16: How much is this?
Shopping, prices, and payments
Learn vocabulary for shopping transactions, asking about prices, and understanding payment methods. This lesson focuses on numbers, prices, shopping expressions, and payment terminology.

Key topics:
- ・Asking about prices
- ・Numbers and counting items
- ・Payment methods
- ・Shopping transactions
- ・Discounts and sales
- ・Store expressions
Vocabulary
Conversation
Kanji
Grammar Rules
Rule 1: いくらですか - Asking Price
Use this pattern to ask how much something costs. いくら means 'how much'.
Rule 2: ~を 下さい - Polite Requests
Use this pattern to politely ask for something, similar to 'Please give me ~'.
Rule 3: で - Means of Payment
で indicates the means or method of payment.
Rule 4: ~に します - Deciding On
Use this pattern to indicate a decision or choice.
Rule 5: Counters for Items
Japanese uses different counters for different types of items. こ is a general counter for small objects.
Exercises
Question 1
Choose the correct word to ask 'How much is this?'
これは ______ ですか。
Question 2
Choose the correct reading of 一.
______つ下さい。
Question 3
Choose the correct particle to politely ask for this item.
これ ______ 下さい。
Question 4
What does 二 mean?
二人です。
Question 5
Choose the correct particle to indicate payment method.
クレジットカード ______ お願いします。
Question 6
Choose the correct reading of 三.
______時です。
Question 7
Choose the correct particle to indicate 'I'll take this one.'
これ ______ します。
Question 8
What does 四 mean?
四枚下さい。
Question 9
Choose the correct counter for small objects like apples.
りんごを さん______ 下さい。
Question 10
Choose the correct reading of 五.
______時です。
Question 11
Choose the correct sentence to ask 'How much is that bag?'
そのかばんは ______。
Question 12
What does 六 mean?
六人です。
Question 13
Choose the correct phrase to politely ask for three apples.
りんごを さんこ ______。
Question 14
Choose the correct reading of 七.
______時です。
Question 15
Choose the correct word to complete 'Please pay by cash.'
げんきん ______ お願いします。
Question 16
What does 八 mean?
八枚です。
Question 17
Choose the correct phrase to say 'I'll decide on this one.'
これ ______。
Question 18
Choose the correct reading of 九.
______時です。
Question 19
Choose the correct counter and number to mean 'five small items'.
______ 下さい。
Question 20
What does 十 mean?
十人です。