No Eating While You Walk, No Bins. So Where Does the Skewer Go?
To say Could you take this rubbish for me? in Japanese, say ごみ、お願いできますか？ (gomi, onegai dekimasu ka?).
You bought the skewer. In places like Nishiki Market they ask you not to eat while walking, and there isn't a bin for four hundred metres. So where does the stick go? Back to the stall that sold it to you.
ごみ、お願いできますか？
gomi, onegai dekimasu ka?
Could you take this rubbish for me?
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shika senbei, hito-fukuro kudasai · One pack of deer crackers, please
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noriokuremashita. · I missed my train.
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- It's Six in Kyoto and You're Still in a Rented Kimono. The Shop Shut at Five Thirty. · henkyaku wa nanji made desu ka?
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