Japanese restaurant vocabulary

All the words and phrases used in the game, grouped by topic. One read-through before you play makes it much easier to keep your combo.

The game menu

The last column shows each price read in kana. When a customer asks いくらですか, the answer options look exactly like this column.

ItemRomajiMeaningPricePrice reading
raamenramen800円はっぴゃくえん
sushisushi1,500円せんごひゃくえん
koohiicoffee300円さんびゃくえん
kareecurry750円ななひゃくごじゅうえん
biirubeer500円ごひゃくえん
tenpuratempura1,200円せんにひゃくえん
juusujuice250円にひゃくごじゅうえん
keekicake450円よんひゃくごじゅうえん

Counting things and people

Orders use the general counter for things (〜つ). When staff ask how many are in your group, count people instead. Mixing these up is the most common beginner mistake.

No.ThingsPeople
1 hitotsuひとり
2 futatsuふたり
3 mittsuさんにん
4 yottsuよにん
5 itsutsuごにん
6 muttsuろくにん
7 nanatsuななにん/しちにん
8 yattsuはちにん
9 kokonotsuきゅうにん
10 tooじゅうにん

Reading prices: hundreds and thousands

Highlighted readings change sound and need to be memorized: さんびゃく, ろっぴゃく, はっぴゃく, さんぜん, はっせん. Combine thousands, hundreds and tens in that order: 1,250 yen is せんにひゃくごじゅうえん.

No.HundredsNo.Thousands
100ひゃく1,000せん
200にひゃく2,000にせん
300さんびゃく3,000さんぜん
400よんひゃく4,000よんせん
500ごひゃく5,000ごせん
600ろっぴゃく6,000ろくせん
700ななひゃく7,000ななせん
800はっぴゃく8,000はっせん
900きゅうひゃく9,000きゅうせん

Customer phrases

JapaneseMeaning
Excuse me (to call staff)
The menu, please.
Which one is good?
What is this?
Two 〇〇, please.
One 〇〇, please.
Do you have 〇〇?
No, thank you.
(Said before eating)
It was delicious.
How much is it altogether?
(Said after eating / when leaving)

Staff phrases

JapaneseMeaning
Welcome.
How many people?
This way, please.
What would you like to order?
Anything to drink?
Sorry to keep you waiting.
That's 〇〇 yen altogether.
Thank you very much.

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