You Joined the Fast Lane in a Japanese Supermarket. It Does Not Have a Cashier.
To say Please use the self-checkout. in Japanese, say セルフレジでお願いします (serufu reji de onegai shimasu).
She pointed behind you and walked off. Catch this: 「セルフレジでお願いします」. You are the cashier.
セルフレジでお願いします
serufu reji de onegai shimasu
Please use the self-checkout.
In this video
- セルフレジ serufu reji 「セルフレジ」 is self-checkout. If she says it, that staffed till is done with you. Scan, bag, pay. No human is coming.
- セルフレジでお願いします。 Serufu reji de onegai shimasu. Please use the self-checkout.
- セルフレジ serufu reji When she says it, turn around. Those machines are the register now. Scan, bag, pay.
- そちらのセルフレジでお願いします。 Sochira no serufu reji de onegai shimasu. Please use the self-checkout over there.
Why this phrase
Did you catch that, supermarket lane. Kōfuku queues at a staffed till that is closed. Hana plays the clerk who points at the machines and says 「セルフレジでお願いします」. Not cafe self-serve tea (tourist-serufu-desu). Teach the listener to hear 「セルフレジ」 and walk to the scan-it-yourself lane.
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