Convenience store

You'll hear these at every checkout — understand them and you won't freeze up.

1. いらっしゃいませ。

   Welcome!

   You'll hear it the moment you walk in, no response needed, a nod is enough.

2. お弁当べんとう、温あたためますか。

   Would you like your bento heated up?

   You'll be asked this every time you buy a bento; if you want it heated, answer 「はい、お願いします」, not 「大丈夫です」.

3. 袋ふくろはいりますか。

   Do you need a bag?

   Plastic bags cost extra, so if you don't need one, answer 「いいえ、大丈夫です」.

4. お支払しはらい方法ほうほうはいかがなさいますか。

   How would you like to pay?

   Often it only gets as far as 「お支払い方法は...」 and then stops (Japanese habitually leaves the question for the other person to complete); hearing this opening means they're asking how you'll pay, so just answer 「カードで」 or 「現金で」.

5. カードですか、現金げんきんですか。

   Card or cash?

Practice a full checkout: finding items, heating, bags, and payment.

1. customer

   すみません、お茶ちゃはどこですか。

   Excuse me, where's the tea?
2. Clerk

   一番奥いちばんおくの冷蔵庫れいぞうこです。

   It's in the fridge at the very back.
3. customer

   これ、お願ねがいします。

   These, please.

   When you put your items on the counter, this one phrase is enough — you don't need to say "I want to buy this."
4. Clerk

   お弁当べんとうは温あたためますか。

   Would you like your bento heated up?
5. customer

   はい、お願ねがいします。

   Yes, please.
6. Clerk

   袋ふくろはご利用りようですか。

   Would you like a bag?

   The politer way to ask the same thing; you need to understand both this and the earlier 「袋はいりますか」.
7. customer

   いいえ、大丈夫だいじょうぶです。

   No, I'm fine.

   Here 「大丈夫です」 is a polite refusal ("no, thanks"), not "no problem".
8. customer

   カードでお願ねがいします。

   I'll pay by card, please.