by Tomoyuki Higuchi
How do you say “How do you spell that?” in Japanese?
Today’s phrase is :
How do you spell that?
どうやって書くの？
douyatte kakuno
If you want to ask politely, you can say :
どうやって書くんですか？
douyatte kakundesuka
- どうやって douyatte ＝ how
- 書く kaku ＝ write
The literal translation of “どうやって書くの？” is “How do you write that?”.
どうやって
how
＋
書くの？
do you write that?