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🇯🇵 How to Say Welcome in Japanese

welcome in Japanese
ようこそ
Yōkoso

The standard way to say welcome in Japanese — safe in any situation.

Worth knowing: Yōkoso welcomes a guest; shops and restaurants instead shout Irasshaimase.

More ways to say welcome in Japanese

いらっしゃいませIrasshaimase
shops & restaurants greeting a customer
お帰りなさいOkaerinasai
welcome back (home)

Reading it is step one. Saying it is the skill.

Yap puts welcome — and everything that comes after it — into a real 30-second spoken conversation with an AI tutor that listens, responds and gently corrects. The first five are free.

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