thanks for the subs! also, I think it's the first time I understand everything you say. And I thought my japanese was bad, I'm really proud of myself now, arigatoo
Luckily most Combini tend to have cash registers which show how much to pay, its worth pointing out the putting money in the tray custom as this does not happen in many countries. The strangest question I was asked once in Tokyo was " Do you want Coupons with your purchase?" having not learned this word "Waribikken" the cashier showed it to me and declined the offer. My experience has usually been that people are very helpfully (probably as I look very foreign). On my first trip I got lost finding my hotel as the street signs are completely different from the UK, I was wandering around somewhere near my hotel near Minami Senju Station when A Japanese Lady stopped me and asked in English if I was lost and If I as looking for Hotel Meigetsu, She was an Employee and just finished her shift but knew they were expecting an Englishman, She was correct on both counts and saved me a lot of trouble as I was too scared to ask directions.
When I visited Japan on a college trip, I forgot my thermometer at home (they checked our temp every day, this was even before COVID lol) and had to buy one from a konbini. I pulled out my phone dictionary and saw there were 3 different ways to say thermometer. So I panicked and just showed the clerk the screen. Turned out they didn’t even have thermometers.
I studied phrases before going to Japan and I still couldn't understand what they were saying because it was always SO FAST. Thank you for providing realistic examples of how they'd realistically speak
@@MarkyTeriyakiShorts I jokingly like to call a Japanese conversation an Eminem rap battle because of how fast they talk, I’d definitely mistake か for た or が, ひ for し and maybe ら for だ or な because I’m partially deaf so trying to understand Japanese via practice with just hearing would be a struggle for me
You have no idea how relieved I was hearing that it's perfectly normal to not understand: ふくろいりますか! My husband and I have been living in Tokyo for seven months now, and even though we diligently studied conbini phrases before arriving, we can never catch the bag question at the conbini or grocery store. I look a little bit Asian (especially when wearing a mask), so the cashiers always turn to talk to me at full speed! We've been trying the preemptive strike by showing them our bag the second we step up to the register! Thank you for not making us feel so dumb/crazy!
This is a funny story that happened to me in Japanese conbini: The clerk said "fukuro irimasu ka?" very fast but I caught "fukuro" (bag) and tried to extrapolate that he is telling me "plastic bags ok?" and I replied to him "hai, ii desu" thinking I am saying "good, yes please". The clerk however was confused by my response. Later I realized "fukuro wa ii desu" means "I do not want any bags".... Also, "something arimasuka" is a very useful phrase, thank you for teaching us! It helped me in many situations when I wanted to ask for something and wasn't sure if they have it.
@@Ethanol. I am not Japanese so you should probably check with a better source, however the way it was explained "ii desu" as a response to "do you need bags?" means "I am good on bags (so no I do not need them)"
@@Ethanol. yeah it implies like "It's good the way it is already (so I don't need it)". Similarly, you can also say 結構です (kekkou desu) which has a similar literal meaning, to decline an offer. You can pretty much always say "hai, onegaishimasu" to accept an offer
When I first came to Australia I knew enough English to read and write it but it was hard to speak and understand it. It was a very hot day and I wanted to buy icecream from a small shop, I didn't know that I could just get it myself from the freezer and then go pay for it, so, on the way there, I was practicing in my brain how to ask for it, it was a specific one. When I got there and asked, the shop assistant told me in "very bad" English to get it myself from the freezer. Haha, then I remembered, Australia is full of immigrants, and a lot of them cannot speak very well, and most people don't mind if you have a bit of an accent, so after that experience I was no longer scared.
One thing I struggled when I was in Japan was the service people always speaks in Keigo. As a beginner in Japanese, it’s a bit difficult to understand Keigo right away.
I remember the awkwardness of answering the question of 温めますか with 大丈夫です, like sometimes they‘d interpret it as a yes and sometimes as a no lol... i just started using 結構です after that
Thank you Onomappu, I went to a Seven-Eleven yesterday and your video helped me a lot with that! You were right, the store clerks seem to talk slower and more distinctive than usual.
This would have been gold for my first 6 months in Japan! I have konbini-phobia now, but can slowly approach it with the help of this video ^^, ありがとうございます!
