つけます
turn on
Eakon o tsukete kudasai.
→ Please turn on the air conditioner.
消します
turn off
Terebi o keshite kudasai.
→ Please turn off the TV.
開けます
open
Atsui desu kara, mado o akete kudasai.
→ It's hot, so please open the window.
閉めます
close, shut
Samui desu kara, doa o shimete kudasai.
→ It's cold, so please close the door.
急ぎます
hurry
Jikan ga arimasen kara, isoide kudasai.
→ We don't have time, so please hurry.
待ちます
wait
Chotto matte kudasai.
→ Please wait a moment.
持ちます
hold
Nimotsu o mochimashō ka.
→ Shall I carry your luggage?
取ります
take, pass
Sumimasen, sono shio o totte kudasai.
→ Excuse me, please pass me that salt.
手伝います
help (with a task)
Shigoto o tetsudatte kudasai.
→ Please help me with this work.
呼びます
call
Takushī o yobimashō ka.
→ Shall I call a taxi for you?
話します
speak, talk
Motto yukkuri hanashite kudasai.
→ Please speak a little more slowly.
使います
use
Pasokon o tsukaimasu.
→ I use a computer.
止めます
stop, park
Koko ni kuruma o tomete kudasai.
→ Please stop the car here.
見せます
show
Pasupōto o misete kudasai.
→ Please show me your passport.
教えます[住所を~]
tell [an address]
Jūsho to denwa bangō o oshiete kudasai.
→ Please tell me your address and phone number.
座ります
sit
Isu ni suwatte kudasai.
→ Please sit on the chair.
立ちます
stand
Koko ni tatte kudasai.
→ Please stand here.
入ります[喫茶店に~]
enter [a coffee shop]
Kissaten ni hairimashō.
→ Let's go into the coffee shop.
出ます[喫茶店を~]
go out of [a coffee shop]
Kissaten o demasu.
→ I leave the coffee shop.
降ります[雨が~]
rain
Ame ga futte imasu.
→ It's raining.
コピーします
copy
Kono chizu o kopī shite kudasai.
→ Please copy this map.
電気
electricity, light
Denki o keshite kudasai.
→ Please turn off the light.
エアコン
air conditioner
Eakon o tsukemashō ka.
→ Shall I turn on the air conditioner?
パスポート
passport
Pasupōto o wasuremashita.
→ I forgot my passport.
名前
name
Koko ni namae o kaite kudasai.
→ Please write your name here.
住所
address
Jūsho ga wakarimasen.
→ I don't know the address.
地図
map
Chizu o kaite kudasai.
→ Please draw a map.
塩
salt
Shio o sukoshi irete kudasai.
→ Please add a little salt.
砂糖
sugar
Kōhī ni satō o iremasu ka.
→ Do you put sugar in your coffee?
問題
question, problem
Kono mondai wa muzukashii desu.
→ This problem is difficult.
答え
answer
Kotae ga wakarimasen.
→ I don't know the answer.
読み方
how to read, way of reading
Kono kanji no yomikata o oshiete kudasai.
→ Please tell me how to read this kanji.
~方
how to ~, way of ~ing
Pasokon no tsukaikata ga wakarimasen.
→ I don't know how to use a computer.
まっすぐ
straight
Massugu itte kudasai.
→ Please go straight.
ゆっくり
slowly, leisurely
Yukkuri hanashite kudasai.
→ Please speak slowly.
すぐ
immediately
Sugu ikimasu.
→ I'll go right away.
また
again
Mata kite kudasai.
→ Please come again.
あとで
later
Ato de denwa shimasu.
→ I'll call you later.
もう少し
a little more
Mō sukoshi matte kudasai.
→ Please wait a little longer.
もう~
~ more, another ~
Mō ichimai kopī shite kudasai.
→ Please make one more copy.
さあ
right (used when encouraging some course of action)
Sā, ikimashō.
→ Come on, let's go.
あれ?
Oh! (in surprise or in wonder)
Are? Megane ga arimasen.
→ Oh? My glasses are missing.
信号を右へ曲がってください
Turn to the right at the signal.
Ano shingō o migi e magatte kudasai.
→ Please turn right at that traffic light.
これでお願いします
I'd like to pay with this.
Kore de onegaishimasu.
→ This amount, please.
お釣り
change
Otsuri desu.
→ Here is your change.
みどり町
Midoricho (fictitious town)
Midorichō ni sunde imasu.
→ I live in Midoricho.