Title: MiniCore Japanese-EN / Lesson 8
Tags: MinicoreJapanese-EN lesson-08 sentence vocab dialog-line dialog

MinicoreJapanese: Sumimasen.
Native: すみません。
English: Excuse me. / Sorry. / Thank you (for the trouble).
Literal: excuse-me / sorry / thanks-for-the-trouble

MinicoreJapanese: Matte kudasai.
Native: 待ってください。
English: Please wait.
Literal: wait-please

MinicoreJapanese: Pasupooto o sagashimasu.
Native: パスポートを探します。
English: I'm looking for my passport.
Literal: passport [obj] look-for

MinicoreJapanese: Toire wa doko desu ka.
Native: トイレはどこですか。
English: Where is the toilet?
Literal: toilet [topic] where is ?

MinicoreJapanese: Mou ichido onegaishimasu.
Native: もう一度お願いします。
English: Once more, please.
Literal: one-more-time, please

MinicoreJapanese: Yukkuri onegaishimasu.
Native: ゆっくりお願いします。
English: Slowly, please.
Literal: slowly, please

MinicoreJapanese: Wakarimasen.
Native: わかりません。
English: I don't understand.
Literal: I-don't-understand
Notes: Look again with Lesson 6 eyes: this is a plain -masen form. The verb underneath is wakarimasu — understand — and it takes the whole paradigm you already know: wakarimasu, wakarimasen, wakarimashita, wakarimasen deshita. Your oldest chunk was regular grammar all along.

MinicoreJapanese: Wakarimashita.
Native: わかりました。
English: Understood. / Got it.
Literal: understood
Notes: And the past form is a gift: wakarimashita — "got it." Say it whenever you have, in fact, got it — instructions received, price understood, plan agreed. It's the polite "roger" that closes a thousand small exchanges.

MinicoreJapanese: Daijoubu desu.
Native: 大丈夫です。
English: I'm fine. / It's okay. / No, thank you.
Literal: fine / okay (also the polite decline)
Notes: Button two, unchanged since Lesson 1: fine, no harm done, and the polite decline.

MinicoreJapanese: Daijoubu desu ka.
Native: 大丈夫ですか。
English: Are you okay?
Literal: fine is ?
Notes: Add ka and it points outward. You'll say it when someone stumbles — and you'll hear it the moment you trip, look pale, or stand too long in front of a station map. The answer is the same words minus ka: Daijoubu desu.

MinicoreJapanese: Chigaimasu.
Native: 違います。
English: That's not it. / That's wrong. (correcting, not accusing)
Literal: differs
Notes: Button three, the new one: chigaimasu — literally "it differs." This is how Japanese corrects without a hard "no": the wrong dish arrives, the clerk mishears the station, the taxi heads to the wrong hotel — chigaimasu, calm and friendly, fixes all of it.

MinicoreJapanese: Sumimasen. Kore wa chigaimasu.
Native: すみません。これは違います。
English: Excuse me — this isn't (what I ordered).
Literal: excuse-me. this [topic] differs
Notes: In the wild: Lesson 1's opener, Lesson 2's kore wa, and the new button. Point at the dish; the kitchen sorts out the rest.

MinicoreJapanese: Ikimasu.
Native: 行きます。
English: I have to go (now).
Literal: go
Notes: "I must go" is just… I go. Stated politely, it already reads as "I'm afraid I have to." No modal machinery required.

MinicoreJapanese: Tabemasen.
Native: 食べません。
English: I can't eat this.
Literal: eat-not
Notes: "I can't eat it" flattens to I don't eat it — and for food refusals, this plain -masen is exactly what natives expect to hear. Which sets up the most important sentence in this lesson:

MinicoreJapanese: Tamago arerugii desu. Tabemasen.
Native: たまごアレルギーです。食べません。
English: I have an egg allergy. I can't eat it.
Literal: egg allergy is. eat-not
Notes: arerugii — allergy. Name the food, declare the allergy, close the door with tabemasen. Two short sentences, and the kitchen takes it seriously — this exact shape is what stops the food. Swap in any ingredient you know (or point at it).

