Conversations · Lesson 20

Visiting a home: arriving, gifts, the meal, leaving

おじゃまします。

Visiting a Japanese home: 「おじゃまします」 at the door, giving a gift, declining fuss and second helpings, and leaving with 「そろそろ失礼しつれいします」.

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In this lesson

  1. 01Main dialogue: Saturday dinner at a colleague’s home
  2. 02What the host says (you only need to understand these)
  3. 03What you say: arriving, gifts, asking your host not to fuss
  4. 04During the meal
  5. 05Leaving: 「そろそろ失礼しつれいします」
  6. 06Visiting habits

Practice

  • Match what the host says to its meaning
  • How would you reply?
  • Which sentence says what you want?
  • Match each phrase to its situation
  • Choose the phrase for each blank
  • Change to a suitable phrase for a visit
  • Put the dialogue in order

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