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.
次止まります
tsugi tomarimasu
stopping at the next stop
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- 次止まります。 tsugi tomarimasu Stopping at the next stop.
- 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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