You Bought Trousers in Tokyo and They're Ten Centimetres Too Long. The Shop Fixes That Before You Leave.
To say Can you hem these? in Japanese, say 裾上げできますか？ (susoage dekimasu ka?).
Don't drag those new Japanese trousers back to the hotel with the hems on the floor. Ask this at the till and they'll shorten them while you keep shopping.
裾上げできますか？
susoage dekimasu ka?
Can you hem these?
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Your Yakiniku Grill Went Black in Ten Minutes. You Are Not Supposed to Keep Cooking on That.
ami, otorikae shimashou ka? · Shall I change the grill for you?
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Two Kyoto Buses at the Same Stop Have the Same Number. One of Them Is Going the Long Way Round.
kono basu wa Kinkaku-ji ni ikimasu ka? · Does this bus go to Kinkaku-ji?
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Wallet Gone, No Way Home. The Japanese Police Box Has a Form for This.
kaeri no denshachin o kashite itadakemasen ka. · Could you lend me the fare to get home?
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You Nodded at One Polite Question. That Is Why Your Food Is Arriving One Plate Every Eight Minutes.
o-ryōri wa issho ni onegai shimasu · The food all together, please.
More phrases like this
- You Buy a Cake in Tokyo in August and the Shop Asks How Long You Will Be Carrying It. They Are Counting Ice Packs. · sanjuppun kurai desu.
- One Question at a Japanese Register Decides Whether Your Food Comes in a Bag or on a Tray · ie, mochikaeri desu.
- Your Glasses Went Crooked in Kyoto. The Right Glasses Chain Straightens Them at the Counter, Usually Free. · megane no chousei, onegai dekimasu ka?
- Everyone at the Table Ordered Beer. You Don't Drink. One Sentence Ends It on the First Ask. · osake, nomenai n desu
- Some Ramen Shops Upsize Your Noodles for Free. They'll Never Offer It in English. · ōmori de onegaishimasu
- The Beef Jerky in Your Bag Is a Criminal Offence at Japanese Arrivals · iie, motte imasen
- Your Lunch Set Comes With Coffee. In Japan It Turns Up Next to the Soup. · shokugo ni onegai shimasu.
- Every Japanese Department Store Has a Free Room With a Sofa and Hot Water. It's Not on the English Floor Map. · omutsu-gae no basho wa arimasu ka?
- You Ask a Japanese Drugstore for Sunburn Cream and Get Sent Back to the Sunscreen. One Word Fixes It. · hiyake de hirihiri suru n desu
- The Bill Is Paid and Nobody Is Standing Up. Japan Has a Word for What Happens Next. · mou ikken ikimasen ka?
- You Pull Into a Japanese Gas Station and Three People in Uniform Run at Your Car. · regyuraa mantan de onegai shimasu
- Two Minutes Into Your Taxi Ride the Driver Asks a Question. Nodding Costs You Money. · kōsoku, tsukaimasu ka?
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