Volume 1 · Chapter 05

Food and Konbini

Order, pay, decline extras, and read the common labels.

Start with the places you will enter daily: convenience stores, cafes, ramen shops, and casual restaurants.

Pointing and ordering

This one, please.
I will eat in.
Takeout, please.
I do not need a bag.
Would you like it heated?
Yes, please.
No thanks / it is okay, depending on context.

is the safest first ordering pattern. Point, say it, and let the clerk do the rest. For menus, use item + counter +

One ramen, please.
Two waters, please.
This and this, please.

Food words and labels

水 みず water お茶 おちゃ tea 弁当 べんとう boxed meal 無料 むりょう free of charge 会計 かいけい bill / checkout 注文 ちゅうもん order 牛乳 ぎゅうにゅう milk 卵 たまご egg 肉 にく meat 魚 さかな fish 辛い からい spicy 甘い あまい sweet

Clerk questions

You will often be answering questions, not producing full sentences. Learn the questions as audio chunks.

Will you use a bag?
Would you like it heated?
Do you have a point card?
How will you pay?
For here or to go?

Good short answers:

Yes, please.
No, I am okay.
By card, please.
By cash, please.
For here, please.

Restaurant flow

Two people.
Menu, please.
What do you recommend?
May I order?
Bill, please.

Dietary repair

If you have a restriction, keep the sentence short. Do not explain too much unless asked.

I cannot eat meat.
Does it contain egg?
Do you have something not spicy?
I have an allergy.

Rehearsal

Randomized practice

Food and Store Practice

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  1. Say it

    Ask for this one.