Your Legs Died Ten Minutes Ago. They Told You to Stop Kneeling at Minute Two.
To say Please, sit however's comfortable. You don't have to kneel. in Japanese, say どうぞ、足を崩してください (dōzo, ashi o kuzushite kudasai).
Ten minutes on a tatami floor and your legs are gone. You were released back at minute two and nodded straight through it.
どうぞ、足を崩してください
dōzo, ashi o kuzushite kudasai
Please, sit however's comfortable. You don't have to kneel.
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- どうぞ、足を崩してください。 dōzo, ashi o kuzushite kudasai. Please, sit however's comfortable. You don't have to kneel.
- ありがとうございます。 arigatō gozaimasu. Thank you.
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