Useful Japanese Phrases/Sentences: Taking a Train

• Where is the train station?
• Eki wa doko desu ka?

• Have you bought a ticket?
• Mou kippu o kaimashita ka?

• Not yet.
• Mada desu.

• Where can I buy a ticket?
• Kippu wa doko de kaemasu ka?

• At the machine over there.
• Asoko no kikai de katte kudasai.

• Do you have small change?
• Komakai okane o motte imasu ka?

• Yes, lots of.
• Ee, takusan motte imasu.

• Where is the ticketing office?
• Shussatsu-jo wa doko desu ka?

• How much is a ticket to Ueno Station?
• Ueno made, ikura desu ka?

• One ticket for Okinawa, please.
• Okinawa iki no kippu o kudasai.

• Five one-way ticket, please.
• Katamichi go-mai kudasai.

• One-way is 100 yen.
• Katamichi hyaku en desu.

• Two round-trip ticket, please.
• Ni oofuku kudasai.

• Three round-trip for Tokyo, please.
• Toukyou oofuku o san-mai kudasai.

• One first-class ticket for Ueno please.
• Ueno iki no ittoo kippu o kudasai.

• One second-class ticket for Tokyo, please.
• Toukyou iki no nitoo kippu o kudasai.

• Where is the waiting room?
• Machiai-shitsu wa doko desu ka?

• Where is the information?
• Annai-jo wa doko desu ka?

• Is this platform for Shinjuku Station?
• Shinjuku iki wa, kono hoomu desu ka?

• Which line should I take to go to Ginza Station?
• Ginza wa nani sen desu ka?

• Which train should I take to go to Ueno?
• Ueno wa dono densha ni noreba yoi desu ka?

• What is the platform number for Shinjuku?
• Shinjuku iki wa, nan ban sen desu ka.

• From which platform does the train for Kobe leave?
• Koobe iki no ressha wa nan ban kara demasu ka?

• From number nine.
• Ku-ban kara demasu.

• Is this going to Asakusa?
• Kore wa Asakusa ni ikimasu ka?

• Does this train stop at Ueno?
• Kono densha wa Ueno ni tomarimasu ka?

• Is this train bound for Kobe?
• Kono ressha wa Koobe iki desu ka?

• Does this train go to Ginza?
• Kono densha wa Ginza ikimasu ka?

• Does this train stop at Tokyo?
• Kono ressha wa Toukyou e tomarimasu ka?

• Can I make a stopover along the way with this ticket?
• Kono kippu de tochuu gesha dekimasu ka?

• May I sit here?
• Koko ni suwatte mo yoroshii desu ka?

• Excuse me, this is my seat.
• Shitsurei desu ga, koko wa watashi no seki desu.

• Please look for another seat.
• Hoka no seki o sagashite kudasai.

• This seat is taken.
• Kono seki wa yoyakuzumi desu.

• Is there  any seat?
• Zaseki wa arimasu ka?

• Is this seat vacant?
• Kono seki aite imasu ka?

• How many more stops to Kobe?
• Koobe wa ikutsume desu ka?

• Where should I change train going to Osaka?
• Osaka wa doko de norikae desu ka?

• Do I have to change train?
• Norikae nashide ikemasu ka?

• What time is the next train to Nagoya?
• Tsugi ko Nagoya iki wa nan ji desu ka?

• What time will it reach Ginza?
• Ginza e nan ji ni tsukimasu ka?

• Does this train go directly to Yokohama?
• Kono ressha wa Yokohama made chokutsuu desu ka?

• How long will the train stop here?
• Ressha wa dono kurai koko ni tomarimasu ka?

• What time is the next train going to Nagoya?
• Kono tsugi no Nagoya iki no ressha wa nan ji desu ka?

• Five minutes before 3:00 o'clock.
• San-ji go fun mae desu.

• Have we passed Yokohama yet?
• Yokohama wa mada desu ka?

• It is the next station.
• Kono tsugi desu.

• Is there an English timetable?
• Eigo no jikanhyou ga arimasu ka?

• Is it here where to reserve a bed?
• Shindai wa koko de yoyaku suru no desu ka?

• I would like to reserve a bed.
• Shindai o toritai.