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You Gave Up Your Seat in Japan and Got Turned Down. There's a Tiny Lie That Fixes It.

Name: You Gave Up Your Seat in Japan and Got Turned Down. There's a Tiny Lie That Fixes It.
Uploaded: 2026-08-31T22:08:14Z
Duration: 30 s
Description: Learn to say 次で降りますので、どうぞ (tsugi de orimasu node, dōzo) — I'm getting off at the next stop, so please, go ahead.. A 30-second Japanese lesson for travelers from Kōfuku.

To say I'm getting off at the next stop, so please, go ahead. in Japanese, say 次で降りますので、どうぞ (tsugi de orimasu node, dōzo).

You stood up to give someone your seat and they waved you off. Now you're both standing, and neither of you can sit down.

次で降りますので、どうぞ tsugi de orimasu node, dōzo I'm getting off at the next stop, so please, go ahead.

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次で降りますので、どうぞ。 tsugi de orimasu node, dōzo. I'm getting off at the next stop, so please, go ahead.
よかったら、どうぞ。 yokattara, dōzo. If you'd like, go ahead.
次で降りますので、どうぞ。 tsugi de orimasu node, dōzo. I'm getting off at the next stop, so please, go ahead.

Kanji in this phrase

次: つぎ
降ります: おります

Why this phrase

Kofuku plays a passenger offering his seat, Hana plays the older passenger who politely refuses it. Accepting means admitting you needed it, so a polite refusal is common. Locals get around it with a small fib that removes the favour entirely: I'm getting off next anyway, so go ahead. Nobody has to be old, nobody has to be grateful, everybody sits down.