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Learn Japanese fast! Nothing is more frustrating than realizing you've been given the wrong change after a shopping trip. Imagine being in Japan and not understanding how many yen you should get back. What if you would like to say, "Receipt, please." Understanding how change is given and how to ask for a receipt are critical skills that you'll need to make it through daily life in Japan. This Newbie Japanese article makes counting change and asking politely for a receipt easy! You'll master tsuri ("change") and kaikei ("bill" or "account"). In addition, you'll find super easy charts that break down Japanese counting and a number of words that will come in handy if you're ever in a Japanese hospital. This Japanese article focuses on real-world skills that you can't go without!

Vocabulary: In this article, you'll learn the following words and phrases:

kangoshi - "nurse"
kaikei - "check, bill"
hontoo - "truth, reality"
ryooshuusho - "receipt"
shohoosen - "prescription"
o-tsuri - "change"
O-daiji ni. - "Take care of yourself."
daiji - "important, valuable" (-na ending adjective)
takai - "expensive, high, tall" (-i ending adjective)
Grammar: In this article, you'll learn the following words and phrases:
Useful Vocabulary and Phrases at a hospital
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kaikei
"account, bill, check"
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Kaikei means "account." The honorific prefix o often precedes this word when we use it in the sense of a "bill" or "check."
For Example:

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tsuri
"change"
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Tsuri means "a balance of money that is returned." The honorific prefix o often precedes tsuri.
For Example:

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ryooshuusho
"receipt"
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Ryooshuu means, "receiving money" and sho means, "document." Ryooshuusho usually refers to an official accountable receipt that contains both the payer and recipients' names. Regular receipts we receive everyday at shops are called reshiito.
For Example:

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O-daiji ni.
"Take care of yourself."
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O-daiji ni is a common phrase which we say to people who have a health problem. Please note that we cannot use this phrase with healthy people.
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takai
"expensive, high, tall"
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Takai means, "high, tall," or "expensive." The translation varies depending on the context. Please also check the opposite words.
takai ("expensive") - yasui ("cheap")
takai ("high, tall") - hikui ("low, short")
For Example:

Grammar Point Review
In Newbie Series Articles 7, 15, and 16, we introduced you to the Japanese counting system.
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Number / Japanese
10 / juu
100 / hyaku
1,000 / sen
10,000 / ichi-man
100,000 / juu-man
1,000,000 / hyaku-man
*Juu-man ("one hundred") literally means, "ten of ten thousand."
*Hyaku-man ("one million") literally means, "one hundred of ten thousand."
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Practice:
Please say the following numbers in Japanese.
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