Title: MiniCore Japanese-EN / Booster: Manga Kissa & Net Café
Tags: MinicoreJapanese-EN booster-manga-kissa sentence vocab dialog-line recognition dialog

MinicoreJapanese: Netto kafe wa doko desu ka.
Native: ネットカフェはどこですか。
English: Where is an internet café?
Literal: net café [topic] where is ?
Notes: netto kafe — the modern sign word, and the one hotel clerks and police boxes will recognize instantly when you ask at midnight.

MinicoreJapanese: Manga kissa wa chikai desu ka.
Native: 漫画喫茶は近いですか。
English: Is the manga café near?
Literal: manga café [topic] near is ?
Notes: manga kissa — the classic name, literally "manga tearoom." Same building; the older word survives on signs and in everyone's mouth. Chikai has been yours since Lesson 3's adjectives — and at 12:40 a.m., "near" is the only spec that matters.

MinicoreJapanese: Kaiin kaado wa arimasen.
Native: 会員カードはありません。
English: I don't have a member card. (first visit)
Literal: member card [topic] exists-not
Notes: kaiin — member. The answer to the question you already met at karaoke's front desk — say this, have the passport ready, and the signup starts.

MinicoreJapanese: Koshitsu wa arimasu ka.
Native: 個室はありますか。
English: Do you have private booths?
Literal: private-room [topic] exists ?
Notes: koshitsu — a private booth or room, walls and a door instead of an open seat. The word works anywhere rooms come in shared and private — izakaya floors, clinics — and here it's the difference between resting and performing rest.

MinicoreJapanese: Kinenseki, onegaishimasu.
Native: 禁煙席、お願いします。
English: Non-smoking, please.
Literal: non-smoking-seat, please
Notes: kinenseki — non-smoking seat. Net cafés still split floors by smoke more than most of Japan; the counter will ask, and this is your side of it. (Restaurants understand the same word at the door.)

MinicoreJapanese: San-jikan, onegaishimasu.
Native: 三時間、お願いします。
English: Three hours, please.
Literal: three-hours, please
Notes: The day-use ask: a number, Lesson 6's -jikan, onegaishimasu. Rain, a delayed shinkansen, a heavy backpack and a free afternoon — three hours of couch, manga, and coffee costs about what one coffee costs elsewhere.

MinicoreJapanese: Dorinku baa wa doko desu ka.
Native: ドリンクバーはどこですか。
English: Where is the drink bar?
Literal: drink-bar [topic] where is ?
Notes: dorinku baa — the self-serve drink station, included in every price here (karaoke taught you the word as an upsell; this building gives it away). Find it, and the soft-serve machine that's often next to it.

MinicoreJapanese: Naito pakku wa arimasu ka.
Native: ナイトパックはありますか。
English: Do you have a night pack?
Literal: night-pack [topic] exists ?
Notes: naito pakku — the overnight block. If it's late enough to ask, the answer is almost always yes; the board behind the counter lists the hours and price.

MinicoreJapanese: Asa made, onegaishimasu.
Native: 朝まで、お願いします。
English: Until morning, please.
Literal: morning until, please
Notes: The whole night in three words — asa from Lesson 6's time words, made from the taxi frame. Say it and the counter picks the right pack for the clock.

MinicoreJapanese: Buranketto wa arimasu ka.
Native: ブランケットはありますか。
English: Do you have blankets?
Literal: blanket [topic] exists ?
Notes: buranketto — blanket, free to borrow at the counter or from a rack. Booths run cold at 4 a.m.; take one on the way in, not after.

MinicoreJapanese: Shawaa, onegaishimasu.
Native: シャワー、お願いします。
English: A shower, please. (at the counter — it's keyed)
Literal: shower, please
Notes: shawaa — same word you met camping. Shower rooms here lock and come with a rented towel for a few hundred yen; ask at the counter for the key. This is what makes a net-café night an actual reset instead of just elapsed time.

MinicoreJapanese: netto kafe
Native: ネットカフェ
English: internet café
Notes: the modern sign word

MinicoreJapanese: manga kissa
Native: 漫画喫茶
English: manga café
Notes: the classic name — same building

MinicoreJapanese: naito pakku
Native: ナイトパック
English: night pack
Notes: Asa made, onegaishimasu.

MinicoreJapanese: kaiin
Native: 会員
English: member
Notes: first visit signs you up — free, passport needed

MinicoreJapanese: koshitsu
Native: 個室
English: private booth / room
Notes: Koshitsu wa arimasu ka.

