Lesson overview
These words and phrases will help you with your journey if you’re planning on taking the train. Key phrases will help you communicate with the station and train staff in Japanese, making it much easier for you to get around. Learning these phrases will help you feel more confident and prepared when you're at the train station, making your whole experience more enjoyable.
Dive into this lesson now and in 5 minutes you'll come out the other side feeling like you travelled to Japan and back.
17 words/phrases to learn
出発する
to depart
もうすぐ、出発します
it will depart soon
着く
to arrive
広島には何時に着きますか？
what time will it arrive in Hiroshima?
線
a line
乗る
to ride (a vehicle)
中央線に乗ります
you take the central line
乗り換える
to change vehicles
渋谷駅で乗り換えてください
please change at Shibuya station
電車
train
電車に乗って、東京駅で乗り換えます
you get on the train, and then change at Tokyo station
この新幹線は広島行きです
this bullet train is bound for Hiroshima
次は京都です
the next stop is Kyoto
停まる
to stop (at a station)
これは新宿に停まりますか
does this stop at Shinjuku?
降りる
to get off
ここで降ります
I'll get off here
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