Title: MiniCore Japanese-EN / Lesson 3
Tags: MinicoreJapanese-EN lesson-03 sentence vocab dialog-line dialog

MinicoreJapanese: Sumimasen!
Native: すみません！
English: Excuse me! (calling out to get attention)
Literal: excuse-me!

MinicoreJapanese: Kore wa nan desu ka.
Native: これは何ですか。
English: What is this?
Literal: this [topic] what is ?

MinicoreJapanese: Kore, onegaishimasu.
Native: これ、お願いします。
English: This, please. (pointing)
Literal: this, please

MinicoreJapanese: Hai, onegaishimasu.
Native: はい、お願いします。
English: Yes, please.
Literal: yes, please

MinicoreJapanese: Iie, daijoubu desu.
Native: いいえ、大丈夫です。
English: No, thank you — I'm fine.
Literal: no, I'm-fine

MinicoreJapanese: Arigatou gozaimasu.
Native: ありがとうございます。
English: Thank you.
Literal: thank you (full polite form)

MinicoreJapanese: ichi
Native: いち
English: one
Literal: 1

MinicoreJapanese: ni
Native: に
English: two
Literal: 2

MinicoreJapanese: san
Native: さん
English: three
Literal: 3

MinicoreJapanese: yon
Native: よん
English: four
Literal: 4
Notes: yon is your only word for 4 in this course. (You may hear shi — recognize it, don't copy it.)

MinicoreJapanese: go
Native: ご
English: five
Literal: 5

MinicoreJapanese: roku
Native: ろく
English: six
Literal: 6

MinicoreJapanese: nana
Native: なな
English: seven
Literal: 7
Notes: nana is your only word for 7. (Its twin shichi appears exactly once in this course — as part of "7 o'clock," much later.)

MinicoreJapanese: hachi
Native: はち
English: eight
Literal: 8

MinicoreJapanese: kyuu
Native: きゅう
English: nine
Literal: 9
Notes: kyuu is your only word for 9. (Same deal: ku exists, but only inside "9 o'clock.")

MinicoreJapanese: juu
Native: じゅう
English: ten
Literal: 10

MinicoreJapanese: zero
Native: ゼロ
Literal: 0
Notes: Ten to nineteen is free: juu-ichi, juu-ni… Twenty, thirty…: digit + juu (ni-juu, san-juu). You already know more numbers than you think.

MinicoreJapanese: hyaku
Native: ひゃく
English: hundred
Literal: 100

MinicoreJapanese: sen
Native: せん
English: thousand
Literal: 1,000

MinicoreJapanese: man
Native: まん
English: ten thousand
Literal: 10,000
Notes: Japanese groups big numbers by ten thousands, not thousands — man is the unit your hotel bill comes in. For a traveler, the skill is sizing: hearing whether a price lives in the hundreds (hyaku), thousands (sen), or ten-thousands (man).

MinicoreJapanese: en
Native: えん
English: yen
Notes: en — yen. Prices end in it. Now, the frame in action:

MinicoreJapanese: Ikura desu ka.
Native: いくらですか。
English: How much is it?
Literal: how-much is ?
Notes: Holding the thing up as you ask is a complete, polite sentence-plus-context. This works at every register, stall, and counter in Japan.

MinicoreJapanese: Kore wa ikura desu ka.
Native: これはいくらですか。
English: How much is this?
Literal: this [topic] how-much is ?
Notes: The full frame — point + kore when the thing isn't in your hand.

MinicoreJapanese: Hyaku-en desu.
Native: 百円です。
English: It's 100 yen.
Literal: hundred-yen is
Notes: Answers come back as number + en + desu.

MinicoreJapanese: Gohyaku-en desu.
Native: 五百円です。
English: It's 500 yen.
Literal: five-hundred-yen is
Notes: go + hyaku — digits stack onto the size words.

MinicoreJapanese: Sen-en desu.
Native: 千円です。
English: It's 1,000 yen.
Literal: thousand-yen is
Notes: A real-world honesty note: compound prices mutate their sounds (300 is sanbyaku, 800 is happyaku, 8,000 is hassen). Don't learn the mutations. Catch the leading digit and the size word for the ballpark — and remember every register in Japan displays the exact total. You never have to say a price; you only have to survive hearing one.

MinicoreJapanese: Sen-en desu ka.
Native: 千円ですか。
English: 1,000 yen? (echo-checking)
Literal: thousand-yen is ?
Notes: The Lesson 2 echo-check, now guarding your wallet: repeat the price back with ka and watch for the nod.

