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Azaboy
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Respond for Apologies & Thanks

Postby Azaboy » March 28th, 2009 6:07 pm

Konichiwa
I was in Tokyo Disneysea last year for my summer yasumi. Was walking when a small boy bumped into me accidentally. He said gomendasai, paused and ran away with a frantic look thinking I was angry or something. But truth is, I was stunned cos I dunno how to say 'It's ok' or 'it's alright' in japanese. Can somebody help me? N what's the reply for 'my pleasure' or 'don't mention it' after someone say thank you to u?
p.s. still learning kanji so romaji wud be good :D

jemstone
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Postby jemstone » March 29th, 2009 1:46 pm

だいじょうぶ [大丈夫] (da-i-jo-u-bu) would be a good respond to the little boy's "gomennasai". it roughly translates to "it's ok." or "i'm ok."

as for a response for "thank you", could use どういたしまして (do-u-i-ta-shi-ma-shi-te, i'm not quite sure if there's a small tsu between い and た). I think there's a shorter version of this. roughly translates to "you're welcome."
- まもる
くろくておおきくてかたくてひかててくさくてきみおなこえがあげるせぶつ。

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Postby Javizy » March 29th, 2009 2:19 pm

I think these phrases would work okay. You can start them with iie/iya/iyaiyaiya. You can also speak casually to kids if you like.

Nan demo arimasen.
It's nothing.
Ki ni shinakute mo ii n desu / Ki ni shinai de kudasai.
Don't worry about it.
Ayamaru koto wa nai n desu.
There's no need to apologise.

Azaboy
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Postby Azaboy » March 31st, 2009 6:48 pm

Domo arigato gozaimasu!

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