In the 17th episode of Tenchi Muyo: GXP, Amane, Kiriko, and Ryoko spend a day working in a grocery store, for reasons not worth going into. They also stand in front of the store at one point and greet customers. Suddenly I jerked awake and thought, what in hell are they saying? Sounded to me like irasshai masen. Which would mean, "I'm trying to be polite here, but you ain't welcome." Curious thing to say to a potential customer.

A quick bit of dipping into the dictionary cleared me up. They're saying irasshaimase which is a stock phrase used at stores, and it's a stylized way of saying "Welcome". It doesn't mean "welcome, NOT!"

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