How Do You Answer The Phone In Japanese

Telephone Expressions i

Practice the post-obit exressions

	1.	Making a phone call
		[Watashi wa] Mori-san ni denwa o shimasu.

	2.	Answering a phone
		[Watashi wa] Denwa ni demasu.

	3.	A telephone call from someone
		[Mori-san] kara denwa ga kimashita.
		[Mori-san] kara denwa ga arimashita.

There was a phone call from [Mori-san].

Telephone Expressions 2

Practice the following exressions

	ane.	Answering a phone
		Moshimoshi.
		Hai. Mori desu.
		Hai. Tokyo Denki desu.
		Hai. Tokyo Denki de gozaimasu.

Hello.

Yep, information technology's Mori. (Mori desu.)

Yes, information technology'southward Tokyo Denki. (Tokyo Denki de gozaimasu.)

Moshimoshi means "Hello" on the telephone and this is used only on the phone nowadays.

de gozaimasu is a much politer fashion to say desu.

	2.	Confirming the receiver on the phone
		Mori-san no otaku desu ka?
		Tokyo Denki-san desu ka?

Is that Mori-san'due south residence?

Is that Tokyo Denki?

When phoning a individual number, apply the phrase otaku desu ka? to ostend that it is the right number. Otaku ways "residence" by the fashion.

When confirming that it is the correct company or store you're phoning, add -san to the name of that company or shop. This habit is also used in other contexts such equally business meetings.

	3.	Identifying oneself
		Yamashita to mooshimasu ga.
		Yamashita desu ga.

When the receiver doesn't know who yous are, say your name and add together to mooshimasu.
When the receiver is already familiar with yous, use desu.

ga at the end of a sentence, equally in Yamashita desu ga., is used for softening the tone of the whole statement and is very often used in everyday conversation.

	4.	Request for someone
		Mori-san wa irasshaimasu ka?
		Mori-san, onegai shimasu.

Is Mori-san in that location, please?

Mori-san, please.

irasshaimasu ka? is normally used but in a situation such as asking for a colleague of yours on the telephone while yous're out of the office, apply onegai shimasu.

	5.	Telling someone's absence
		Mori wa dekakete orimasu.
		Mori wa dekakete imasu.

When speaking to someone yous don't know, utilise dekakete orimasu. When speaking to someone you know, use dekakete imasu.

	vi.	Asking what fourth dimension the person yous wish to speak to will be back
		Mori-san wa nan-ji goro o-modori ni narimasu ka?
		Mori-san wa nan-ji goro o-kaeri desu ka?
		O-modori wa nan-ji goro deshoo ka?

Around what time will Mori-san be back?

The higher up iii sentences mean more or less the same. It is all right to use any of them.

	seven.	Telling that someone is on the phone or at the meeting
		Mori wa ima denwa-chuu desu.
		Mori wa ima kaigi-chuu desu.

Mori is on the telephone at the moment.

Mori is at the meeting right now.

When Mori-san belongs to the same unit with you, e.chiliad. company, and you tell nearly Mori-san to someone who is outside your unit, you address Mori-san Mori without -san. If you lot, the person yous're speaking to on the phone and Mori-san all vest to the same company, i.eastward. colleagues, y'all address Mori-san with -san.

	8.	Belongings the line
		Shooshoo o-machi kudasai.

Hold on a 2nd, please.

	9.	Forwarding a phone call
		Mori-san, Yamashita-san kara denwa desu.

Mori-san, a phone call for yous from Yamashita-san.

	10.	Returning to the phone call which has been put on concord
		Omatase shimashita.
		Omatase itashimashita.

This expression can also be used in many other situations.

	11.	Telling that you volition band once again later
		Mata ato de o-denwa shimasu.

I'll ring over again afterwards, thanks.

O-denwa shimasu is an honorific expression. Use this when y'all phone a customer company and the similar. In the telephone conversation with a friend, you can use the usual phrase, denwa shimasu.

	12.	Leaving a message that yous've called
		(Mori-san ni) Yamashita kara denwa ga atta to o-tsutae kudasai.

Please tell (Mori-san) that I've chosen.

	thirteen.	Asking someone to call back
		Orikaeshi o-denwa itadaki-tai-n desu ga.
		O-modori ni nattara, o-denwa itadaki-tai-due north desu ga.

I would similar him to ring me back.

I would similar her to phone call me when she comes dorsum.

Orikaeshi ways "return" in Japanese. O-modori ni nattara means "when he/she comes back".

	14.	Asking who is calling
		Shitsurei desu ga, dochirasama deshoo ka?

Excuse me but who's calling, delight?

Dochirasama is the honorific grade of dare "who".

	15.	Asking someone their telephone number
		O-denwa-bangoo, onegai shimasu.
		O-denwa-bangoo, onegai itashimasu.

May I have your telephone number?

	16.	Ending a phone call
		Onegai itashimasu.
		Onegai shimasu.
		Shitsurei shimasu

How to hang up, i.e. how to cease phone chat, depends on how the conversation progresses and reaches an end.

If y'all asked someone to do you a favour, you should conclude the conversation with Onegai shimasu "Please take care of the matter.". Arigatoo gozaimasu would be wrong.

Yous can use Arigatoo gozaimasu when you lot asked someone to do you a favour and this someone has washed the favour for y'all. Y'all asked someone to do you a favour and this someone has not done it notwithstanding, and then, you cannot use Arigatoo gozaimasu.

As well, when leaving a message or requesting some information to be sent before hanging up, utilise Onegai shimasu instead of Arigatoo gozaimasu.

This applies in situations such as leaving wearing apparel to a dry cleaner before leaving the shop.

If y'all didn't brand any request during your call, yous could say Shitsurei shimasu before hanging upwardly. If it is a friend y'all've been speaking to, then, simply say Dewa or Mata.