いらっしゃいませ – Welcome
You will hear a chorus of いらっしゃいませ when you enter a convenience store, or really, any shop. After a day or two in Japan, you're guaranteed to be hearing it in your sleep too.
ちょっと高いです (ちょっとたかいです) – It's a Bit Expensive
If you haven't started your adventure towards learning Japanese adjectives, then some essential shopping vocabulary is:
安い yasui – cheap, easy高い takai – expensive, high高くない takakunai – inexpensive
クレジットカードは使えますか？ (くれじっとかーどは つかえますか？) – Can I Use My Credit Card?
If you'd like to use a traveler's check, then replace クレジットカード with トラベラーズチェック [toraberaazu chekku]. Your Suica (スイカ suika) card and Pasmo (パスモ pasumo) card, which are rechargeable cards you can use on Japanese trains, can also be used to pay for taxis or your groceries at select stores. You can ask スイカは使えますか ？(suika wa tsukaemasu ka – "Can I use my Suica?")
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