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Kanji / Hiragana / Katakana are all accepted
すみません、写真（しゃしん）を撮（と）ってもいいですか
Meaning:
“Excuse me, may I take a photo?”
This is the correct expression when **you want permission to take a photo of a woman wearing a kimono**.
✔ Option 3 is polite and natural.
✔ Option 2 means “Can you take a photo *for me*?”, which is wrong because you want to take *her* photo.
✔ Option 1 is grammatically incorrect and unnatural.
Example:
「すみません、写真を撮ってもいいですか。」
(Excuse me, may I take a photo?)
写真（しゃしん）を撮（と）ってもいいですか
Meaning: “May I take a photo?”
→ Used when asking permission politely.
Example:
人（ひと）に写真（しゃしん）を撮（と）ってもいいか聞（き）く。
(Ask someone if you may take their photo.)
写真（しゃしん）を撮（と）ってくれませんか
Meaning: “Could you take a photo *for me*?”
→ Used when you want someone to take *your* picture.
Example:
友（とも）だちに写真（しゃしん）を撮（と）ってくれませんかと言（い）う。
(Ask a friend to take your picture.)
撮（と）られてください
Meaning: Incorrect Japanese; unnatural passive form.
Example:
（×）写真（しゃしん）を撮（と）られてください。
(Incorrect expression.)
Other Listening Exercises
JLPT N4 Listening Dictation Part 3 - Test 4
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