Ordering fast food: Payment

🇯🇵 [すみません] is the normal way to get staff attention in Japan, softer than a direct call like "hey" and useful before asking for anything.

💬 [ください] is often attached to a thing with [を] to mean "please give me this/that": [これをください], [それをください]. On its own, it still often means "please" in shop situations because the object is understood.

💬 Use [Xをください] to ask for an item directly: [これをください], [コーヒーをください]. It's a very handy shop pattern because you can just swap in the thing you want.

🇯🇵 At a register, [はい] often means "sure," "okay," or "go ahead," not a strong "yes" to a yes/no question.

💬 The [お] here adds politeness, so [お会計] is a more customer-facing way to say [会計]. You'll see the same thing in service words like [お水] and [お名前].

💬 [円] is said (en), even though the written character is not pronounced like the English letter name. After a number, just say the number + (en): [500円] (go-hyaku en).