MinicoreJapanese: kinenseki
Native: 禁煙席
English: non-smoking seat
Notes: works at restaurant doors too

MinicoreJapanese: buranketto
Native: ブランケット
English: blanket
Notes: free — take one on the way in

MinicoreJapanese: dorinku baa
Native: ドリンクバー
English: drink bar
Notes: Dorinku baa wa arimasu ka.

MinicoreJapanese: shawaa
Native: シャワー
English: shower
Notes: Shawaa wa doko desu ka.

MinicoreJapanese: Kaiin kaado wa omochi desu ka.
Native: 会員カードはお持ちですか。
English: Do you have a member card? → Lesson 3's point-card question in a new shirt: iie + a smile, and they may offer to make one (it's free and takes a minute)
Literal: member card [topic] (honorific) have ?
Notes: iie + a smile; free to make one
Recognition only — you'll hear this; you never need to say it.

MinicoreJapanese: Kitsuenseki to kinenseki, dochira ni nasaimasu ka.
Native: 喫煙席と禁煙席、どちらになさいますか。
English: Smoking or non-smoking? → kinenseki, onegaishimasu — or point at the word on the board
Literal: smoking-seat and non-smoking-seat, which-one do (honorific) ?
Notes: kinenseki, onegaishimasu
Recognition only — you'll hear this; you never need to say it.

MinicoreJapanese: Ojikan to narimashita.
Native: お時間となりました。
English: Your time is up. → the booth phone or an announcement: gather your things and settle up at the counter
Literal: honorable-time became (polite)
Notes: pack up, pay at the counter
Recognition only — you'll hear this; you never need to say it.

MinicoreJapanese: The night pack
Notes: Traveler: Konbanwa. Naito pakku wa arimasu ka.
Good evening. Do you have a night pack?
[good-evening. night-pack [topic] exists ?]
Staff: Hai, arimasu yo.
Yes, we do.
[yes, exists [yo]]
Staff: Kaiin kaado wa omochi desu ka.
Do you have a member card?
[member card [topic] (honorific) have ?]
Traveler: Iie, arimasen.
No, I don't.
[no, exists-not]
Staff: Kashikomarimashita. Pasupooto, onegaishimasu.
Certainly. Your passport, please. (the two-minute signup, on a tablet)
[understood (polite). passport, please]
Staff: Kitsuenseki to kinenseki, dochira ni nasaimasu ka.
Smoking or non-smoking? (script)
[smoking-seat and non-smoking-seat, which-one do (honorific) ?]
Traveler: Kinenseki, onegaishimasu.
Non-smoking, please.
[non-smoking-seat, please]
Staff: Hai. Juuni-ban desu. Douzo.
Certainly. Booth 12 — go ahead. (drinks are self-serve, down the hall)
[yes. twelve-number is. go-ahead]
Traveler: Arigatou gozaimasu.
Thank you.
[thank you (full polite form)]

MinicoreJapanese: Konbanwa. Naito pakku wa arimasu ka.
Native: こんばんは。ナイトパックはありますか。
English: Good evening. Do you have a night pack?
Literal: good-evening. night-pack [topic] exists ?

MinicoreJapanese: Hai, arimasu yo.
Native: はい、ありますよ。
English: Yes, we do.
Literal: yes, exists [yo]

MinicoreJapanese: Iie, arimasen.
Native: いいえ、ありません。
English: No, I don't.
Literal: no, exists-not

MinicoreJapanese: Kashikomarimashita. Pasupooto, onegaishimasu.
Native: かしこまりました。パスポート、お願いします。
English: Certainly. Your passport, please. (the two-minute signup, on a tablet)
Literal: understood (polite). passport, please

MinicoreJapanese: Hai. Juuni-ban desu. Douzo.
Native: はい。十二番です。どうぞ。
English: Certainly. Booth 12 — go ahead. (drinks are self-serve, down the hall)
Literal: yes. twelve-number is. go-ahead

MinicoreJapanese: Front-desk scripts
Notes: Staff: Kaiin kaado wa omochi desu ka.
Do you have a member card? → Lesson 3's point-card question in a new shirt: iie + a smile, and they may offer to make one (it's free and takes a minute)
[member card [topic] (honorific) have ?]
Staff: Kitsuenseki to kinenseki, dochira ni nasaimasu ka.
Smoking or non-smoking? → kinenseki, onegaishimasu — or point at the word on the board
[smoking-seat and non-smoking-seat, which-one do (honorific) ?]
Staff: Ojikan to narimashita.
Your time is up. → the booth phone or an announcement: gather your things and settle up at the counter
[honorable-time became (polite)]
Recognition only — you'll hear this; you never need to say it.