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?