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Originally Posted by godwine
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)
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thankyou everyone for the help
I know fairly simple phrases,
hello, goodbye, thankyou and oddly enough "i like cats" haha!
i'm just scared i will seem impolite because i have limited japanese.
I would just like to know how to say that my meal was nice or ask how much something is politely. but im guessing that would be more suitable for the language forum? :/ sorry if so.
and i mostly plan to stay in tokyo where we will get a hotel so suggestions in this area would be nice
i know the kind of things i would like to see, i suppose any good places to shop would be helpful? and also the best hotels to go to?
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