How to Order Food at a Restaurant in Japanese + Business Speech / Polite Language (Keigo)

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This time we'll learn everything you need when eating out at a restaurant.
We'll learn what to say to order food, pay the bill, ask for the smoking / non-smoking area, ask for a vegetarian menu (and more!!) while learning the grammar.
Waiters use "business" speech (keigo - the polite language) so we'll also take a look at the grammar.
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Being in one of the resturants in Japan, I have heard this and definitely came here for a recap. Thank you for your support!

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This is incredibly handy. Often books or guides will teach you how to order things, but then the staff will reply something in Japanese and you have no idea what they said and then it gets awkward and confusing and you have to go back to English. Super helpful that you went through what they are likely to say. Thanks Misa!

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When go to the restaurant, the stuff always speaks extreamly fast. I can't catch any words except "de shou ka?" LOL

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Haha. Same here But I try to just catch the key word of the sentence. In convenience store. like ポイントカード(point card). bukuro (plastic bag). In restaurant, like サイス(size) 飲み物(drink) etc Then I could get what that mean, even I didn’t understand the rest of the sentence

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Just nod along until you hear "ka?" I remember when I went to Japan for the first time and kept asking the waitress, what did you say, made her super nervous, then realized she was just doing her job of being polite.

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I have no idea how I got here but I watched a video for 48 minutes and I'm now an expert at going to restaurants in Japan

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Great video! I was in Tokyo on business and thought I learned the basic vocabulary for going to a restaurant, and then they said all those words you described - and I was lost. Genki textbook really doesn't explain the politeness levels. Thank you sooo much.

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Thanks for this lesson Misa sensei! Next year I'm visiting Japan again with a group of 8 friends, and we have vegetarians in it and alergics too. The first time we struggled a lot to order food without some ingredients. 本当にありがとう

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Thank you, this video is super helpful. When we traveled to Japan in 2020, I had only learned the informal and formal masu form versions for convention. It was so much harder because while I was able to communicate with employees, I couldn't understand their responses...

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It's very helpful you tell what the staff says too because I work in a teahouse and we get some japanese quests too, so I want to know what to say to make them feel more welcome, even tho I am not very fluent yet :D また新しいビデオをありがとうございます、みさ先生！

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Thank you for your hardwork!👌