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Three Lines Get You Through Any Restaurant in Japan

Name: Three Lines Get You Through Any Restaurant in Japan
Uploaded: 2026-09-17T11:20:00Z
Duration: 24 s
Description: Learn to say すみません、二人です。お冷をお願いします。お会計をお願いします。 (Sumimasen, futari desu. Ohiya o onegaishimasu. Okaikei o onegaishimasu.) — Excuse me, table for two. Water, please. The check, please.. A 30-second Japanese lesson for travelers from Kōfuku.

To say Excuse me, table for two. Water, please. The check, please. in Japanese, say すみません、二人です。お冷をお願いします。お会計をお願いします。 (Sumimasen, futari desu. Ohiya o onegaishimasu. Okaikei o onegaishimasu.).

Three lines cover your whole night out at a Japanese restaurant. Walk in, drink, pay. Here they are.

すみません、二人です。お冷をお願いします。お会計をお願いします。 Sumimasen, futari desu. Ohiya o onegaishimasu. Okaikei o onegaishimasu. Excuse me, table for two. Water, please. The check, please.

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すみません、二人です。 Sumimasen, futari desu. Excuse me, table for two.
お冷をお願いします。 Ohiya o onegaishimasu. Water, please.
お会計をお願いします。 Okaikei o onegaishimasu. The check, please.

Kanji in this phrase

お冷: おひや
お冷をお願いします: おひやをお願いします

Why this phrase

The three starter lines every restaurant visit in Japan needs: getting seated (二人です), asking for water (お冷, the word restaurants actually use), and asking for the check (お会計). One polite phrase for each, and you're covered from the door to the register.