A free guide from Zach
The Japanese I actually use, after nine years here
Not another phrase list. What the shop staff are really saying to you, how to hold a conversation you have completely lost, and the one question worth knowing if you are eating out with small children.
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What’s inside
What the till staff are saying. The six questions every shop asks, in the order they ask them, and the one word that politely answers most of them.
How to stay in a conversation you have lost. Nodding along and saying はい is not you blagging it. It is the job the language actually gives the listener.
The one syllable that opens a door. How to get a stranger at a bus stop talking, and the two lines that save you when they reply at full speed.