With friends
Water.
Casual, and blunt in a shop. Friends only.
Beginners freeze on politeness more often than on vocabulary. The casual line is for friends. The middle line is the one to use. The last line is the one to use when you want to be careful.
All three ask for the same thing. Only the middle and last belong in a shop.
Casual, and blunt in a shop. Friends only.
Plain and polite. Fine at a counter.
The one to use in a restaurant.
Catch someone's eye before you say it. You are not calling across the room.
You will see the word. On its own it is a bit short to say.
The normal way to ask.
Softer, when you want to be especially polite.
The last line gives the other person a moment to slow down.
Casual. Friends only.
The polite negative.
Slower and softer. The one to use with a stranger.
The middle line is the one for shops and stations. The last line is when someone has gone out of their way.
Fine with friends. Short in a shop.
The one to use at a counter.
When someone has gone out of their way.
Catch their eye first. You are not calling across the room.
Casual. Friends, or when you already have their attention.
The one that works in a shop or on a train.
Entering a room, leaving a counter, or squeezing past someone.
お手洗い (o te-a-ra-i) is the word on the door. トイレ (to-i-re) is what you will also hear.
Casual. Friends only.
The one to use.
The same question, with the word on the sign.
