English–Japanese

“restaurant” in Japanese

Japanese

Also飲食店 (inshokuten)

Pronunciation

Romajiresutoran

Example

私たちはレストランで昼ご飯を食べます。watashi ta chi wa re su to ra n de hiru go han o ta be ma su

We eat lunch at a restaurant.

Illustration for レストラン (restaurant)

How to say “restaurant” in Japanese

“Restaurant” in Japanese is レストラン (resutoran).

It refers to an establishment that prepares and serves meals for customers to eat there.

Full entry for レストラン: usage tips, similar words and word origin

Example sentences with レストラン

家族とレストランで昼ご飯を食べます。ka zoku to re su to ra n de hiru go han o ta be ma su

I eat lunch with my family at a restaurant.

このレストランは子どもにも人気です。ko no re su to ra n wa ko do mo ni mo nin ki de su

This restaurant is also popular with children.

Tips for using レストラン

  • Restaurant usually refers to a business or place for meals, while the related word restaurateur refers to a person who owns or manages one.

Other Japanese words for “restaurant”

この飲食店は昼も営業しています。ko no in shoku ten wa hiru mo ei gyō shi te i ma su

This restaurant is open during the day.

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