MinicoreJapanese: Kore, hitotsu kudasai.
Native: これ、ひとつください。
English: One of these, please.
Literal: this, one-thing please-give
Notes: hitotsu — one (thing). Point, say how many, kudasai. Konbini snack counters run on this sentence.

MinicoreJapanese: Futatsu, onegaishimasu.
Native: ふたつ、お願いします。
English: Two, please.
Literal: two-things, please
Notes: futatsu — two (things).

MinicoreJapanese: Mittsu desu.
Native: みっつです。
English: Three.
Literal: three-things is
Notes: mittsu — three (things). These three are memorized wholes, not a pattern — and they're where the memorizing stops.

MinicoreJapanese: Yon. Kore, kudasai.
Native: よん。これ、ください。
English: Four. These. (pointing at them)
Literal: four. these, please-give
Notes: Beyond three: plain number + point. Slightly blunt, perfectly understood, endlessly reusable.

MinicoreJapanese: Ikutsu desu ka.
Native: いくつですか。
English: How many?
Literal: how-many is ?
Notes: ikutsu — how many (things). You'll hear it asked of you at counters; answer with the chunks above.

MinicoreJapanese: Kore dake, kudasai.
Native: これだけ、ください。
English: Just this one, please.
Literal: this only, please-give
Notes: dake — only/just — snaps directly onto any noun or counting word, no grammar required.

MinicoreJapanese: Hitotsu dake, onegaishimasu.
Native: ひとつだけ、お願いします。
English: Just one, please.
Literal: one-thing only, please
Notes: dake also keeps your register modest — "just one" always sounds politely restrained, never curt.

MinicoreJapanese: Takai desu.
Native: 高いです。
English: It's expensive.
Literal: expensive is
Notes: takai — expensive. Adjective + desu — the frames you own already handle adjectives.

MinicoreJapanese: Yasui desu.
Native: 安いです。
English: It's cheap.
Literal: cheap is
Notes: yasui — cheap. "Not expensive"? You just said it — yasui desu. That's the whole move.

MinicoreJapanese: Takai desu ka.
Native: 高いですか。
English: Is it expensive?
Literal: expensive is ?
Notes: ka works on adjectives too, of course.

MinicoreJapanese: Iie, yasui desu.
Native: いいえ、安いです。
English: No — it's cheap.
Literal: no, cheap is
Notes: And there's the antonym move answering a question: no -kunai, no grammar — just the other pole.

MinicoreJapanese: Kore, yasui desu. Are, takai desu.
Native: これ、安いです。あれ、高いです。
English: This one's cheap. That one's expensive.
Literal: this, cheap is. that-over-there, expensive is
Notes: Two plain sentences do the work of a comparison — and each one is a frame you already own.

MinicoreJapanese: Kore, ookii desu. Sore, chiisai desu. Sore o kudasai.
Native: これ、大きいです。それ、小さいです。それをください。
English: This one's big. That one's small — I'll take that one.
Literal: this, big is. that-by-you, small is. that [obj] please-give
Notes: ookii — big — and chiisai — small: your second antonym pair. Enumerate, then choose. This three-beat pattern (compare, compare, buy) is a complete shopping strategy.

MinicoreJapanese: Konbini wa are desu ka.
Native: コンビニはあれですか。
English: Is the konbini that one over there?
Literal: konbini [topic] that-over-there is ?
Notes: konbini — convenience store (you've been able to pronounce it since Lesson 0; now it's yours).

MinicoreJapanese: Mise wa are desu.
Native: みせはあれです。
English: The shop is that one over there.
Literal: shop [topic] that-over-there is
Notes: mise — shop, any shop.

MinicoreJapanese: Okane, douzo.
Native: お金、どうぞ。
English: Here's the money. (placing it in the tray)
Literal: money, go-ahead
Notes: okane — money — riding on Lesson 1's douzo.

MinicoreJapanese: Fukuro, onegaishimasu.
Native: ふくろ、お願いします。
English: A bag, please.
Literal: bag, please
Notes: fukuro — bag. For when you want one before being asked.

MinicoreJapanese: Genkin desu.
Native: 現金です。
English: Cash. (answering how you'll pay)
Literal: cash is
Notes: genkin — cash. The naming frame answers the payment question.

MinicoreJapanese: Kaado desu.
Native: カードです。
English: Card. (answering how you'll pay)
Literal: card is
Notes: kaado — card. Same frame, other answer.

MinicoreJapanese: Haraimasu.
Native: 払います。
English: I'll pay.
Literal: pay-[polite]
Notes: haraimasu — (I'll) pay — your first verb. Notice the shape: it ends in -masu, the polite verb ending, and it's a complete sentence alone (the subject drops, as always). Every verb in this course arrives pre-assembled in this shape — the system behind it unfolds in Lessons 4 and 6.

