Japanese Flew By Too Fast? Ask Them to Write It Down.
To say Could you write it down? in Japanese, say 書いてもらえますか？ (kaite moraemasu ka?).
They gave you the answer in rapid Japanese and it's already gone. Here's the fix.
書いてもらえますか？
kaite moraemasu ka?
Could you write it down?
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- 書いてもらえますか？ kaite moraemasu ka? Could you write it down?
- ここに書いてもらえますか？ koko ni kaite moraemasu ka? Could you write it here?
- ここに書いていただけますか？ koko ni kaite itadakemasu ka? Could you kindly write it here?
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