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So I was watching 女が階段を上る時 by Mikio Naruse late at night, and heard something
that sounded familiar. Alas, I fell asleep and returned the movie before
checking (yes there is still a rental store in my hood).

Anyway, in the movie a hostess from a rival club walks into a bar, and
receives the 『いらっしゃい！』greeting. However, I remember hearing her respond to the
greeting with another set phrase that sounded familiar yet was one I haven't
learned. Does anyone know if there is set response to 『いらっしゃい！』? I think I
might have heard it in another old movie before, but not irl.

Edit; the character say ごくろうさん, but this is not a phrase with a specific
relation to 『いらっしゃい！』. Thanks, all!
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set-phrases
Is there a set response to 『いらっしゃい！』?
I guess you could go with these standbys: 失礼します。 お邪魔します。 ご迷惑をおかけいたします。
ごぶさたいたしました。 // only if you know the マスタ and not seen him for awhile

If I am not with a native Japanese, I reply something like:
"入ってもよろしいですか？お忙しいですか？"

I have watched Tampopo (famous movie about ramen's place in Japanese culture)
several times, and the customers almost always just place their orders after
Tampopo says "いらっしゃいませ".
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As far as I know, there isn't a set response to いらっしゃい（ませ）. Usually people
don't say anything in response. You can politely acknowledge the person
welcoming you in a non-linguistic manner by smiling or nodding.

(I wanted to post いらっしゃいました as a joke answer, but fortunately I'm too mature
to do so ;-)
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1. If you are being greeted with an いらっしゃいませ, when entering a large shop, supermarket, bank etc., you are not expected to reply. If you feel you need to somehow acknowledge, a short nod would do.

  2. If you hear いらっしゃい, when entering someone's house, お邪魔します or 失礼します would be a standard answer. If you are entering a small shop and there are no other customer (so that the いらっしゃい(ませ) is addressed to you personally, you say something like 入ってもいいですか？ or まだやっていますか？. Of course, it is perfectly OK say the above phrases **before** being greeted.
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