Her Long Goodbye Was Not a Question
To say please come again (staff to you) in Japanese, say またお越しくださいませ (mata okoshi kudasaimase).
She unloads a whole polite sentence. You didn't miss a question. She's already said goodbye.
またお越しくださいませ
mata okoshi kudasaimase
please come again (staff to you)
In this video
- またお越しくださいませ mata okoshi kudasaimase That long line at the door is the shop saying goodbye. It's polite. It's not a question.
- またお越しくださいませ。 Mata okoshi kudasaimase. Please come again.
- またお越しくださいませ mata okoshi kudasaimase You'll hear it as you take the bag. Nod, smile, leave. Saying it back sounds like you work there.
- ありがとうございました。またお越しくださいませ。 Arigatō gozaimashita. Mata okoshi kudasaimase. Thank you. Please come again.
- またお越しくださいませ mata okoshi kudasaimase The shout when you walk in is not this. 「またお越しくださいませ」 is for walking out. Don't answer it.
Kanji in this phrase
- お越し
- おこし
Why this phrase
When you leave a shop, staff often bow through またお越しくださいませ. It is a farewell, not a question, and it is not yours to say back. Catch it, nod, and go. Saying it back sounds like you work there.
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