ka

question particle

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Usages of ka

寿す司し　は　安やすい　です　か。susi ha yasui desu ka.

Is sushi cheap?

本ほん　は　高たかい　です　か。hon ha takai desu ka.

Are books expensive?

週末しゅうまつ　に　友達ともだち　と　一緒いっしょ　に　お茶ちゃ　を　飲のみません　か。syuumatu ni tomodati to issyo ni otya wo nomimasen ka.

Shall we drink tea together with a friend on the weekend?

明後日あさって　は　雨あめ　です　か。asatte ha ame desu ka.

Will it be rainy the day after tomorrow?

先生せんせい　は　私わたし　が　どこ　に　住すんで　いる　か　知しって　います。sensei ha watasi ga doko ni sunde iru ka sitte imasu.

The teacher knows where I live.

駅えき　は　どこ　です　か。eki ha doko desu ka.

Where is the station?

この　道みち　は　危あぶない　です　か。kono miti ha abunai desu ka.

Is this road dangerous?

質問しつもん　が　あります　か。situmon ga arimasu ka.

Do you have any questions?

新あたらしい　ドア　から　部屋へや　に　入はいって　も　いい　です　か。atarasii doa kara heya ni haitte mo ii desu ka.

May I enter the room through the new door?

ここ　で　靴くつ　を　脱ぬいで　も　いい　です　か。koko de kutu wo nuide mo ii desu ka.

Is it okay to take off my shoes here?

風かぜ　が　強つよい　です　から、　ドア　を　閉しめて　も　いい　です　か。kaze ga tuyoi desu kara, doa wo simete mo ii desu ka.

Because the wind is strong, may I close the door?

忘わすれ物もの　が　ない　か　ドア　を　閉しめる　前まえ　に　確認かくにんします。wasuremono ga nai ka doa wo simeru mae ni kakuninsimasu.

I check for forgotten items before closing the door.

暗くらい　部屋へや　で　電気でんき　を　消けして　も　いい　です　か。kurai heya de denki wo kesite mo ii desu ka.

May I turn off the light in the dark room?

エレベーター　を　使つかって　も　いい　です　か。erebeetaa wo tukatte mo ii desu ka.

May I use the elevator?

パスポート　の　名前なまえ　が　正ただしい　か　確認かくにんして　おく　ほう　が　いい。pasupooto no namae ga tadasii ka kakuninsite oku hou ga ii.

You’d better check in advance whether the name on your passport is correct.

ここ　で　名前なまえ　を　書かいて　も　いい　です　か。koko de namae wo kaite mo ii desu ka.

May I write my name here?

この　答こたえ　は　正ただしい　です　か。kono kotae ha tadasii desu ka.

Is this answer correct?

明日あした　の　会議かいぎ　の　用意ようい　は　できました　か。asita no kaigi no youi ha dekimasita ka.

Have you prepared for tomorrow’s meeting?

新あたらしい　靴下くつした　を　試着しちゃくして　みて　も　いい　です　か。atarasii kutusita wo sityakusite mite mo ii desu ka.

May I try on the new socks?

翻訳ほにゃく　の　仕事しごと　を　手伝てつだって　もらえます　か。honyaku no sigoto wo tetudatte moraemasu ka.

Can you help me with the translation work?

明日あした　体育館たいいくかん　で　運動うんどうしません　か。asita taiikukan de undousimasen ka.

Shall we exercise at the gym tomorrow?

この　料理りょうり　の　値段ねだん　は　高たかい　です　か。kono ryouri no nedan ha takai desu ka.

Is the price of this dish expensive?

この　辞書じしょ　を　借かりて　も　いい　です　か。kono zisyo wo karite mo ii desu ka.

May I borrow this dictionary?

母はは　は　私わたし　が　事故じこ　に　あわない　か　心配しんぱいして　います。haha ha watasi ga ziko ni awanai ka sinpaisite imasu.

My mother is worried that I might get into an accident.

私わたし　の　席せき　は　どこ　です　か。watasi no seki ha doko desu ka.

Where is my seat?