You're the best, thank you When i went to japan in 2014 my experience with conbini was that the poor dude at the register got really spooked of me because im tall and my hair gets supper fluffy in moist environments. So the poor dude had to face a blonde fluff monster that day and was quite shocked
When I was in Japan i mostly spoke English. I wanted to speak Japanese and practise but they all wanted to speak english anyway so i had no problem at stores at all. I wouldn't worry over it before you tried :3
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Loved the video! I've never been to Japan myself so I'm still a bit confused by the concept of 'point cards' and also the fact that apparently the cashiers warm up your food (???) wow everything is so new to me, even something as simple as going to the convenience store will be a whole new world.
You’re a lifesaver! 🙏🏻I’m planning to go to Japan as soon as it will open for tourists but I’m so afraid of talking in japanese that there is huge chance that for the first couple of days I’ll be eating only bananas🤣 Was your friend with alcohol in his veins by any chance from Poland? XD
Why didn’t you have this video up two years ago?!?! You could have saved my life while I’ve been in Japan!! It’s nice to have a few things cleared up, but the fear you described is so real! I used to hate asking for help at any store or have any clerk ask me more questions that necessary because I didn’t know how to respond. I’ve had many occasion where I would practice the Japanese I needed, say my line and still not be understood because I’m a foreigner. Shopping in a foreign country can be so stressful! 😫😩Thank you for your video! 🙏🏼
😂 Laughing so hard while watching this video! Since moving to Tokyo recently, this is EXACTLY how I have felt every time I am in a shop! Thank you so much for this video, it feels good to laugh, relieves some of the stress of being in a foreign country
omg your videos are so fun to watch lol! thank you for the advices! i always wanted a video like this cause im super shy and nervous, so you guiding me thought it was inspiring hehehe thank u!
The most awkward thing about convenience stores in Japan is when a clerk is a foreigner. I have been living in Japan for 15 years, and my Japanese is native but I often cannot understand what a foreign clerk is saying. And miscommunication happens. For example, when a clerk asks, "Do you want a bag?" and I clearly said "yes", but he didn't give me a bag.
こんにちは👋😃 this was such a helpful video! because Japan is so technically advanced and there are so many options to pay in a conbini, it would get a bit confusing. thanks for clearing it out for us! ありがとうございます💓
Oh my god I needed this 4 years ago for our exchange program 😭 I loved the whole trip but the worst part was just stumbling my way through getting breakfast at the conbini every morning just sort of staring at the counter until I left and would “arigato gozaimasu” my way out of there lol
My american friend got annoyed because they always ask him if he wants a bag and he says "yeah" and they never give it to him. This went on for months until he realised theres a word "iya" which means no.
oh man, wish you posted this video two and a half years ago... took me about 6 months before I figured out all of those phrases. And when they ask 袋いりますか？ At first, I use to say はい、いります. But for some reason, half the time I don't get a bag after I say that and the other half I get a confused look before getting a bag... Not really sure why but eventually I was told people usually just say くだいさい instead and it hasn't been a problem since :)
Not gonna lie, I would also be a wimp in your situation. Heck i even wimp out even when I go to local store 😂 often times I just take the goods in the basket and just go to the cashier and swipe the card without even uttering a single word 🤣
When I went to Japan I always buy stuff in combini. Once I decided to buy in a supermarket and the cashier was so harsh on me for not knowing the rules that I never went again x'DDD
I know you teach onomatopoeia but can you also sometimes include some adjective or adverbs? Doesn't have to be fully packed ...maybe like 2 at a time?~ --- I find myself reading a lot of those and have to keep looking at the dictionary lately lol ~
After studying Japanese for over ten years and getting JLPT N1, I still get tripped up by 袋入りますか？almost every time lol The combini anxiety is worse with masks and glass barriers. But everyone is of course very nice!
I remember the time when i don't know how to speak japanese language i really had a hard time buying things and food in the convenience store and also hard to order food in the restaurant and fastfood.
To be honest, you could get away with not saying a word to a clerk in a combini. When you don’t respond to the bag question they give you a bag. And the points question they assume “no” if you don’t respond. Just put cash in the tray and retrieve your change. I saw a number of times when native japanese customers seemed to have said almost nothing. It seemed to me that clerks (in the big cities) have a preprogrammed set of actions they do and they follow that. The customers themselves usually don’t even bother to say thank you. But where’s the fun in that? Easiest place to practice japanese is in combini!
