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Old Oct 2, 2014 | 11:01 am
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Originally Posted by AlwaysAisle
Do you think your Japanese pronounciation is good enough that native Japanese speakers will understand without difficulty?

Alternetive (and maybe better if you speak Japanese with very thick accent) will be to print the following:

領収書を下さい

and show it to the driver or any situations where you need a recipt.
I'm hoping to be understood while I am over there - if not I might be in trouble! I've been able to make myself understood in 5 different languages around the world without my pronunciation being that terrible they look baffled (vocabulary tends to be the barrier). Now you've got me worried - is it really that hard for a westerner to get their head around the correct pronunciation? I thought I had been doing ok with the translation app that speaks and I repeat.

But thanks for the written version just in case, I've printed it and put it in my wallet.
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