When dining at Yoshinoya I never know how to ask for the size meal I want.
Their sizes are 並, 大, and 特.
I only know that "大" means big, but it also has two readings so I have no idea whether to ask for "dai" or "ooki". And since the word/character I know for "small" is not included, I assume they are using a similar gimmick to that seen in Western chains where there is no small but only "regular", "medium", "large"... sometimes up to the infamous "venti" (-:
Then again maybe there are various ways of writing "small".
So are these standard words or gimmicky like "venti", what do they mean literally, how do I know which reading to use for each, how would I say them in an order? Are these same sizes used just about everywhere in Japanese restaurants or are there some other terms I should also know?
Answer
Although 並(nami), 大(dai) will work in most of the places, others would depend on each restaurant.
For Small - 小 (shou), ミニ (mini), 半分 (hanbun), 少なめ (sukuname), S (エス)...
For Normal - 並 (nami), 普通 (futsuu), 中(chuu), M (エム)...
For Big - 大 (dai), 大盛り (oomori), 多め (oome), L (エル)...
- For Special Big - 1.5盛 (ittengo mori) (sukiya invented it)
For Extra Big - 特盛 (tokumori), 特大 (tokudai)...
For Extreme Big - 鬼盛 (oni mori), (超)巨大盛 (chou kyodai mori), バカ盛り (baka mori), 激盛り (geki mori), メガ盛り (mega mori)....
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