I went to Japan in 2018 and knew some Japanese, however I really can't remember how I handled the conbini. It was in Tokyo though so they were probably very used to tourists, so no Japanese needed... For some reason, I am wondering left, after paying and everything, do you say arigatou? it is bothering me I cannot remember everything, next year I will come to Japan again, this time for 4 weeks! Will study hard and watch your videos so I can communicate well and travel to smaller towns 🙇🙏
Conbini! Conbini! Conbini!🏪
P.S We'll have Spanish and French subs soon!
Hurray 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤗( btw m from Oman middle east country)
N m also ur fan love ur videos 🤗
재밌어요 ㅋㅋㅋ
You have a typo here. Combini is spelled konbini in romaji.
thanks for the subs! also, I think it's the first time I understand everything you say. And I thought my japanese was bad, I'm really proud of myself now, arigatoo
Luckily most Combini tend to have cash registers which show how much to pay, its worth pointing out the putting money in the tray custom as this does not happen in many countries.
The strangest question I was asked once in Tokyo was " Do you want Coupons with your purchase?" having not learned this word "Waribikken" the cashier showed it to me and declined the offer. My experience has usually been that people are very helpfully (probably as I look very foreign). On my first trip I got lost finding my hotel as the street signs are completely different from the UK, I was wandering around somewhere near my hotel near Minami Senju Station when A Japanese Lady stopped me and asked in English if I was lost and If I as looking for Hotel Meigetsu, She was an Employee and just finished her shift but knew they were expecting an Englishman, She was correct on both counts and saved me a lot of trouble as I was too scared to ask directions.
When I visited Japan on a college trip, I forgot my thermometer at home (they checked our temp every day, this was even before COVID lol) and had to buy one from a konbini. I pulled out my phone dictionary and saw there were 3 different ways to say thermometer. So I panicked and just showed the clerk the screen. Turned out they didn’t even have thermometers.
I studied phrases before going to Japan and I still couldn't understand what they were saying because it was always SO FAST. Thank you for providing realistic examples of how they'd realistically speak
They be spittin over there
@@MarkyTeriyakiShorts I jokingly like to call a Japanese conversation an Eminem rap battle because of how fast they talk, I’d definitely mistake か for た or が, ひ for し and maybe ら for だ or な because I’m partially deaf so trying to understand Japanese via practice with just hearing would be a struggle for me
You have no idea how relieved I was hearing that it's perfectly normal to not understand: ふくろいりますか! My husband and I have been living in Tokyo for seven months now, and even though we diligently studied conbini phrases before arriving, we can never catch the bag question at the conbini or grocery store. I look a little bit Asian (especially when wearing a mask), so the cashiers always turn to talk to me at full speed! We've been trying the preemptive strike by showing them our bag the second we step up to the register! Thank you for not making us feel so dumb/crazy!
I never realized I would go thru this same fear until I went to France and tried to interact with a store clerk
when in trouble, use Katakana english lmao
Hahaha the fear is real!!
ビデオを見ながら一昨年の経験を思い出した。店員が何か聞けば「大丈夫です」ってきた。コンビニへ行った時とても怖かった。ビデオは日本に来たばかり外国にとって役に立つだと思っています。
This is a funny story that happened to me in Japanese conbini: The clerk said "fukuro irimasu ka?" very fast but I caught "fukuro" (bag) and tried to extrapolate that he is telling me "plastic bags ok?" and I replied to him "hai, ii desu" thinking I am saying "good, yes please". The clerk however was confused by my response. Later I realized "fukuro wa ii desu" means "I do not want any bags"....
Also, "something arimasuka" is a very useful phrase, thank you for teaching us! It helped me in many situations when I wanted to ask for something and wasn't sure if they have it.
How does ii desu mean that though? I thought it meant good? How would you say I want a bag then?
@@Ethanol. I am not Japanese so you should probably check with a better source, however the way it was explained "ii desu" as a response to "do you need bags?" means "I am good on bags (so no I do not need them)"
@@NuclearAlex ohh that makes sense. I guess it would be easier to say “hai, onegaishimasu” for yes, and “iie, daijoubudesu” for no
@@Ethanol. yeah it implies like "It's good the way it is already (so I don't need it)". Similarly, you can also say 結構です (kekkou desu) which has a similar literal meaning, to decline an offer. You can pretty much always say "hai, onegaishimasu" to accept an offer
@@b4ttlemast0r thanks 🙏
When I first came to Australia I knew enough English to read and write it but it was hard to speak and understand it. It was a very hot day and I wanted to buy icecream from a small shop, I didn't know that I could just get it myself from the freezer and then go pay for it, so, on the way there, I was practicing in my brain how to ask for it, it was a specific one. When I got there and asked, the shop assistant told me in "very bad" English to get it myself from the freezer. Haha, then I remembered, Australia is full of immigrants, and a lot of them cannot speak very well, and most people don't mind if you have a bit of an accent, so after that experience I was no longer scared.
