Everyone Ordered but You Can't Read the Menu? Just Say 'Same for Me'
To say The same, please. in Japanese, say 同じでお願いします (onaji de onegai shimasu).
Your whole table just ordered in rapid Japanese, and now everyone is looking at you.
同じでお願いします
onaji de onegai shimasu
The same, please.
In this video
- 同じでお願いします onaji de onegai shimasu The same, please.
- あの人と同じでお願いします。 ano hito to onaji de onegai shimasu. Same as that person, please.
Why this phrase
A survival ordering hack for tourists who can't read the menu: copy someone else's order. Teaches onaji de onegai shimasu (the same, please) and how to point at a specific person's dish.
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