Title: MiniCore Japanese-EN / Lesson 5
Tags: MinicoreJapanese-EN lesson-05 sentence vocab dialog-line recognition dialog

MinicoreJapanese: Sumimasen!
Native: すみません！
English: Excuse me! (calling out to get attention)
Literal: excuse-me!

MinicoreJapanese: Resutoran wa arimasu ka.
Native: レストランはありますか。
English: Is there a restaurant (here / nearby)?
Literal: restaurant [topic] exists ?

MinicoreJapanese: Kore wa nan desu ka.
Native: これは何ですか。
English: What is this?
Literal: this [topic] what is ?

MinicoreJapanese: Kore o kudasai.
Native: これをください。
English: I'll take this, please.
Literal: this [obj] please-give

MinicoreJapanese: Iie, daijoubu desu.
Native: いいえ、大丈夫です。
English: No, thank you — I'm fine.
Literal: no, I'm-fine

MinicoreJapanese: Toire wa doko desu ka.
Native: トイレはどこですか。
English: Where is the toilet?
Literal: toilet [topic] where is ?

MinicoreJapanese: Mizu ga hoshii desu.
Native: みずがほしいです。
English: I want water.
Literal: water [ga] wanted is
Notes: mizu — water. (In restaurants it's free — see "How to behave.")

MinicoreJapanese: Ocha ga hoshii desu.
Native: お茶がほしいです。
English: I want tea.
Literal: tea [ga] wanted is
Notes: ocha — (green) tea. Also usually free.

MinicoreJapanese: Gohan ga hoshii desu.
Native: ごはんがほしいです。
English: I want food. / I'm hungry.
Literal: rice/meal [ga] wanted is
Notes: gohan — rice, and by extension a meal. This sentence is the traveler's "I'm hungry."

MinicoreJapanese: Mizu, onegaishimasu.
Native: みず、お願いします。
English: Water, please. (to staff)
Literal: water, please
Notes: And the register rule in action: the want was for your companion; the request — to staff — rides on Lesson 1's onegaishimasu.

MinicoreJapanese: Tabemasu.
Native: 食べます。
English: I('ll) eat.
Literal: eat-[polite]
Notes: tabemasu — eat.

MinicoreJapanese: Nomimasu.
Native: 飲みます。
English: I('ll) drink.
Literal: drink-[polite]
Notes: nomimasu — drink. Now the frame: swap -masu for -tai desu and the verb becomes a want.

MinicoreJapanese: Tabetai desu.
Native: 食べたいです。
English: I want to eat.
Literal: eat-want is
Notes: tabemasu → tabetai desu. One swap, no exceptions. (Nomitai desu works identically, and ikitai — "want to go" — arrives with its verb in Lesson 6.)

MinicoreJapanese: Sushi ga tabetai desu.
Native: すしが食べたいです。
English: I want to eat sushi.
Literal: sushi [ga] eat-want is
Notes: sushi — you know this word; now it's officially yours. ga marks the target of the want, same as with hoshii.

MinicoreJapanese: Biiru wa arimasu ka.
Native: ビールはありますか。
English: Do you have beer?
Literal: beer [topic] exists ?
Notes: biiru — beer (mind the long vowel — Lesson 0's building/beer pair). The recycle: your want to drink becomes Lesson 4's frame when you're actually asking the shop.

MinicoreJapanese: Kore ga ii desu.
Native: これがいいです。
English: I'll go with this one.
Literal: this [ga] good is
Notes: Choosing from a menu, a shelf, a set of options someone laid out.

MinicoreJapanese: Sakana ga ii desu.
Native: さかながいいです。
English: I'll have the fish.
Literal: fish [ga] good is
Notes: sakana — fish.

MinicoreJapanese: Ocha ga ii desu.
Native: お茶がいいです。
English: Tea is fine (then). / I'll switch to tea.
Literal: tea [ga] good is
Notes: The sold-out recovery: when your first choice fails, name a second with ga ii desu. (Watch it save dinner in the dialog.) ii's antonym is warui — bad — mostly for weather and luck; you'll rarely need it about food.

MinicoreJapanese: Koohii onegaishimasu.
Native: コーヒーお願いします。
English: A coffee, please.
Literal: coffee please
Notes: koohii — coffee (two long vowels, as drilled in Lesson 0). The entire cafe transaction.

MinicoreJapanese: Kore, onegaishimasu.
Native: これ、お願いします。
English: This, please. (pointing)
Literal: this, please
Notes: Old friend from Lesson 2 — it was this frame all along. (Destinations — "to the station, please" — join in Lesson 6.)

