Basic Thanks and Farewells | Learn Japanese in English

Japanese lesson set in a contemporary Tokyo everyday setting: A beginner practices six useful English phrases about basic thanks and farewells..

EN → JA / Level: A1

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Dialogue

A

また後で会いましょう。

mah-tah ah-toh deh eye-mah-SHOH See you later.
B

また明日会いましょう。

mah-tah ah-shi-tah eye-mah-SHOH See you tomorrow.
A

どうもありがとうございます。

doh-moh ah-ree-gah-TOH goh-ZAH-ee-mahss Thank you very much.
B

今日はこれで終わりです。

kyooh wah koh-reh deh oh-wah-ree dess That is all today.
A

おやすみなさい。

oh-yah-soo-mee nah-SIGH Have a good night.
B

また次回会いましょう。

mah-tah jee-KAI eye-mah-SHOH See you next time.

Word by Word

また また means “again” in this dialogue and helps form a farewell meaning “see you” in また後で会いましょう, また明日会いましょう, and また次回会いましょう. It is reused before a time expression or meeting expression when you expect to meet again. Use it when parting from someone you plan to see again.
後 後 means “later” in 後で, referring to a time after now. Together with で, it forms the time expression 後で in また後で会いましょう. Use 後で before an action to say that something will happen later.
で で marks 後 as the time when the meeting will happen in 後で. The expression 後で means “later,” and it appears before 会いましょう in また後で会いましょう. This particle can follow a time expression to connect it with an action or event.
会いましょう 会いましょう means “let’s meet” and functions as “see you” in the farewell また後で会いましょう. It is used after a time expression such as 後で, 明日, or 次回 to say when the meeting will be. Use it when parting and suggesting a future meeting.
明日 明日 means “tomorrow” in また明日会いましょう. It identifies the day of the planned meeting and comes before 会いましょう in this sentence. Use 明日 when arranging or referring to something happening the day after today.
どうも どうも strengthens the thanks in どうもありがとうございます, giving the expression the meaning “thank you very much.” Here it is placed before ありがとうございます as an intensifier. Use this combination when you want to express especially strong or warm thanks.
ありがとうございます ありがとうございます is the polite fixed expression “thank you” in どうもありがとうございます. Inside it, ありがとう carries the thanks, and ございます adds the polite form used in this expression; together they form the complete polite thank-you. Use ありがとうございます when thanking someone politely, and add どうも when saying “thank you very much.”
今日 今日 means “today” in 今日はこれで終わりです. It identifies the day being discussed and is followed by は to make “today” the topic. Use 今日 when talking about an event, activity, or situation on the current day.
は は marks 今日 as the topic in 今日はこれで終わりです, meaning “as for today.” It connects the topic 今日 with the statement これで終わりです. Use は after a time or other topic when making a statement about it.
これ これ means “this” or “this matter” in 今日はこれで終わりです. In this sentence, これ refers to the current activity or situation, and これで means that this is the point at which it ends. Use これ when referring to something understood as being near or currently under discussion.
終わり 終わり means “the end” or “finish” in これで終わりです. It names the ending of the current activity, with これで indicating that it ends here or with this. Use 終わり when stating that an activity, event, or period has finished.
です です makes これで終わりです a polite statement meaning “that is the end” or “we are finished for today.” Here it follows 終わり and presents the statement politely. Use です after a noun or noun-like expression when making a polite identification or description.
おやすみなさい おやすみなさい is the polite farewell “good night” in Have a good night. In this expression, おやすみ conveys the idea of rest or sleep, while なさい completes the polite form of the farewell. Use おやすみなさい when parting at night or before someone goes to sleep.
次回 次回 means “next time” in また次回会いましょう. It identifies the future occasion of the meeting and comes before 会いましょう in the full farewell. Use 次回 when referring to the next occasion of a recurring meeting, activity, or event.

Grammar Points

〜ましょう

会いましょう

eye-mah-SHOH

Let's meet.

The polite 〜ましょう form suggests doing something together, such as meeting.

これで〜です

これで終わりです

koh-reh deh oh-wah-ree dess

That's all; it is finished.

これで is a fixed expression meaning “with this” or “that’s all,” often used to close an activity.

Japanese Vocabulary

おやすみなさい intj
oh-yah-soo-mee nah-SIGH good night
これで phrase
koh-reh deh with this; that's all
どうもありがとうございます phrase
doh-moh ah-ree-gah-TOH goh-ZAH-ee-mahss thank you very much
また adv
mah-tah again; see you
会いましょう verb
eye-mah-SHOH let's meet; see you
後で adv
ah-toh deh later
今日は phrase
kyooh-wah today
次回 noun
jee-KAI next time
終わりです phrase
oh-wah-ree dess it is finished; it is the end
明日 noun
ah-shi-tah tomorrow

Quiz

Spelling

Tap the letters to spell the word.

it is finished; it is the end

Show Answer終わりです

let's meet; see you

Show Answer会いましょう

good night

Show Answerおやすみなさい

again; see you

Show Answerまた