The Glass at Immigration Wants One Finger
To say Please place your index finger. in Japanese, say 人差し指を置いてください (hitosashiyubi o oite kudasai).
The machine is beeping. The line is staring. It asked for one finger and you put down four.
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- 人差し指を置いてください。 hitosashiyubi o oite kudasai. Please place your index finger.
- 人差し指、お願いします。 hitosashiyubi, onegai shimasu. Index finger, please.
- 左手の人差し指からお願いします。 hidarite no hitosashiyubi kara onegai shimasu. Starting with your left index finger, please.
Why this phrase
POV at the Japan immigration biometric pad. The kiosk says 「人差し指を置いてください」. That is your pointing finger, not a thumb, not a palm, not four fingers. Left index first, then right. Visit Japan Web gets you the QR. This pad still wants fingerprints. Distinct from 「観光です」 at the purpose-of-visit question.
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