Asking for the Bill (お会計 / お勘定 - Okaikei / Okanjō)
The essential phrases to request your restaurant bill. In Japan, you usually take the paper order slip from your table to the front cash register to pay.
Originating from merchant accounts and counting, both words evolved into polite phrases to request the bill before leaving a store.
Attract a waiter's attention and say 'Okaikei onegai shimasu'. Then take the paper slip from your table to the register at the entrance.
When you want to request your bill, what is the smartest phrase to say to restaurant staff?