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Originally Posted by taimoorh
Same boat as you Sarah (first trip) ^^.
An interesting point is indeed whether ppl can tell us of any useful phrases that would help us in our trip to Japan.
Especially things like:
'What?! That's way too much bro/ sis! I'm not paying you that much!'
'How do I get to <name of place>?'
'What's the specialty here?' (for restaurants)
'What's your cheapest room?'
'What time does the train leave for <name of place>?'
'Is this food/ dish vegetarian?'
I'll come up with more later on.
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The very "first line" is not something that will not be used... expressions like that are consider rude and won't be used in general. They sometimes use comparison... so if something is too expensive, then they will compare it with something else, so the phrase will sound like "Cost more than ()"... for example, if you want to say "It cost more than a pizza!" It will sound something like "Pizza yori takai". In most cases bargaining will simply be offering the vendor a lower price... say if they want 10000 yen for something, and you want to bargain it down, you simply say "Is 9000 yen ok?" - kyu sen en ii desu ka?
We can teach you the rest, but chances are, you can either ask them in English and they will reply in English, or if they don't speak English, you won't understand them anyways...
As for Sarah Bash, what kind of simple phrase are you looking for? I guess you know the basic: Konnichiwa, Konbanwa, Arigato Gozaimasu, Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu?
Later - Ja Matta Ne
Bye - Sayonara
Please - Kudasai
When you are shopping, you want to look at something on the shelf, say a camera: Kore kamera misete kudasai (That camera, let me see please)