
Ordering a coffee Part 2 (Advanced): Indicates whether the coffee is for in-store or to be taken out.
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Key Phrases
コーヒーを一つお願いします。
koohii o hito tsu o negai shi masu
One coffee, please.
持ち帰りでお願いします。
mochikaeri de o negai shi masu
To go, please.
ミルクだけお願いします。
miruku dake o negai shi masu
Just milk, please.
Skills You'll Learn
How to order a coffee politely at a café.
カフェで丁寧にコーヒーを注文する言い方。
kafe de teinei ni koohii o chuumon suru ii kata
How to say you want takeout and specify hot coffee.
持ち帰りやホットの希望を伝える言い方。
mochikaeri ya hotto no kibou o tsutaeru ii kata
How to respond to add-on questions like sugar and milk.
砂糖やミルクの質問に答える言い方。
satou ya miruku no shitsumon ni kotaeru ii kata
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you are at a café in Japan ordering a coffee to go, and the staff asks simple follow-up questions about how you want it.
こんにちは。コーヒーを一つお願いします。
konnichiwa koohii o hito tsu o negai shi masu
Hello. One coffee, please.
はい、ありがとうございます。こちらでお召し上がりですか。
hai arigatou gozai masu kochira de o meshiagari desu ka
Certainly, thank you. Will you be having it here?
持ち帰りでお願いします。
mochikaeri de o negai shi masu
To go, please.
かしこまりました。ホットでよろしいですか。
kashikomari mashi ta hotto de yoroshii desu ka
Understood. Would you like it hot?
はい、ホットでお願いします。
hai hotto de o negai shi masu
Yes, hot please.
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
こんにちは。
konnichiwa
Hello.
コーヒー
koohii
Coffee
を
o
Object marker
一つ
hito tsu
One item
💬 [一つ] is a handy general way to say "one" when ordering, even for things that aren't literally counted as objects in English. The same pattern works for other numbers too, like [二つ] for "two."
See breakdown →お願いします
o negai shi masu
Please
💬 [お願いします] literally has more of a "I'm asking for this" feel than just plain "please," so it works very naturally after what you want: [コーヒーを一つお願いします]. You can reuse it with lots of requests, like [ミルクだけお願いします].
See breakdown →コーヒーを一つお願いします。
koohii o hito tsu o negai shi masu
One coffee, please.
ありがとうございます。
arigatou gozai masu
Thank you.
こちらで
kochira de
Here
💬 [こちらで] means "here" in the sense of "for here / in the store," not just a physical location. The [で] shows the place where something happens, as in [店内で] for "in the shop."
See breakdown →お召し上がり
o meshiagari
Eating; having (polite)
💬 [お召し上がり] is a very polite way to say eating or drinking, used by staff to customers. You'll often hear it in service Japanese instead of the more basic [食べる] or [飲む].
🇯🇵 This is the kind of extra-polite wording staff use in cafés, restaurants, and shops. You normally wouldn't use [お召し上がり] about yourself in everyday conversation.
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