On the Japanese Language - Expressions (Read 364 times)

[lazulum]

Short and sweet this time, I'll go over some chunk language; important expressions that you will make heavy use of if you ever visit Japan.

ご馳走様した
（ごちそうさまでした）
> No matter where you eat at, friends place, restaurant, ramen, etc., always say this after you are done eating. It's a customary expression that communicates that the food was good.
> Say it loud and make sure some staff hear you, they'll always thank you.

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会計お願いします・会計下さい
（かいけい）
> Most places in Japan you do not pay for meals upfront but after. You will need to ask to pay but many coming to Japan do not know how to. Simply ask loudly at the appropriate worker: 「すみません、お会計下さい」(or something similar).

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よろしくお願いします
> Many uses for this, literal meaning is something akin to "take care of me please" but it doesn't quite translate so well I think
> If you meet someone for the first time and introduce yourself, say it.
> If you work with someone on something, right as you start, say it
> You say it a lot in emails too

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お疲れ様です
（おつかれさま）
> Very useful, after anyone does any hard work good to say. It functions as an acknowledgement of hard work, always appreciated.
> If you ever work, say it to your co-worker before you leave (and bow)

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お邪魔します
（じゃま）
> If you enter someone's house it is polite to say as you are entering.
> Enter house ---> 「お邪魔します」


There are other polite expressions you can impress Japanese with but those are the core of what you need to know really