This episode exposes you to phrases, repeated in English and Japanese, to improve your Japanese vocabulary and help you to express yourself in Japanese.

These episodes are meant to accompany and accelerate your existing Japanese language studies, whether you're using an app like DuoLingo, or you're enrolled in a more formal Japanese class. The more you expose your brain to Japanese audio, the faster you'll learn.

View the full list of English and Japanese phrases in this episode.

Phrases in this episode:

We heard you have live music here tonight.
Excellent, we’re in the mood for some jazz!
We’d like to sit in the lounge area.
Is smoking allowed here?
Do we order at the table or at the bar?
Do you have any happy hour specials?
Can I order a half pint?
Do you have a cocktail menu?
Is the cider sweet or dry?
May I try a little taste of it?
I’ll take a gin and tonic with a lime.
Can you keep our tab open?
Do you serve food here? We’d love some light snacks to share.
The meat, cheese and pickles plate sounds perfect.
We’ll take another round of drinks.
We want to split a slice of the chocolate cake.
The music is a little loud, can we move to the patio?
I’d like to pay the tab now.
We’re so full, we should have skipped the dessert!