The Whole Platform Stepped Back at the Same Second. Nobody Looked Up.
To say please step back in Japanese, say お下がりください (osagari kudasai).
Everyone on the platform just stepped back at the same time. You did not hear why, and you are the one still standing there.
お下がりください
osagari kudasai
please step back
In this video
- 黄色い線の内側までお下がりください。 Kiiroi sen no uchigawa made osagari kudasai. Please step back behind the yellow line.
- 電車が通過します。お下がりください。 Densha ga tsūka shimasu. Osagari kudasai. A train is passing through. Please step back.
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