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How to Say ‘I am here for sightseeing.’ in Japanese

観光で来ました。

kankou de ki mashi ta

[KAHN-koh deh kee mah-shee tah]

💬 Usage Tip: Here で gives the purpose, "for". Swap in 仕事 (shigoto) "work" to get 仕事で来ました "I came for work".

Phrase Breakdown

観光で

kankou de

for sightseeing

観光 (kankō) means 'sightseeing', so hold the long 'ō'. で (de) shows the purpose here.

Example

観光で京都に行きます。

I'm going to Kyoto for sightseeing.

Words in this phrase

観光

kankou

[KAHN-koh]

sightseeing

Tourism; visiting places for pleasure.

Example

京都を観光します。

I'll go sightseeing in Kyoto.

で

[deh]

for (purpose)

Particle marking the reason or purpose of an action.

Example

仕事で東京に行きます。

I'm going to Tokyo for work.

来ました。

ki mashi ta

I came

This is the polite past form of 来る (kuru, to come). Say 'ki-ma-shi-ta'.

Example

日本に来ました。

I came to Japan.

Words in this phrase

来

[kee]

come

From 来る, meaning 'to come.' Used when thanking someone for attending.

Example

会場に来てくれてありがとう。

Thank you for coming to the venue.

まし

mashi

[mah-shee]

polite past stem

Part of the polite past ending in a verb phrase.

Example

昨日は多くのことを学びました。

I learned many things yesterday.

た

[tah]

past tense ending

This ending completes the polite past tense form.

Example

空席がございました。

There were vacant seats.

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