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One thing I struggled when I was in Japan was the service people always speaks in Keigo. As a beginner in Japanese, it’s a bit difficult to understand Keigo right away.
I remember the awkwardness of answering the question of 温めますか with 大丈夫です, like sometimes they‘d interpret it as a yes and sometimes as a no lol... i just started using 結構です after that
I would just say いいですよ。Or would that be wrong?
@@MinishMilly いいですよ sounds a bit awkward. We understand what you mean, though. そのままで is the clearest answer for someone who has worked in combini.
@MinishMilly That'd be awkward, yeah. Just adding そのままで [ いいです / お願いします / 大丈夫です / 結構です etc. ] would make it clear you don't need it warmed up.
@@MinishMilly 結構です is just like a polite version of いいです, and the よ sounds a bit, idk, pressing maybe
Thank you Onomappu,
I went to a Seven-Eleven yesterday and your video helped me a lot with that! You were right, the store clerks seem to talk slower and more distinctive than usual.
「コンビニ大好き、コンビニ大好き‼︎」 wwwww it sounds so cute
そのビデオは本当に面白くて便利だと思う！絶対にコンビニに入ったらその完結分を使って見る！教えてくれてありがとう‼︎
めっちゃ楽しい！＝））））
Hahaha when in Japan, I accidentally had my food heat up by the assistant in the combini because I didn't understand a thing and just nodded! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
This would have been gold for my first 6 months in Japan! I have konbini-phobia now, but can slowly approach it with the help of this video ^^, ありがとうございます!
Your videos saving my life in Japan 😅 thank you!!
I am going to Nagoya in 2 weeks and will be staying there until December 1st, so I’ll be needing these lessons for sure.
一番 です! 説明はとてもはっきりです!
You're the best, thank you
When i went to japan in 2014 my experience with conbini was that the poor dude at the register got really spooked of me because im tall and my hair gets supper fluffy in moist environments.
So the poor dude had to face a blonde fluff monster that day and was quite shocked
thank you Hitoki-san for making such funny, relatable, and informative videos! 参考になりました！ありがとうございます!!
When I was in Japan i mostly spoke English. I wanted to speak Japanese and practise but they all wanted to speak english anyway so i had no problem at stores at all. I wouldn't worry over it before you tried :3
Your videos are genuinely so nice and digestable , love what you do and thanks for helping with my japanese!
The song is beautiful at the end your voice is beautiful I love the supermarket 😂😂arigato 🔥☺️
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your videos are so amazingly helpful!
勉強になりました！いつもありがとう！:)
購入しようとしている物をスキャンする時、店員さんが「～～が一点、～～が一点。。。」などとモゴモゴ言うことがよくあります。完全に無視してもいいフレーズですが、何言っているのが分からなくてすごく気になっていたのを今も精密に覚えています。
Loved the video! I've never been to Japan myself so I'm still a bit confused by the concept of 'point cards' and also the fact that apparently the cashiers warm up your food (???) wow everything is so new to me, even something as simple as going to the convenience store will be a whole new world.
Thank you so much! I need these simulations!!
You’re a lifesaver! 🙏🏻I’m planning to go to Japan as soon as it will open for tourists but I’m so afraid of talking in japanese that there is huge chance that for the first couple of days I’ll be eating only bananas🤣 Was your friend with alcohol in his veins by any chance from Poland? XD
I love your videos! ありがとう for polish subtitles! 😃
とても面白くて便利と思います。ありがとうございます。
Why didn’t you have this video up two years ago?!?! You could have saved my life while I’ve been in Japan!! It’s nice to have a few things cleared up, but the fear you described is so real! I used to hate asking for help at any store or have any clerk ask me more questions that necessary because I didn’t know how to respond. I’ve had many occasion where I would practice the Japanese I needed, say my line and still not be understood because I’m a foreigner. Shopping in a foreign country can be so stressful! 😫😩Thank you for your video! 🙏🏼
I just made my first trip to the konbini. I forgot nearly everything I know about Japanese when I reached the cashier, but this video really helped.
