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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?
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usage kanji vocabulary food readings
Words/characters for fast food meal sizes: 並, 大, 特
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](http://www.sukiya.jp/menu/) 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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For Yoshinoya, it is 並 (nami) and 大(盛り) (oomori) because that is what the
servers yell out to the cooks. This has been my experience in Tokyo branches.
They didn't have 特 in those days, but 特盛 (tokumori) would be my guess.

You can/could also order it without onions (neginuki), or darker (cooked-down)
broth (karai).
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