MinicoreJapanese: Koohii wa dou desu ka.
Native: コーヒーはどうですか。
English: How about coffee? (offering)
Literal: coffee [topic] how is ?
Notes: This is how you ask someone what they want — offer a thing, let them accept or decline. (Hai, onegaishimasu. / Iie, daijoubu desu. — the Lesson 1 pair answers it perfectly.)

MinicoreJapanese: Dou desu ka.
Native: どうですか。
English: How is it? (the food, the room, the day)
Literal: how is ?
Notes: Bare, it asks for an opinion of whatever's in front of you.

MinicoreJapanese: Oishii desu.
Native: おいしいです。
English: It's delicious!
Literal: delicious is
Notes: oishii — delicious — the answer you'll give most, and the single best word to say to anyone who feeds you. (Its antonym mazui — tastes bad — exists for your ears; saying it about food someone served you is a small act of war.)

MinicoreJapanese: Ramen wa dou desu ka.
Native: ラーメンはどうですか。
English: How about ramen (tonight)?
Literal: ramen [topic] how is ?
Notes: ramen — from Lesson 0's rhythm drills to tonight's dinner proposal.

MinicoreJapanese: Pan to tamago o kudasai.
Native: パンとたまごをください。
English: Bread and eggs, please.
Literal: bread and egg [obj] please-give
Notes: to — and (between nouns only). pan — bread; tamago — egg (your Lesson 0 metronome word, finally on a plate). Chain as many as you like: X to Y to Z o kudasai.

MinicoreJapanese: Kore mo kudasai.
Native: これもください。
English: This one too, please.
Literal: this also please-give
Notes: mo — also/too. It replaces wa or o: kore mo, never "kore o mo."

MinicoreJapanese: Biiru mo onegaishimasu.
Native: ビールもお願いします。
English: A beer as well, please.
Literal: beer also please
Notes: mo rides any request frame. Order, remember one more thing, mo it on.

MinicoreJapanese: Niku to yasai o kudasai.
Native: にくと野菜をください。
English: Meat and vegetables, please.
Literal: meat and vegetable [obj] please-give
Notes: niku — meat; yasai — vegetables. With to, mo, and pointing, a table of four is no harder than ordering for one.

MinicoreJapanese: Kudamono wa arimasu ka.
Native: 果物はありますか。
English: Do you have fruit?
Literal: fruit [topic] exists ?
Notes: kudamono — fruit (famously beautiful and famously pricey in Japan).

MinicoreJapanese: Kore o kaimasu.
Native: これを買います。
English: I'll buy this.
Literal: this [obj] buy-[polite]
Notes: kaimasu — buy — verb number five, same -masu shape as always.

MinicoreJapanese: Menyuu o mimasu.
Native: メニューを見ます。
English: I'll look at the menu.
Literal: menu [obj] look-[polite]
Notes: mimasu — see/look at — and menyuu — menu. (Mimasu is the polite living form of the miru frozen inside Lesson 3's miru dake desu.)

MinicoreJapanese: Sushi wa ikura desu ka.
Native: すしはいくらですか。
English: How much is the sushi?
Literal: sushi [topic] how-much is ?
Notes: Lesson 3's price frame, tonight's menu.

MinicoreJapanese: Mizu wa daijoubu desu.
Native: みずは大丈夫です。
English: I'm fine for water, thanks. (declining a refill)
Literal: water [topic] fine is
Notes: The polite decline, aimed at the endless free refills.

MinicoreJapanese: Hitori desu.
Native: ひとりです。
English: Just me. / Party of one.
Literal: one-person is
Notes: hitori — one person. Solo dining is common and completely unremarkable in Japan — counter seats exist for exactly this.

MinicoreJapanese: Atsui desu!
Native: 熱いです！
English: It's hot! (careful — fresh off the grill)
Literal: hot-to-touch is
Notes: atsui — hot to the touch. The word your first takoyaki teaches you the hard way.

MinicoreJapanese: Tsumetai desu.
Native: 冷たいです。
English: It's (nicely) cold.
Literal: cold-to-touch is
Notes: tsumetai — cold to the touch (the beer, the oshibori in summer). Pair: atsui/tsumetai.

MinicoreJapanese: Menyuu onegaishimasu.
Native: メニューお願いします。
English: A menu, please.
Literal: menu please
Notes: First words after sitting down.

MinicoreJapanese: Kore to kore o kudasai.
Native: これとこれをください。
English: This and this, please. (pointing at the menu)
Literal: this and this [obj] please-give
Notes: The point-and-order sentence. With a menu in front of you, it renders most food vocabulary optional — which is exactly why this course can stay small.

MinicoreJapanese: Futari desu.
Native: ふたりです。
English: Two of us. / Table for two.
Literal: two-people is
Notes: futari — two people. The answer to the door question (nan-mei sama desu ka — script section below). Among the most-said traveler sentences in Japan.

