Note: 単品(=tanpin) literally means “single item” Note: They add お(=o) in front of the number to sound more polite. = One cheeseburger and one filet-o-fish please. = Chiizu bagaa hitotsu to fireofisshu hitotsu (onegai shimasu.) * 2 pieces = 2個 = niko / 二つ / 2つ= futatsu I will teach you the most general counters here. If the menu list at the counter has all the pictures of food and prices, even if you don’t speak Japanese well, you can just point at the picture of the food you like and say これ( = kore), this one, and add お願いします。( = onegai shimasu.), please.Ĭounters in Japanese are a bit complicated and change depending on the item, it’s shape, size, etc. Note: こちら(= kochira) means “here” and it is a polite way to say ここ(= koko) “here”Īlso あちら(= achira) is a polite way to say あっち( = acchi) / あそこ(= asoko) “over there” = Kochira de gochuumon wo oukagai itashimasu. = (Literal meaning) I will take your order now. = (Sore de wa) gochuumon wo oukagai itashimasu. = (Literally) Are you going to eat in the store? = (Literal meaning) Are you going to eat here? When you order food at a counter, they’ll first ask you = (Literal meaning) We are sorry to have kept you waiting = Achira no retsu ni onarabi itadakemasu deshouka? = We are very sorry, but we are taking the orders in order. = (Literal meaning) The next person who has been waiting please go ahead and order. If there is a long line at a counter, they will call you I’ve included a lot of phrases that you may hear at a typical fast food restaurant.Īt a regular American style fast food restaurants.
You may think you don’t need so much Japanese at a fast food restaurant.īut I think you’ll find it useful and you’ll know what you are being asked and how to order what you want. Today’s lesson is about ordering food at fast food restaurants.Ī few people have been asking for me to make a lesson about fast food restaurants for a while, and I finally found some time to work on it.