You Order in Japan and the Staff Fire Back an Eight Syllable Word. Do Not Answer It.
To say Certainly. I've got it. in Japanese, say かしこまりました (kashikomarimashita).
You point at the menu, you say the number, and the waiter answers with a word you have never heard in your life. It is not a question.
かしこまりました
kashikomarimashita
Certainly. I've got it.
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- はい、かしこまりました。 hai, kashikomarimashita. Certainly. I've got it.
- はい、かしこまりました。少々お待ちください。 hai, kashikomarimashita. shōshō omachi kudasai. Certainly. One moment, please.
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