Visiting the museum: Getting around the museum
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Key Phrases
トイレはどこですか。
toire wa doko desu ka
Where is the restroom?
まっすぐ行ってください。
massugu itsu te kudasai
Go straight.
エレベーターはありますか。
erebeetaa wa ari masu ka
Is there an elevator?
Skills You'll Learn
Ask for the location of places in a building.
建物の中の場所をたずねる。
tatemono no naka no basho o tazuneru
Understand and give simple directions.
簡単な道案内を理解したり伝えたりする。
kantan na michi annai o rikai shi tari tsutae tari suru
Ask about facilities and moving to another floor.
設備の有無や別の階への行き方をたずねる。
setsubi no umu ya betsu no kai e no iki kata o tazuneru
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you are in a museum in Japan, asking for directions to the restroom and then to the Japanese history section while practicing simple polite Japanese.
すみません、トイレはどこですか。
sumi mase n toire wa doko desu ka
Excuse me, where is the restroom?
あそこです。まっすぐ行ってください。
asoko desu massugu itsu te kudasai
It's over there. Please go straight ahead.
ありがとうございます。
arigatou gozai masu
Thank you.
次はどこに行きますか。
tsugi wa doko ni iki masu ka
Where would you like to go next?
日本の歴史のコーナーに行きたいです。
nihon no rekishi no koonaa ni iki tai desu
I'd like to go to the Japanese history section.
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
すみません。
sumi mase n
Excuse me.
🇯🇵 [すみません。] is the standard way to get a staff member's attention in Japan, and it also works as a light apology. In a museum, this is more natural than jumping straight into your question.
See breakdown →どこですか
doko desu ka
Where is it?
💬 [どこですか] is a very reusable pattern for asking where something is: put the thing before it, like [出口はどこですか。] or [エレベーターはどこですか。].
See breakdown →トイレはどこですか。
toire wa doko desu ka
Where is the restroom?
💬 [は] is written [は] but said (wa) here: [トイレはどこですか。]. This pattern is easy to reuse with other places or things you need to find.
See breakdown →トイレ
toire
Restroom
どこ
doko
Where?
あそこ
asoko
Over there
💬 [あそこ] means "over there," farther from both you and the listener. Compare [ここ] "here" and [そこ] "there" near the other person.
See breakdown →あそこです。
asoko desu
It's over there.
行ってください
itsu te kudasai
Please go
💬 [行ってください] is the polite "please go," built from [行く] "to go." You'll see the same [～てください] pattern in many polite instructions, like [見てください] or [待ってください].
See breakdown →まっすぐ行ってください。
massugu itsu te kudasai
Go straight.
💬 [まっすぐ] means "straight ahead," so this whole phrase is a common directions pattern. You can swap in other movement words too, like [右に曲がってください。]
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