどうですか。/ raishū no kin'yōbi wa dō desu ka /

How about next Friday?

予定を確認してから連絡します。/ yotei o kakunin shite kara renraku shimasu /

I'll contact you after checking my schedule.

その日はちょっと都合が悪いです。/ sono hi wa chotto tsugō ga warui desu /

That day is a little inconvenient for me.

私はそう思います。/ watashi wa sō omoimasu /

I think so.

私はそうは思いません。/ watashi wa sō wa omoimasen /

I don't think so.

それはいい考えですね。/ sore wa ii kangae desu ne /

That's a good idea.

私も賛成です。/ watashi mo sansei desu /

I agree too.

ちょっと難しいと思います。/ chotto muzukashii to omoimasu /

I think it's a little difficult.

楽しみにしています。/ tanoshimi ni shite imasu /

I'm looking forward to it.

それは残念ですね。/ sore wa zannen desu ne /

That's too bad / a shame.

二人ですが、席はありますか。/ futari desu ga, seki wa arimasu ka /

There are two of us; is there a table?

+ 27 more cards with full native audio in the complete set.