by Tomoyuki Higuchi
How do you say “What’s the difference?” in Japanese?
Today’s phrase is :
What’s the difference?
何が違うの？
naniga chigauno
If you want to ask politely, you can say :
何が違うんですか？
naniga chigaundesuka
- what’s … ? ＝ … は何？ … wa nani
- the difference ＝ 違い chigai
You can either say “何が違うの？ naniga chigauno” or “違いは何？ chigaiwa nani”. But personally, the former sounds a bit more natural to me.
何が
what’s
＋
違うの？
the difference?
