in this video I'm gonna share with you
guys some must know Japanese phrases
when eating at a Japanese restaurant so
as you guys know I'm always doing
Japanese food videos for my channel and
often I get as in the comments section
but how do i order at a restaurant or
how do I say this in Japanese so I'm
gonna do in this video as break down all
of the Japanese phrases you need to know
when you first enter the Japanese
restaurant when you're sitting down and
when you're leaving and don't worry I'm
gonna try to keep it as simple as
possible I'm gonna shorten some of the
Japanese so it's easy to remember making
it super easy for you to get the food
you want how to Japanese restaurant but
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number one how many people so when you
first enter a Japanese restaurant the
first thing they're gonna ask you is how
many people in your party or your group
but you might not know what that sounds
like so here it is they'll say and not
make someone disco or none in Disco and
the easiest way to answer this is you
don't even need any Japanese phrases so
you can just signal with your hand at 1
2 3 or however many people you
in your group simple right but to make
this as a fan thick as possible let's
get a real Japanese person to help us
and who better to ask other than Mike oh
hey you know Sunday night mass so
Michael how do you say how many Japanese
people number two do you accept credit
cards now Japan is still very much a
cash based society especially when it
comes to mom-and-pop shops so if you're
planning to use a credit card then you
should definitely ask if they accept
credit cards so you say it like this guy
my car kind of famous ah card Oh means a
credit card and sky Muska is cannot use
and if you want to keep it really simple
you can just say card oh okay
and they'll probably understand what
you're asking number three do you have
an English menu now you can use this
phrase when you're first entering the
restaurant or when you sit down more
than likely they won't have an English
menu but it doesn't hurt to ask
so you say it like this a menu item a
ska eagle menu la además ha a woman you
are in my car so I go means English menu
means menu and Adi Muscat means do you
have number four you serve vegetarian
food do you serve vegan food or do you
serve halal food so I know some of you
have some strict diet so I wanted to
include this for you guys so you say it
like this
vegetarian thioester Mosca vegetarian
day or stem hasta vegetarian Thai or
famous car tayo means accommodate so
when you're asking coyote Muscat means
do you accommodate for for a different
diet just replace vegetarian would say
vegan or hello be Hana also something
worth noting about vegans and
vegetarians or halal food it's something
that's still quite rare in Japan so if a
restaurant does accommodate for this
type of diet
then more than likely they're gonna have
a sign at the front of the restaurant or
at the least on the menu so basically if
you don't see a sign then more than
likely they're not gonna have it and if
you ask them personally and they give
you kind of like a blank stare and they
probably don't even know that that diet
exists so just be aware of that number
five this place now if you're lucky some
restaurants have pictures on the menu
which makes it super simple or sometimes
they even have plastic models in front
of the restaurant
in this case you can just point to what
you want and you don't even need to use
Japanese but if you want to know how to
say this please here's how you say it
what if it I was like hold it CUDA site
coordinate oxide number six what's
your recommendation now this is a simple
trick that I use sometimes when there's
just way too much Japanese on the menu I
just asked what's your recommendation
and order that this is how you say it
ah-meh-mah none this car just a man on
this car so assume a means
recommendation you can even simplify it
by just saying or Susur made what when
you raise your intonation like that it's
kind of like a question mark so if you
say oh Sol semilla they know it's a
question number seven how much does this
cost we all want our another price right
this is how you say it well you couldn't
ask our boy Crudup this car we're gonna
thaw so you say Oh could a desk uh but
oh it's kind of like an honorific so if
you want a really really shortened you
can just say you could a desk up or if
you want to get it really really short
you can just say you could uh and just
raise your intonation at the end but
just a fair warning it does sound a
little bit rude when you shorten it this
much they'll get what you're saying but
when you're shortening all your phrases
you do sometimes sound a little bit rude
number eight I have a shrimp allergy so
I know some of you have allergies and so
I wanted to include this raised
especially for you I do get this I don't
get this so basically all you have to
say is what you are allergic to and then
added
this at the end of it simple a br a
beauty this may be our energy this if
you are gonna be this and if you wanted
to play strength with egg didn't you
just say
tamago how to dougie this and if I
didn't cover your specific allergy and
all you have to do is look it up in the
dictionary and plop it into the phrase
so the thing is in Japan people don't
know what allergy means so to say that
in Japanese you have to say a de Pombal
are a rookie be not to a red okey good
at them Haruki
number nine is there meat in this quote
it - Mosca quote it - my god
this is kind of similar to the allergy
but if people don't have an allergy and
they just don't want to simply eat
something then this is how you say it
put it you could hide in my scar put it
you could hide in my scar put it you
could hide them a scar so we use
whatever you don't actually need to say
it you can just leave that out and you
can just say you could hide the musca we
could hide in my scar
Nicodemus car number 10 police take this
out now if you see something on the menu
that you want to eat but you don't like
one of the ingredients then you can ask
to see if you can get it removed more
than likely they're gonna say no or
they're not gonna want to remove it but
just wanted to tell you guys that sprays
just in case let's use shrimp as our
example AP nothing to do no guys from us
a beat
none see their own and I see mass baby
Nancy down their guard CMOS so basically
mushy means none or zero so when you say
a B which means shrimp and you say mushy
right next to it he mean zero shrimp
no shrimp and then only guy she must at
the end just makes it more polite again
you can make it shorter by not having
the honey guy she must at the end every
night she a little rude
but they'll understand what you're
talking about number 11 is this spicy
now I love spicy food and I know you
guys love spicy food from watching my
videos so I definitely had to include
this phrase can I discuss kawaii this
car car I guess car so the word car I
means spicy so if you ever see this
anywhere on the menu then you know that
that dish is gonna be spicy garlicky
Mosca color Tiki mask ah how could I
keep my car
Proctor Dickey mascot means can you make
it spicy
Vickie muscadines are you able to do it
or can you make it number 12
can I have some water or even better can
I have some beer
well means a good outside well me the
kudasai me to the nose I so basically a
mizu
means water the kudasai means please so
all you're saying is water please and
the same thing goes for beer beer and
Japanese is actually beat it and when
you say Beauty kudasai it means beer
please because I'd be dude site
eaten as I number 13
excuse me so well you'll find in a lot
of Pisa kaya restaurants in Japan and
sushi restaurants or whatever so when
you're at the table it's actually
customary to calm the server by yelling
at them saying excuse me sometimes they
will have bells that you can press and
they'll come for you but sometimes they
won't actually come to your table unless
you yell out excuse me at which point
they will come you just need to know how
to say it or else they may never come to
your table here's how you say excuse me
in Japanese
Masum sumimasen for some reason I have
like a really quiet voice every time I
say soon listen no one ever hears me and
I have to yell it so many times my co
just says it once and they come so I
don't know I think you really need to
have a higher pitched voice for them to
hear you
number 14 check please so when you're
finally leaving the restaurant you're
gonna want to get the check so depending
on the store you're gonna have to
sometimes ask for the check while other
times you can just go pay at the
register no in the case where you
actually need to ask for the check this
is how you say guys so Chi k means bill
and all you guys she must means please
so bill please simple right
number 15 thank you for the meal so it's
actually customary when you're leaving
the restaurant or you're finishing your
meal to say thank you for the meal so
when they finish their meal or they're
walking out of the restaurant you'll
hear them say this is goaty sauce on my
this is in fact you also hear this when
people finish up their meals essentially
it's just a sign telling people that
you're leaving and also just kind of a
kind way to say thank you for the meal
all right so those are my Japanese
phrases to help you get through your
first experience and a Japanese
restaurant if I miss any phrases that
you'd like to know then definitely leave
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