人前

Kana: にんまえ

counter for servings/portions

Example sentence

ラーメンを二人前ください。

らーめんをににんまえください。

Two servings of ramen, please.

What 人前 means

人前 (にんまえ) is a Japanese word meaning “counter for servings/portions”. It belongs to the Numbers & Measure topic and appears at Level 3, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Japanese.

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