Follow a simple check-in exchange and practise the details that change from one guest to another. The sample name and times are fictional.
Start with the reservation
予約しています is a useful way to say that you have a reservation. Follow it with your name rather than a long explanation of your whole itinerary. 田中です is enough to identify the guest in this sample exchange.
The staff question お名前をお願いします is a request for your name, not an invitation to introduce your job or hobbies. If you did not catch a detail, ask for that detail again: 朝食は何時からですか asks when breakfast starts.
Identify both ends of a time range
七時から九時まで means from seven until nine. The staff could give a different range, so listen to both numbers. This is an invented language-practice conversation; it does not state a real hotel’s check-in policy, breakfast service, or required documents.
Examples to read before you practise
Japanese | Reading / English |
|---|---|
客：こんにちは。予約しています。 | Guest: Hello. I have a reservation. |
係員：お名前をお願いします。 | Staff: Your name, please. |
客：田中です。 | Guest: Tanaka. |
客：朝食は何時からですか。 | Guest: What time does breakfast start? |
係員：七時から九時までです。 | Staff: From seven to nine. |
客：ありがとうございます。 | Guest: Thank you. |
Try six questions
Try these self-check questions from memory, then compare your answers with the explanations. For automatic checking and saved progress, open the related practice after this article.
I have a reservation: 予約（ ）。 Complete the polite form in the dialogue.
Your name, please: お名前を（ ）。
From seven: 七時（ ）
Until nine: 九時（ ）
What time: copy the Japanese question word used here.
Who is the guest? Copy the surname from the dialogue.
Answer key and explanations
しています — 予約しています describes having a reservation.
お願いします / おねがいします — お願いします makes the request.
から — から marks the start.
まで — まで marks the endpoint.
何時 / なんじ — 何時 asks for a clock time.
田中 / たなか — The guest identifies themself as 田中.
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