Buildings & Directions in Japanese are essential skills for anyone traveling, living, or studying in Japan. In this beginner-friendly lesson, you’ll learn how to talk about common buildings and ask for or give directions in clear, natural Japanese.
This video covers everyday vocabulary such as stations, hospitals, schools, shops, and offices, along with key direction phrases like left, right, straight, near, and far. You’ll also learn polite ways to ask for directions and understand answers from native speakers without stress.
Perfect for beginners, travelers, and self-learners, this lesson focuses on practical Japanese you can use immediately in real-life situations. With clear explanations, pronunciation tips, and real-world examples, you’ll gain confidence navigating Japanese cities and neighborhoods.
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Hello and welcome to your 26th lesson of
this Japanese for beginners course. This
is your teacher Rosie and let's get
started. Let's review what we have
learned in our previous lesson.
Fats
shots.
T-shirts.
T-shirts.
Stag
suits.
Sajama
pajama
boots
boots.
quartto
more
more
shopping center.
Shopping center.
One piece.
One piece.
neck tight. Neck tight. Neck.
Neck.
Jeans.
Jeans.
Tampon.
Tampon.
And now today's topic is directions. But
before learning directions, let's learn
some names of locations. Okay, let's get
started.
Shop or store miss
supermarket.
Super
super
building.
Katakana train station
bus stop
beach or seaside
or beach
beach
restaurant.
Park
library
cinema.
Museum like historical type of museum.
Art museum.
Post office.
Police station
hotel
Japanese style hotel
parking.
school
g
university
high school.
Middle school,
elementary school or primary school.
Street
road or avenue?
bank.
City hall,
right? Migi
migi left
straight
north
south
mami.
East. Higashi.
Higashi.
Higashi.
West. Nishi.
Corner.
Traffic light.
to turn
to cross the street.
How could we ask where is something?
Where is the So
here we would need to put our location.
Where is it? Something.
Very good.
Now, if we would like to say I need to
go to,
we would say our location.
So this is a very formal way to ask for
where to go you know because
is very simple but this one is very
formal.
So for example here I want to put bank.
Now another way to ask would be how do I
go to? So let's say we put bang here.
How how do I go there?
Okay. So how do I say go straight? I
would say it like this.
Turn right.
Turn left
to cross the street.
Left side of the street would be
means side.
Right side of the street would be
now if you want to tell directions to
someone, this is the way to do it. You
would use
for example turn left. We would say
Turn right would be
so please turn right.
Go straight would be
it's on your right would be
It's on your left would be
very good.
Cross the street would sound like this.
Please cross the street.
You have learned a very important lesson
about directions. So,
And I will see you in our next lesson.
