お決まりでしたら、お伺いします。
I'll take your order whenever you're ready.
✦ AI pragmatic read · suggests Kenjougo
A humble, polite expression a service staff would use toward a customer, showing deference and waiting for the customer's readiness before proceeding.
A starting point, not the final word — open the entry to add your own note if you'd explain it differently.
何名様ですか。
How many people in your party?
✦ AI pragmatic read · suggests Teineigo
A polite, neutral inquiry used by service staff toward customers, employing the honorific 様 to show respect for the guests.
A starting point, not the final word — open the entry to add your own note if you'd explain it differently.
少々お時間をいただきます。
This will take a little time.
✦ AI pragmatic read · suggests Teineigo
Polite, respectful phrasing often used by staff or speakers toward customers or superiors to indicate a brief wait, conveying humility and consideration.
A starting point, not the final word — open the entry to add your own note if you'd explain it differently.
こちらでお召し上がりですか、お持ち帰りですか。
For here or to go?
✦ AI pragmatic read · suggests Teineigo
Polite restaurant staff asking a customer whether they will dine in or take out; uses honorific お召し上がり to show respect to the patron, suitable in formal service contexts.
A starting point, not the final word — open the entry to add your own note if you'd explain it differently.
恐れ入りますが。
Excuse me, but... (very polite preface before a request)
✦ AI pragmatic read · suggests Kenjougo
A humble, highly polite preface used by the speaker to show deference, typically in formal business or service contexts when addressing superiors or customers.
A starting point, not the final word — open the entry to add your own note if you'd explain it differently.
何かご不明な点はございますか。
Is there anything unclear?
✦ AI pragmatic read · suggests Teineigo
Highly polite, typical of service staff or professionals asking a client or superior if they have any questions; conveys respect and attentiveness.
A starting point, not the final word — open the entry to add your own note if you'd explain it differently.
かしこまりました。
Understood (formal, service context).
✦ AI pragmatic read · suggests Teineigo
A very polite, humble expression used by staff or service personnel toward customers; conveys respect and readiness to comply, not used in casual peer conversation.
A starting point, not the final word — open the entry to add your own note if you'd explain it differently.
少々お待ちください。
Please wait a moment.
✦ AI pragmatic read · suggests Teineigo
A polite, standard request used by service staff or anyone addressing a superior or customer; it conveys respect without the extra humility of kenjougo or the deference of sonkeigo.
A starting point, not the final word — open the entry to add your own note if you'd explain it differently.