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Phrases to know when going to arcades 2015/7/26 14:25
This may be a ridiculous question but I'm going to an arcade in Akihabara for the UFO catchers and I'd like to know some phrases in Japanese so I can ask thee employees for help.

eg:Can you help me reset this machine?
by shwegdow  

Re: Phrases to know when going to arcades 2015/7/27 17:50
"Sumimasen, mou sukoshi ichi wo zurashite kudasai"
Excuse me, please adjust a little

"Sumimasen, keihin ga ochimasen"
Excuse me, the item was caught
by tokyo friend 48 rate this post as useful

Re: Phrases to know when going to arcades 2015/7/27 18:46
"Sumimasen, mou sukoshi ichi wo zurashite kudasai"
Excuse me, please adjust a little


Just an additional explanation on tokyo frieng 48's useful comments. This sentence clearly says "Excuse me, please adjust the position/location a little more." I guess this is assuming the positions of the items in the UFO catcher machine :)

You might need:
- Ryogae shite kudasai. (Please change some money - into coins.)


Do you ever need to have the machine "reset", if it's a UFO catcher?
by AK rate this post as useful

Re: Phrases to know when going to arcades 2015/7/29 17:56
Thanks for the answers and yes I do need to ask the employee to reset maybe if someone just finished the UFO catcher and caught the figure.

*forgot to say that I was only interested in the anime figure UFO catchers
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Re: Phrases to know when going to arcades 2015/7/29 18:37
Oh so you mean "reset" as in refilling the machine with additional items/prizes, not resetting due to video game screen freezing up or anything like that :)

I guess the staff would decide when to refill, but you could say:
- Keihin ga nakunatta node, hojuu shite moraemasu ka? (As the prizes are gone, could you refill?)
- Hoshikatta keihin ga nakunatta node, hojuu shite moraemasu ka? (As the prizes that I wanted are gone, could you refill?)
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Re: Phrases to know when going to arcades 2015/7/30 23:29
Thanks a lot!
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