You Waited Twenty Minutes. The Waiter Was a Sticker on the Table.
To say Please scan it in Japanese, say 読み取ってください (yomitotte kudasai).
Nobody is coming. That QR on the table already said 「読み取ってください」. It is the menu and the bill.
読み取ってください
yomitotte kudasai
Please scan it
In this video
- 読み取ってください yomitotte kudasai 「読み取ってください」 means please scan it. That sticker is not a coupon. It is how you order.
- 読み取ってください。 Yomitotte kudasai. Please scan it.
- こちら kochira Staff will tap the table and say 「こちら」. Open the camera. Point it at the square. Food shows up.
- こちらを読み取ってください。 Kochira o yomitotte kudasai. Please scan this.
Kanji in this phrase
- 笑
- わらい
Why this phrase
POV at a Tokyo izakaya. Kōfuku sits and waits for a waiter who is never coming. Hana plays the staffer who finally points at the table tent: scan that sticker. Teach 「読み取ってください」 as the line on the QR, which is the menu, the order pad, and often the bill.
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