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There Is No Cord to Pull. Your Stop Just Left Without You.

To say stopping at the next stop in Japanese, say 次止まります (tsugi tomarimasu).

You waited for the bell-cord from home. Japanese buses retired that. The red button over your head was the whole plan.

tsugi tomarimasu stopping at the next stop

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  1. 次止まります。 tsugi tomarimasu Stopping at the next stop.
  2. 次、止まります。 tsugi, tomarimasu Next stop, we're stopping.

Why this phrase

Japan, Decoded. Getting off a Japanese city bus: there is no pull-cord. You press 降車ボタン, a ping, then the machine says 次止まります. Miss the button and the driver will not magically halt. Distinct from 整理券 (boarding and fare). Reveal the system, then the phrase you hear.

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