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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.

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コーヒー

koohii

Coffee

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🎯

o

Object marker

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1️⃣

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."

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🙏

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].

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☕1️⃣🙏

コーヒーを一つお願いします。

koohii o hito tsu o negai shi masu

One coffee, please.

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🙏

ありがとうございます。

arigatou gozai masu

Thank you.

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📍

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."

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🍽️

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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