MinicoreJapanese: Kusuri ga irimasu.
Native: 薬がいります。
English: I need medicine.
Literal: medicine [ga] need
Notes: irimasu — need — and kusuri — medicine. "I might need / I should probably get" all flatten to plain irimasu. (And "I don't need it" needs no verb at all — that's what daijoubu desu has been doing for you since Lesson 1.)

MinicoreJapanese: Dekimasu ka.
Native: できますか。
English: Can you (do it)? / Is it possible?
Literal: can-do ?
Notes: dekimasu — can do. Point at the thing — gift-wrapping, a bigger size, delivery to the hotel — and ask. The answer echoes back: dekimasu / dekimasen, both parseable, exactly how Lesson 4 taught you to shape a question.

MinicoreJapanese: Atama ga itai desu.
Native: 頭が痛いです。
English: My head hurts. / I have a headache.
Literal: head [ga] painful is
Notes: atama — head — and itai — painful. `___ ga itai desu` is the entire symptom grammar of this course: name the part, attach itai.

MinicoreJapanese: Onaka ga itai desu.
Native: おなかが痛いです。
English: My stomach hurts.
Literal: stomach [ga] painful is
Notes: onaka — stomach. Same formula. For any body part you haven't learned: point at it and say itai desu — complete and unambiguous.

MinicoreJapanese: Netsu ga arimasu.
Native: 熱があります。
English: I have a fever.
Literal: fever [ga] exists
Notes: netsu — fever — owned via Lesson 4's arimasu, exactly like Lesson 7's reservation. Have a fever, have a booking: same grammar.

MinicoreJapanese: Samui desu.
Native: 寒いです。
English: I'm cold. (chills, the freezing train car)
Literal: cold-ambient is
Notes: samui — cold, the ambient kind: weather, rooms, fever chills.

MinicoreJapanese: Kyou wa atsui desu.
Native: 今日は暑いです。
English: It's hot today.
Literal: today [topic] hot-ambient is
Notes: atsui — hot, ambient — samui's partner, and small talk in every Japanese summer. Yes, it sounds identical to Lesson 5's hot-to-the-touch atsui; your ears never needed two words, and context does the rest.

MinicoreJapanese: Genki desu.
Native: 元気です。
English: I'm well. / I'm fine, thanks.
Literal: well is
Notes: genki — well, energetic. The answer to "how are you" — and Genki desu ka asks it back, for people you've already met. (Strangers get daijoubu desu ka; genki is for relationships with a yesterday.)

MinicoreJapanese: Abunai desu.
Native: 危ないです。
English: Watch out! / That's dangerous.
Literal: dangerous is
Notes: abunai — dangerous. Shouted bare — Abunai! — it's Japan's "look out!"; if you hear it, stop moving first and look second.

MinicoreJapanese: Taihen desu.
Native: 大変です。
English: That's rough. / That's serious.
Literal: tough is
Notes: taihen — tough, serious, a lot. Sympathy when someone shares a trouble, and honest self-report when the trouble is yours.

MinicoreJapanese: Byouin wa doko desu ka.
Native: 病院はどこですか。
English: Where is the hospital?
Literal: hospital [topic] where is ?
Notes: byouin — hospital. Lesson 4's doko frame, doing its most serious work.

MinicoreJapanese: Isha, onegaishimasu.
Native: 医者、お願いします。
English: A doctor, please.
Literal: doctor, please
Notes: isha — doctor. Summoning help is a service request — Lesson 5's onegaishimasu frame, nothing new.

MinicoreJapanese: Isha o yobimasu ka.
Native: 医者を呼びますか。
English: Shall I call a doctor? / Will you call a doctor?
Literal: doctor [obj] call ?
Notes: yobimasu — call, summon. Both directions matter: you offering help to someone else, and a hotel clerk offering it to you — same sentence, catch it either way.

MinicoreJapanese: Kono kaado wa dame desu.
Native: このカードはだめです。
English: This card doesn't work.
Literal: this card [topic] no-good is
Notes: dame — no good, not working, not allowed. Say it about your dead card or expired ticket. Pointed at you — dame desu plus crossed arms or a waved hand — it means "not allowed here": stop, smile, wakarimashita.

