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English to Japanese Translator

Free English to Japanese translation powered by AI. Get natural Japanese text in seconds, with common phrases and translation tips. No account required.

This free English to Japanese translator uses AI to produce Japanese text that sounds natural, not machine-made. Type or paste your English text below and translate it in one click.

Japanese (日本語) is spoken by about 125 million people across Japan. It belongs to the Japonic language family and is written in a mix of kanji with hiragana and katakana. Japanese places the verb at the end of the sentence, marks grammar with particles rather than word order, and encodes politeness levels (keigo) directly in the grammar.

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How to translate English to Japanese

  1. Type or paste your English text into the translator above, up to 2,000 characters at a time.
  2. Check the language selectors: English is the source and Japanese is the target. Use the swap button to reverse the direction.
  3. Press Translate. Your Japanese translation appears in seconds, ready to copy anywhere.

Common English to Japanese phrases

Everyday expressions translated from English to Japanese:

EnglishJapanese (日本語)
Helloこんにちは (konnichiwa)
Good nightおやすみなさい (oyasuminasai)
Thank youありがとう (arigatō)
Pleaseお願いします (onegai shimasu)
How are you?お元気ですか？(o-genki desu ka?)
What is your name?お名前は何ですか？(o-namae wa nan desu ka?)
I love you愛してる (aishiteru)
Excuse meすみません (sumimasen)
Where is the bathroom?トイレはどこですか？(toire wa doko desu ka?)
Goodbyeさようなら (sayōnara)

English to Japanese example sentences

Full sentences translated from English to Japanese:

EnglishJapanese
Good morning, how are you today?おはようございます、今日はお元気ですか？
Where is the nearest train station?最寄りの駅はどこですか？
I would like a coffee, please.コーヒーをお願いします。
Could you help me with this?これを手伝ってもらえますか？
It's raining, so take an umbrella.雨が降っているので、傘を持って行ってください。
Thank you very much for everything.いろいろ本当にありがとうございました。

About the Japanese language

People most often translate Japanese for business, manga, anime, and games, and travel, and the AI engine preserves the tone and context that word-for-word tools miss.

Native name
日本語
Speakers
125 million
Language family
Japonic
Writing system
a mix of kanji with hiragana and katakana
Word order
subject–object–verb

English to Japanese translation tips

  • English uses subject–verb–object word order, while Japanese is subject–object–verb, so the AI restructures whole sentences instead of substituting words one by one.
  • English is written in the Latin alphabet, and Japanese uses a mix of kanji with hiragana and katakana, so the translator converts between writing systems for you.
  • Japanese routinely omits subjects and encodes politeness in verb forms, so the translator must infer who is speaking to whom and choose an appropriate register. English requires an explicit subject in nearly every sentence and marks questions with word order, so translations into English often need pronouns and auxiliaries that the source language leaves out.
  • Japanese has multiple politeness levels (plain, polite -masu/desu, and formal keigo). The translator defaults to standard polite speech, which is safe for most everyday and business situations.
  • Subjects and pronouns like 'I' or 'you' are often dropped entirely when clear from context, so a literal word-for-word back-translation can look incomplete even though the Japanese sentence is natural.
  • Word order is subject-object-verb, the opposite of English's subject-verb-object, so the verb always comes last and particles like は, が, and を mark grammatical roles instead of position.
  • Japanese mixes three scripts in ordinary text: kanji (borrowed Chinese characters) for core meaning, hiragana for grammar and native words, and katakana mainly for foreign loanwords.

English to Japanese translation FAQ

Do I need an account to translate English to Japanese?

No. Open the page, paste your English text, and translate. AI Translate is free and requires no sign-up.

How accurate is AI English to Japanese translation?

The translator uses a modern AI language model that understands context, so English to Japanese results read more naturally than word-for-word tools. Japanese routinely omits subjects and encodes politeness in verb forms, so the translator must infer who is speaking to whom and choose an appropriate register. For legal, medical, or other high-stakes text, have a fluent speaker review the output.

How do you say hello in Japanese?

Hello in Japanese is こんにちは (konnichiwa). The common-phrases table on this page lists more everyday Japanese expressions, such as ありがとう (arigatō) (thank you) and さようなら (sayōnara) (goodbye).

Can I translate Japanese back to English?

Yes. Use the swap button next to the language selectors, or open the dedicated Japanese to English translator page.

Is my text kept private?

Your English text is sent securely for translation and is not stored as raw content. There are no ads and no tracking cookies.

How much English text can I translate at once?

You can translate up to 2,000 characters of English per request. For longer documents, translate them in sections.

Can the translator use more formal or casual Japanese?

Yes. Add a cue like 'formal' or 'casual, talking to a friend' in your source text, and the model will shift between plain speech, polite -masu form, or respectful keigo accordingly.

Why does the Japanese translation sometimes drop 'I' or 'you'?

Japanese naturally omits pronouns when the subject is obvious from context; the translator follows this convention to sound native rather than translating every English pronoun literally.

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