That Sentence Means There Is No Seat.
To say there's only a squat toilet in Japanese, say 和式しかありません (washiki shika arimasen).
The attendant points at the only open stall, and that sentence ends your plan to sit down.
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- 和式しかありません。 washiki shika arimasen. There's only a squat toilet.
- すみません、和式しかありません。 sumimasen, washiki shika arimasen. Sorry, there's only a squat toilet.
Kanji in this phrase
- 和式
- わしき
Why this phrase
An old station, a park, or a tiny shop, and there is no second door. You hear 和式しかありません and the toilet is in the floor. This is not a kanji quiz between two stalls. Which way to face stays out, because the guides still disagree. Catch the sentence, then back out or brace for a squat.
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