Translation guide
How to talk about your daily routine in Japanese. This guide covers common phrases, verbs, and sentence patterns for describing everyday activities, from waking up to going to bed.
私の日課は〜です。
My daily routine is...
The learner wants to say what they do every day, in order.
Use 毎日 (every day) with a verb in the polite ます form to describe a habitual action.
毎日6時に起きます。
I get up at 6 every day.
毎日コーヒーを飲みます。
I drink coffee every day.
Use the て form of a verb + から to express doing one action after another. This is very natural for describing a sequence of daily activities.
朝ごはんを食べてから、歯を磨きます。
After eating breakfast, I brush my teeth.
シャワーを浴びてから、服を着ます。
After taking a shower, I get dressed.
Use this pattern to list multiple activities non-exhaustively, implying you do these things and others. It gives a natural, flowing feel.
朝は新聞を読んだり、メールをチェックしたりします。
In the morning, I do things like read the newspaper and check email.
The learner needs vocabulary for specific actions in a daily routine.
To get up, wake up. Intransitive verb.
毎朝7時に起きます。
I get up at 7 every morning.
To go to bed, to sleep. Intransitive verb.
夜11時に寝ます。
I go to bed at 11 at night.
To eat. Transitive verb.
To drink. Transitive verb.
コーヒーを飲みます。
I drink coffee.
To brush one's teeth. Literally 'polish teeth'.
毎晩歯を磨きます。
I brush my teeth every night.
To take a shower. 浴びる means 'to bathe' or 'to shower'.
朝シャワーを浴びます。
I take a shower in the morning.
To change clothes. Intransitive verb.
To go out, to leave the house. Intransitive verb.
To return home. Intransitive verb.
The learner wants to refer to 'daily routine' as a concept, e.g., 'My daily routine is...'
Daily routine, daily habit. This is the most natural noun for 'daily routine'.
私の日課は朝ジョギングをすることです。
My daily routine is jogging in the morning.
Daily habit. Emphasizes the habitual aspect.
毎日の習慣を教えてください。
Please tell me about your daily habits.
Loanword from English 'routine'. Common in casual conversation, especially among younger people.
The English word 'routine' is often rendered as ルーティン in Japanese, but ルーチン is not used. Stick to 日課 or ルーティン.
Japanese often places time words at the beginning of a sentence: 毎朝、毎晩、朝、夜、etc. This sets the scene for your routine.
毎朝、コーヒーを飲みます。
Every morning, I drink coffee.
6時に起きて、朝ごはんを食べて、それから仕事に行きます。
I wake up at 6, eat breakfast, and then go to work.
日課はあまり変わっていません。
My daily routine hasn't changed much.
I eat breakfast.
パジャマから服に着替えます。
I change from pajamas into clothes.
8時に家を出かけます。
I leave the house at 8.
I return home in the evening.
朝のルーティンを紹介します。
I'll introduce my morning routine.