While many Cast Members at Tokyo Disney speak some English, it is always nice to be able to recognize these words and phrases. If a Cast Member speaks English, they will have it listed underneath their name on their name-tag.
Seating at Sit Down Restaurants:
When going to a seat down restaurant, you will be asked how many people are in your party. You can simply show how many on your hand, but if you want to say it in Japanese here is how:
One person:
一人
hitori
Two people:
二人
futari
Three people+:
Say the number in Japanese followed by 人 (nin)
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10:
三 、四、五、六、七、八、九、十
san, yon, go, roku, nana, hachi, kyuu, jyuu
How to Order:
In Japan and at TDR a lot of menu will have pictures of the food. In this case you can simple point at what you want and then show a 1 on your fingers to indicate you want one order of that item. At TDR, the menus have both Japanese and English.
Vocabulary:
Allergy:
アレルギー
Arerugi
Anaphylactic shock
アナフィラキシー
anafirakushii
Epi-pen
エピペン
Epipen
I have a ____ allergy.
_____ アレルギーがあります。
_____ arerugi ga arimasu.
Is this ok for me?
これは大丈夫ですか？
Kore wa daijoubu desu ka?
Is there _____ in this?
_____が 入ってますか？
_____ ga haiitemasu ka?
Common Food Allergens:
If you have a food allergy not listed here, try google translate or mobile apps such has imawa to help you find yours.
Peanuts:
落花生 rakkasei OR ピーナッツ pinattsu
Nuts:
ナッツ nattsu
Milk:
牛乳 gyunyu
Eggs:
卵 tamago
Wheat:
小麦 komugi
Soy：
大豆 daizu
Fish:
魚 sakana
Shrimp:
えび ebi
Sesame:
ごま goma
Strawberries:
いちご ichigo
Almond:
アーモンド amondo
Mushrooms:
キノコ kinoko
Emergency Terms:
If you need medical assistance and need to get to the hospital, call 119 (NOT 911).
Hospital 病院
byoin
Please call an ambulance.
救急車を呼んで下さい
kyuukyusha wo yonde kudasai
Please help me.
助けて下さい
tasukete kudasai
Pronunciation Videos:
-Here is a video of the above vocabulary pronounced: https://youtu.be/-z7Mrsd0ksg
-Here is a video on how some of this words and phrases sound from a Japanese speaker (allergies at 5:50 however this video has some helpful phrases in general for ordering in Japanese and asking questions about the food): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03-NQk__zNI
Celiac/Gluten Free Japanese Cards:
-If you have a gluten allergy or have Celiacs, you can print out these cards and present them when you are ordering for.
-Thank you to Morgan Alexandra for the information.
Additional Food Allergy Cards:
-If you have a different food allergy, you can get any type of allergy and language personally made at this website. These do cost; however they are helpful if you don't know Japanese.
-Link: http://www.selectwisely.com/
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