POV: The Bus Drove Straight Past Your Hotel. The Button Over Your Head Was the Whole Game.
To say the stop button (press it or the bus will not stop) in Japanese, say 降車ボタン (kōsha botan).
The bus just sailed past your hotel. You stood up. Nobody else moved. The button over your head was the whole game.
In this video
- 降車ボタン kōsha botan the stop button
- 降車ボタン。 kōsha botan. the stop button.
Kanji in this phrase
- 降車
- こうしゃ
Why this phrase
POV: you're on a Japanese city bus, the hotel slides by, and the bus does not stop. Reveal the hidden system: unlike many Western buses, the driver will skip your stop unless someone pressed 降車ボタン in time. Teach the word, show where it lives (ceiling or pole, often a yellow circle), and tell them to press it when the next-stop display shows their stop, not when they're already at the door. Transport logistics, so CTA goes to the trip-kit hub.
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