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美味しそうです
looks tasty
~にします
will decide on (noun)
ことにします
decide to do something
~に~
and (noun 1+ noun 2, if as a set)
メニュー
menu
うどん
udon (wheat noodles)
肉うどん
wheat noodles with meat
ざるそば
cold buckwheat noodles
そば
buckwheat noodles; near
月見そば
buckwheat noodles with an egg
力そば
buckwheat noodles with mochi
ラーメン
rāmen
親子どんぶり
chicken and egg rice in a deep bowl
他人どんぶり
egg with beef or pork over rice in a deep bowl
うな丼
eel over rice in a deep bowl
海鮮丼
raw seafood over rice in a deep bowl
天丼
tempura over rice in a deep bowl
とんかつ
pork cutlet
カレーライス
curry and rice
スープカレー
soup curry (invented in Sapporo)
味噌汁
miso soup
焼き肉
grilled meat
焼き鳥
chicken on a skewer
握り寿司
sushi (on a bed of vinegared rice)
海苔巻き
sushi roll
巻き寿司
sushi in a rolled shape
ちらし寿司
scattered sushi
手巻き寿司
handroll sushi
押し寿司
pressed sushi
おにぎらず
rice sandwich (not pressed into a ball shape)
餃子
pot stickers
焼きそば
Japanese lo mein noodles
そうめん
thin wheat noodles eaten in summer
チップ
tips
テーブル
table
お勘定
bill; tab; check
レジ
cash register (machine or person)
大体
generally; almost; roughly
パーセント
percent
予約をします
to make a reservation
注文します
to order (something)
置きます
to place; to leave behind
払います
to pay
取り消します
to cancel
~なければなりません
you must do (action) ending
他人
stranger; others
たべてみます
I will taste (try and see for yourself how it is)
ご馳走します
to treat (a meal)
返します
to return (something)
一個
one (round/unidentifiable objects, informal)
割り勘にしましょう
let's split the bill
遠慮しないで下さい
please don't hesitate
ウェイター
waiter
ウェイトレス
waitress
こちら
here; this way; this one (polite form)
そちら
there; that way; that one (polite form)
あちら
over that way; that one over there (respectful)
どちら？
where?; which? (respectful)
いらっしゃいませ
welcome to our shop
どうぞ
here you go; please
こちらへ
this way please
ご注文は?
your order?
他に何か？
anything else?
それだけです
that is all
すみません
excuse me; I'm sorry
いただきます
thank you for the food (before meal)
ごちそうさま
to say after a meal; literally it was a feast
かしこまりました
certainly (said by a waiter/waitress)
メニューをどうぞ
here is a menu (said by a waiter/waitress)
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