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Scene illustrating a Japanese-language working in kitchen as a food prep conversation

Key Phrases

この伝票を読んでくれる?

kono denpyou o yon de kureru

Can you read this order slip?

ハンバーグ二つです。

hanbaagu futa tsu desu

Two hamburger steaks.

先にサラダを出します。

saki ni sarada o dashi masu

I'll serve the salad first.

Skills You'll Learn

Reading and confirming items on an order slip

伝票の内容を読んで確認する

denpyou no naiyou o yon de kakunin suru

Counting and naming food items in Japanese

料理の名前と数量を日本語で言う

ryouri no namae to suuryou o nihon go de yuu

Explaining order details and service sequence

注文の詳細や出す順番を説明する

chuumon no shousai ya dasu junban o setsumei suru

Lesson Roleplay

Imagine you are working in a restaurant kitchen in Japan, checking an order slip with a coworker and confirming the dishes, details, and which items should be prepared first.

Emily 、この伝票を読んでくれる?

^FIRST^ kono denpyou o yon de kureru

Emily, could you read this slip for me?

はい。ハンバーグ二つ、サラダ一つです。

hai hanbaagu futa tsu sarada hito tsu desu

Yes. Two hamburg steaks and one salad.

うん、合ってる?

un atsu teru

Mm-hmm, is that correct?

はい、ハンバーグ二つ、サラダ一つ、スープ一つです。

hai hanbaagu futa tsu sarada hito tsu suupu hito tsu desu

Yes, two hamburg steaks, one salad, and one soup.

そうそう。スープもあるね。

sou sou suupu mo aru ne

Right, right. There’s soup too.

Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases

👉

この

kono

This

💬 [この] must be followed by a noun: [この伝票], [このスープ], [この注文]. If you want to say [this] by itself, use [これ].

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📖🙏

読んでくれる?

yon de kureru

Will you read it for me?

💬 [〜てくれる?] asks someone to do something for you in a casual, friendly way: [見てくれる?], [持ってきてくれる?]. Here [読んでくれる?] is literally more like "will you read it for me?" than just "will you read it?".

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📖🧾

この伝票を読んでくれる?

kono denpyou o yon de kureru

Can you read this order slip?

💬 [〜てくれる?] asks someone to do something for you in a casual, friendly way: [確認してくれる?], [取ってくれる?]. In kitchen talk it sounds natural between coworkers, but less formal than [読んでくれますか?].

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🧾

伝票

denpyou

Order slip

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✅

はい。

hai

Yes.

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🍔🥩

ハンバーグ

hanbaagu

Hamburger steak

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二つ

futa tsu

Two

💬 [二つ] is the general native way to count small things, often used when you're just calling out quantities. You'll hear the same pattern in [一つ], [三つ], [四つ].

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❓

です

desu

Is; are

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🍔🥩

ハンバーグ二つです。

hanbaagu futa tsu desu

Two hamburg steaks.

💬 In ticket-reading and call-outs, Japanese often leaves out words that English would keep, so [ハンバーグ二つです。] is a complete natural way to say "two hamburg steaks." The [です] here helps it sound like a clear confirmation, not just a bare label.

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