Ordering
Role-play settings
| 1. I want to order food/drink. | I want to order food/drink. | 2. ただ今、お伺いいたします。… お待たせしました。ご注文お伺いします。 ▶️ | I’m coming now. … I’m sorry to have kept you waiting. I’ll take your order. |
| 3. 少々お待ちください。… お待たせしました。ご注文は、お決まりですか? ▶️ | Please wait a moment. … (Sorry) to have kept you waiting. Have you decided on your order? |
| 4. お待たせしました。どうぞ〜。 ▶️ | (Sorry) to have kept you waiting. Please [tell me what you’d like to order]. |
| 5. I want to ask about their recommendations. | I want to ask about their recommendations. |
| 6. Actually I want to order something else. | Actually I want to order something else. |
| 7. こちらは単品でよろしいですか? ▶️ | You want just this by itself? [Not the meal set?] |
| 8. すいません。今、ビール、切らしてまして。 ▶️ | Sorry. We’re out of beer right now. |
| 9. 申し訳ございません。こちら、今、売り切れてしまって。 ▶️ | I’m terribly sorry. This is sold out right now. |
| 10. お飲み物は、いつお持ちしましょうか? ▶️ | When should I bring your drink? |
| 11. お飲み物は、お先にお持ちしてよろしいでしょうか? ▶️ | Should I bring your drink before (the meal)? |
| 12. ご注文は、以上でよろしいですか? ▶️ | For your order, is this everything you’d like to order? |
| 13. 他に何かご注文は、ございますか? ▶️ | Is there anything else you’d like to order? |
| 14. はい、かしこまりました。ご注文の方、確認させていただきます。ラーメンがお1つとチャーハンがお1つ、それから、餃子が2つ。以上でお間違いないでしょうか? ▶️ | Yes, certainly. Let me confirm your order. One ramen, one fried rice, and two gyoza sets. Is this correct? |
| 1. Raise your hand or すいませーん! ▶️ | Excuse me! | 2, 3, 4. これで。 or これください。 ▶️ ▶️ | I’ll have this. or Can I have this? |
| これ1つとこれ2つで。 ▶️ | We’ll have one this and two this. |
| ※ 1つ one / 2つ two / 3つ three / 4つ four / 5つ five ▶️ | |
| これとこれ。それだけで。 ▶️ | I’ll have this and this. That’s all. |
| これの単品で。 or これの単品ください。 ▶️ ▶️ | I’ll have this, by itself. or Can I have this, by itself? |
| ※ 私も同じので。 or 私もラーメンで。 ▶️ ▶️ | I’ll have the same. or I’ll also have ramen. |
| 5. おすすめは、何かありますか? … じゃあ、それ1つ。 ▶️ | Do you have any recommendations?… Then, I”ll have that one. |
| ※ 〜は、どれがおすすめですか? ▶️ | For 〜, which do you recommend? |
| 6. あ、すいません、これじゃなくて、やっぱりこれで。 ▶️ | Oh, sorry, Not this. Actually, I’ll have this. |
| 7. はい、単品で。 / じゃあ、セットで。 or じゃあ、定食で。 ▶️ ▶️ ▶️ | Yeah, by itself. / Then, meal set, please. |
| 8, 9. じゃあ、コーラで。/ じゃあ、大丈夫です。それだけで。 ▶️ ▶️ | Then, I’ll have coke. / OK, I’m good then. That’s all. |
| 10, 11. 先で。 / 一緒で。 / 食後で。 / はい、先で。 ▶️ ▶️ ▶️ ▶️ | Before the meal. / With the meal. / After the meal. / Yeah, before the meal. |
| 12, 13. あ、はい、大丈夫です。それだけで。 ▶️ | Umm, yeah, that’s fine. That’s all. |
| 14. はい。 ▶️ | Yeah. |
| ※ すいません。もう一度言ってくれませんか? ▶️ | Sorry, could you say it once more? |
| ※ あ、日本語で大丈夫ですよ。 / あ、すいません。日本語、練習してるんで、日本語で話してもらえませんか? ▶️ ▶️ | Oh, Japanese is ok. / Oh, sorry. I’m studying Japanese. So, could you speak in Japanese? |