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Lesson 51 of 240

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Add me on the app in Japanese

Haruka meets Leo at Kissa Hotaru with her phone already open. She wants his LINE, the app Tokyo friends use to chat, send stickers, and share a pin.

She holds up a QR code. Leo bows at the screen, then scans. After that, a sticker lands.

You will ask to exchange LINE, show a code, ask someone to scan, then send a sticker or a location and check it arrived.

By the end of this lesson

Add a friend on LINE and send a code, a sticker, or a pin.

  • LINE交換(こうかん)しませんか。Shall we exchange LINE?
  • QRコードです。Here's the QR code.
  • スキャンしてください。Please scan it.
  • 位置(いち)情報(じょうほう)を送(おく)ります。I'll send my location.
  • スタンプを送(おく)ります。I'll send a sticker.
  • 届(とど)きましたか。Did you get it?

Scene — a code on the table

Yanaka is quiet this afternoon. Leo sits in a Kissa Hotaru booth with his phone on the table. Haruka slides in with a sketchbook and an unlocked screen.

On the wooden table, her phone shows a bright square. A blend coffee sits untouched two seats over.

Haruka slides into the booth with her sketchbook while Leo is already seated and Goro occupies two seats nearby.

Learn — add me on LINE

These six lines cover a LINE add in Tokyo: an invite, a QR code, a scan, a sticker, a location pin, and a check that it arrived.

Learn each one as a chunk you can tap on a phone without thinking.

  1. Leo welcomes Haruka at the booth with an open hand beside his phone.

    LINE交換(こうかん)しませんか。

    Shall we exchange LINE?

    When to use it: Use this to invite a new friend onto LINE.

    Learn it as one piece for a LINE invite.

    Say it: Give ん in しません its own beat.

  2. Haruka holds her phone toward Leo with a bright square displayed on its screen.

    QRコードです。

    Here's the QR code.

    When to use it: Use this when your QR code is on the screen.

    Learn it as one piece when you show the code.

    Say it: Hold the long vowel in コード.

  3. Haruka leans across the booth and presents her phone screen to Leo.

    スキャンしてください。

    Please scan it.

    When to use it: Use this to ask someone to scan your code.

    Learn it as one piece for a polite scan request.

  4. Leo scans the bright square on Haruka’s phone with his own phone.

    位置(いち)情報(じょうほう)を送(おく)ります。

    I'll send my location.

    When to use it: Use this when you share a map pin.

    Learn it as one piece for sending a map pin.

    Say it: The u in ます is almost silent.

  5. Haruka taps her phone to send a cheerful cat sticker.

    スタンプを送(おく)ります。

    I'll send a sticker.

    When to use it: Use this when you send a LINE sticker.

    Learn it as one piece for sending a sticker.

  6. Leo checks the received cat sticker as Haruka looks toward him from across the booth.

    届(とど)きましたか。

    Did you get it?

    When to use it: Use this after you send something on LINE.

    Learn it as one piece to check it arrived.

Story — a bow at the screen

Haruka asks to exchange LINE. Leo bows at her phone, scans the code, then a sticker arrives.

Highlighted phrases are the new lines. Turn on Show English if you want a gloss.

  1. Haruka drops her sketchbook on the booth table.
  2. Harukaこんにちは。Hello.
  3. Leoこんにちは。Hello.
  4. She turns her phone toward him. A bright square fills the glass.
  5. HarukaLINE交換(こうかん)しませんか。Shall we exchange LINE?
  6. Leoいいですよ。Sure.
  7. HarukaQRコードです。Here's the QR code.
  8. Leo bows at the bright square, a little too deep.
  9. Harukaスキャンしてください。Please scan it.
  10. He scans. The add goes through.
  11. Harukaスタンプを送(おく)ります。I'll send a sticker.
  12. A sticker pops up on his phone.
  13. Haruka届(とど)きましたか。Did you get it?
  14. He nods at the cartoon cat in the chat.
  15. Haruka位置(いち)情報(じょうほう)を送(おく)ります。I'll send my location.

Practice — pick the LINE line

Eleven short tasks wait in this round. You will listen, match meanings, fill a gap, and build a line.

Each one is small, so you move on quickly.

0 of 11 done

  1. What did you hear?

  2. What do you say?

    You see Haruka at Kissa Hotaru in the afternoon. Greet her.

  3. Match the pairs

    Japanese

    QRコードです。Drop the English here
    スキャンしてください。Drop the English here
    スタンプを送(おく)ります。Drop the English here

    English

    Drag an English line onto its Japanese, or tap one and then the other.

  4. Fill the gap

    I'll send my location.

    位置(いち)情報(じょうほう)を____。

  5. What does it mean?

    届(とど)きましたか。

  6. Pick the reply

    Haruka says:

    LINE交換(こうかん)しませんか。

    Shall we exchange LINE?

    And you reply with:

  7. Build the line

    Shall we exchange LINE?

    。

    Tap the words in order.

  8. Swap the word

    You will send a LINE sticker, not mail or a photo.

    ____を送(おく)ります。

  9. Find the mistake

  10. True or false?

    This means you will send a map pin.

  11. What do you say?

    Haruka is still across the table. Send a map pin of where you are.

Say it — your turn to speak

You are Leo in the booth with Haruka. When the cue is yours, tap the microphone and say the line.

Tap play first if you want to hear it. The recording stays on this device.

  1. Harukaこんにちは。Hello.
  2. Leo (you)Ask to add each other on the app.

    LINE交換(こうかん)しませんか。

    Shall we exchange LINE?

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Recap — what you can say now

JapaneseEnglish
LINE交換(こうかん)しませんか。Shall we exchange LINE?
QRコードです。Here's the QR code.
スキャンしてください。Please scan it.
位置(いち)情報(じょうほう)を送(おく)ります。I'll send my location.
スタンプを送(おく)ります。I'll send a sticker.
届(とど)きましたか。Did you get it?
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Keep these LINE lines in your pocket. Open the Yak Cards for this lesson and run them on the train.

A short Yak Cards round keeps the QR and sticker lines ready.

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