Japanese N5 Listening Practice｜Ordering at an Izakaya｜Long & Real Conversation

This video is a Japanese listening practice video for JLPT N5 learners.
It features a long, realistic conversation focused only on ordering food and drinks at a chain-style izakaya (Japanese pub).

Unlike many textbook dialogues, this video does not include entering the restaurant or paying the bill.
The entire conversation stays in one single scene and focuses only on ordering, just like a real situation in Japan.

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🍺 Video Theme

Ordering at an Izakaya (チェーン店の居酒屋で注文する)

In this video, a foreign customer looks at the menu, asks questions, hesitates, changes their mind, and finally places an order.
The staff responds naturally, with short explanations and confirmations.

The conversation includes:
• Asking what a dish is
• Asking if food is spicy
• Checking what kind of meat is used
• Choosing between options (sauce or salt)
• Changing an order
• Canceling a drink and choosing another one

All of this happens without changing scenes, making it perfect for focused listening practice.

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🎧 Why This Video Is Different

✔ Focuses only on ordering (not entry or payment)
✔ Long, natural conversation with hesitation and corrections
✔ One-scene format for deep listening practice
✔ Slow, clear Japanese using JLPT N5 grammar and vocabulary
✔ Very realistic for foreigners living in or visiting Japan

This is the kind of Japanese you hear when you actually sit at an izakaya and try to order —
confusing, casual, and very real.

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🗣 What You Will Learn
• How to ask questions about menu items
• How to say “I’ll take this” or “I changed my mind”
• How to choose between options
• How to say you don’t want something anymore
• How to order drinks politely
• Useful phrases such as:
• どんな料理ですか
• からいですか
• どちらがいいですか
• やっぱりやめます
• それでお願いします

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🎯 Recommended For
• JLPT N5 learners
• Beginner Japanese students
• Foreigners who want to eat at izakaya in Japan
• Learners who want realistic, practical listening practice
• Students tired of “perfect textbook conversations”

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▶ How to Study With This Video
1. Listen once without subtitles
2. Listen again and notice how orders change
3. Pause and repeat important phrases
4. Try shadowing the conversation
5. Answer the listening quiz at the end

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