Yasuke Tips for Teachers: Classroom Expressions for Japanese Language Immersion

Japanese teachers, Japanese tutors, this one might just be what you were looking for!

Taking Japanese lessons with a tutor? You can use these phrases too!

(Side note: This tip will be included later in Full Yasuke! Our textbook of Japanese and Guide to teaching Japanese. Check it out!)

Let’s take a look!

Our goal is to equip our student with simple and useful Japanese phrases that can be used in a lesson.

These phrases are phrases that we as the teacher say and phrases that the student can say in answer.

They use simple functional Japanese. So they might not be the most natural, most accurate expression but they are appropriate for a beginner level student trying to speak only in Japanese.

Vocabulary

語彙: ちょっと　すみません　**は英語（えいご）で何(なん)ですか? 　**は日本語（にほんご）で何(なん)ですか?　わかりません　　わかります　わかりますか　だいじょうぶ　　しつもんがあります

よんでください please read
かいてください please write
きいてください please listen

みてください　　Please look
きいてください　Please listen

しつもん　が　あります. I have a question.
— は　なん　ですか？ What is –?
— のいみは？ — means..?

きこえますか Can you hear?
みえますか Can you see?

ひらがなで　かいてください

せつめい　します　= I’ll explain　(EX: Please explain to me
せつめい　して　ください)

かんぺき　= perfect (about the same as “correct” – せいかい)

たとえば　= for example
(Question: How do I use “tatoeba [for example]”? たとえば　の　つかいかた　は? Answer: Are there any examples?　たとえば、　なにか　れい　ありますか？)

What does that mean in english えいご　で　なん　ですか？
What is the usage　～　の　つかいかた　は？

Phrases

I remember. But I can’t explain.
おぼえています。でも　せつめい　できない

I remember. But It’s hard to explain.
おぼえています。でも　せつめい　むずかしい

Have I heard(きいた) that before..? I don’t remember.
きいたことがある　かな…　おぼえてない

I’ve probably heard that before. /or “That sounds familiar”
きいたことがある　かも

Write down your question and I will explain it later
しつもんをかいて、あとで せつめいします

I will write down my question. Later is ok.
しつもんをかきます。あとで、だいじょうぶです。

How do you use –? (EX: How do you use [the word] happy うれしい?)
ーー　は　どう　つかえますか？ (EX:　”うれしい”　は　どう　つかえますか？）

How do you say — in Japanese? (EX: How do you say my head hurts in Japanese?)
ーー　は　にほんごでなんですか？
（EX:　my head hurts　は　にほんごでなんですか？）

Did I say that right?

今、言ったのは正しかった？

正しかった？

Was that wrong?

間違いでした？

How can I use (word) in a sentence?

__ は 文章でどうやって使いますか？

ｘｙｚの使い方は何ですか？

What is the difference between X and Y

ｘとｙの違いはなんですか？

What is …?

ｘｙｚって何？

ｘｙｚというのは何ですか？

I thought．．．

そうと思ったけど　(yes, I thought it was that)

ｘｙｚは＿＿と思った。(I thought XYZ was ….)

Try to guess

当たって見てください

Let’s try [something]

やってみましょう

More expressions (in no particular order)