How old are you?
sai – 歳/才 (さい) : a suffix meaning 'age' in Japanese. desu – です : an auxiliary verb used after a noun or adjective to make it polite. Probably, this is well known as a part of Japanese desu form. In the phrase, this is used after “nan sai” to make it sound polite.
How old are you?
Japanese term or phrase: nan desu ka? English translation: What is it?
何 なん 歳 さい nansai. how many years old.
In Japanese, the counter sai is used to express how old one is. It can be written with two different kanji: the traditional 歳 and the simplified and most commonly used 才. To ask someone "how old are you?," you can say: Nan sai desu ka (何歳ですか);
Chichi (父 / ちち) is the humble way to say father in Japanese. It is typically used when speaking about your father to somebody else. It can also mean father in a general context, like how it is used in chichi no hi (父の日 / ちちのひ) or Father's Day.
It is conversational Japanese, means,"Nothing."
“Nandemonai” can be translated as “never mind”.
The expression "genki desu" 元気(げんき)です is usually used to answer the question "o genki desu ka" お元気(げんき)ですか Just as Kess answered, the question and answer is almost the same as. -How are you? -I am fine.
Updated on January 27, 2019. The word nani 何 (なに) in Japanese means "what." And depending on the situation, you might, instead, use nan (なん).
[oikutsu]…is the polite equivalent of "nansai".
When you ask somebody to do something in Japanese, you say TE-form verbs and then KUDASAI (Please, or I would ask you to).
What time is it?
SUMIMASEN has many different meanings: "I'm sorry", "thank you" and to get someone's attention. It might be confusing at first, but once you've used it for a while, it'll become second nature. When Japanese people say SUMIMASEN, they often bow in appreciation or apology. The angle reflects the depth of the emotion.
Wa is a particle and follows the subject of a sentence. The particle wa has various roles in a sentence. You should learn it step by step. Put simply, Desu corresponds to the English, "is/are/am."
Daijoubu (大丈夫) means "OK" in Japanese.
Wakarimashita / wakatta
Wakarimashita (分かりました / わかりました) is one of the best ways to say okay in Japanese.
However, Tom's yokatta ja nai really meant “That was great, wasn't it? Don't you think so?” and included a solicitation for agreement from the listener.
It is semi-polite in that it is less polite than the standard polite form used in more formal settings or between strangers, yet more polite than the plain form of speech generally used at home or with one s close friends etc. The semi-polite nai desu form seems to have been gaining popularity in the last decades.
-ji is a counter meaning "o'clock", e.g. 2-ji (ni-ji) means "two o'clock". When expressing time, 4:00 is yo-ji, 9:00 is ku-ji. 7:00 is usually read as shichi-ji, but nana-ji is also acceptable.
Children call out to their parents using two very standard words: ママ (mama) and パパ (papa). The words we use to refer to our parents are an interesting thing.
Saikou is a Japanese word meaning the highest, or supreme.