コンビニ大好き!
😂 Laughing so hard while watching this video! Since moving to Tokyo recently, this is EXACTLY how I have felt every time I am in a shop! Thank you so much for this video, it feels good to laugh, relieves some of the stress of being in a foreign country
I really like this episode! Very helpful. Thank you Hitoki San
very good as always
i could feel the stress of this video! going into conbini is hard even if you speak the language ahah.
大丈夫です！no more conbini fears!
🇧🇷Um oi do Brazil amo seus vídeos
Hi from Brazil I love your videos❤
OMG! This was brilliant!
本当に役立つでした。ありがとうございました~
Yes, I needed this. This is one of those small things that somehow creates anxiety, lol. Thank you!
I love your channel.
combini is maybe my favorite leased word from English. The Japanese take foreign words and make them sound so freaking cute.
thanks. very helpful:)
when I was in Japan for the first time,i didn't understand and every time was scared,when i heard いらっしゃいませ))
omg your videos are so fun to watch lol! thank you for the advices! i always wanted a video like this cause im super shy and nervous, so you guiding me thought it was inspiring hehehe thank u!
I studied abroad in Japan before and I related to this video so much haha 😂😂
very helpful, thank u very much :3
That's actually super helpful, thank you so much!
10年前に日本に旅行しに行きました。その時は日本語を勉強していますが、本当の日本人と話すのはあまりなかったです。授業で日本人の先生は優しいでゆっくりして話してくれましたので、コンビニの店員さんの早い話を聞くと、聞き取りできなかったです。とてもドキドキしました。だから話さずに買い物しました。あはははは いい経験でした。
thank you so much for this video.. !!
The most awkward thing about convenience stores in Japan is when a clerk is a foreigner.
I have been living in Japan for 15 years, and my Japanese is native but I often cannot understand what a foreign clerk is saying. And miscommunication happens. For example, when a clerk asks, "Do you want a bag?" and I clearly said "yes", but he didn't give me a bag.
Very useful video, thanks
Amo esse canal demais ksksks um dia irei para o Japão
「コンビニ人間」でコンビニ語に慣れてよかった。
勉強になりました ! ありがとう、ひときさん !
Very helpful video, I was scared to go to a convenience store or supermarket when I first came to Japan🇻🇳🇯🇵
こんにちは👋😃
this was such a helpful video! because Japan is so technically advanced and there are so many options to pay in a conbini, it would get a bit confusing. thanks for clearing it out for us!
ありがとうございます💓
فيديو رائع✨
أشاهد فيديوهاتك مرتين ، في المرة الأولى أشاهدها باليابانية فقط و المرة الثانية بالعربية اعتقد أن ما افعله مفيد ☺️
ありがとうございます!!! あなたのビデオは旅行の前にきっと見るつもりです。将来に助けると思います。このビデオはいいですから、コメントを書きました。もう自分で日本語に書けますから、嬉しいです！
かっこいいね！
Funny story 😂🍌 Thanks for the English subs!! 👍
すごいね!😀
私も コンビニ 大好きです。😁
Anch'io adoro i kombini 😁🇮🇹
You're so nice Hitoki kun. 😊
タイからファンです❤️
I absolutely love your energy in this video! 🤩🤩💯💯🔥
モゴモゴとブツブツの違いは全く無いんですね...と「これは一体何語」頭からぐるぐる回っていた考え中の自分だったがこのonomappuの名を見いて詳しい話を聞いて「あ、なるほど。これはオノマトペイアだったのか」ピカッと頭からそう思います。オノマトペイアの詳しい話を具体的に説明して誠にありがとうございました。😄
Oh my god I needed this 4 years ago for our exchange program 😭 I loved the whole trip but the worst part was just stumbling my way through getting breakfast at the conbini every morning just sort of staring at the counter until I left and would “arigato gozaimasu” my way out of there lol
ビデオはとても楽しかった、ありがとうひときさん。
おのまっぷ指導のおかげで、コンビニで注文するときさ、日本語でどう言えばいいか、まあからこそ使えるようになりたいんものだ。
日本語の日常会話だけでなくため口を言いうと何から何まで教えて頂きありがとうね。お気をつけてお過ごしください。
日本に行ったとき、友達とピザを買いたかったけど、日本語が全然しゃべらなかった。まじで大変だった。結局ググる翻訳してピザを注文できたｗｗ。
My american friend got annoyed because they always ask him if he wants a bag and he says "yeah" and they never give it to him. This went on for months until he realised theres a word "iya" which means no.
