The Izakaya Is Empty. They Still Said No. You Were One Person.
To say the counter, please in Japanese, say カウンターでお願いします (kauntaa de onegai shimasu).
POV: the izakaya is empty. They still said no. You were one person.
In this video
- カウンターでお願いします。 kauntaa de onegai shimasu. The counter, please.
- 一人です。カウンターでお願いします。 hitori desu. kauntaa de onegai shimasu. Just one. The counter, please.
- カウンター席はありますか？ kauntaa seki wa arimasu ka. Do you have a counter seat?
Kanji in this phrase
- カウンター
- かうんたー
- お願いします
- おねがいします
- 一人
- ひとり
- 何名様
- なんめいさま
- 席
- せき
Why this phrase
Textbook vs Real, Kofuku x Hana. Kofuku (tourist) asks for a table. Hana (staff) asks 「何名様」. One person at a table is a no at a lot of izakaya. The rescue is the counter. Kofuku asks 「カウンターでお願いします」. They act the turn-away, then the save. Keep it warm: this is about table math, not you. Takeaway: カウンターでお願いします.
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