Title: MiniCore Japanese-EN / Booster: Dietary Restrictions — Vegetarian, Vegan & Halal
Tags: MinicoreJapanese-EN booster-dietary sentence vocab dialog-line recognition dialog

MinicoreJapanese: Bejitarian desu.
Native: ベジタリアンです。
English: I'm vegetarian.
Literal: vegetarian is
Notes: bejitarian — vegetarian. Understood everywhere, interpreted loosely — which is why the sentences below follow it.

MinicoreJapanese: Niku to sakana o tabemasen.
Native: 肉と魚を食べません。
English: I don't eat meat or fish.
Literal: meat and fish [obj] eat-not
Notes: The core declaration — Lesson 5's niku and sakana, Lesson 2's to, Lesson 8's tabemasen. Say it right after Bejitarian desu and the loose interpretation tightens.

MinicoreJapanese: Toriniku mo tabemasen.
Native: 鶏肉も食べません。
English: I don't eat chicken either.
Literal: chicken also eat-not
Notes: toriniku — chicken. The word that closes the loophole: naming it separately isn't fussy, it's how the kitchen actually hears you.

MinicoreJapanese: Biigan desu.
Native: ビーガンです。
English: I'm vegan.
Literal: vegan is
Notes: biigan — vegan. Newer word, known in cities; pair it with the explicit list below rather than trusting it alone.

MinicoreJapanese: Gyuunyuu mo dame desu.
Native: 牛乳もだめです。
English: Milk is also no good (for me).
Literal: milk also no-good is
Notes: Lesson 1's dame carrying the dairy line — chain tamago mo dame desu after it and the vegan picture is complete.

MinicoreJapanese: Butaniku o tabemasen.
Native: 豚肉を食べません。
English: I don't eat pork.
Literal: pork [obj] eat-not
Notes: butaniku — pork, the halal traveler's first declaration. Pork hides in ramen broth, gyoza, and curry roux — the dish-check below applies.

MinicoreJapanese: Arukooru o nomimasen.
Native: アルコールを飲みません。
English: I don't drink alcohol.
Literal: alcohol [obj] drink-not
Notes: arukooru — alcohol, and the second halal declaration (also just true for plenty of travelers — nobody blinks).

MinicoreJapanese: Ebi arerugii desu.
Native: えびアレルギーです。
English: I have a shrimp allergy.
Literal: shrimp allergy is
Notes: ebi — shrimp, one of Japan's most common allergens. Lesson 8's allergy pattern with a new word in the slot — any allergen works the same way.

MinicoreJapanese: Yasai no ryouri wa arimasu ka.
Native: 野菜の料理はありますか。
English: Do you have vegetable dishes?
Literal: vegetable [of] dish [topic] exists ?
Notes: ryouri — a dish, cooking, cuisine. Lesson 2's no gluing it to any food word you own.

MinicoreJapanese: Hararu no ryouri wa arimasu ka.
Native: ハラルの料理はありますか。
English: Do you have halal dishes?
Literal: halal [of] dish [topic] exists ?
Notes: hararu — halal. The certification signage uses this same katakana word — readable on sight if you took the Katakana skill, and recognizable by shape even if you didn't.

MinicoreJapanese: Bejitarian desu. Kore wa daijoubu desu ka.
Native: ベジタリアンです。これは大丈夫ですか。
English: I'm vegetarian — is this one okay? (pointing at the menu item)
Literal: vegetarian is. this [topic] okay is ?
Notes: Lesson 8's dish-check wearing this pack's declaration. Same listening rule as the allergy version: the answer you want is a clear daijoubu desu — anything hesitant means pick something else.

MinicoreJapanese: Dashi mo dame desu.
Native: だしもだめです。
English: Dashi is also no good (for me).
Literal: dashi also no-good is
Notes: dashi — the fish-based stock in miso soup, most broths, simmered dishes, and many sauces. This sentence is what separates "mostly vegetarian" from "actually vegetarian" in a Japanese kitchen — say it and they know exactly what you mean. (Kombu dashi, made from kelp, is the vegan-safe cousin.)

MinicoreJapanese: Tamago wa daijoubu desu.
Native: たまごは大丈夫です。
English: Eggs are fine (for me).
Literal: egg [topic] okay is
Notes: The positive declaration — telling the kitchen what you can eat unblocks more dishes than any prohibition. Ovo-vegetarians, this sentence is your best friend.

MinicoreJapanese: bejitarian
Native: ベジタリアン
English: vegetarian
Notes: Bejitarian desu.

MinicoreJapanese: biigan
Native: ビーガン
English: vegan
Notes: Biigan desu.

MinicoreJapanese: dashi
Native: だし
English: fish-based stock
Notes: the invisible ingredient — Dashi mo dame desu.

