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湯タオルはどちらで買えますか？ — Where can I buy a small towel for bathing? (Public · Bath · Sento · Onsen, Formal — to staff, JLPT N4)
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湯タオルはどちらで買えますか？
ゆたおるはどちらでかえますか？
Where can I buy a small towel for bathing?
Romaji: Yu-taoru wa dochira de kaemasu ka? / Reply Romaji: Kochira no kenbaiki ka, furonto de o-motome itadakemasu.
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こちらの券売機か、フロントでお求めいただけます。
こちらのけんばいきか、ふろんとでおもとめいただけます。
You can purchase it at this ticket vending machine or at the front desk.
Gesture & etiquette
Point towards the empty hand or make a motion like you're wiping your face.
The 'small towel' (yu-taoru or tenugui) is for washing and covering, not for drying your whole body. Use it carefully in the bath. Don't let it touch the bathwater.
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