May I use your toilet, please?

Many Japanese houses have electronic toilets these days – though not everyone, as some may have noticed…

This is something interesting about Japanese culture: in English one could ask “May I use your toilet, please?”, or teenagers might say rather plainly “Can I use your loo?”. In Japanese the word use is just too visual, so they prefer the following two phrases. (Very useful to know).

トイレを借りてもいいですか。

トイレをかりてもいいですか。

toire o karite mo ii desu ka

May I borrow your toilet, please?

Note the little fountain above the cistern – very Japanese!

トイレを貸して下さい。

トイレをかしてください。

toire o kashite kudasai

(literally: Please, lend me your toilet.)

May I borrow your toilet, please?

This is what you call ‘a relief’ to know.

To lend 貸す

貸す時　借りる時　かすとき　かりるとき

kasu toki kariru toki        when you lend and when you borrow

マンションを貸す　マンションをかす

manshon o kasu        to lend on an upmarket apartment

you need:  ノウハウ  and they have plenty of it!

不動産センター　ふどうさんセンター
fudōsan sentaa  real estate centre 

貸すなら　かすなら
kasu nara  if you lend on (this apartment)





お金をかすには理由がある　おかねをかすにはりゆうがある

okane o kasu ni wa riyū ga aru      there is logic in lending money

マンションを貸す　マンションをかす

manshon o kasu        to lend on an upmarket apartment

マンションを貸す　マンションをかす

manshon o kasu        to lend on an upmarket apartment

And here is a dot com!

Funny when so much borrowing and lending happens that others happen to have the knowledge, the bank is richest and you just get by! We’re all in the wrong job obviously. In a country like Japan many people are very money-savvy, but there are also many people who lose a lot of money. Japanese housewives are generally regarded as excellent savers and investors. 

Another point to remember is that many households have all their possessions attached to the one company that the man works for, be it for loans, for housing, for insurance, for car, for BONUS etc. Nevertheless bankruptcy is definitely there in Japan and it is “not-nice” to lose face.