Nuance & Usage
注文する means to order food at a restaurant, or to order/request a product or service. Common expressions: 注文を取る (take an order — what the staff does), 注文する (place an order — what the customer does), 注文が通る (order goes through), 注文を間違える (mess up an order). In restaurants: ご注文はお決まりですか？ (Have you decided on your order?) is the standard server phrase. Online: 商品を注文する (order a product online).
Common Mistakes
Learners sometimes confuse 注文する (order at the moment of consumption or purchase) with 予約する (yoyaku suru — reserve in advance). 注文する is for placing an immediate order (at a restaurant, online shop); 予約する is for reserving ahead of time (a hotel, a seat). Also: don't confuse ご注文 (honorific — used by staff) with 注文 (plain — used by customer). In a restaurant, you say 注文お願いします (I'd like to order).
Example Sentences (3)
すみません、注文してもいいですか？
すみません、ちゅうもんしてもいいですか？
Excuse me, may I order?
何を注文しようか迷っています。
なにをちゅうもんしようかまよっています。
I am trying to decide what to order.
インターネットで本を注文しました。
いんたーねっとでほんをちゅうもんしました。
I ordered a book on the internet.
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