Words for dating in Japanese

How do you say I love you in Japanese? How do you tell someone you just want to be friends? After this free audio lesson you’ll know lots of important words for dating in Japanese – after all, you don’t always know when those special (and not so special) moments might occur!

Listen to the native speakers on the audio, and practice saying the Japanese phrases aloud. Whether you’re dating or just making some friendly Japanese conversation, they might come in very useful.

As hard as you try, without helpful feedback your Japanese pronunciation is never going to be the same as a native speaker’s. If you've found it difficult to perfect the way you say Japanese words and phrases, this lesson will help you.

Using the blue Rocket Record buttons you can record the way you say each phrase, and compare it with the way a Japanese native speaker does. That’s right, with Rocket Japanese voice mapping technology you can record your voice as many times as you need until your pronunciation matches the Japanese speaker!

What do you do when you meet someone and you realize that you are falling in love? Here are some phrases you might want to use…

Though one of the most popular phrases in any language is “I love you”, Japanese rarely express their love in words. Some Japanese have never used the word “aishite imasu” in their life! When they do put their feelings into words, it is generally preferred to use the phrase “suki desu.”

If you want to confess your love to someone, just say:

Hopefully the answer will be…

You can ask someone out for a date by saying one of the following phrases…

If the date went successful you might want to say…

Some more useful phrases when dating the man or woman of your dreams...

If you are going out with someone who is not exactly what you were hoping for you could say…

Sayaka Matsuura
Rocket Japanese