About This Lesson
Use Clarifying dietary restrictions before ordering to practice Japanese conversation, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and quizzes.
Dialogue
A
一人のお客様に食事制限があるので、注文前に詳しい情報が必要です。
hee-TOH-ree noh oh-KYAH-koo-sah-mah nee shoh-koo-jee SAY-gheN gah ah-ROO noh-deh, choo-MOHN mah-eh nee koo-WAH-shee joh-HOH gah hee-TSOO-yoh dess. One guest has a dietary restriction, so we need clear information before ordering.
B
材料を一覧にできます。
zye-RYOH oh ee-chee-RAHN nee deh-KEE-mahss. We can list the ingredients.
B
ただ、調理スペースは共用だとお伝えしておくべきです。
tah-dah, CHOH-ree soo-PAYSS wa kyoh-YOH dah toh oh-TSOO-tah-eh shee-teh oh-koo BEH-kee dess. But I should mention that the prep areas are shared.
A
それなら助かります。お客様がどの程度のリスクなら受け入れられるか判断できます。
soh-reh NAH-rah tah-SOO-kah-ree-mahss. oh-KYAH-koo-sah-mah gah doh-noh TAY-doh noh REE-soo-koo nah-rah oo-keh-ee-rah-REH-roo kah, hahn-DAHN deh-KEE-mahss. That helps; the guest can decide what level of risk is acceptable.
B
推測で済ませずに、キッチンに一つ一つの材料を確認してもらいます。
swee-SOH-koo deh soo-MAH-seh-zoo nee, KEE-cheeN nee hee-TSOO hee-TSOO noh zye-RYOH oh kah-koo-NEEN shee-teh moh-RAH-ee-mahss. I'll ask the kitchen to check each component instead of guessing.
A
ソースやトッピングも含めてください。見落としやすいので。
SOHSS yah TOP-peen-goo moh foo-koo-MEH-teh koo-DAH-sah-ee. mee-oh-toh-SHEE yah-SOO-ee noh-deh. Please include sauces and toppings too, since those are easy to miss.
B
それらも別々に確認してもらいます。
soh-reh-rah moh beh-TSOO-beh-TSOO nee kah-koo-NEEN shee-teh moh-RAH-ee-mahss. I'll make sure they check those separately.
A
そうすれば、そのお客様にプレッシャーをかけずに、みんなが注文できます。
soh-OO soo-REH-bah, soh-noh oh-KYAH-koo-sah-mah nee PRESH-shah oh KAH-keh-zoo nee, MEEN-nah gah choo-MOHN deh-KEE-mahss. Then everyone can order without putting pressure on the guest.
B
詳しい情報が分かったら、戻ってきて順に説明します。
koo-WAH-shee joh-HOH gah wah-KAH-tah-rah, moh-DOOT-teh kee-teh JOOHN nee seh-TSOO-may-MAHSS. Once I have the details, I'll come back and walk you through them.Word by Word
お客様
In this dialogue, お客様 refers to the restaurant guest or customer. It is a polite way to refer to a customer in a service situation, as in お客様に食事制限がある when describing something concerning the guest.
に
In お客様に食事制限がある, に marks the guest as the person who has the restriction. Use it after a person when stating that something exists or applies to them.
食事
食事 means food or eating here, as part of 食事制限, a restriction related to what someone can eat. It is useful in restaurant conversations about meals and eating.
制限
制限 means restriction, specifically a limit on eating in 食事制限. It combines with a noun such as 食事 to identify what is limited.
が
In 食事制限がある, が marks 食事制限 as the condition that exists. Use it after the thing that is present before ある.
ある
ある states that the restriction exists or is present in 食事制限がある. Use it after a noun marked by が when saying that something exists or applies.
ので
ので connects the reason 食事制限がある with the result that detailed information is needed. Use it after a clause when explaining why a request or situation follows.
注文
注文 means an order in this restaurant context, referring to placing an order for food. It appears in 注文前, which identifies the time before ordering.
前
前 means before or beforehand in 注文前に. After a noun, it identifies the time before that event or activity.
詳しい
詳しい means detailed in 詳しい情報. It modifies 情報 to show that precise and sufficiently complete information is needed before ordering.
情報
情報 means information here, specifically the ingredient and preparation details needed for the guest. It can be used in the pattern 詳しい情報が必要です when stating that detailed information is necessary.
