Working in kitchen as a food prep: Clarifying quantities and portions

💬 [おはよう] is the casual version of "good morning." In a kitchen, you'll hear it fast and often at the start of a shift.

🇯🇵 At Japanese workplaces, greeting coworkers right away matters. A cheerful [おはよう] helps set a smooth team mood.

💬 [ございます] makes an expression more polite. It appears in set phrases like [おはようございます].

🇯🇵 Japanese kitchens often mix casual and polite speech depending on seniority, closeness, and workplace style.

💬 [おはようございます] is the standard polite morning greeting. Very useful for starting a kitchen shift professionally.

🇯🇵 Even if everyone is busy, saying [おはようございます] clearly is part of good workplace manners in Japan.

💬 [何人] means "how many people." In prep work, it often appears with [分] to ask about servings.

🇯🇵 In food prep, headcount matters a lot because recipes are often adjusted by number of guests or staff meals.

💬 [分] means "portion" or "serving" in cooking contexts, as in [二十人分]. It can also mean "minute" in other situations, so context is your friend.

🇯🇵 Japanese kitchens commonly talk in [人分] when scaling recipes instead of only using weights.

💬 [何人分ですか。] is a very practical kitchen phrase. Literally, "For how many people is it?"

🇯🇵 Asking this first is smart in Japanese kitchens, where prep size can change daily depending on reservations or lunch counts.

💬 [今日] means "today." You'll hear it constantly in daily prep talk like [今日の仕込み].

🇯🇵 Daily kitchen planning in Japan often starts by confirming what needs to be prepared that day.

💬 [の] links nouns, like "of" or 's in English. Example: [今日の仕込み] = "today's prep."

🇯🇵 This tiny particle does a lot of work in Japanese. It's one of the MVPs of the language.

💬 [仕込み] means kitchen prep work done before service, like cutting, portioning, or making stock.

🇯🇵 In Japanese food culture, good [仕込み] is often seen as the hidden key to a smooth, high-quality service.