Unit 06
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"
- へ [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 |
|---|---|
| 上 [ue] | up |
| 下 [shita] | down |
| 左 [hidari] | left |
| 右 [migi] | right |
| 前 [mae] | front |
| 後ろ [ushiro] | back |
| 外 [soto] | outside |
| 中 [naka] | inside |