MinicoreJapanese: Okaikei onegaishimasu.
Native: お会計お願いします。
English: The check, please.
Literal: check please
Notes: okaikei — the bill. Say it to any staff member; then pay at the front register (see "How to behave").

MinicoreJapanese: Gochisousama deshita.
Native: ごちそうさまでした。
English: Thank you for the meal. (to staff, on the way out)
Literal: feast-was (fixed thanks)
Notes: gochisousama deshita — the closing bow of every meal, said to no one and everyone as you leave. Remember Lesson 1: no tipping, ever — this sentence is the tip, and it's worth more than money to the people who cooked.

MinicoreJapanese: hoshii
Native: ほしい
English: want (a thing)
Notes: first person only; not at the register

MinicoreJapanese: -tai
Native: たい
English: want to [verb]
Notes: *tabemasu → tabetai desu*; first person only

MinicoreJapanese: ii
Native: いい
English: good / okay
Notes: `___ ga ii desu` = I'll go with ___

MinicoreJapanese: warui
Native: 悪い
English: bad
Notes: pair: *ii*; mostly weather & luck

MinicoreJapanese: dou
Native: どう
English: how
Notes: offers & opinions

MinicoreJapanese: tabemasu
Native: 食べます
English: eat
Notes: *tabetai desu* = want to eat

MinicoreJapanese: nomimasu
Native: 飲みます
English: drink

MinicoreJapanese: kaimasu
Native: 買います
English: buy

MinicoreJapanese: mimasu
Native: 見ます
English: see / look at
Notes: the *miru* of *miru dake desu*, alive

MinicoreJapanese: hitori
Native: ひとり
English: one person
Notes: *Hitori desu.* — party of one

MinicoreJapanese: futari
Native: ふたり
English: two people
Notes: *Futari desu.* — drilled whole

MinicoreJapanese: oishii
Native: おいしい
English: delicious
Notes: say it often

MinicoreJapanese: mazui
Native: まずい
English: tastes bad
Notes: for your ears; don't aim it at hosts

MinicoreJapanese: atsui
Native: 熱い
English: hot (to touch)
Notes: pair: *tsumetai*

MinicoreJapanese: tsumetai
Native: 冷たい
English: cold (to touch)
Notes: pair: *atsui*

MinicoreJapanese: mizu
Native: みず
English: water
Notes: free, with refills

MinicoreJapanese: ocha
Native: お茶
English: (green) tea
Notes: usually free too

MinicoreJapanese: koohii
Native: コーヒー
English: coffee
Notes: ko·o·hi·i — 4 beats

MinicoreJapanese: biiru
Native: ビール
English: beer
Notes: 3 beats — not *biru* (building)

MinicoreJapanese: gohan
Native: ごはん
English: rice / a meal
Notes: *Gohan ga hoshii desu.* = I'm hungry

MinicoreJapanese: pan
Native: パン
English: bread

MinicoreJapanese: niku
Native: にく
English: meat

MinicoreJapanese: sakana
Native: さかな
English: fish

MinicoreJapanese: yasai
Native: 野菜
English: vegetables

MinicoreJapanese: tamago
Native: たまご
English: egg
Notes: ta·ma·go — flat, no stress

MinicoreJapanese: kudamono
Native: 果物
English: fruit

MinicoreJapanese: menyuu
Native: メニュー
English: menu

MinicoreJapanese: sushi
Native: すし

MinicoreJapanese: ramen
Native: ラーメン
Notes: said *ra-a-me-n*

MinicoreJapanese: Nan-mei sama desu ka.
Native: 何名様ですか。
English: how many people?
Notes: *futari desu / hitori desu*

MinicoreJapanese: Kochira e douzo.
Native: こちらへどうぞ。
English: this way, please
Notes: follow them

MinicoreJapanese: Shou-shou omachi kudasai.
Native: 少々お待ちください。
English: one moment, please
Notes: *hai* — and wait

MinicoreJapanese: Go-issho de yoroshii desu ka.
Native: ご一緒でよろしいですか。
English: paying together?
Notes: *hai*

MinicoreJapanese: Raasuto oodaa ni narimasu.
Native: ラストオーダーになります。
English: last orders
Notes: order now, or *okaikei onegaishimasu*

MinicoreJapanese: Urikire desu.
Native: 売り切れです。
English: sold out
Notes: *daijoubu desu — ___ ga ii desu*

