Arigato for that neat video, Peter! Are *all* taxis automatic in Japan? Or does that driver have a nice investment for his car? :wink:

高いですね？？

デニスさん、

コメントをありがとうございます。

勉強になったと言っていただけて、うれしいです！

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Miki H

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皆さん、面白いですね。勉強になりました。

I think the last seconds are somehow cut in a funny way. Just randomly seeing the driver turning around that corner :D :D

Hi Darian,

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Miki H

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For a short video lesson this was actually prettu enjoyable :)

Hi Ito,

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Cristiane (クリスチアネ)

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アンジ 　シンクレイア さん、

こんにちは！

I'm very sorry for the super late reply!!

Thank you for a kind comment! ?

I think your sentence is just fine except we don't use さん after あなた.

And instead of using the word あなた, you could say:

運転手さんは有名な方です（よ）ね。?

Natsuko (奈津子),

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Hi Diogo,

Thank you for posting.

It's very practical, isn't it ? :)

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Cristiane (クリスチアネ)

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I had no idea about this door mechanism ?

???? Mr Galante seems to have the whole of Japan working for JapanesePod101!! What an accommodating taxi driver! Thanks, I definitely would have been confused about being asked not to close the door on a taxi. I bet I've been saved a load of embarrassment on my 1st trip to Japan(unless this has changed now!)

If I ever happen across this this taxi driver how can I tell him he's famous without being impolite? (あなたさんは 有名なタクシードライバーですね！！？）

Luciana san, daniel san

Konnichiwa.:smile:

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:smile: konnichiwa i'm new to this but still this some cool stuff:sunglasses:

Great lesson! Very useful. Hope to see more like this.

メリージョイさん、

Why?

Taxis have automatic doors in Japan so you should not touch them…because it might be dangerous.

Yuki 由紀

Team JapanesePod101.com

でも、「ドアを閉めないでください」の英語の意味は「please dont close the door」でしょう。私、ちょっとまごついてしまいました。

But in English 「doa o shimenaide kudasai」means「please dont close the door」. I'm a little bit confused..

メリージョイさん、

ドアをしめないでください。

Yuki 由紀

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今日は、タクシーの運転手が言っていた言葉が分かりにくいんですが教えてもらいませんか。あの言葉の英語の意味は「don't slam the door」。

Good afternoon. The taxi driver said a word that was hard to understand. Could you tell me the meaning of the word "dont slam the door" in japanese?

HB-san

Yes, exactly! You have better explanation skills than me :smile:

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Nanatsu（菜々津）

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So 予約 would be for example when you call a taxi and it's on its way to pick up you, and 貸切 could imply a longer period of time, like rented taxi service for a whole day?