Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Welcome
Japanese translation:
ようこそ (youkoso)
Added to glossary by
Katalin McClure
May 8, 2002 20:36
24 yrs ago
3 viewers *
English term
Karen Sweet
Welcome
A type of greeting like hello
Proposed translations
(Japanese)
| 4 +6 | いらっしゃいませ (irasshaimase) or ようこそ (youkoso) |
Katalin McClure
|
| 4 +1 | いらっしゃい / おあがりください |
tmmmrt
|
Proposed translations
+6
1 hr
Katalin McClure
United States
United States
United States
45 years of IT experience
Native in: Hungarian
Works in: English to Hungarian, Japanese to English, Hungarian to English, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
163
Selected
いらっしゃいませ (irasshaimase) or ようこそ (youkoso)
If you want to use it in writing, for example on a banner to welcome a group of visitors from Japan, it is better to use
ようこそ (youkoso) - the 'ou' denotes a long o when pronounced.
If you want to use it verbally, when somebody comes to visit you, for example, you would use いらっしゃいませ (irasshaimase). This is the expression that airlines use in their on-board safety video, as the starting greeting, and I have seen it in hotel welcome videos, too. This expression has another, slightly different use, too. It is used in stores or at the marketplace when you walk by a stand, and the sellers offer you their produce.
ようこそ (youkoso) - the 'ou' denotes a long o when pronounced.
If you want to use it verbally, when somebody comes to visit you, for example, you would use いらっしゃいませ (irasshaimase). This is the expression that airlines use in their on-board safety video, as the starting greeting, and I have seen it in hotel welcome videos, too. This expression has another, slightly different use, too. It is used in stores or at the marketplace when you walk by a stand, and the sellers offer you their produce.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Graded automatically based on peer agreement. KudoZ."
+1
1 hr
いらっしゃい / おあがりください
I would like to add to the above suggestion that if you're welcoming people into your house, you would say いらっしゃい(irasshai) or おあがりください(oagarikudasai). The former is more casual, the latter is very polite.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
N_Hi (X)
4 days
|
Something went wrong...