When a Japanese Shop Starts Playing This Song, You Are Being Asked to Leave.
To say closing for the day in Japanese, say 閉店 (heiten).
That soft, pretty tune fading in over the shop speakers? It is not music. It is a countdown.
閉店
heiten
closing for the day
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- 閉店 heiten closing for the day
- まもなく閉店のお時間です。 mamonaku heiten no o-jikan desu. It is almost closing time.
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