oh man, wish you posted this video two and a half years ago... took me about 6 months before I figured out all of those phrases. And when they ask 袋いりますか？ At first, I use to say はい、いります. But for some reason, half the time I don't get a bag after I say that and the other half I get a confused look before getting a bag... Not really sure why but eventually I was told people usually just say くだいさい instead and it hasn't been a problem since :)
Is it complementary for things to be heated in the conbini or an extra paid service?
It’s freeeee
@@Onomappu oh boy that's the best price!
店員さん : モゴモゴしてます
僕 : はい！
とりあえず『はい』で答えます 😆
Not gonna lie, I would also be a wimp in your situation. Heck i even wimp out even when I go to local store 😂 often times I just take the goods in the basket and just go to the cashier and swipe the card without even uttering a single word 🤣
Ya me anote todo en mi "cuaderno de emergencia para conversaciones en el extranjero" 👍
Como siempre otro excelente video!
「コンビニを制する者は人生を制する」。この形の言い回しは時々出てきますね。「夏休みを制する者は受験を制する」と塾の先生が言ったり。でも塾(cram school)なんて今の日本人はそんなに行かないです。今の学生は1日6分しか勉強しません。勉強はしないけど仕事は長時間します。笑い。
5:25 「「お支払いはどうですか？(提案)」と訊かれたら僕は「お支払いはいいです」と答えたいです」←ここ爆笑するところです。
🤑🤩🤩
You look like you need a hug, man. 🫂🫂🫂
人貴さんこんばんは。日本のコンビニには飲食品だけではなく他にいろいろなサービス一もあってとても便利だと思います。人貴さんはローソンやセブンイレブンなどどっちのコンビニのほうが好きですか？
初めて日本に来た時誰かにこのサバイバル知識を教えていただけば良かった！
😍 thanks...I like
Combini daisuki ! I like it XD
When I went to Japan I always buy stuff in combini. Once I decided to buy in a supermarket and the cashier was so harsh on me for not knowing the rules that I never went again x'DDD
多分私は来年10月に日本に行く。 コンビニでお酒はありますか？😂😂😂 Quizás vaya a Japón en octubre del año próximo. En la tienda de conveniencia preguntaré. ¿Tienes sake? hahahahah
I know you teach onomatopoeia but can you also sometimes include some adjective or adverbs? Doesn't have to be fully packed ...maybe like 2 at a time?~
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I find myself reading a lot of those and have to keep looking at the dictionary lately lol ~
Legendas nem português do Brasil , ありんがとごさいます
Hiroki-kun 最近忙がしくていますか。Hiroki-kunの動画を見るのが大好きなのでいつも応援していますよ。またユーチューブに見えるの日になるようと望んでいます。
استمر انت مبدع💛
Hai..combini daisuki desu..😍
After studying Japanese for over ten years and getting JLPT N1, I still get tripped up by 袋入りますか？almost every time lol
The combini anxiety is worse with masks and glass barriers. But everyone is of course very nice!
Arigato gozaimasu
I remember the time when i don't know how to speak japanese language i really had a hard time buying things and food in the convenience store and also hard to order food in the restaurant and fastfood.
To be honest, you could get away with not saying a word to a clerk in a combini. When you don’t respond to the bag question they give you a bag. And the points question they assume “no” if you don’t respond. Just put cash in the tray and retrieve your change. I saw a number of times when native japanese customers seemed to have said almost nothing. It seemed to me that clerks (in the big cities) have a preprogrammed set of actions they do and they follow that. The customers themselves usually don’t even bother to say thank you.
But where’s the fun in that? Easiest place to practice japanese is in combini!
I went to Japan in 2018 and knew some Japanese, however I really can't remember how I handled the conbini. It was in Tokyo though so they were probably very used to tourists, so no Japanese needed... For some reason, I am wondering left, after paying and everything, do you say arigatou? it is bothering me I cannot remember everything, next year I will come to Japan again, this time for 4 weeks! Will study hard and watch your videos so I can communicate well and travel to smaller towns 🙇🙏