meowbrown:

Visiting someone’s home

I felt like I keep forgetting this (cuz I don’t have some Japanese home to visit 🤣)

AI helps a lot by just giving me some image to link the phrase to in this case.

Host: どうぞ、上がってください （あがってください）

Visitor: お邪魔します

README FIRST: as pointed out by @nihongoforit, the images above are misleading, so please disregard them.

Other phrases related to visiting:

• ごめんください – let the host know that you’re here, so happens before お邪魔します
• つまらないものですが、どうぞ – bringing a small gift when visiting

So to put it all together as the guest:

1. ごめんください – outside the door
2. お邪魔します – stepping across 玄関 げんかん
3. つまらないものですが、どうぞ – handling the gift over after entering, where the host can take the thing

Reference

School Blog | Japanese Language School in Japan – NILS

What is the meaning of “つまらない物ですが、どうぞ。”? – Question about Japanese