Leaving a Japanese Pharmacy? They Say This. It Isn't Goodbye.
To say Take care / get well soon in Japanese, say お大事に (odaiji ni).
The pharmacist hands you your medicine, says four syllables, and it isn't goodbye.
In this video
- お大事に。 odaiji ni. Take care.
- ありがとうございます。 arigatō gozaimasu. Thank you.
Why this phrase
The phrase that closes every pharmacy, clinic, and sick-day conversation in Japan: お大事に. Recognition-first, since you'll hear it far more than you say it, plus the one-word reply so the exchange doesn't stall on you. Sits right behind the heatstroke, motion-sickness, and sunscreen drugstore phrases.
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