Your Train Just Got Cancelled. One Word Gets Your Money Back.
To say Can I get a refund? in Japanese, say 払い戻しできますか？ (haraimodoshi dekimasu ka?).
The train's cancelled, the board's gone red, and everybody around you is walking toward the same counter.
In this video
- 払い戻しできますか？ haraimodoshi dekimasu ka? Can I get a refund?
- すみません、これ、払い戻しできますか？ sumimasen, kore, haraimodoshi dekimasu ka? Excuse me, can I get a refund on this?
Kanji in this phrase
- 払い戻し
- はらいもどし
- 運休
- うんきゅう
- みどりの窓口
- みどりのまどぐち
Why this phrase
When a Japanese train is suspended (運休), typically for a typhoon, JR refunds the unused ticket in full with no handling fee. But nobody hands it to you. You take the ticket to a staffed window and ask for 払い戻し. One takeaway: 払い戻しできますか？
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