How to Say ‘It's to increase young customers.’ in Japanese
若いお客さんを増やすことです。
wakai o kyaku san o fuyasu koto desu
[wah-KAH-ee oh KYAH-koo sahn wo foo-YAH-soo koto dess]
💬 Usage Tip: Add ことです after a verb's dictionary form to say "it's to do X". This is the standard way to state a goal: 売上を上げることです "it's to raise sales".
Phrase Breakdown
若いお客さんを
wakai o kyaku san o
young customers (as object)
'を' (pronounced 'o') marks the object of the verb. Say 'wa-kai o-kyaku-san o'.
若いお客さんを呼びたいです。
We want to attract young customers.
Words in this phrase
若い
wakai
[wah-KAH-ee]
young
Adjective describing someone of young age.
若い人が多い会社です。
It's a company with many young people.
お
o
[oh]
honorific prefix used in polite expressions
The polite prefix お makes the following word sound more courteous.
お願いできますか。
Could you please do that?
客
kyaku
[KYAH-koo]
customer; guest
Kanji for customer or visitor; with お and さん it becomes the polite word for customers.
お客さんが来ました。
A customer came.
さん
san
[sahn]
(polite suffix in お客さん)
Polite suffix attached to nouns for people, like customers.
お客さんが来ました。
A customer has come.
を
o
[wo]
direct object marker
Marks the direct object of a verb.
本を読む。
Read a book.
増やすことです。
fuyasu koto desu
it is to increase
'増やす' (fuyasu) means 'to increase', and 'ことです' turns it into 'it is to do ~'. The 'fu' is soft, between 'f' and 'h'.
目標は売上を増やすことです。
The goal is to increase sales.
Words in this phrase
増やす
fuyasu
[foo-YAH-soo]
to increase
To make the number of something bigger.
社員を増やす予定です。
We plan to increase staff.
こと
koto
[koto]
thing
Refers to an object or matter.
面白いことがあった。
Something interesting happened.
です
desu
[dess]
is; polite copula
A polite sentence ending used in formal conversation.
少し伺いたいです。
I would like to ask a little.
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