Traveling in a country where I don't know the language sounds terrifying to me.

Sometimes I just don't understand how people do it.

How do they get by without the ability to communicate? Even though I want to travel the world, I would always find it helpful to know some phrases in the language of the country I'm traveling in.

Here, I have racked my brain of the Japanese and Korean I learned, and compiled a list of phrases that I think would be useful when traveling. Even if you're not planning to take a trip to Japan or South Korea, it's always fun to learn words in other languages!

The left hand side contains each phrase in its original script, the middle (in bold) is the English romanization (for pronunciation), and on the right is the English translation.

Japanese

おはようございます。(ohayou gozaimasu) : Good morning.

こんにちは。(konnichiwa) : Hello. / Good afternoon.

こんばんは。(konbanwa) : Good evening.

いくらですか。(ikura desu ka) : How much is this?

今、何時ですか。(ima nanji desu ka) : What time is it right now?

英語を話せますか。(eigo o hanasemasu ka) : Do you speak English?

英語を話せる人がいますか。(eigo o hanaseru hito ga imasu ka) : Is there someone here who speaks English?

日本語を話せません。(nihongo o hanasemasen) : I can't speak Japanese.

ありがとうございます。(arigatou gozaimasu) : Thank you.

これは何ですか。(kore wa nan desu ka) : What is this?

すみません。(sumimasen) : Excuse me. / Sorry.

はい。(hai) : Yes.

いいえ。(iie) : No.

Korean

안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo) : Hello.

얼마예요? (eolmayeyo) : How much is this?

지금, 몇시예요? (jigeum, myeotshiyeyo) : What time is it right now?

영어를 할수 있어요? (yeong-eoleul halsu isseoyo) : Do you speak English?

영어를 하는 사람이 있어요? (yeong-eoleul haneun sarami isseoyo?) : Is there someone here who speaks English?

한국어를 할수 없어요. (hangugeoleul halsu eobseoyo.) : I can't speak Korean.

감사합니다. (kamsahamnida) : Thank you.

이거는 뭐예요? (igeoneun mwoyeyo) : What is this?

죄송합니다. (joesonghamnida) : I'm sorry.

네. (nae) : Yes.

아니요. (aniyo) : No.

I hope these phrases are or will be helpful to you one day, or that you just had fun learning bits of a new language!