How to Say ‘Will you leave? / do you depart?’ in Japanese
出ますか
de masu ka
[deh mahs kah]
💬 Usage Tip: [出ますか] is the polite question form of [出ます]. For transportation, it means '[does it leave?]' or '[does it depart?]'.
🇯🇵 In Japan: When talking about buses or shuttles, Japanese often leaves out the subject because the context is obvious.
Phrase Breakdown
出
de
[deh]
leave; depart
The kanji part of the polite verb meaning to leave or depart.
何時に出ますか。
What time does it leave?
ます
masu
[mahs]
polite verb ending
A polite ending used with verbs in formal speech.
バスは七時に出ますか。
Does the bus leave at seven o’clock?
か
ka
[kah]
question marker
A sentence-ending particle used to make a question.
今出ますか。
Will it leave now?
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