🇯🇵 How to say in Japanese

"I am just looking, thanks."

A natural Japanese way to politely turn down help in a shop. Avoid translating word-for-word — direct「ノー」would sound abrupt.

"I am just looking, thanks." Japanese

見ているだけです、ありがとうございます。

Mite iru dake desu, arigatō gozaimasu.

Polite — for shop staff.
Grammar
  • 見ている te-iru form of 見る — "looking" (continuous)
  • だけ limiting particle — "just / only"
  • です polite copula
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