Kanshudo Example: 飲み放題・食べ放題の場合、｢モトを取るために、とにかく頼まなきゃソンでしょ！｣という気持ちになるのもわかるけど、あれもこれもと頼むだけ頼んで、結局食べきれずにたくさん残すのは、ルール違反！

It's understandable that when we pay for all you can eat and drink meals, we might be thinking 'We've gotta order whatever we can, so we get our money's worth!', but ordering this and that, then leaving food because you couldn't eat it all is breaching the rules!

Readings

This example is used in the following reading in the Reading Corner:

お

みせ

店

のマナー Restaurant Etiquette

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Grammar and points of interest

場合（ばあい）場合（ばあい）

in the case of, if

飲み放題・食べ放題の場合、｢モトを取るために、とにかく頼まなきゃソンでしょ！｣という気持ちになるのもわかるけど、あれもこれもと頼むだけ頼んで、結局食べきれずにたくさん残すのは、ルール違反！

verb negative stem + ずに verb negative stem + ずに

without doing

particle を particle を

direct object marker

verb potential form verb potential form

ability to do; can / cannot do

〜ため（に）〜ため（に）

in order to; due to

verb stem + 切れない（きれない） verb stem + 切れない（きれない）

unable to finish something

けれども、けれど、けどけれども、けれど、けど

but, though, however

particle も + negative verb particle も + negative verb

not at all, never, nowhere etc

だけだけ

only

verb て form verb て form

and

noun + になります noun + になります

become

particle と particle と

and

particle に particle に

an overview of the uses of に

Conjugations and inflections

モトを取る is the plain form of 'ru' godan verb モトを取る ALL INFLECTIONS

頼まなきゃ is the informal conditional negative form of 'mu' godan verb 頼む ALL INFLECTIONS

いう is the plain form of 'u' godan verb いう ALL INFLECTIONS

なる is the plain form of 'ru' godan verb なる ALL INFLECTIONS

わかる is the plain form of 'ru' godan verb わかる ALL INFLECTIONS

頼む is the plain form of 'mu' godan verb 頼む ALL INFLECTIONS

頼んで is the te form of 'mu' godan verb 頼む ALL INFLECTIONS

食べきれず is the ず negative form of the potential form of the きる form of ichidan verb 食べる ALL INFLECTIONS

残す is the plain form of 'su' godan verb 残す ALL INFLECTIONS

Words

expression, 'no' adjective

all you can drink; bottomless cup

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なかぐろ

・

Most common form: 中黒

noun

middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid-character height; interpoint (interword separation)

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expression, 'no' adjective

all-you-can-eat; smorgasbord

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ばあい

場合

adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun

case; situation

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モトを

と

取

る

Most common form: 元をとる

expression, 'ru' godan verb

to recover a cost; to recover an expense; to get a return on one's investment; to get one's money's worth

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ために

conjunction

1. for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of (often written with kana only)

2. because of; as a result of (often written with kana only)

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とにかく

adverb

anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; at least (often written with kana only)

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たの

頼

む

'mu' godan verb, transitive verb

1. to request; to beg; to ask

2. to call; to order; to reserve

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ソン

'na' adjective, noun, noun (suffix)

loss; disadvantage

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でしょ

Most common form: でしょう

expression

1. seems; I think; I guess; I wonder; I hope (see also: だろう; polite (teineigo) language)

2. don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!

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いう

Most common form: 言う

'u' godan verb

1. to say; to utter; to declare

2. to name; to call

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きも

気持

ち

noun

1. feeling; sensation; mood

2. preparedness; readiness; attitude

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なる

'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb

1. to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain (often written with kana only)

2. to result in; to prove to be

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わかる

'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb

1. to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow (often written with kana only)

2. to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out (often written with kana only)

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けど

conjunction, particle

but; however; although

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あれ

noun

1. that (indicating something distant from both speaker and listener (in space, time or psychologically), or something understood without naming it directly) (see also: 何れ, 此れ, 其れ; often written with kana only)

2. that person (used to refer to one's equals or inferiors)

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これ

pronoun

1. this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic) (see also: 何れ, 其れ, 彼:あれ; often written with kana only)

2. this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group) (humble)

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だけ

particle

1. only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone (see also: しか; often written with kana only)

2. as (e.g. as soon as, as much as) (often written with kana only)

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けっきょく

結局

adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)

1. after all; eventually; in the end

noun, 'no' adjective

2. conclusion; end (see also: 結局のところ)

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た

食

べる

ichidan verb, transitive verb

1. to eat

2. to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

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たくさん

'no' adjective, 'na' adjective, noun, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)

1. a lot; lots; plenty; many; a large number; much; a great deal; a good deal (often written with kana only)

2. enough; sufficient (often written with kana only)

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のこ

残

す

'su' godan verb, transitive verb

to leave (behind, over); to bequeath; to save; to reserve

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ルール

noun

rule

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いはん

違反

noun, 'suru' verb

violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement; contravention (see also: 違犯)

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Kanji

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飲

インのむ to drink