そちら　の　天気予報てんきよほう　に　よる　と、　週末しゅうまつ　は　雨あめ　です　か。sotira no tenkiyohou ni yoru to, syuumatu ha ame desu ka.

According to the weather forecast there, will it be rainy on the weekend?

これ以外いがい　に　質問しつもん　が　あります　か。koreigai ni situmon ga arimasu ka.

Do you have any questions besides this?

夕方ゆうがた　まで　に　出席しゅっせき　か　欠席けっせき　か　を　アプリ　で　送おくって　ください。yuugata made ni syusseki ka kesseki ka wo apuri de okutte kudasai.

By evening, please send whether you will attend or be absent via the app.

担当者たんとうしゃ　に　すぐ　連絡れんらくして　も　いい　です　か。tantousya ni sugu renrakusite mo ii desu ka.

May I contact the person in charge right away?

明日あした　の　夕方ゆうがた　は　都合つごう　が　いい　です　か。asita no yuugata ha tugou ga ii desu ka.

Are you available tomorrow evening?

失礼しつれい　です　が、　どちら　の　資料しりょう　が　分わかりやすい　です　か。siturei desu ga, dotira no siryou ga wakariyasui desu ka.

Excuse me, but which documents are easier to understand?

会議かいぎ　の　あと　で　担当者たんとうしゃ　に　質問しつもん　を　して　も　いい　です　か。kaigi no ato de tantousya ni situmon wo site mo ii desu ka.

May I ask the person in charge a question after the meeting?

クレジットカード　で　払はらって　も　いい　です　か。kurezittokaado de haratte mo ii desu ka.

May I pay by credit card?

返品へんぴん　は　七日なのか　くらい　まで　可能かのう　です　か。henpin ha nanoka kurai made kanou desu ka.

Is returning possible for about seven days?

禁煙きねん　の　席せき　は　入口いりぐち　の　近ちかく　に　あります　か。kinen no seki ha iriguti no tikaku ni arimasu ka.

Are the non-smoking seats near the entrance?

返品へんぴん　の　ため　に　レシート　が　必要ひつよう　です　か。henpin no tame ni resiito ga hituyou desu ka.

Do I need a receipt for a return?

返金へんきん　は　可能かのう　です　か。henkin ha kanou desu ka.

Is a refund possible?

世界中せかいじゅう　の　人ひと　は　日本語にほんご　を　勉強べんきょうします　か。sekaizyuu no hito ha nihongo wo benkyousimasu ka.

Do people all over the world study Japanese?

これ　は　何なに　です　か。kore ha nani desu ka.

同おなじ　アニメ　を　二回目にかいめ　に　見みる　とき　は、　字幕じまく　なし　で　見みて、　どれくらい　聞きき取とれる　か　試ためして　います。onazi anime wo nikaime ni miru toki ha, zimaku nasi de mite, dorekurai kikitoreru ka tamesite imasu.

When I watch the same anime a second time, I watch it without subtitles and test how much I can catch.

一日いちにち　に　どれくらい　日本語にほんご　を　勉強べんきょうします　か。itiniti ni dorekurai nihongo wo benkyousimasu ka.

How much do you study Japanese in a day?

私わたし　は　将来しょうらい　どこ　で　働はたらく　か　よく　考かんがえます。watasi ha syourai doko de hataraku ka yoku kangaemasu.

I often think about where I will work in the future.

この　地図ちず　を　見みれば、　駅えき　が　どこ　か　すぐ　分わかります。kono tizu wo mireba, eki ga doko ka sugu wakarimasu.

If you look at this map, you can quickly see where the station is.

どうして　今日きょう　は　そんなに　急いそいで　いる　んです　か。dousite kyou ha sonnani isoide iru ndesu ka.

Why are you in such a hurry today?

駅えき　の　バス　の　乗のり場ば　が　分わからない　んです　が、　どこ　です　か。eki no basu no noriba ga wakaranai ndesu ga, doko desu ka.

I don’t know where the bus boarding area at the station is; where is it?

