You Asked for the English Menu in Japan. You Just Got the Short Version.
To say The Japanese menu too, please. in Japanese, say 日本語のメニューもお願いします (nihongo no menyuu mo onegai shimasu).
The English menu isn't the menu. It's the greatest hits, and the good stuff is on a board nobody translated.
日本語のメニューもお願いします
nihongo no menyuu mo onegai shimasu
The Japanese menu too, please.
In this video
- 日本語のメニューもお願いします nihongo no menyuu mo onegai shimasu The Japanese menu too, please.
- すみません、日本語のメニューもお願いします。 sumimasen, nihongo no menyuu mo onegai shimasu. Excuse me, the Japanese menu too, please.
- 日本語のメニューも見せてもらえますか? nihongo no menyuu mo misete moraemasu ka? Could I see the Japanese menu too?
Kanji in this phrase
- 日本語
- にほんご
Why this phrase
Kofuku plays a customer sitting down at an izakaya, Hana plays the staff bringing the English menu. Translated menus are usually trimmed to the safe, easy-to-explain dishes, while the handwritten specials board changes daily and never gets translated. Asking for both menus is the fix, and the small word も keeps it friendly instead of handing their kindness back.
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