Words/characters for fast food meal sizes: 並, 大, 特


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?




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)....




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)....

