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What is Nani desu ka?

"nan desu ka". This phrase means: "What is it?" or "What do you want?"
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What does Nani desu ka mean?

“Nani” or “Nan” means “what”. So if you want to ask “what is the time?” just say “nan ji desu ka”. If you want to ask “what is this?” just say: “Kore wa nan desu ka?” And “Sore wa nan desu ka?” means “what is that?”
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What is the meaning of desu ka?

Ii desu ka? is an expression used when asking the other person if it is okay to do or ask them something.
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What is the meaning of Doko desu ka?

To let people know where you want to go, say your destination followed by DOKO DESU KA? (Where is...?).
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What does Nani Ka mean in Japanese?

“Nanka” is a contraction of “Nanika”(なにか), which means “something”. However, “Nanka” can be used to mean something very similar to the English “like”. [Example]
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Day 13: what's this? 何ですか nan desu ka (you must know) Daily Vocabulary Japanese for beginner N5

What is Nani wo?

Nani is the more formal and polite term to use when asking a question, as in: Nani wo suru tsumori desu ka? (なに を する つもり です か?) > What do you intend to do? or What are you planning to do?
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What is Nande desu ka?

何(なん)でですか, or “nande desu ka” as you asked, usually carries the meaning of “why?” or “why is that so?”
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Is desu ka polite?

Desu is a polite way of saying to be in Japanese. Very often, desu appears at the end of a sentence (e.g., Kono inu wa kawaii desu or “The dog is cute”).
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What is Sumimasen?

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.
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What does wa koko desu mean?

Watashi Wa Koko Desu - I am here.
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How do you respond to Genki?

Explanation. In OGENKI DESU KA (Are you fine?), OGENKI is an adjective GENKI (fine, healthy) with an honorific O before it. If you answer, “Yes, I'm fine,” you say HAI, GENKI DESU. You do not add the honorific O, when you talk about yourself.
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How do you say yes in Japanese?

The simplest and most straightforward way of saying yes in Japanese is はい hai. In a more formal style, one may also use は! ha!. If you are conversing with a close acquaintance, ええ ee is also suitable.
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What is chotto?

The most standard meaning for ちょっと is "a little." Since English likes to use more than one word for different types of "little," it's translated into variations like: a bit. a little bit. a few.
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What is Hello in anime?

1. “Hello” in Japanese. If you ever watched at least one anime series, you probably already know this: “hello” in Japanese is Konnichiwa.
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What is Nandayo?

15. "Nandayo!" = Bloody hell! 16. "Damare." = Shut up.
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What does Nai desu mean?

– It's good. Yoku nai desu. – It's not good.
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What is Moshi Mosh?

Moshi moshi, or もしもし, is a common Japanese phrase that Japanese people use when picking up the phone. It's a casual greeting used for friends and family, like a “hello”, but in fact means something entirely different! In English, it literally means something more like, “to say to say”, or “I speak I speak”.
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What does Domo Arigato mean?

When you buy something at a store, store clerk would say "DOMO ARIGATOU", meaning thank you "very much". You can also use DOMO as a greeting like "hello".
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Can I just say gozaimasu?

When you say “Good morning” politely, you say 'Ohayo gozaimasu. ' It's just the casual “Good morning,” 'Ohayo' with 'gozaimasu' at the end. The word 'gozaimasu' is a very polite expression and can roughly be translated as “am,” “is,” or “are” in English.
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What does Suki means in Japanese?

好き (suki): like, affection. 大好き (daisuki): I like you very much/to like a lot.
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What does sou da ne mean?

Sou desu ne is like "yeah" "uh-huh (but polite)"
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What does Genki desu ka mean?

O genki desu ka is a phrase in Japanese that means “How are you?”
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What is sore wa in Japanese?

Sore wa = That is For example A. Sore wa nan desu ka (What is that?) B.
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How do you respond to Sou desu ka?

そうですね “sou-desu-ne”

When you agree with what the speaker said, “soudesune” should be the best phrase. It is “indeed” in English.
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What is ikura desu ka desu ka?

Ikura desu ka.

How much is (it)?
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