ニンニク抜きで
ninniku nuki de
In Japanese, "no garlic" is expressed as ニンニク抜きで (ninniku nuki de).
ニンニク抜きで is a common way to state a dietary restriction or preference when ordering food. It is used to request that food be prepared without the addition of garlic.
What does it mean word for word?
The term contains 抜き, which means "without" or "excluding".
Is there a formal and an informal way to say it?
For a more polite and complete request suitable for use in restaurants, you can say ニンニク抜きにしてください. If you want to use the loanword for garlic, ガーリックはいりません is a polite way to say "I do not need garlic", while ガーリックいらない is an informal way to say "I do not want garlic".
How do you pronounce it?
ninniku nuki de
Did you know?
- Some specialty ramen shops have ninniku-max options, which is the opposite of ninniku-nuki and involves adding an extreme amount of garlic.
- The word 抜き comes from the verb 抜く, which means 'to pull out' or 'to extract', suggesting the garlic is being physically removed from the recipe.
- In Japanese, many people use the katakana ガーリック (gārikku) for garlic when ordering Italian or French-style cuisine, but would almost always use the native ニンニク (ninniku) when ordering ramen or yakiniku.
Examples in context
- ニンニク抜きでお願いします。ninniku nuki de onegaishimasu.No garlic, please.
- ニンニク抜きで料理してくれますか？ninniku nuki de ryouri shite kuremasu ka?Can you cook it without garlic?
- パスタはニンニク抜きで頼みたいです。pasuta wa ninniku nuki de tanomitai desu.I want to order the pasta without garlic.
Example conversation
Ren and Himari are ordering food at a restaurant.
- 蓮 Ren陽葵、何にする？Himari, nani ni suru?Himari, what are you having?
- 陽葵 Himari私はピザにするね。watashi wa piza ni suru ne.I'll have the pizza.
- 蓮 Ren僕のピザはニンニク抜きで頼むよ。boku no piza wa ninniku nuki de tanomu yo.I'll order my pizza without garlic.
- 陽葵 Himariいい考えだね。ii kangae da ne.That's a good idea.