MinicoreJapanese: Moshimoshi.
Native: もしもし。
English: Hello? (answering the phone)
Literal: hello-phone
Notes: moshimoshi — hello, phone calls only. If your hotel or a restaurant calls back about that reservation, this is how both sides open.

MinicoreJapanese: Onegai.
Native: お願い。
English: Please! (a genuine plea)
Literal: please-plea
Notes: onegai — onegaishimasu with the formality stripped off. Bare like this, it's a real plea — the one word in this course reserved for genuine urgency. If you're using it, things have gone properly wrong.

MinicoreJapanese: Pasupooto ga arimasen.
Native: パスポートがありません。
English: My passport is gone. / I've lost my passport.
Literal: passport [ga] exists-not
Notes: Loss is just negated existence — Lesson 4's arimasu in its -masen form. No new grammar for the worst day of your trip.

MinicoreJapanese: Kouban wa doko desu ka.
Native: 交番はどこですか。
English: Where is the police box?
Literal: police-box [topic] where is ?
Notes: kouban — police box. The sentence that connects the loss to the fix — because in Japan, the fix genuinely exists (see below).

MinicoreJapanese: wakarimasu
Native: わかります
English: understand
Notes: *wakarimashita* — got it; *wakarimasen* since L1

MinicoreJapanese: dekimasu
Native: できます
English: can do / is possible
Notes: *Dekimasu ka.* — point and ask

MinicoreJapanese: irimasu
Native: いります
English: need
Notes: *Kusuri ga irimasu.*

MinicoreJapanese: yobimasu
Native: 呼びます
English: call / summon
Notes: *Isha o yobimasu ka.*

MinicoreJapanese: chigaimasu
Native: 違います
English: that's not it / differs
Notes: the polite correction

MinicoreJapanese: itai
Native: 痛い
English: painful / it hurts
Notes: `___ ga itai desu`

MinicoreJapanese: genki
Native: 元気
English: well / energetic
Notes: *Genki desu ka.* — for people you know

MinicoreJapanese: abunai
Native: 危ない
English: dangerous
Notes: bare *Abunai!* = "look out!"

MinicoreJapanese: taihen
Native: 大変
English: tough / serious
Notes: sympathy or self-report

MinicoreJapanese: atsui
Native: 暑い
English: hot (ambient)
Notes: sounds like L5's touch-*atsui* — context decides

MinicoreJapanese: samui
Native: 寒い
English: cold (ambient)
Notes: weather, rooms, chills

MinicoreJapanese: dame
Native: だめ
English: no good / not allowed
Notes: both directions

MinicoreJapanese: moshimoshi
Native: もしもし
English: hello (phone only)

MinicoreJapanese: onegai
Native: お願い
English: please (bare plea)
Notes: genuine urgency only

MinicoreJapanese: byouin
Native: 病院
English: hospital

MinicoreJapanese: kouban
Native: 交番
English: police box
Notes: directions & lost items too

MinicoreJapanese: isha
Native: 医者
English: doctor
Notes: *Isha, onegaishimasu.*

MinicoreJapanese: kusuri
Native: くすり
English: medicine

MinicoreJapanese: atama
Native: あたま
English: head

MinicoreJapanese: onaka
Native: おなか
English: stomach / belly

MinicoreJapanese: netsu
Native: ねつ
English: fever
Notes: *Netsu ga arimasu.*

MinicoreJapanese: arerugii
Native: アレルギー
English: allergy
Notes: `___ arerugii desu. Tabemasen.`