MinicoreJapanese: Otsuri, doumo.
Native: おつり、どうも。
English: Thanks. (taking your change)
Literal: change, thanks
Notes: otsuri — change. (Count it if you like — it will be exact. And never leave it behind: remember, no tipping.)

MinicoreJapanese: Kore o kudasai.
Native: これをください。
English: I'll take this, please.
Literal: this [obj] please-give
Notes: Old friend, new context: with ikura desu ka in front of it, this is now a complete price-checked purchase.

MinicoreJapanese: Kaado, ii desu ka.
Native: カード、いいですか。
English: Is card okay?
Literal: card, good is ?
Notes: Ask before the register dance. Memorize it whole — the little ii ("good/okay") gets its own machinery in Lesson 5, and this exact pattern becomes a full frame in Lesson 7.

MinicoreJapanese: Miru dake desu.
Native: 見るだけです。
English: Just looking, thanks.
Literal: look only is
Notes: The standard polite deflection when staff hover. There's dake again — "just looking." Deploy with a smile; they'll leave you to browse.

MinicoreJapanese: Mochikaeri de.
Native: 持ち帰りで。
English: To go, please.
Literal: take-home by
Notes: mochikaeri de — takeout. The answer to the for-here-or-to-go question.

MinicoreJapanese: Koko de onegaishimasu.
Native: ここでお願いします。
English: For here, please.
Literal: here at please
Notes: Its partner — eating in. (koko means "here"; its whole word-family arrives in Lesson 4. Until then this is a memorized chunk.)

MinicoreJapanese: ikura
Native: いくら
English: how much
Notes: `___ wa ikura desu ka.`

MinicoreJapanese: ikutsu
Native: いくつ
English: how many
Notes: answer with the counting chunks

MinicoreJapanese: hitotsu
Native: ひとつ
English: one (thing)
Notes: memorized whole

MinicoreJapanese: futatsu
Native: ふたつ
English: two (things)
Notes: memorized whole

MinicoreJapanese: mittsu
Native: みっつ
English: three (things)
Notes: beyond three: number + point

MinicoreJapanese: dake
Native: だけ
English: only / just
Notes: snaps after any noun or counting word

MinicoreJapanese: haraimasu
Native: 払います
English: (I'll) pay
Notes: your first verb — the polite *-masu* shape

MinicoreJapanese: takai
Native: 高い
English: expensive
Notes: antonym: *yasui*

MinicoreJapanese: yasui
Native: 安い
English: cheap
Notes: antonym: *takai*

MinicoreJapanese: ookii
Native: 大きい
English: big
Notes: antonym: *chiisai*

MinicoreJapanese: chiisai
Native: 小さい
English: small
Notes: antonym: *ookii*

MinicoreJapanese: okane
Native: お金
English: money

MinicoreJapanese: mise
Native: みせ
English: shop

MinicoreJapanese: konbini
Native: コンビニ
English: convenience store
Notes: your rhythm word from Lesson 0

MinicoreJapanese: fukuro
Native: ふくろ
English: bag

MinicoreJapanese: kaado
Native: カード
English: card

MinicoreJapanese: genkin
Native: 現金
English: cash

MinicoreJapanese: otsuri
Native: おつり
English: change
Notes: always exact; never leave it

MinicoreJapanese: Konbini run
Notes: Clerk: Irasshaimase!
Welcome! (no response needed)
[welcome!]
Traveler: Sumimasen. Kore wa ikura desu ka.
Excuse me — how much is this?
[excuse-me. this [topic] how-much is ?]
Clerk: Nihyaku-en desu.
It's 200 yen.
[two-hundred-yen is]
Traveler: Kore o kudasai.
I'll take it, please.
[this [obj] please-give]
Clerk: Atatamemasu ka.
Shall I heat it up?
[heat-up ? (script)]
Traveler: Hai, onegaishimasu.
Yes, please.
[yes, please]
Clerk: Fukuro wa go-riyou desu ka.
Would you like a bag?
[bag [topic] honorable-use is ? (script)]
Traveler: Iie, daijoubu desu.
No, thank you — I'm fine.
[no, I'm-fine]
Clerk: Pointo kaado wa omochi desu ka.
Do you have a point card?
[point card [topic] honorably-hold is ? (script)]
Traveler: Daijoubu desu.
I'm fine, thanks.
[fine is]
Clerk: Nihyaku-en desu.
200 yen. (the register shows it too)
[two-hundred-yen is]
Traveler: Hai, douzo.
Here you are. (coins into the tray)
[yes, go-ahead]
Clerk: Otsuri desu.
Your change.
[change is]
Traveler: Doumo.
Thanks.
[thanks (light)]
Clerk: Arigatou gozaimasu.
Thank you.
[thank you (full polite form)]

MinicoreJapanese: Irasshaimase!
Native: いらっしゃいませ！
English: Welcome! (no response needed)
Literal: welcome!

