You Said Two and They Lit a Second Stove
To say two servings, please in Japanese, say 二人前でお願いします (nininmae de onegai shimasu).
You ordered two 「鍋」 and they lit a second stove. Servings aren't pots.
In this video
- 二人前でお願いします。 nininmae de onegai shimasu. Two servings, please.
Why this phrase
A nabe place in early October. Kōfuku plays the tourist who says 二つください and wants one pot for two. Hana plays the staff who hears two pots and lights a second stove. The line is 二人前でお願いします, read ににんまえ, two servings in one pot. Not the door line 二人です. Warm toward the staff. The counter is the trap.
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