サイコロ

June 20, 2025 • ルイ

me
あ、トマトトーストをお願いします
Manami
トマトオンリー?オーケ!
スライス、サイコロ…?
me
サイコロ?!

The café staff and are often playing dumb games with each other. One of Manami’s favorites is pretending she didn’t hear what I said. When I asked for tomato toast (not on the menu), she pretended not to hear the word “toast,” then listed different ways of serving a tomato.

スライス (suraisu, slice) is just a loanword. But then she said サイコロ (saikoro, game dice). Until I heard it in Japanese, I never once considered dicing food referred to gaming dice.