必要
必要 means necessary or needed in 詳しい情報が必要です. It presents 詳しい情報 as something required for the group to order responsibly.
です
です is the polite statement ending in 詳しい情報が必要です. It makes the statement suitable for a polite restaurant conversation.
材料
材料 means ingredients here, referring to the components of the food that can be listed and checked. It is used when discussing what a dish contains.
を
を marks 材料 as the direct object in 材料を一覧にできます. Use it after the thing that an action lists, checks, or includes.
一覧
一覧 means a list or overview in 材料を一覧にできます. It shows that the ingredients can be organized into a clear list for the guest.
できます
できます means can provide or make possible in 一覧にできます. With に, it indicates that the ingredients can be made into the form of a list.
ただ
ただ means but or however here, introducing an important limitation after the offer to list the ingredients. Use it to add a qualification to information just given.
調理スペース
調理スペース means food-preparation space in 調理スペースは共用だ. It refers to the area where food is prepared and is useful when explaining restaurant facilities or preparation conditions.
は
は marks 調理スペース as the topic in 調理スペースは共用だ. Use it after the noun you want to describe or discuss.
共用
共用 means shared or jointly used in 調理スペースは共用だ. Here it warns that the food-preparation areas are not reserved for only one type of food.
だ
だ is the plain copula in 共用だとお伝えしておくべきです, stating that the preparation areas are shared. It appears before と because that statement is the information being conveyed.
と
と marks the quoted information in 共用だとお伝えしておくべきです. Use it after a statement before a verb of saying or informing.
お伝え
お伝え means informing or communicating politely in お伝えしておくべきです. It is used with と to identify the information being passed on in a service conversation.
して
In お伝えしておくべきです, して links the informing action to the larger expression しておくべきです. This connects one action to what should be done in advance.
おく
In お伝えしておくべきです, おく shows that the information should be communicated beforehand for later use. It follows a て-form when an action is done in advance.
べき
べき expresses that informing the guest beforehand is the appropriate action in お伝えしておくべきです. Use it after a plain-form action to state what should be done.
それ
それ refers to the information or situation just mentioned in それなら助かります. Use it to point back to a previously discussed matter.
なら
なら in それなら助かります treats the previously mentioned matter as the condition for the response. Use it when responding to something with the meaning if that is the case.
助かります
助かります means that something helps or is a relief in それなら助かります. Use it to show appreciation when information or assistance makes a situation easier.
どの
どの asks which or what kind of degree in どの程度のリスク. It modifies 程度 when asking about the level of something.
程度
程度 means degree or extent in どの程度のリスク. It identifies how much or what level of risk the guest can accept.
の
の links 程度 to リスク in どの程度のリスク, meaning risk at what level. Use it between a modifying noun phrase and the noun it describes.
リスク
リスク means risk here, referring to the possible risk connected with shared preparation areas. It is used when discussing what level of risk is acceptable.
受け入れられる
受け入れられる expresses whether the guest can accept a particular level of risk in どの程度のリスクなら受け入れられるか. Use it when discussing whether a situation or condition is acceptable to someone.
か
か turns どの程度のリスクなら受け入れられる into an embedded question in 受け入れられるか判断できます. Use it before a verb such as 判断できます when the question itself is being evaluated.
判断
判断 means judgment or decision in 受け入れられるか判断できます. Here it refers to deciding which level of risk the guest is willing to accept.
推測
推測 means guessing or inference in 推測で済ませずに. It refers to relying on an assumption instead of checking the ingredients directly.
で
で marks 推測 as the basis or means in 推測で済ませずに. Use it after a noun when showing what an action is based on or carried out through.
済ませずに
済ませずに means without settling for or leaving something at that point in 推測で済ませずに. The expression says not to stop with a guess, but to continue by checking.
キッチン
キッチン means the kitchen in キッチンに一つ一つの材料を確認してもらいます. Here it refers to the part of the restaurant responsible for checking the ingredients.
一つ一つ
一つ一つ means each one individually in 一つ一つの材料. It emphasizes that the components should be checked one by one rather than treated as a group.
確認
確認 means checking or verifying in 一つ一つの材料を確認してもらいます. It is useful when reliable information must be checked before a decision is made.
もらいます
もらいます in 確認してもらいます means arranging for or receiving the favor of the kitchen checking the ingredients. It follows a て-form when someone else performs an action for the speaker.
