How do you say “I’m dating him/her” in Japanese?

March 25th, 2013By Category: Uncategorized

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つきあってます

“Tsukiatte masu” “I’m dating him/her” 

When you want to ask “Do you have a boyfriend / girlfriend?”, what do you say in Japanese?

A natural, idiomatic way to say it would be 「つきあっている人がいますか?」(Tsukiatte iru hito ga imasu ka?)
つきあう (tsukiau) is pretty much the same meaning as “dating” in English.

How about “Will you go out with me?” How would you say that in Japanese?

Again, the word to use is つきあう (tsukiau), like this:
「ぼくと/わたしとつきあってもらえませんか?」
(Boku to / Watashi to tsukiatte moraemasen ka?)

“Tsukiau” has two distinct meanings.
1) to accompany somebody somewhere (without any romantic involvement)
今日の帰りに本屋さんに行くんだけど、付き合ってくれない?
(Kyou no kaeri ni honya-san ni iku n da kedo, tsukiatte kurenai?)
“I’m going to the bookshop on the way home today. Would you like to come along with me?”

2) to be in a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship
3年付き合ってた彼と別れたばかりで、今付き合ってる人はいません。
(San-nen tsukiatteta kare to wakareta bakari de, ima tsukiatteru hito wa imasen.)
“I’m not going out with anyone at the moment. I’m just broken up with a guy I was with for three years.”

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