この　パスタ　を　注文ちゅうもんしたいんです　が、　まだ　あります　か。kono pasuta wo tyuumonsitaindesu ga, mada arimasu ka.

I’d like to order this pasta; do you still have it?

どうして　そんなに　遅おそかった　んです　か？　道路どうろ　が　渋滞じゅうたいして　いた　んです　か。dousite sonnani osokatta ndesu ka? douro ga zyuutaisite ita ndesu ka.

Why were you so late? Were the roads jammed?

会計かいけい　の　とき　に　店員てにん　に　「持もち帰かえり　です　か、　店内てんない　です　か」　と　聞きかれました。kaikei no toki ni tenin ni 「motikaeri desu ka, tennai desu ka」 to kikaremasita.

At the register, the clerk asked me, “Is it for takeout or for here?”

この　店みせ　で　は、　ピザ　も　持もち帰かえり　できます　か。kono mise de ha, piza mo motikaeri dekimasu ka.

Can I also get pizza to go at this shop?

駅えき　の　階段かいだん　で　滑すべって　転ころんだ　女おんな　の　人ひと　が　いた　ので、　けが　が　ない　か　心配しんぱいした。eki no kaidan de subette koronda onna no hito ga ita node, kega ga nai ka sinpaisita.

There was a woman who slipped and fell on the station stairs, so I worried about whether she was injured.

出でかける　前まえ　に　支度したくして、　忘わすれ物もの　が　ない　か　確認かくにんします。dekakeru mae ni sitakusite, wasuremono ga nai ka kakuninsimasu.

Before going out, I get ready and check that I haven’t forgotten anything.

別べつ　の　席せき　に　座すわって　も　いい　です　か。betu no seki ni suwatte mo ii desu ka.

May I sit in a different seat?

受付うけつけ　で　少々しょうしょう　お待まち　いただけます　か　と　言いわれました。uketuke de syousyou omati itadakemasu ka to iwaremasita.

At the reception desk, I was asked, “Could you wait a moment?”

こちら　の　用紙ようし　に　お名前なまえ　と　住所じゅうしょ　を　ご記入きにゅう　いただけます　か。kotira no yousi ni onamae to zyuusyo wo gokinyuu itadakemasu ka.

Could you fill in your name and address on this form?

明日あした　の　面談めんだん　を　午後ごご　に　変更へんこうさせて　いただきたいん　です　が、　よろしい　でしょう　か。asita no mendan wo gogo ni henkousasete itadakitain desu ga, yorosii desyou ka.

I would like to change tomorrow’s meeting to the afternoon; would that be alright?

お忙いそがしい　ところ　すみません　が、　この　資料しりょう　を　見みて　いただけます　か。oisogasii tokoro sumimasen ga, kono siryou wo mite itadakemasu ka.

I’m sorry to bother you when you’re busy, but could you look at these materials?

少々しょうしょう　こちら　で　お待まち　いただけます　か。syousyou kotira de omati itadakemasu ka.

Could you please wait here for a moment?

駅えき　に　着ついたら、　ご連絡れんらく　いただけます　か。eki ni tuitara, gorenraku itadakemasu ka.

Could you please contact me when you arrive at the station?

この　部屋へや　は　少々しょうしょう　寒さむい　です　から、　窓まど　を　閉しめて　も　いい　です　か。kono heya ha syousyou samui desu kara, mado wo simete mo ii desu ka.

This room is a little cold, so may I close the window?

こちら　に　座すわって　も　よろしい　です　か。kotira ni suwatte mo yorosii desu ka.

Is it all right if I sit here?

荷物にもつ　の　追跡番号ついせきばんごう　を　スマホ　に　保存ほぞんして　おけば、　今いま　どこ　に　ある　か　すぐ　分わかります。nimotu no tuisekibangou wo sumaho ni hozonsite okeba, ima doko ni aru ka sugu wakarimasu.

If you save the package’s tracking number on your phone, you can quickly see where it is now.

時間じかん　が　ある　なら、　昼ひる　も　夜よる　も　内見ないけんしたら　どう　です　か。zikan ga aru nara, hiru mo yoru mo naikensitara dou desu ka.

