A Stranger Offers You a Half-Price Bar Upstairs. This Is the One You Walk Past.
To say I'm meeting someone in Japanese, say 待ち合わせです (machiawase desu).
A guy on the street says he knows a bar. Half price, right upstairs. This is the one invitation in Japan you turn down.
待ち合わせです
machiawase desu
I'm meeting someone
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- 待ち合わせです。 machiawase desu. I'm meeting someone.
- すみません、待ち合わせです。 sumimasen, machiawase desu. Sorry, I'm meeting someone.
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