ソース
ソース means sauce in ソースやトッピングも含めてください. It identifies an additional food component that should be included in the check.
や
や lists ソース and トッピング as examples in ソースやトッピングも含めてください. Use it between nouns when giving an open-ended list rather than a complete list.
トッピング
トッピング means topping here, referring to food added to the main dish. It is mentioned as another component that must be checked for dietary restrictions.
も
も means also or too in トッピングも含めてください. It adds the topping to the items that should already be included in the check.
含めて
含めて means include in ソースやトッピングも含めてください. It asks that these additional components be included in the information or checking process.
ください
ください makes 含めてください a polite request to include the sauces and toppings. Use it after a て-form when asking someone to perform an action.
見落とし
見落とし refers to overlooking or missing something in 見落としやすい. Here it describes the possibility that sauces and toppings may be missed during checking.
やすい
やすい means easy to do in 見落としやすい, so the expression says that these items are easy to overlook. It follows an action form to describe an action that is easy to perform.
それら
それら means those things in それらも別々に確認してもらいます. It refers back to the sauces and toppings mentioned immediately before.
別々
別々 means separately or individually in 別々に確認してもらいます. With に, it shows that the items will be treated and checked apart from one another.
そうすれば
そうすれば means if that is done or then in そうすれば、そのお客様にプレッシャーをかけずに、みんなが注文できます. そう points to the preceding plan of checking the items separately, while すれば presents that plan as the condition leading to the result.
その
その means that or the mentioned in そのお客様. It points to the particular guest already discussed in the conversation.
プレッシャー
プレッシャー means pressure in そのお客様にプレッシャーをかけずに. Here it refers to social pressure placed on the guest while the group orders.
かけずに
かけずに means without putting or imposing in プレッシャーをかけずに. It shows that the group will order while avoiding the action of putting pressure on the guest.
みんな
みんな means everyone in みんなが注文できます. It refers to all members of the group and is used as the subject of the group action.
分かったら
分かったら means once the details are known or understood in 詳しい情報が分かったら. The たら ending connects that condition with the action that follows.
戻ってきて
戻ってきて means come back in 戻ってきて順に説明します. It shows that the speaker will return to the current place and then give the explanation.
順
順 means order or sequence in 順に説明します. With に, it indicates that the details will be explained in sequence.
説明します
説明します means explain in 戻ってきて順に説明します. Its polite form is appropriate when promising to give the restaurant guest or companion a clear explanation.
Grammar Points
～てもらいます
確認してもらいます
kah-koo-NEEN shee-teh moh-RAH-ee-mahssI will have someone check it.
This pattern means receiving the favor of having someone do an action for you.
～ずに
プレッシャーをかけずに
PRESH-shah oh KAH-keh-zoo neewithout putting pressure on someone
Attach ずに to a verb to express doing something without doing the verb.
Japanese Vocabulary
お客様
noun
oh-KYAH-koo-sah-mah
guest; customer
一人のお客様に食事制限があるので
リスク
noun
REE-soo-koo
risk
どの程度のリスクなら受け入れられるか
一覧
noun
ee-chee-RAHN
list; inventory
材料を一覧にできます
共用
adj
kyoh-YOH
shared; communal
調理スペースは共用だとお伝えしておくべきです
材料
noun
zye-RYOH
ingredient
材料を一覧にできます
受け入れられる
verb
oo-keh-ee-rah-REH-roo
can accept; be acceptable
どの程度のリスクなら受け入れられるか
詳しい情報
phrase
koo-WAH-shee joh-HOH
detailed information
注文前に詳しい情報が必要です
食事制限
noun
shoh-koo-jee SAY-gheN
dietary restriction
一人のお客様に食事制限があるので
推測
noun
swee-SOH-koo
guess; speculation
推測で済ませずに
注文前
phrase
choo-MOHN mah-eh
before ordering
注文前に詳しい情報が必要です
調理スペース
noun
CHOH-ree soo-PAYSS
food preparation area
調理スペースは共用だとお伝えしておくべきです
程度
noun
TAY-doh
degree; extent
どの程度のリスクなら受け入れられるか
Quiz
Spelling
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food preparation area
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調理スペースdietary restriction
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食事制限detailed information
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詳しい情報can accept; be acceptable