MinicoreJapanese: Dinner for two
Notes: Staff: Irasshaimase. Nan-mei sama desu ka.
Welcome! How many?
[welcome. how-many-persons is ? (script)]
Traveler: Futari desu.
Two of us.
[two-people is]
Staff: Kochira e douzo.
This way, please. (follow him)
[this-way to go-ahead (script)]
Traveler: Sumimasen! Menyuu onegaishimasu.
Excuse me! A menu, please.
[excuse-me! menu please]
Staff: Hai, douzo.
Here you are.
[yes, here-you-are]
Traveler: Kore to kore o kudasai.
This and this, please. (pointing)
[this and this [obj] please-give]
Traveler: Biiru mo onegaishimasu.
A beer as well, please.
[beer also please]
Staff: Sumimasen. Biiru wa urikire desu.
I'm sorry — the beer is sold out.
[excuse-me. beer [topic] sold-out is (script)]
Traveler: Daijoubu desu. Ocha ga ii desu.
No problem — tea is fine.
[fine is. tea [ga] good is]
Staff: Shou-shou omachi kudasai.
One moment, please.
[little-while honorable-wait please (script)]
Traveler: Oishii desu.
(the food lands) It's delicious!
[delicious is]
Traveler: Okaikei onegaishimasu.
The check, please.
[check please]
Staff: Go-issho de yoroshii desu ka.
Paying together?
[honorable-together at agreeable is ? (script)]
Traveler: Hai.
Yes.
[yes]
Traveler: Gochisousama deshita.
Thank you for the meal! (leaving)
[feast-was (fixed thanks)]
Staff: Arigatou gozaimasu.
Thank you!
[thank you (full polite form)]

MinicoreJapanese: Irasshaimase. Nan-mei sama desu ka.
Native: いらっしゃいませ。何名様ですか。
English: Welcome! How many?
Literal: welcome. how-many-persons is ? (script)

MinicoreJapanese: Sumimasen! Menyuu onegaishimasu.
Native: すみません！メニューお願いします。
English: Excuse me! A menu, please.
Literal: excuse-me! menu please

MinicoreJapanese: Hai, douzo.
Native: はい、どうぞ。
English: Here you are.
Literal: yes, here-you-are

MinicoreJapanese: Sumimasen. Biiru wa urikire desu.
Native: すみません。ビールは売り切れです。
English: I'm sorry — the beer is sold out.
Literal: excuse-me. beer [topic] sold-out is (script)

MinicoreJapanese: Daijoubu desu. Ocha ga ii desu.
Native: 大丈夫です。お茶がいいです。
English: No problem — tea is fine.
Literal: fine is. tea [ga] good is

MinicoreJapanese: Hai.
Native: はい。
English: Yes.
Literal: yes

MinicoreJapanese: Arigatou gozaimasu.
Native: ありがとうございます。
English: Thank you!
Literal: thank you (full polite form)

MinicoreJapanese: The restaurant script
Notes: Staff: Nan-mei sama desu ka.
How many people? → futari desu / hitori desu
[how-many-persons is ?]
Staff: Kochira e douzo.
This way, please → follow them
[this-way to go-ahead]
Staff: Shou-shou omachi kudasai.
One moment, please → hai, and wait
[little-while honorable-wait please]
Staff: Go-issho de yoroshii desu ka.
Paying together? → hai (or point between yourselves to split)
[honorable-together at agreeable is ?]
Staff: Raasuto oodaa ni narimasu.
Last orders → order now, or ask for the check
[last-order becomes]
Staff: Urikire desu.
Sold out (you'll also hear shinagire) → pick something else: ___ ga ii desu
[sold-out is]

MinicoreJapanese: Too fast at the sushi counter
Notes: Traveler: Kore wa nan desu ka.
What is this? (pointing at the menu)
[this [topic] what is ?]
Server: Honjitsu no osusume wa toro to hirame no nigiri moriawase ni narimasu.
Today's special is an assorted plate of fatty-tuna and flounder nigiri.
[(too fast — that's the point)]
Traveler: Yukkuri onegaishimasu.
Slowly, please.
[slowly, please]
Server: Osusume desu. Kore desu.
It's the house recommendation — this one. (tapping the menu)
[recommendation is. this is]

MinicoreJapanese: Honjitsu no osusume wa toro to hirame no nigiri moriawase ni narimasu.
Native: 本日のおすすめはトロとヒラメのにぎり盛り合わせになります。
English: Today's special is an assorted plate of fatty-tuna and flounder nigiri.
Literal: (too fast — that's the point)

MinicoreJapanese: Yukkuri onegaishimasu.
Native: ゆっくりお願いします。
English: Slowly, please.
Literal: slowly, please

MinicoreJapanese: Osusume desu. Kore desu.
Native: おすすめです。これです。
English: It's the house recommendation — this one. (tapping the menu)
Literal: recommendation is. this is