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 | おやすみなさい | Good night | | おやすみなさい | Good night |
 | ありがとうございます | Thank you | | ありがとうございます | Thank you |
-| いってきます | ("call"I'm going, I'll be back | +| いってきます | I'm going, I'll be back | 
-| いってらっしゃい | 行ってらっしゃい ("response"See you later. | +| いってらっしゃい | 行ってらっしゃい  See you later. | 
-| ただいま | ("call"I'm back | +| ただいま | I'm back | 
-| おかえりなさい | ("response"Welcome back |+| おかえりなさい | Welcome back |
  
 +===== Convenience Store and Restaurant =====
  
 +[[https://tcj-education.com/column/must-know-japanese-phrases-for-newcomers-japanese-survival-guide/|Must-know Japanese phrases for newcomers (Japanese survival guide)]]
 +
 +^ Phrase ^ Meaning ^
 +| ふくろ入りますか | put it in a bag? (**fukuro** irimasuka) 入る can be いる or はいる |
 +| いらないよ or 大丈夫です | "no need", "it's OK" |
 +| 何名 (なんめい) | How many people? 二名 (にめい) |
 +| 二人 (ふたり (です)) | Two people |
 +| いただきます | (traditional) "I humbly receive" (can also be used when buying) |
 +| ごちそうさま | That was a feast |
 +| おかいけいをおねがいします | Check Please |
 +| べつべつ | Split the check? |
 +
 +==== Stores 店 (みせ) (and names end with -ya 屋) =====
 +
 +At a [[https://www.kanshudo.com/kanji/%E5%BA%97|店]] (みせ, store/shop) (whose name might end with -ya [[https://www.kanshudo.com/kanji/%E5%B1%8B|屋]]) they might offer you a ふくろ (bag), you can refuse with "it's not needed" (要らないよ, "いらないよ" or 必要ない **"ひつようない"** or even "大丈夫です").
 +
 +===== ⺼, nikuzuki, the Meat-Moon =====
  
 Why does [[https://www.hanzi-trainer.org/Mnemonic_phrase/Radical_%E6%9C%89.html|the kanji for "exist / to have", 有, look like a hand over a moon]]? It's not the moon. It's the nikuzuki, the meat-moon: [[https://www.reddit.com/r/japanese/comments/s8tet5/why_is_the_moonmonth_radical_%E6%9C%88_used_as_for_kanji/|It is not actually 月, it is 肉 in it's radical form (⺼)]]. Why does [[https://www.hanzi-trainer.org/Mnemonic_phrase/Radical_%E6%9C%89.html|the kanji for "exist / to have", 有, look like a hand over a moon]]? It's not the moon. It's the nikuzuki, the meat-moon: [[https://www.reddit.com/r/japanese/comments/s8tet5/why_is_the_moonmonth_radical_%E6%9C%88_used_as_for_kanji/|It is not actually 月, it is 肉 in it's radical form (⺼)]].
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