# Everyday Phrases that Don't Translate Well **URL:** \ **Category:** Grammar\ **Created:** [November 25, 2021, 6:00am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/everyday-phrases-that-dont-translate-well/54527 "2021-11-25T06:00:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ejemy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/ejemy/32/5161_2.png) [@Ejemy](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Ejemy)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 6:00am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/everyday-phrases-that-dont-translate-well/54527/1 "2021-11-25T06:00:32Z")
So this is just someone that I realized I need to know cause I talk Japanese everyday at work but I find there are phrases/grammars that are very common but because I never studied them there is no way I would know or translate in my head very well. The phrase that started this was 布団を新しくしたから気持ちいい。 Because I did the futon new it is comfortable? No it means “I got a new futon…” like what? haha I get it now but yeah. Any other phrases or grammars that would be helpful for someone in Japan to know? ---
**Author:** ![Vanilla](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/vanilla/32/521468_2.png) [@Vanilla](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Vanilla)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 6:07am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/everyday-phrases-that-dont-translate-well/54527/2 "2021-11-25T06:07:39Z")
> [@Ejemy](#): > > Any other phrases or grammars that would be helpful for someone in Japan to know? お願いします And I dont just mean the basic usage that everyone learns on their first week. I mean knowing the usage that seems to show up in literally every social interaction at work. ---
**Author:** ![Belthazar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/belthazar/32/4469_2.png) [@Belthazar](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Belthazar)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 6:11am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/everyday-phrases-that-dont-translate-well/54527/3 "2021-11-25T06:11:29Z")
You sure you don’t mean **よろしく** おねがいします? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![peculiar\_chester](https://cdck-file-uploads-global.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/f/d/fd4c154120954695f788402f3bcf4e616499bc2d.png) [@peculiar\_chester](https://community.wanikani.com/u/peculiar_chester)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 6:24am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/everyday-phrases-that-dont-translate-well/54527/4 "2021-11-25T06:24:43Z")
Hm? Isn’t that pretty close to what it literally says, though? I feel good because I made my futon new, i.e., “I replaced it?” It’s using [this rule.](https://bunpro.jp/grammar_points/%E3%81%AB%E3%81%99%E3%82%8B-%E3%81%8F%E3%81%99%E3%82%8B) ---
**Author:** ![Vanilla](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/vanilla/32/521468_2.png) [@Vanilla](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Vanilla)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 6:25am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/everyday-phrases-that-dont-translate-well/54527/5 "2021-11-25T06:25:15Z")
yes im sure ---
**Author:** ![x90PT](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/x90pt/32/488461_2.png) [@x90PT](https://community.wanikani.com/u/x90PT)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 6:26am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/everyday-phrases-that-dont-translate-well/54527/6 "2021-11-25T06:26:01Z")
I take it japanese is your second language, but translations are rarely very straight forward, it’s all over the place. ---
**Author:** ![plantron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/plantron/32/783203_2.png) [@plantron](https://community.wanikani.com/u/plantron)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 6:34am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/everyday-phrases-that-dont-translate-well/54527/7 "2021-11-25T06:34:04Z")
> [@Belthazar](#): > > よろしくおねがいします ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/6/9/5/695397648829866cd349cf9114269ce8c7aea5d2.gif) ---
**Author:** ![WeebPotato](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/weebpotato/32/679291_2.png) [@WeebPotato](https://community.wanikani.com/u/WeebPotato)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 6:35am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/everyday-phrases-that-dont-translate-well/54527/8 "2021-11-25T06:35:07Z")
頼む - when asking someone for a favor casually お疲れ様です - greetings when coming to work お先に失礼します and the short お先に - when leaving work before others Edit: hot dayum, I just realized @plantron さん is almost level 40 now 😃 ---
**Author:** ![plantron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/plantron/32/783203_2.png) [@plantron](https://community.wanikani.com/u/plantron)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 6:42am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/everyday-phrases-that-dont-translate-well/54527/9 "2021-11-25T06:42:20Z")
![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/3/f/c/3fc7e585bc93307113b4430ba4117701cf3e4b7b.png) 😅 ---
**Author:** ![alo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/alo/32/239506_2.png) [@alo](https://community.wanikani.com/u/alo)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 9:51am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/everyday-phrases-that-dont-translate-well/54527/10 "2021-11-25T09:51:18Z")
The more immersion I get, the more I realize that the things you learn the first week, like する=“to do”, are woefully simplistic representations. But they’re a start. ---
**Author:** ![Sakura\_Neko](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/sakura_neko/32/435673_2.png) [@Sakura\_Neko](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Sakura_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 12:14pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/everyday-phrases-that-dont-translate-well/54527/11 "2021-12-13T12:14:07Z")
[Noun]を[Place]に 忘れた。 = I left noun in place. 忘れる means ‘to forget’ but it’s often used as ‘to forget to bring something’. ---
**Author:** ![Vanilla](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/vanilla/32/521468_2.png) [@Vanilla](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Vanilla)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 12:18pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/everyday-phrases-that-dont-translate-well/54527/12 "2021-12-13T12:18:30Z")
“I forgot my wallet at the store” It translates perfectly, actually lol ---
**Author:** ![Leebo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/leebo/32/439476_2.png) [@Leebo](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Leebo)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 12:30pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/everyday-phrases-that-dont-translate-well/54527/13 "2021-12-13T12:30:17Z")
Both “I left [noun] in [place]” and “I forgot [noun] in [place]” are natural in English. (And can be used the way 忘れる means) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/6/2/a/62a8b0f4c59ff2c5b6651ffcf43531480b3e5297.png) [@system](https://community.wanikani.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2022, 12:30pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/everyday-phrases-that-dont-translate-well/54527/14 "2022-12-13T12:30:36Z")
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