Tokyo Taxi Feels Like a Sauna? The Polite Way to Ask for AC.
To say Please turn on the AC. in Japanese, say エアコンをつけてください (eakon o tsukete kudasai).
You get into a Tokyo taxi in July and it's a sauna. The driver hasn't touched the AC. Here's the polite fix.
エアコンをつけてください
eakon o tsukete kudasai
Please turn on the AC.
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- エアコンをつけてください。 eakon o tsukete kudasai. Please turn on the AC.
- すみません、エアコンをつけてもらえますか？ sumimasen, eakon o tsukete moraemasu ka? Excuse me, could you turn on the AC?
- はい、かしこまりました。 hai, kashikomarimashita. Yes, certainly.
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