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Reply #1 - 2009 October 02, 2:59 am
IceCream Closed Account
Registered: 2009-05-08 Posts: 3124

for shopwork in Japan...

Last edited by IceCream (2011 February 16, 7:35 am)

Reply #2 - 2009 October 02, 4:34 am
Evil_Dragon Member
From: Germany Registered: 2008-08-21 Posts: 683

いらっしゃいませ。
お弁当を温めますか。
お箸はいくつ要りますか。
ポイントカードお持ちですか。
ではお会計700円になります
1000円を預かりします
300円のお返しです
ありがとうございました。
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x20GhSoZkwU

Reply #3 - 2009 October 02, 5:40 am
Tzadeck Member
From: Kinki Registered: 2009-02-21 Posts: 2484

It's funny that I've never looked up お預かりします until just now, even thought I've heard it many thousands of times.

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Reply #4 - 2009 October 02, 12:09 pm
Codexus Member
From: Switzerland Registered: 2007-11-27 Posts: 721

You'd better start practicing this one:

申し訳ございません。

wink

Reply #5 - 2009 October 02, 12:49 pm
woodwojr Member
From: Boston Registered: 2008-05-02 Posts: 530

責任を取ります！

Drop the polite speech and it becomes useful in an even wider array of situations…

~J

Reply #6 - 2009 October 02, 3:30 pm
brianobush Member
From: Portland Registered: 2008-06-28 Posts: 241 Website

おまえはもしんでいる smile

Reply #7 - 2009 October 02, 5:36 pm
kazelee Rater Mode
From: ohlrite Registered: 2008-06-18 Posts: 2132 Website

brianobush wrote:

おまえはもしんでいる smile

多分もう死んでいる....と言いたかったのですか？

Reply #8 - 2009 October 02, 6:24 pm
Musashi Member
From: Netherlands Registered: 2008-09-22 Posts: 403

IceCream wrote:

hey

so, i'm seriously thinking of doing a working holiday in japan. id like to get some casual work while im there other than english teaching. So, id like to up my chances by learning a bunch of commonly used expressions for bar / shop / ski resort work.

I definitely think you should go for it, if I were you, I'd apply for that working holiday visa right now, too bad we can't apply for it across the pond over here... sad

Reply #9 - 2009 October 02, 7:39 pm
albion Member
From: England Registered: 2008-05-25 Posts: 383 Website

I'd think (but not from experience) that working in shops/bars or anything that involves contact with customers (and probably other, more senior staff?) would need 敬語. Though even Japanese people don't always get it right:

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90% … C%E8%AA%9E

Lists mistakes young people make when using keigo at their jobs, but also lists some corrections for what they should properly be as well.

http://allabout.co.jp/gs/businessmanner … 20090523A/

Some more words you shouldn't use.

http://敬語辞典.sblo.jp/

Reply #10 - 2009 October 02, 9:05 pm
woodwojr Member
From: Boston Registered: 2008-05-02 Posts: 530

kazelee wrote:

brianobush wrote:

おまえはもしんでいる smile

多分もう死んでいる....と言いたかったのですか？

いや、同様に死んじゃったって事です。「は」要らないんですが…

~J

Reply #11 - 2009 October 03, 8:55 am
woodwojr Member
From: Boston Registered: 2008-05-02 Posts: 530

IceCream wrote:

i never realised you could get to a website using kanji before, either...

Strictly speaking you can't, but IDNA specifies a way of translating non-ASCII Unicode into ASCII characters that's implemented in a number of recent browsers.

Also: バカップル. Definitely a word you're going to want to know if you work anywhere people might go on dates.

~J

Last edited by woodwojr (2009 October 03, 9:00 am)

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