H☆Mさんの おぼえた日記 - 2018年5月12日(土)

[Cashless restaurant opens] -Lesson 5 / English in Today's World-

A new type of restaurant that has opened n central Tokyo may provide a solution to the growing labor shortage in the industry. It does not accept cash payments.

The company that operates family restaurant chain Royal Host opened the new diner on a trial basis. Unlike many other countries, in Japan cash is still king, so the restaurant is quite a novelty.

Customers order meals at their table, using a tablet computer. They can pay only with a credit card or one of 14 forms of electronic money.

One customer says she is comfortable with not being able to pay in cash. "It takes a lot of effort to get out my purse when I'm carrying a small child. So the new system is easy and convenient."

The cashless system eliminates the need for a cash register. No employees are needed to count out paper money and coins or to operate the register. The system enables the staff to quickly tally day-to-day sales, a time consuming process at conventional restaurants. (2017/11/7, NHK World)


[Discussion] Sam: Hannah: //

◆見出し[Cashless restaurant opens] =A cashless restaurant has opened.


[words and phrases]
-[labor shortage] 人手不足
-[diner] 軽食店/食べる人
-[on a trial basis] 試験的に/実験ベースで
-[novelty] 目新しいもの、⇒[novel] 今までにないほど新しい
-[tablet] 板の形をしたもの
-[eliminate] 取り除く/廃絶する/撲滅する
-[cash register] 金銭登録機、⇒[cashier] 会計係
-[count out] 数え上げる/数えて出す/除外する
-[tally] 集計する/その時点での合計や得点数を記録する
-[sales] 販売額/売上高
-[time-consuming] 時間のかかる/時間を消費する
-[process] 処理/過程
-[conventional] 従来型の