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Japanese translation: ようこそ　youkoso

17:55 Mar 29, 2005

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English term or phrase: Welcome

I need to translate a word "WELCOME" into Japanese : vertical, friendy. This is for greeting visitors.

Lana

Japanese translation:ようこそ　youkoso

Explanation:
Ex: Welcome to our home - Watashitachi no uchi e youkoso
"Youkoso" can be used alone, just like saying "Welcome!"

Selected response from:

catlover
Local time: 14:56

Grading comment

Thank you! I needed a written in Japanese. I didn't undestand which one is proper oen for greeting a big group of people and you can write this board on the board. Thank you!
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +5

ようこそ　youkoso

catlover

5 +1

Irasshaimase - いらっしゃいませ

Bart B. Van Bockstaele

歓迎

humbird

Discussion entries: 3

Answers

8 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

welcome

ようこそ　youkoso

Explanation:
Ex: Welcome to our home - Watashitachi no uchi e youkoso
"Youkoso" can be used alone, just like saying "Welcome!"

catlover
Local time: 14:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Japanese

Grading comment

Thank you! I needed a written in Japanese. I didn't undestand which one is proper oen for greeting a big group of people and you can write this board on the board. Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Can Altinbay: Absolutely. Of course, on a question such as this one, a dictionary is one's friend, don't you agree? === will & Bart - I I never said we shouldn't.

2 hrs

-> Yep! Lately we see a lot of questions like this.......you know the ones that we don't have to think

agree

Will Matter: Yes, but we should answer the question anyhow, even if we consider it to be 'basic'. That's the purpose of KudoZ, after all.

2 hrs

-> I agree. Thank you for your comment.

agree

Bart B. Van Bockstaele: And I agree with willmatter's comment. People who do not agree, should read the Kudoz rules.

3 hrs

agree

mstkwasa: The rules (1.1) do say you have to look at dictionaries and the internet first but an English-Japanese dictionary is not an item found in most households and the internet is - shall we say - not entirely reliable. You can always choose not to answer.

5 hrs

agree

Kurt Hammond: For a socially risky situation like this, I don't mind answering the question. How many of you throw absolute trust into what a dictionary says? The other day someone asked for displacement. I gave 排気量、someone else gave 転移.

6 hrs

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

welcome Irasshaimase - いらっしゃいませ

Explanation:
Youkoso is good, irasshaimase is a good and politer alternative

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Note added at 3 hrs 54 mins (2005-03-29 21:50:16 GMT)
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As Can suggests, there are indeed even more possibilities. \"Irasshai\" is always used in \"Konya ha misemasse!\".

Bart B. Van Bockstaele
Canada
Local time: 14:56
Native speaker of:

Dutch

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Can Altinbay: You can also combine ようこそandいらっしゃいませ. いらっしゃい is sufficient if you are greeting a friend.

20 mins

-> Thank you, Can. And I apologize if I gave you the impression I criticized you. That was most definitely *not* my intention. The people I was thinking of have not (yet?) posted anything on this page.

neutral

Manako Ihaya: Just a word of caution for the asker. Irasshaimase is used at stores/restaurants to greet customers. I think ようこそ　or 歓迎（kangei...this is written, not spoken) is what you would like to use in your case. :-)

2 hrs

neutral

Kurt Hammond: Agree with Ihaya-san. This answer is probably too polite and should only be used if your guests are paying customers. Or, as mentioned, "irasshai".

3 hrs

9 hrs confidence:

welcome 歓迎

Explanation:
ようこそ、いらっしゃいませ、どちらも間違いではないでしょう。
ですがサインなどでスペースが少なく文字数に制限があるならばこれですね。でも話し言葉か書き言葉にもよります。
書き言葉ならこれが一番よいでしょう。

humbird
Local time: 12:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Japanese,