Zero Level Japanese at the Restaurant

Hi, I'm Kaname. In this video, I'm going to teach you expressions you can use in restaurants in Japan. You can learn these expressions even if you don't speak Japanese at all. If you have planned to visit Japan, I think this video will come in handy. Okay, let's get started. When you enter a Japanese restaurant or izakaya bar or other places, Irasshaimase means welcome. When they say irasshaimase, you don't need to reply to them. But if you feel bad about not saying anything to their greeting, you can do Eishaku. Eishaku means bowing slightly like this. And when you bow, you can smile if you can. So they say irasshaimase and you're entering and they will ask you how many people do you have. You can say hitori desu, futari desu, san nin desu. But if you don't know how to say that in Japanese, you can use English. Most of Japanese people know English numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10. So you can say 5 desu, 6 desu. Ending a sentence with desu shows politeness. And you can say something desu to say the number. 5 desu, 6 desu, 7 desu. In some situations, you might need to wait. They might say to you, And you have no idea what they're saying. In this situation, maybe you want to say, oh sorry, I don't speak Japanese. I don't understand what you just said. But in this situation, in Japanese, you don't even need to speak. You just make a face that you don't understand. 30 minutes wait, okay? If you are willing to wait, you say machimasu. And if you are not willing to wait, and if you want to leave there, then you say, This daijoubu is very useful. So if you are visiting Japan, I recommend you to remember this word. If you want to say, no thanks, I'm fine. You say, daijoubu desu, okay? And then you take a seat, and they will bring a glass of water. And when they give you the water, you might want to say, thanks. And one way to say thank you is, arigatou gozaimasu. But it's long. Yes, this phrase is just too long just to say thanks for the waiter who brings, who gives you the water. So there's another shorter, easier way to say this like thank you in Japanese, which is, domo. Domo means thank you, and it's short and easy to say. And when you say domo, you can do eishaku at the same time. And now you want to order food, but the problem is, you might not be able to understand what's on the menu. Here is one phrase very useful. Osusume. Osusume means recommendation. And here's another phrase which is very useful. Arimasu ka? Arimasu ka means, do you have something? You can use this phrase in many situations. Toire, arimasu ka? Beeru, arimasu ka? Kouri, arimasu ka? And you can say to them, osusume arimasu ka? To ask them if they have any recommendation. And if they do have some recommendation, like they will say something like, touten no osusume wa touten jiman no mamushi ramen desu. I know you don't understand what they're saying, but don't worry. Just eat whatever they recommend you. So you say, jaa, sorede. To order what they recommend you. Suimasen, osusume arimasu ka? Touten no osusume wa mamushi ramen desu. Okay, jaa, sorede. And if you are picky about food, or if they don't have any recommendation, then you need to choose food by yourself. In this situation, you can ask them, Eigo menu arimasu ka? Here, I used arimasu ka again, do you have, and Eigo menu means English menu. So you can ask them, Eigo menu arimasu ka? To see if they have English menu or not. And if they don't have English menu, then you have to rely on translation tool. And you decided what to order, you want to say, I want this and that. Then you can use this structure. You point your finger at the stuff you want to eat, and you say, kore. Kore is this. Okay, kore. And add, kudasai. Kudasai means please give me. So you can say, kore kudasai to order food. And if you have multiple items you want to order, you connect kore using the particle to. Like, kore to kore to kore to kore kudasai. Like this. And when you order stuff, they might ask you question like, large saizu to medium saizu to small saizu ga arimasu ga dochira ni nasaemasu ka? I guess you understand what they are saying. Because they are saying large size, medium size, small size, right? And in this situation, you want to pick one of the options. Here, you can use the particle de to pick the one you like. Large size de. And if you want to sound more polite, you add onegaishimasu after de. Medium size de onegaishimasu. Then it sounds more polite. Onegaishimasu is like please. So if you want to say, take out please, you can say, take out onegaishimasu. You can also say, desaato onegaishimasu. Okaikei onegaishimasu. It's useful, right? And this kudasai also comes in handy. Omizu kudasai. Ocha kudasai. Kouhi kudasai. Nihonshu kudasai. To order stuff. And when you want to specify the number you want, like, I want three beer. So, how can you specify the number? You can use English. You say the number before kudasai. Beer three kudasai. Nihonshu nine kudasai. I think they will understand what you mean. And when you want to pay the bill, you say, okaikei onegaishimasu. And they might ask you, oshiharai wa? Or, oshiharai wa dou shimasu ka? Here, you can also use de to pick the option. Genkin de. Kurejitto kaado de. Denshimane de. To pick an option. And if you want to sound more polite, add onegaishimasu after that. Kurejitto kaado de onegaishimasu. And when you are getting out of the restaurant, they might say, arigatou gozaimasu. Mata okoshi kudasai. And if you don't want to ignore them, you can do, esyaku. And if you think esyaku is not enough, you can say, doumo while esyaku ends. Or if you want to give them some nice words, you can say, oishikatta desu. Mata kimasu. I think many people will be happy to hear that. Arigatou gozaimashita. Mata okoshi kudasai. Oishikatta desu. Mata kimasu. Or if you want to annoy them, you can do yakuza greeting. You know, esyaku is like this. You slightly lower the head. But yakuza greeting is like this. And you say, arigatou gozaimashita like a yakuza. Arigatou gozaimashita. I think they will get annoyed. Arigatou gozaimashita. Mata okoshi kudasai. Arigatou gozaimashita. Oryakusan suimasen. Okao agete kudasai. Hontou ni arigatou gozaimashita. Oryakusan suimasen. Okao age kudasai. Kono goon, isshou wasuremasen. Arigatou gozaimashita. Omae ii kara hayaku ikuzo kora oi. Suimasen ne koitsu.