Japan Speak: Travel Phrases

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No Japanese? No problem. Show your screen, and staff can answer you back. Japan Speak is an offline phrasebook built for real moments in Japan. Tap a phrase and a large, clear Japanese screen is ready for the person in front of you. Below it, staff can tap a reply or type a price, and you read the answer in English. Every phrase was written and checked by a native speaker, not left to machine translation. WHAT YOU GET - 15 real-life scenes, 206 phrases: convenience store, restaurant, izakaya, ramen and ticket machines, sushi, station, airport, taxi, hotel, onsen, shopping, pharmacy, sightseeing, hair salon, and directions when you're lost - Show mode: big Japanese for staff, small English and romaji for you - Staff reply buttons: "Yes", "We don't have it", "Please wait", and a number pad for prices, platforms and minutes - Speak: play any phrase with the on-device Japanese voice, normal or slow - Fill-in phrases: "Table for 2", "I want to go to Shinjuku" - My Card: your allergies and dietary needs as a Japanese card for restaurants - Hotel card: paste your hotel's address and show it to a taxi driver - Optional medical and passport cards, shown only when you tap Show - My Phrases: save the English and Japanese for anything you look up - Search, favorites and recent phrases - Custom phrases with Apple Intelligence on supported devices WHO IT'S FOR - First-time visitors who can't read or speak Japanese - Travelers with food allergies, vegan, vegetarian or halal needs - Anyone who wants something that works without Wi-Fi or a SIM - People who'd rather show checked phrases than trust a live translation - Anyone who has frozen at a ticket machine, a ramen counter or an onsen front desk PRIVACY & PEACE OF MIND - No account and no sign-in. - Your allergy, hotel, medical and passport details are stored only on your device (passport and medical details in the iOS Keychain) and are never uploaded. - Phrases, speech and AI phrases all work offline on your device. - To show our other apps, the app reads public information from the App Store. Nothing about you is sent.