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How to Say ‘Your residence card and passport, please.’ in Japanese

在留カードとパスポートをお願いします。

zairyuu kaado to pasupooto o o negai shi masu

[zai-RYOO kah-doh toh pah-soo-POH-toh wo oh neh-guy shi mahs]

🇯🇵 In Japan: Foreign residents are required to carry their 在留カード "residence card" at all times. Have both documents ready before your number is called.

Phrase Breakdown

在留カードと

zairyuu kaado to

your residence card and

在留カード (zairyū kādo) is the residence card for foreign residents. と means 'and' and joins it to the next item. Stretch the long 'ū' and 'ā'.

Example

在留カードと保険証があります。

I have my residence card and my health insurance card.

Words in this phrase

在留

zairyuu

[zai-RYOO]

residence (of foreigners); stay

Staying or residing in a country, used for foreign residents' status.

Example

在留資格を確認します。

We will check your residence status.

カード

kaado

[kah-doh]

card

The second part of 'credit card'.

Example

クレジットカードで支払えます。

I can pay by credit card.

と

[toh]

and

A particle connecting nouns in a list.

Example

マーケティングと営業の両方に興味があります。

I am interested in both marketing and sales.

パスポートを

pasupooto o

passport (as object)

パスポート (pasupōto) is 'passport'. The 'u' in 'su' is very light, and the 'pō' is long. を marks it as the thing being requested.

Example

パスポートを忘れました。

I forgot my passport.

Words in this phrase

パスポート

pasupooto

[pah-soo-POH-toh]

passport

Loanword from English; the travel document issued by your country.

Example

パスポートを忘れました。

I forgot my passport.

を

[wo]

direct object marker

Marks the direct object of a verb.

Example

本を読む。

Read a book.

お願いします。

o negai shi masu

please (give me)

Here it politely asks someone to hand something over. The final 'su' is soft.

Example

お名前をお願いします。

Your name, please.

Words in this phrase

お

[oh]

honorific prefix used in polite expressions

The polite prefix お makes the following word sound more courteous.

Example

お願いできますか。

Could you please do that?

願い

negai

[neh-guy]

request; favor

願い refers to a wish or request, and in お願い it forms a polite request expression.

Example

お願いがあります。

I have a request.

し

shi

[shi]

to do

The verb for carrying out or performing an action.

Example

そのことをしました。

I did that thing.

ます

masu

[mahs]

polite verb ending

A standard polite ending added to verbs, often used in customer service and formal speech.

Example

予約を確認します。

I will confirm the reservation.

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