Booking, ordering, paying
Core words, Stage 4chunk 64 of 79Money and shopping
Book a table, order, pay and split the bill.
- yoyaku surubook; reserve
- chuumon suruorder (food, goods)
- shiharaipayment; paying
- warikansplitting the bill evenly
- shakkindebt; borrowed money
- sagiscam; fraud
Mix-ups Shiharai is the formal noun; with friends you use harau or warikan.
yoyaku suru
polite yoyaku shimasu
book; reserve
For restaurants, hotels, doctors, haircuts; the noun yoyaku is the booking itself.
On arrival you say yoyaku shita tanaka desu (I'm Tanaka, I have a booking).
mise, shichiji ni yoyaku shitoita yo.
I booked the restaurant for seven.
店、7時に予約しといたよ。
omise, shichiji ni yoyaku shite okimashita.
I've booked the restaurant for seven.
お店、7時に予約しておきました。
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chuumon suru
polite chuumon shimasu
order (food, goods)
At a restaurant or online; the noun chuumon is the order itself.
Staff ask gochuumon wa okimari desu ka? (ready to order?). When ordering, people mostly just say X onegai shimasu.
mou nanika chuumon shita?
Have you ordered anything yet?
もう何か注文した？
mou nanika chuumon shimashita ka?
Have you ordered anything yet?
もう何か注文しましたか？
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shiharai
payment; paying
Common on bills and with shop staff; with friends you'd more often use the verb harau.
Staff say oshiharai, as in oshiharai houhou wa? (how will you pay?).
shiharai wa kaado de ii?
Okay if I pay by card?
支払いはカードでいい？
shiharai wa kaado de ii desu ka?
Can I pay by card?
支払いはカードでいいですか？
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warikan
splitting the bill evenly
The default among friends; warikan ni suru = split it.
The opposite is ogoru (to treat someone).
kyou wa warikan ni shiyou.
Let's split the bill today.
今日は割り勘にしよう。
kyou wa warikan ni shimashou ka.
Shall we split the bill today?
今日は割り勘にしましょうか。
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shakkin
debt; borrowed money
Money owed, to a bank or a person.
Shakkin suru = borrow money; shakkin o kaesu = pay it back. A small loan from a friend is just kariru.
kare, kekkou shakkin aru rashii yo.
Apparently he's got quite a lot of debt.
彼、結構借金あるらしいよ。
kare wa kekkou shakkin ga aru rashii desu.
Apparently he has quite a lot of debt.
彼は結構借金があるらしいです。
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sagi
scam; fraud
Casually also for anything misleading: shashin sagi is a photo far better than the real thing.
sore, zettai sagi da yo.
That's definitely a scam.
それ、絶対詐欺だよ。
sore wa zettai sagi desu yo.
That's definitely a scam.
それは絶対詐欺ですよ。
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