One Japanese Word for Here You Go, After You, and Go Ahead
To say here you go / go ahead / after you in Japanese, say どうぞ (dōzo).
One tiny Japanese word does the job of three whole English phrases.
どうぞ
dōzo
here you go / go ahead / after you
In this video
- どうぞ。 dōzo Go ahead. / Here you go.
- はい、どうぞ。 hai, dōzo Here you go.
Why this phrase
Kofuku shows how どうぞ (dozo) covers handing something over, offering your seat, and letting someone go first. Survival tier: mostly English around one slowly-repeated word.
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