She Had to Walk Around for Your Chicken.
To say Please take it yourself in Japanese, say 自分でお取りください (jibun de o-tori kudasai).
You nodded. She still had to bag your chicken.
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- 自分でお取りください。 Jibun de o-tori kudasai. Please take it yourself.
- 自分でお取りください。 Jibun de o-tori kudasai. Please take it yourself.
Why this phrase
Hana is the konbini clerk at the hot-snack case. Kōfuku is the customer. She says 自分でお取りください, meaning use the tongs and take the fried chicken yourself. He nods like he got it, then just stands there, so she has to leave the register and bag it for him. The lesson is the line you hear, then you take the food. If he answers, he stays in polite です・ます. He does not copy casual speech. This is not the hotel amenity line ご自由にお取りください.
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