If you have time, how about viewing it both during the day and at night?

ここ　に　車くるま　を　置おいて　も　いい　です　か。koko ni kuruma wo oite mo ii desu ka.

May I park my car here?

その　書類しょるい　の　表紙ひょうし　に　名前なまえ　を　書かかない　と、　だれ　の　もの　か　分わかりません。sono syorui no hyousi ni namae wo kakanai to, dare no mono ka wakarimasen.

If you do not write your name on the cover of the document, we will not know whose it is.

だれ　と　駅えき　前まえ　の　カフェ　で　話はなします　か。dare to eki mae no kafe de hanasimasu ka.

Who do you talk with at the café in front of the station?

ここ　で　写真しゃしん　を　撮とって　も　いい　です　か。koko de syasin wo totte mo ii desu ka.

Is it okay to take pictures here?

ここ　の　近ちかく　に　静しずかな　カフェ　が　あります　か。koko no tikaku ni sizukana kafe ga arimasu ka.

Is there a quiet café near here?

封筒ふうとう　の　差出人さしだしにん　の　名前なまえ　を　見みれば、　だれ　から　の　手紙てがみ　か　すぐ　分わかります。huutou no sasidasinin no namae wo mireba, dare kara no tegami ka sugu wakarimasu.

If you look at the sender's name on the envelope, you can quickly tell who the letter is from.

すみません、　その　青あおい　ノート　は　もう　売うり切きれ　です　か。sumimasen, sono aoi nooto ha mou urikire desu ka.

Excuse me, is that blue notebook already sold out?

すみません、　この　席せき　は　空あいて　います　か。sumimasen, kono seki ha aite imasu ka.

Excuse me, is this seat free?

終点しゅうてん　で　降おりる　前まえ　に、　忘わすれ物もの　が　ない　か　確認かくにんしますsyuuten de oriru mae ni, wasuremono ga nai ka kakuninsimasu

Before getting off at the last stop, I check whether I have forgotten anything.

この　スープ　は　おいしい　です　から、　おかわりして　も　いい　です　か。kono suupu ha oisii desu kara, okawarisite mo ii desu ka.

This soup is delicious, so may I have some more?

あなた　は　学生がくせい　です　か。anata ha gakusei desu ka.

Are you a student?

どの　電車でんしゃ　に　乗のります　か。dono densya ni norimasu ka.

Which train will you take?

どの　絵え　が　好すき　です　か。dono e ga suki desu ka.

Which painting do you like?

契約期間けいやくきかん　が　長ながい　か　短みじかい　か　に　かかわらず、　解約金かいやくきん　を　確認かくにんする。keiyakukikan ga nagai ka mizikai ka ni kakawarazu, kaiyakukin wo kakuninsuru.

Whether the contract period is long or short, I check the cancellation fee.

駒こま　は　時計回とけいまわり　か　反時計回はんとけいまわり　に　動うごく。koma ha tokeimawari ka hantokeimawari ni ugoku.

The playing pieces move clockwise or counterclockwise.

協力型きょうりょくがたゲーム　か　対戦型たいせんがたゲーム　か　に　よって、　勝利条件しょうりじょうけん　と　セットアップ　が　違ちがう。kyouryokugatageemu ka taisengatageemu ka ni yotte, syourizyouken to settoappu ga tigau.

Victory conditions and setup differ between cooperative and competitive games.

譲渡会じょうとかい　に　参加さんかした　ものの、　里親さとおや　に　なる　か　決きめて　いない。zyoutokai ni sankasita monono, satooya ni naru ka kimete inai.

Although I attended the adoption event, I have not decided whether to become an adoptive owner.

不妊去勢手術ふにんきょせいしゅじゅつ　と　ワクチン接種せっしゅ　が　終おわった　か　確認かくにんする。huninkyoseisyuzyutu to wakutinsessyu ga owatta ka kakuninsuru.

I check whether the spaying or neutering surgery and vaccination are complete.

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