MinicoreJapanese: Sumimasen. Kore wa ikura desu ka.
Native: すみません。これはいくらですか。
English: Excuse me — how much is this?
Literal: excuse-me. this [topic] how-much is ?

MinicoreJapanese: Nihyaku-en desu.
Native: 二百円です。
English: It's 200 yen.
Literal: two-hundred-yen is

MinicoreJapanese: Atatamemasu ka.
Native: 温めますか。
English: Shall I heat it up?
Literal: heat-up ? (script)

MinicoreJapanese: Fukuro wa go-riyou desu ka.
Native: 袋はご利用ですか。
English: Would you like a bag?
Literal: bag [topic] honorable-use is ? (script)

MinicoreJapanese: Pointo kaado wa omochi desu ka.
Native: ポイントカードはお持ちですか。
English: Do you have a point card?
Literal: point card [topic] honorably-hold is ? (script)

MinicoreJapanese: Daijoubu desu.
Native: 大丈夫です。
English: I'm fine, thanks.
Literal: fine is

MinicoreJapanese: Hai, douzo.
Native: はい、どうぞ。
English: Here you are. (coins into the tray)
Literal: yes, go-ahead

MinicoreJapanese: Otsuri desu.
Native: おつりです。
English: Your change.
Literal: change is

MinicoreJapanese: Doumo.
Native: どうも。
English: Thanks.
Literal: thanks (light)

MinicoreJapanese: The konbini script
Notes: Clerk: Irasshaimase!
Welcome! — a greeting to the air, not a question. No response: silence or a small nod.
[welcome!]
Clerk: Fukuro wa go-riyou desu ka.
Do you want a bag? → hai, onegaishimasu / iie, daijoubu desu
[bag [topic] honorable-use is ?]
Clerk: Atatamemasu ka.
Shall I heat it up? → hai, onegaishimasu / daijoubu desu
[heat-up ?]
Clerk: Pointo kaado wa omochi desu ka.
Do you have a point card? → daijoubu desu
[point card [topic] honorably-hold is ?]
Clerk: Kochira de omeshiagari desu ka.
For here, or to go? → koko de onegaishimasu / mochikaeri de
[this-side at honorably-eat is ?]
Clerk: Genkin nomi ni narimasu.
Cash only. → pay with genkin, or pick up your card and nod
[cash only becomes]
Clerk: Otsugi no kata douzo.
Next in line, please! → step forward
[honorable-next person go-ahead]

MinicoreJapanese: Kochira de omeshiagari desu ka.
Native: こちらでお召し上がりですか。
English: For here, or to go? → koko de onegaishimasu / mochikaeri de
Literal: this-side at honorably-eat is ?

MinicoreJapanese: Genkin nomi ni narimasu.
Native: 現金のみになります。
English: Cash only. → pay with genkin, or pick up your card and nod
Literal: cash only becomes

MinicoreJapanese: Otsugi no kata douzo.
Native: お次の方どうぞ。
English: Next in line, please! → step forward
Literal: honorable-next person go-ahead

MinicoreJapanese: Too fast at the register
Notes: Traveler: Sumimasen. Ikura desu ka.
Excuse me — how much?
[excuse-me. how-much is ?]
Clerk: Zenbu de happyaku-nanajuu-en ni narimasu.
That'll be 870 yen altogether.
[(too fast — that's the point)]
Traveler: Sumimasen. Kaite kudasai.
Sorry — please write it down.
[excuse-me. write-it, please]
Clerk: Hai, douzo.
Sure — here. (turning the register display toward you: ¥870)
[yes, here-you-are]

MinicoreJapanese: Sumimasen. Ikura desu ka.
Native: すみません。いくらですか。
English: Excuse me — how much?
Literal: excuse-me. how-much is ?

MinicoreJapanese: Zenbu de happyaku-nanajuu-en ni narimasu.
Native: 全部で八百七十円になります。
English: That'll be 870 yen altogether.
Literal: (too fast — that's the point)

MinicoreJapanese: Sumimasen. Kaite kudasai.
Native: すみません。書いてください。
English: Sorry — please write it down.
Literal: excuse-me. write-it, please