会計をお願いします
kaikei o onegaishimasu
To "bill out" or request the final check in Japanese, use 会計をお願いします (kaikei o onegaishimasu).
The phrase 会計をお願いします is used to request the bill or final check. It is appropriate to use this phrase while sitting at a table in many restaurants, or when approaching a front counter or register to pay.
Is there a formal and an informal way to say it?
While 会計をお願いします is a standard way to ask for the bill, you can also use お会計をお願いします to be more formal. For a slightly more formal or traditional way to ask for the bill, you may use お勘定をお願いします.
How does it change in a sentence?
In the phrase 会計をお願いします, the particle を (o) marks 会計 as the direct object of the request.
How do you pronounce it?
kaikei o onegaishimasu
Did you know?
- When paying the bill at a register, you should avoid handing cash or a credit card directly to the staff. Instead, place the money or card on the small tray, known as a カルトン (karuton) or simply a tray, provided on the counter.
- If you are dining in a very traditional or high-end establishment, you might not use these phrases at all. In such places, it is common custom to wait for the staff to proactively approach you with the bill once you appear ready to depart.
- The word 勘定 (kanjou) in the formal phrase お勘定をお願いします carries a heavy connotation of 'settling accounts' or 'calculating'. It is the same word used in mathematics to mean 'calculation' or 'computation'.
Examples in context
- お勘定をお願いしますPlease give me the bill.
- かしこまりました。お待ちください。Understood. Please wait.
- はい、かしこまりました。お待ちください。Yes, understood. Please wait.
- すみません、お会計をお願いします。Sumimasen, okaikei o onegaishimasu.Excuse me, the bill please.
- 最後に、お会計をお願いします。Saigo ni, okaikei o onegaishimasu.Finally, I'd like to settle the bill.
Example conversation
Kenta and Himari are finishing their meal at a restaurant.
- 健太 Kentaお腹いっぱいだね。すみません、会計をお願いします！Onaka ippai dane. Sumimasen, kaikei o onegaishimasu!I'm full. Excuse me, the bill please!
- 陽葵 Himariはい、少々お待ちください。Hai, shōshō omachi kudasai.Yes, please wait a moment.
- 健太 Kenta陽葵、今日は僕が払うよ。Himari, kyō wa boku ga harau yo.Himari, I'll pay today.
- 陽葵 Himariえっ、本当に？ありがとう、健太！E', hontō ni? Arigatō, Kenta!What, really? Thank you, Kenta!
