Japanese

The English word ‘restaurant’ can be translated into Japanese in several ways, most commonly as レストラン.

The Japanese word for suspicious is 怪しい.

The Japanese word for papa is パパ (papa), an informal word for father used by children and within close families.

In Japanese, “I was hungry” is expressed as お腹が空いていました. This phrase is used to describe the feeling of needing food in the past.

Recess in Japanese is 休み時間 (yasumi jikan). The term refers to a period during the school day designated for a meal or recreation.

In Japanese, completion can be expressed as 完成 or 完了. Use 完成 for the completion of a physical object, a work of art or a construction project.

In Japanese, “I have the flu” is said as インフルエンザにかかりました. This phrase is used to inform someone that you have contracted the influenza virus.

The Japanese phrase for “second day” is 二日目.

The soft drink Coke is こーら (kōra) in hiragana. Japanese normally writes it in katakana, and the brand name is こかこーら (Koka Kōra).

In Japanese, “normal” is expressed as 普通 (futsū). 普通 represents “normal” in a general sense and is used to describe something typical or ordinary.