How to Say ‘Please wait in the waiting room.’ in Japanese
待合室でお待ちください。
machiai shitsu de o machi kudasai
[mah-chee-AH-ee shee-tsu de oh mah-chee kudasai]
💬 Usage Tip: で marks where something happens: ここでお待ちください "please wait here".
🇯🇵 In Japan: Clinics in Japan usually call you back by name, sometimes over a speaker. Listen for your name said Japanese-style, since it may sound a bit unfamiliar.
Phrase Breakdown
待合室で
machiai shitsu de
in the waiting room
待合室 (machiaishitsu) means waiting room. で (de) marks the place where an action happens.
待合室で本を読みます。
I read a book in the waiting room.
Words in this phrase
待合
machiai
[mah-chee-AH-ee]
waiting (place)
Combines 'wait' and 'meet'; forms 待合室, a waiting room.
駅の待合で座りました。
I sat in the station waiting area.
室
shitsu
[shee-tsu]
room
Means “room” and appears in many place words (教室 classroom, 会議室 meeting room).
職員室の前で待ちます。
I will wait in front of the staff room.
で
de
[de]
at; in
A particle showing the place where an action happens.
家でキリンを飲みます。
I drink Kirin at home.
お待ちください。
o machi kudasai
please wait
Pronounced 'omachi kudasai'. This is a polite request to wait.
こちらでお待ちください。
Please wait here.
Words in this phrase
お
o
[oh]
honorific prefix
A polite prefix used in respectful service language.
おつりをください。
Please give me the change.
待ち
machi
[mah-chee]
wait
The stem of 待つ, used in polite service expressions.
少し待ちます。
I will wait a little.
ください
kudasai
[kudasai]
please (do)
Used to make a polite request.
手伝ってください。
Please help me.
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