How to Say ‘Separate checks, please.’ in Japanese
別々でお願いします。
betsubetsu de o negai shi masu
[beh-tsoo-BEH-tsoo de oh neh-guy shee mahs]
🇯🇵 In Japan: Splitting the bill is common and accepted, but busy places may prefer that one person pays. Friends then settle up among themselves.
Phrase Breakdown
別々で
betsubetsu de
separately
別々 (separate) + で (in that way). The second べつ is voiced as 'betsu-betsu'. Use it to pay separately.
別々に包んでください。
Please wrap them separately.
Words in this phrase
別々
betsubetsu
[beh-tsoo-BEH-tsoo]
separately
Used to ask for separate bills or separate items.
支払いは別々にします。
We will pay separately.
で
de
[de]
by; with; using
A particle that shows the method or means used to do something.
カードで払えますか。
Can I pay by card?
お願いします。
o negai shi masu
please
A polite request phrase, pronounced 'onegai shimas'.
一緒でお願いします。
Together, please.
Words in this phrase
お
o
[oh]
honorific prefix
お adds politeness to certain words and expressions.
チケットを二枚お願いします。
Two tickets, please.
願い
negai
[neh-guy]
request; favor
願い refers to a wish or request, and in お願い it forms a polite request expression.
お願いがあります。
I have a request.
し
shi
[shee]
do
し is the stem of する, meaning to do.
予約しします。
I do the reservation.
ます
masu
[mahs]
polite verb ending
A standard polite ending added to verbs, often used in customer service and formal speech.
予約を確認し ます。
I will confirm the reservation.
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