Your Food Lands on the Counter and the Staff Apologizes to You. Nobody Did Anything Wrong.
To say Sorry to keep you waiting. in Japanese, say お待たせしました (omatase shimashita).
Your ramen lands on the counter and the guy behind it apologizes. You did not complain. Nobody did anything wrong.
お待たせしました
omatase shimashita
Sorry to keep you waiting.
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- お待たせしました。 omatase shimashita. Staff: Sorry to keep you waiting.
- お待たせしました。どうも。 omatase shimashita. doumo. Staff: Sorry to keep you waiting. / You: Thanks.
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