Summer Killed Your Appetite but Not the Rice Bowl. One Word Fixes It.
To say smaller rice portion, please in Japanese, say ご飯少なめでお願いします (gohan sukuname de onegai shimasu).
In the summer heat your appetite shrinks, but Japanese rice portions don't. There's a fix.
ご飯少なめでお願いします
gohan sukuname de onegai shimasu
smaller rice portion, please
In this video
- ご飯少なめでお願いします。 gohan sukuname de onegai shimasu. Smaller rice portion, please.
- ご飯、少なめでお願いします。 gohan, sukuname de onegai shimasu. Rice, on the smaller side please.
- 少なめにできますか？ sukuname ni dekimasu ka? Can you make it smaller?
Why this phrase
Teishoku and ramen sets come with a full bowl of rice you may not finish in the heat. Teach the 「少なめで」 pattern via 「ご飯少なめでお願いします」 to ask for a smaller portion, a reusable request word.
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