Unit 06

Asking for Directions to Osaka

大阪への行き方を聞く
Asking for Directions to Osaka

Lesson

どちらへ行きますか [dochira e ikimasu ka]
Which way do I go?

  • どちら [dochira] means "Which direction"
  • [e] in this case means "toward"
  • Literally means "Which way, I go?"

下へ行きます [shita e ikimasu]
You'll go down.

  • 下へ [shita e] means "downward"
  • Literally means "downward, you'll go"

左へ行きます [hidari e ikimasu]
You'll go to the left.

  • 左へ [hidari e] means "toward the left"
  • Literally means "toward the left, you'll go"

Conversation

  • A: どちらへ行きますか
    Which way are we going?
  • B: 左へ行きます [hidari e ikimasu]
    We are going toward the left.
  • A: どちらへ行きますか
    Which way are we going?
  • B: 右へ行きます [migi e ikimasu]
    We are going toward the right.
  • A: あ、そうですね
    Oh, I see.

Vocabulary

Japanese English
[ue] up
[shita] down
[hidari] left
[migi] right
[mae] front
後ろ [ushiro] back
[soto] outside
[naka] inside