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The Steaming Tub Is Back Beside the Konbini Register. Then Comes the Question.

To say Would you like mustard with that? in Japanese, say からしはお付けしますか? (karashi wa o-tsuke shimasu ka?).

The oden tub is back beside the konbini register. You point at what you want. Then the clerk asks you something, fast.

karashi wa o-tsuke shimasu ka? Would you like mustard with that?

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  1. からしはお付けしますか? karashi wa o-tsuke shimasu ka? Would you like mustard with that?
  2. あ、お願いします。 a, onegai shimasu. Ah, yes please.

Kanji in this phrase

付け
つけ
大丈夫
だいじょうぶ
温め
あたため
袋
ふくろ
利用
りよう
願い
ねがい

Why this phrase

Kofuku plays the customer at a konbini oden counter; Hana plays the clerk. Train the ear on one line of counter keigo: 「からしはお付けしますか?」, i.e. would you like mustard with that. The viewer must leave with two sayable answers: 「お願いします」 for yes, 「大丈夫です」 for no. ACCURACY GUARD from the Japanese verifier: do NOT teach this as an お〜しますか family. Only 「お付けしますか」 has that humble shape; 「温めますか」 is plain masu-form and 「袋はご利用ですか」 is a different, honorific construction. Generalise on the QUESTION TAIL instead: ますか or ですか at the end means it is a yes-or-no, and you can ignore the middle. TIMING GUARD: the oden rollout is staggered by chain (Lawson from late summer, FamilyMart around mid-September, Seven-Eleven from the end of September) and some stores no longer stock it at all, so say the tub is BACK, never 'every register'. TONE GUARD: oden is delicious. Affectionate bafflement at the tub of mystery skewers, never disgust.

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