Your App Taught You This Means Yes. The Cashier Just Heard No.
To say I'm good / no thanks in Japanese, say いいです (ii desu).
Your app taught you 「いいです」 means that's good. She just cancelled the bag, the chopsticks, and the receipt.
In this video
- いいです ii desu In a shop, 「いいです」 is not yes. It is the soft no. Bag, extra chopsticks, point card: she hears I'm good, skip it.
- いいです。 Ii desu. I'm good.
- お願いします onegai shimasu Want the bag? Don't say that's fine. Say 「お願いします」. That's the actual yes.
- 袋はいいです。 Fukuro wa ii desu. No bag, thanks.
Why this phrase
Textbook vs Real at a konbini register. Kōfuku plays the tourist who answers 「いいです」 thinking it means yes please. Hana plays the cashier and treats it as a refusal: bag gone, chopsticks gone, receipt gone. One takeaway: 「いいです」 is the soft no. If you actually want it, say 「お願いします」.
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