MinicoreJapanese: At the police box
Notes: Traveler: Sumimasen. Kaban ga arimasen.
Excuse me — my bag is gone.
[excuse-me. bag [ga] exists-not]
Officer: Kaban no naka ni, nani ga arimasu ka.
What's inside the bag?
[bag of inside [ni], what [ga] exists ?]
Traveler: Pasupooto to keitai desu.
My passport and my phone.
[passport and phone is]
Officer: Densha desu ka. Basu desu ka.
Was it the train, or the bus?
[train is ?, bus is ?]
Traveler: Densha desu.
The train.
[train is]
Officer: Nan-ji goro desu ka.
Around what time?
[what-hour about is ?]
Traveler: Asa desu. Hachi-ji goro desu.
This morning — around 8:00.
[morning is. 8:00 about is]
Officer: Wakarimashita. Matte kudasai.
Understood. Please wait.
[understood. wait-please]
Officer: Moshimoshi. … Hai. Hai. Wakarimashita.
Hello? … Yes. Yes. Understood. (calling the station)
[hello-phone. yes. yes. understood]
Officer: Daijoubu desu. Kaban ga arimasu. Eki ni arimasu.
It's all right — your bag has been found. It's at the station.
[fine is. bag [ga] exists. station [ni] exists]
Traveler: Arigatou gozaimasu.
Thank you!
[thank you (full polite form)]

MinicoreJapanese: Sumimasen. Kaban ga arimasen.
Native: すみません。かばんがありません。
English: Excuse me — my bag is gone.
Literal: excuse-me. bag [ga] exists-not

MinicoreJapanese: Kaban no naka ni, nani ga arimasu ka.
Native: かばんの中に、何がありますか。
English: What's inside the bag?
Literal: bag of inside [ni], what [ga] exists ?

MinicoreJapanese: Pasupooto to keitai desu.
Native: パスポートと携帯です。
English: My passport and my phone.
Literal: passport and phone is

MinicoreJapanese: Densha desu ka. Basu desu ka.
Native: 電車ですか。バスですか。
English: Was it the train, or the bus?
Literal: train is ?, bus is ?

MinicoreJapanese: Densha desu.
Native: 電車です。
English: The train.
Literal: train is

MinicoreJapanese: Nan-ji goro desu ka.
Native: 何時ごろですか。
English: Around what time?
Literal: what-hour about is ?

MinicoreJapanese: Asa desu. Hachi-ji goro desu.
Native: 朝です。八時ごろです。
English: This morning — around 8:00.
Literal: morning is. 8:00 about is

MinicoreJapanese: Wakarimashita. Matte kudasai.
Native: わかりました。待ってください。
English: Understood. Please wait.
Literal: understood. wait-please

MinicoreJapanese: Moshimoshi. … Hai. Hai. Wakarimashita.
Native: もしもし。…はい。はい。わかりました。
English: Hello? … Yes. Yes. Understood. (calling the station)
Literal: hello-phone. yes. yes. understood

MinicoreJapanese: Daijoubu desu. Kaban ga arimasu. Eki ni arimasu.
Native: 大丈夫です。かばんがあります。駅にあります。
English: It's all right — your bag has been found. It's at the station.
Literal: fine is. bag [ga] exists. station [ni] exists

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

MinicoreJapanese: Dosage at the pharmacy
Notes: Traveler: Atama ga itai desu. Kusuri wa arimasu ka.
My head hurts. Do you have medicine?
[head [ga] painful is. medicine [topic] exists ?]
Pharmacist: Kochira, ichinichi sankai, maishokugo ni nijou zutsu o-nomi kudasai.
Take two tablets three times a day, after each meal.
[(too fast — that's the point)]
Traveler: Sumimasen. Kaite kudasai.
Sorry — please write it down.
[excuse-me. write-it, please]
Pharmacist: Hai, douzo.
Of course — here. (writing: 2 tablets × 3, after meals)
[yes, here-you-are]

MinicoreJapanese: Atama ga itai desu. Kusuri wa arimasu ka.
Native: 頭が痛いです。薬はありますか。
English: My head hurts. Do you have medicine?
Literal: head [ga] painful is. medicine [topic] exists ?

MinicoreJapanese: Kochira, ichinichi sankai, maishokugo ni nijou zutsu o-nomi kudasai.
Native: こちら、一日三回、毎食後に二錠ずつお飲みください。
English: Take two tablets three times a day, after each meal.
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

MinicoreJapanese: Hai, douzo.
Native: はい、どうぞ。
English: Of course — here. (writing: 2 tablets × 3, after meals)
Literal: yes, here-you-are