Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Today we bring you an edition of Japanese survival phrases that has long been on the requests list! If you are traveling to Japan, you’ll be bringing your camera along, of course, and in this lesson we give you all of the phrases you will need to make the most of every shashin opportunity! Whether it is asking someone to take your picture, asking to take another’s picture, or asking to take a picture with someone - it’s all covered here (plus a few more)! Grab this lesson, your iPod, a camera, and get out there!
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30 Responses to “Survival Phrases #34 - Can You Take Our Picture?”
JapanesePod101.com says:
August 14th, 2006 at 9:31 pm
Mina-san,
Omatase shimashita! We hope you enjoy this lesson, as we know many of you have been waiting for it! 
Yoroshiku onegai shimasu!
usagi says:
August 14th, 2006 at 9:57 pm
Hmmmm, so how about some shashins of the new crew members??? 
Hope your week started with a bang! Thanks for another lesson and take care Mina-san!
I am eagerly awaiting the next beginner/intermediate installment. Seriously, 2 per day sounds fine to me
Vicky says:
August 14th, 2006 at 9:57 pm
I was hoping for 1sat posting….
Have a great day mina-san!!!
JockZon says:
August 14th, 2006 at 10:05 pm
Very useful if you want to take pictures of japanese people and you should have a big thanks for managing this by yourselves 
usagi says:
August 14th, 2006 at 10:15 pm
My apologies to you Vicky-san,
I will wait next time. Gomen, ne.
May I just take this opportunity to say thanks again for all the fabulous Kanji-learning posts. You have all been very inspiring!
Keep up the great posts and hope you all enjoy your studies
Gambattekudasai 
It´s easy learning when you´re having fun, no?
Daniel Beck says:
August 14th, 2006 at 10:23 pm
Sorry for being off topic, but I want to get a feel for how many people want me to get video of Peterちゃん dancing (see the O-bon CC lesson).
What do you all think?
Vicky says:
August 14th, 2006 at 10:27 pm
Usagi-san, don’t worry. I’ve been posted #1 lots.
Daniel-san, how are you going to make Peter-san dance??? Are you really going to the office to meet them? 
Of cause we will love to see Peter-san’s dancing, and Take-san’s singing???
Peter says:
August 14th, 2006 at 11:02 pm
Mina-san, I would love to dance for everyone. Would be my pleasure.
Interesting story involving having someone take a picture for you. I went to the Empire State building about 6 years ago, and I wanted to have my picture taken. However, as almost everyone on the observation floor was from overseas, there was not a native English speaker to be found. So, in the end, I asked a Japanese person in Japanese if they could take my picture. The Japanese phrase I used was:
すみません。写真を撮っていただけませんか。(Sumimasen. shashin wo totte itadakemasen ka?)
This is another way to ask, and is quite polite. The funny thing is, however, you usually have them at “sumimasen,” as they usually see the camera.
Another useful phrase:
押しっぱなし (oshippanashi) - keep pressing (as in the button)
Liz says:
August 14th, 2006 at 11:16 pm
Peter-san,
“Sumimasen + camera” — thanks for that tip. I can really say that one!
Liz says:
August 14th, 2006 at 11:18 pm
Peter-san,
By the way, it was really fun to see a post from you!! It’s quite a rare event. 
In case you didn’t know it, we all feel a very close connection to you because your voice is with us every day on our iPods, computers or from the web.
Michael D. Cassidy says:
August 14th, 2006 at 11:29 pm
Peter san
You could have probably gotten away with just holding by your camera out to them.
Liz san you must be getting up late you never seem to be the first post any more.
Vicky says:
August 14th, 2006 at 11:44 pm
Michael D. Cassidy-san, you are back!!! I was waiting!!!
We got some cool stuffs for you.
Liz says:
August 15th, 2006 at 12:01 am
Michael Cassidy,
Yes, you could just hold your camera out and grunt 
Ken S. says:
August 15th, 2006 at 1:42 am
Did anyone else get “thrown” a little by “totte mo ii desu ka?” The first couple of times I heard it as “totemo ii desu ka”. 
Michael D. Cassidy says:
August 15th, 2006 at 2:00 am
I always need cool stuff.
I’m good at grunting - gunting was my first language - I don’t thnk I’ve progessed much.
The last time I was at the Empire State Building I was seven years old and climbed out on the along the ledge scaring everyone; at least that’s what my mom keeps telling everyone; I guess I was crazy even as a child.
Peter says:
August 15th, 2006 at 10:37 am
Ken S-san, great point! I will be sure to make a point of this next time! The slight pause in there is sometimes difficult to pick up. Thank you for the feedback!
Cassidy-san, お帰りなさい！ Welcome back. Where have you been.
JockZon-san, 絶対後悔するよ。 (zettai koukai suru yo.)
Jason-sans, great to have you back too.
Vicky-san, キング・コング・King Kong, very funny.
Usagi-san, two lessons a day!!
Liz-san, sochira koso! It is always great receiving posts from you and the community! Hearing from you and everyone in the community everyday also allows me to feel a special connection with you! Even though I may not have the time to post everyday, I ALWAYS read all the comments.
So please keep the coming.
Daniel-san, when are you coming?
S says:
August 15th, 2006 at 10:49 am
Peter why did you block me I want to post back unblock me we are both yankees! S_R_C
Sindy says:
August 15th, 2006 at 11:06 am
Thank you very much Peter-san I always have cheer for you because your a New Yorker like me! I really like you so much! You rule!!!!
JapanesePod101.com says:
August 15th, 2006 at 11:15 am
Mina-san,
Recently our spam filter has been extremely hungry. If anyone has trouble posting, please let us know and we’ll resolve the issue.
Yoroshiku onegai shimasu.
Sindy says:
August 15th, 2006 at 11:25 am
Thank you JP101 just forget it my comment and e-mail I’m going to chill out like Daniel-san say and come back later! I’m back to school and I don’t have time to be here anymore so see you all Mina-san when I finish school! Matane (Last Post) S_R_C
Sindy says:
August 15th, 2006 at 11:39 am
Thank You JP101 just forget it I reallly don’t have to time to be here anymore my studies are first and I back to College so Mate-ne Mina-san! S_R_C
Max says:
August 15th, 2006 at 4:20 pm
Yes, I got “totte mo ii desu” mixed up with “totemo ii desu” too. But it was included back with the “you may not” lesson when Take-san was taking photos in a museum and pretending to be a 外国人。
Eran says:
August 20th, 2006 at 1:14 am
jo-ji,
Glad to hear that you are enjoying the Podcasts. In order to view the PDF files you need to be either a Basic Subscriber or a Premium Subscriber. Or alternatively, be on your 7-Day Free Trial which provides you with full access to all Premium Features.
You also need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your machine. We did have one or two incidents were people could not open the file using Adobe Acrobat and had to resort to an alternative PDF reader like Foxit.
By the way, I checked out your website. You do some beautiful work!!!
- Eran
jo-ji says:
August 20th, 2006 at 11:20 am
Thanks for the message I have the most recent Adobe Acrobat Reader and it states it cannot open the file. 
Oh well…
Thank for the complement.
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