Today's lesson: Ordering sushi (or at a Japanese establishment)

Mina-san, Konbanwa.

Jeremi desu.

Today's Kana of the day:

Hiragana:

さ-Sa し- Shi す- Su せ- Se そ- So

Katakana:

サ- Sa シ- Shi ス- Su セ- Se ソ-So

Today's lesson: Ordering sushi!

Today's lesson will focus on the ability to efficiently and freely order at a Japanese outlet. Today's context will be based more around sushi, but is flexible in other areas, too. We will be learning a few general words (Such as food, drink, etc), verbs, nouns and adjectives which are relevant towards purchasing.

Let's begin!

First phase of lesson: Learning new vocabulary

Chopsticks- Ohashi

Ohashi- Chopsticks

Salmon- Sake (Pronounced exactly like the alcoholic rice beverage, but also means salmon)

Sake- Salmon

Tuna- Maguro

Maguro- Tuna

Sushi store- Sushiya ( A common name for many foreign sushi stores)

Sushiya- Sushi

Ginger- Shooga

Shooga- Ginger

Horse radish- Wasabi (Quite commonly referred to as Wasabi, even in Western nations)

Seaweed- Kaiso ( Kai meaning sea, so can refer to plant)

Kaiso- Seaweed

Napkin (Serviette)- Napukin (Yes, this word is a Gairaigo word)

Napukin- Napkin

Discounted- Waribiki

Waribiki- Discounted

To want something- Hoshii

Hoshii- To want

To sell - urimasu (uru)

Urimasu (Uru) - To sell

To buy- kaimasu (kau)

Kaimasu (kau)- To buy

Food- Tabemono (The word for Japanese food specifically is Washoku)

Tabemono- Food

Drink- Nomimono (Notice the verb to drink is "Nomimasu", adding mono makes it the verb. This is the same with Tabemono, adding mono to Taberu). Please take note that O-cha is the Japanese word for tea (which doesn't directly mean green tea, but usually is referred to green tea due to its availability in Japan).

Nomimono- Drink

Phase 2: Using learned vocabulary into formed sentences.

Are you offering discount?- Waribiki ga arimasu ka?

Waribiki- discounted, ga-particle connecting waribiki to arimasu, arimasu- to do.

This sushi store is my favourite!- Kono sushiya wa okiniiri desu.

(Kono- This, sushiya- sushi store, wa- is, okiniiri-favourite.)

I want that sushi- Sono sushi ga hoshii desu.

(Sono- that, ga-particle connecting sushi to hoshii, hoshii- want)

Ginger, please- Shooga wo kudasai.

(Shooga- ginger, wo- another particle, kudasai- please.

Ikura wa nan desu ka?

I want tuna sushi!- Maguro no sushi wa hoshii desu.

(Magura no- Tuna (posessive to sushi), hoshii-to want)

Where is the sushi store?- Doko wa sushiya desu ka?

(Doko wa- where is, sushiya- sushi store, desu ka- ??)

Thanks for reading my lesson!

Ganbatte mina-san!