🍣 Food & drink

Learn essential Japanese food and drink vocabulary — the words you will actually use in restaurants, konbini and izakaya. Each entry shows the kanji, its hiragana reading, and romaji so you can read menus with confidence.

💡 Many food words are commonly written in kana even when kanji exists (ご飯 vs ごはん). Loanwords like パン (bread, from Portuguese) and コーヒー (coffee) are always katakana.