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I have a Japanese question.
Okay.
Japanese question.
Yes.
If you go to a restaurant and you're solo and theemployee asks you 何名様ですか?
Do you answer with 一人です?
Or 一名です?
一名様です?
一人です。
Is that the right answer?
Or 一名です。
Okay.
But I think 一人です is more...
一人です is the most natural?
Yeah.
Okay.
一名です。
一名。
Yeah. 一人です。
Okay.
Why?
I saw a video.
I forgot where I saw it, but it was from like anofficial source.
I don't know, maybe the government's video orwhatever.
And they said 何名様ですか?
一名様です。
一名様です?
I saw it in an anime that I was watching.
So it wasn't the government, it was an anime.
But like a very popular anime.
Okay.
And I was like, whoa, like animes don't make thatkind of mistakes.
Yeah.
So I was like, what?
And so I started questioning.
I think it was a...
Yeah.
Yeah, it was an anime.
Wow.
呪術回戦。
Is it like ironic thing?
I don't think so.
No?
I don't think so.
I think it was just a normal, like a normalcharacter.
Yeah, maybe.
Oh.
Yeah.
So it's wrong.
You say 一名様 to yourself.
Right, because of 様.
Yeah.
It's like, exactly.
Yeah.
It's wrong.
Okay.
You don't say that.
Oh, okay.
So, yeah, must be some different sense maybe.
Okay.
Maybe...
Is it obvious that it's wrong?
Yeah.
Oh, okay.
It's like introducing yourself, first meeting.
初めまして、ケビンさんです。
Ah, that's kind of weird.
Yeah, you don't say it like that.
Yeah, okay.
Or like, yeah, you put 敬語 to a different guy.
Okay, all right.
So I was not wrong.
Yeah, what you felt was right.
That's good.
Yeah.
So it must be there.
Like, is it like an ironic thing or like comedysense in it?
All right, I'll have to watch again.
Yeah.
But the thing is like お一人様 is too used in thosecases.
Like 何名様ですか?
Or like お一人様ですか?
In those restaurants or anything.
So お一人様です is like kind of being like kind of likea set phrase.
So, you know, they are like a drama series likeお一人様ですが.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Or things like that.
So maybe that character used like お一人様ですけど in likea little ironic way, maybe.
Or comedy, like funny way, maybe.
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Got it.
I'll watch again.
Yeah, that's the only possibility I can think of.
So お一人様 is wrong.
Is お一人です more correct than お一人です?
そうね、一名です。
Yeah, 一名です。
一名です or 一人です?
So 一名です is more both not wrong.
Okay.
So what's wrong is putting お or 様 to yourself iswrong.
So 一名様です is wrong.
お一人です that's wrong.
But 一人です、一名です are both right.
Okay.
But 一名です is more polite and more like official.
Oh, okay.
So if you go to a very expensive authenticJapanese 廟邸 or things like that,
and then 一名なんですが 一名で
一名で 一名で
何名様ですか?
一名なんですが 一名で予約って取れますか?
Feels not that bad.
Was that correct Japanese? 一名で予約取れますか?
It's a bit strange.
I don't say that.
The sound is strange.
Yeah.
So the most suitable one, the usual, the best oneis 一人です。
一人
It's not too casual.
It's not too casual.
Okay.
You can say it everywhere.
Even those like Grand Maison places.
一人です.
It's not bad at all.
一名できました。一名です。
I don't say that at least.
Okay.
You go with 一人です.
Yes.
But I guess that's the most versatile style.
一名です。
Yeah.
一名って言わないかも。
言わない。
Okay.
All right.
Yeah.
But maybe in certain situation, it can be a fit.
Okay.
一名でうかがいます。
一人でうかがいます。
Yeah, 一名でうかがいます。
一名でうかがいますだったらなんかいいかも。
Usable?
Usable.
Okay.
Got it.
Because うかがいます is like saying that you're like...
You're down.
You're downing yourself.
Okay.
Yeah.
But I think it's the very edge.
Okay.
I don't use it.
The safe way is 一人。
一人です。
一人です。
Okay. Got it.
Yeah.
Got it.
I have a different question.
Let's say you go to a hospital or like a 病院,right?
Okay.
Some 眼科, right?
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Okay.
And you have an appointment at 3 o'clock.
And they ask you for your name.
Okay.
お名前よろしいですか。
And let's say ケビン, right?
Do you say ケビンです?
Or ケビンと申します。
Which one do you think is more natural?
Both fine.
Yeah.
But I go with ケビンです。
Okay.
Because?
It's just as casual as it should be.
Got it.
So と申します is too much.
Yes.
To me, yes.
Okay.
But you can say that.
Okay.
If it's like you're going to some fancy hospital.
Okay.
I don't know if we have those things, but fancy, Idon't know, restaurant, let's say.
Or like a marriage party that's very fancy.
Okay.
At a very grand hotel, things like that.
お名前何ですか。
ケビンと申します。
It's very, that's good.
Perfect.
Okay.
But if what I'm imagining is just one of thoselike random hospitals.
Yeah, like local.
Local things, yeah.
ケビンです is just as casual as it should be.
Okay.
Okay.
I see.
But if you're a gentleman, you can say ケビンと申します.
Okay, so you get that.
At any places.
Got it.
You get that gentleman's vibe.
Yes, yes, yes.
Like gentleman, like, got it.
Yeah.
Got it, got it, got it.
It's not bad at all.
You can say that.
I see.
But you can be a gentleman.
I can be a gentleman if I say it.
Yes, yes, yes.
I understand.
Okay.
What about like おり返しの電話?
Like あのあすみさんのおり返しの電話です。
わたくしケビン。
Oh, so which side?
So I got a call, I couldn't answer it, and Inoticed that I got a call.
And I'm like, oh, let me call back.
I don't know who that is, but like I called back.
あのあすみさんのおり返しの電話いただいたんですけれども、おり返しの電話です。
わたくしケビン。
What happens if you say ケビンです?
Is that too casual?
It's not too casual, but it has a special likeimpression that it's a bit casual conversation.
I see.
Because I think phone calls tend to be more politethan usual conversation.
So と申します is the vibe.
Because it's a phone call.
Yes.
I see. Got it.
I guess it's because phone calls, I guess moreoften than not, you don't know.
It's totally strange.
You don't know who is on the other side.
It's safer to be on the teenager side.
I think so.
Got it.
Yes.
But as I said, ケビンと申します is usable at any place.
It's good even.
It's better.
You're a gentleman.
Yes.
You're polite.
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Got it.
Got it.
Yeah.
At a clinic that you're going tomorrow or the dayafter tomorrow, you can say that.
Got it.
ケビンと申します。
Okay.
You sound like a gentleman.
I see. I understand.
The gentleman that's going to get his balls shot.
I would like to have that impression.
Yes.
Yes, please.
All right.
Thanks for listening, guys.
Thank you.
Bye-bye.