MinicoreJapanese: ryouri
Native: 料理
English: dish, cuisine
Notes: Yasai no ryouri wa arimasu ka.

MinicoreJapanese: toriniku
Native: 鶏肉
English: chicken (meat)
Notes: name it separately — Toriniku mo tabemasen.

MinicoreJapanese: butaniku
Native: 豚肉
English: pork
Notes: Butaniku o tabemasen.

MinicoreJapanese: arukooru
Native: アルコール
English: alcohol
Notes: Arukooru o nomimasen.

MinicoreJapanese: hararu
Native: ハラル
English: halal
Notes: Hararu no ryouri wa arimasu ka.

MinicoreJapanese: shoujin ryouri
Native: 精進料理
English: Buddhist temple cuisine
Notes: the vegetarian happy path — Kyoto, Koyasan

MinicoreJapanese: ebi
Native: えび
English: shrimp
Notes: promoted from the open-noun wilds

MinicoreJapanese: gyuunyuu
Native: 牛乳
English: milk
Notes: the post-bath bottle — participate

MinicoreJapanese: Dashi ga haitte imasu.
Native: だしが入っています。
English: It has dashi in it — fish stock. → the honest no; order something else, and be glad they told you
Literal: dashi [ga] contained-is
Notes: order something else
Recognition only — you'll hear this; you never need to say it.

MinicoreJapanese: Niku nashi de dekimasu yo.
Native: 肉なしでできますよ。
English: We can make it without meat! → the happy answer — say Onegaishimasu
Literal: meat without-by can-do [emphasis]
Notes: Onegaishimasu!
Recognition only — you'll hear this; you never need to say it.

MinicoreJapanese: Bejitarian menyuu ga gozaimasu.
Native: ベジタリアンメニューがございます。
English: We have a vegetarian menu. → ask for it: Onegaishimasu
Literal: vegetarian menu [ga] exists (polite)
Notes: ask for it, relax
Recognition only — you'll hear this; you never need to say it.

MinicoreJapanese: The declaration
Notes: Traveler: Sumimasen. Bejitarian desu. Niku to sakana o tabemasen.
Excuse me. I'm vegetarian — I don't eat meat or fish.
[excuse-me. vegetarian is. meat and fish [obj] eat-not]
Staff: Kashikomarimashita. Dashi wa daijoubu desu ka.
Certainly. Is dashi okay?
[certainly. dashi [topic] okay is ?]
Traveler: Dashi mo dame desu.
Dashi is also no good.
[dashi also no-good is]
Staff: Wakarimashita. Kono yasai no ryouri wa, niku nashi de dekimasu yo.
Understood. This vegetable dish — we can make it without meat.
[understood. this vegetable [of] dish [topic], meat without-by can-do [emphasis]]
Traveler: Ja, sore, onegaishimasu.
Then that one, please.
[well-then, that-one, please]
Staff: Hai, shou-shou omachi kudasai.
Certainly — one moment, please.
[yes, a-little wait-please (polite)]

MinicoreJapanese: Sumimasen. Bejitarian desu. Niku to sakana o tabemasen.
Native: すみません。ベジタリアンです。肉と魚を食べません。
English: Excuse me. I'm vegetarian — I don't eat meat or fish.
Literal: excuse-me. vegetarian is. meat and fish [obj] eat-not

MinicoreJapanese: Kashikomarimashita. Dashi wa daijoubu desu ka.
Native: かしこまりました。だしは大丈夫ですか。
English: Certainly. Is dashi okay?
Literal: certainly. dashi [topic] okay is ?

MinicoreJapanese: Wakarimashita. Kono yasai no ryouri wa, niku nashi de dekimasu yo.
Native: わかりました。この野菜の料理は、肉なしでできますよ。
English: Understood. This vegetable dish — we can make it without meat.
Literal: understood. this vegetable [of] dish [topic], meat without-by can-do [emphasis]

MinicoreJapanese: Ja, sore, onegaishimasu.
Native: じゃ、それ、お願いします。
English: Then that one, please.
Literal: well-then, that-one, please

MinicoreJapanese: Hai, shou-shou omachi kudasai.
Native: はい、少々お待ちください。
English: Certainly — one moment, please.
Literal: yes, a-little wait-please (polite)

MinicoreJapanese: Kitchen scripts
Notes: Staff: Dashi ga haitte imasu.
It has dashi in it — fish stock. → the honest no; order something else, and be glad they told you
[dashi [ga] contained-is]
Staff: Niku nashi de dekimasu yo.
We can make it without meat! → the happy answer — say Onegaishimasu
[meat without-by can-do [emphasis]]
Staff: Bejitarian menyuu ga gozaimasu.
We have a vegetarian menu. → ask for it: Onegaishimasu
[vegetarian menu [ga] exists (polite)]
Recognition only — you'll hear this; you never need to say it.