You Wanted Pork. The Bun Is Sweet Beans.
To say I'll take the pork bun. in Japanese, say 肉まんでお願いします (Nikuman de onegai shimasu).
You grabbed the hot bun. You wanted pork. It's sweet beans.
肉まんでお願いします
Nikuman de onegai shimasu
I'll take the pork bun.
In this video
- 肉まん nikuman Say 「肉まん」 for pork. 「あんまん」 is the sweet bean one. They sit in the same hot case.
- 肉まんでお願いします。 Nikuman de onegai shimasu. I'll take the pork bun.
- 豚まん butaman Read the paper under the bun. If it says 「豚まん」, that's pork too. If it says 「あんまん」, it's the sweet red bean one.
- 肉まんでお願いします。 Nikuman de onegai shimasu. I'll take the pork bun.
Why this phrase
Konbini hot case, dialogue role-play. Hana plays the clerk. Kōfuku plays the customer about to point at random. 肉まん is the pork steamed bun. あんまん is the sweet red-bean one in the same case. Some Kansai shops label the pork bun 豚まん. The line that gets pork is 肉まんでお願いします. Survival.
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