Basic time: Scheduling a time for the appointment

💬 To tell the time, add 時 (ji) to a number, but watch the odd ones: four o'clock is 四時 (yo-ji) and nine o'clock is 九時 (ku-ji).

💬 四時 is said (yo-ji), not (yon-ji) or (shi-ji).

💬 半 (han) goes right after the hour to mean "half past": 三時半 "three-thirty".

💬 と joins nouns like "and" in a list: 三時と四時半 "three and four-thirty", 月曜日と火曜日 "Monday and Tuesday".

🇯🇵 Put it after almost any noun to ask for it politely, as in コーヒー、お願いします "coffee, please". It's the all-purpose request with staff.

💬 Use で after a choice to mean "go with that one": 四時半で "make it four-thirty", これで "this one, then".

🇯🇵 This is a very formal "understood" used by staff toward customers. As a customer, you'd say はい or わかりました instead.

💬 The お in front of 名前 makes it polite, so it's "your name". Never add it to your own name.

🇯🇵 At a reception desk, giving your family name alone is normal and often expected. Your full name usually comes family name first.

💬 ね at the end checks that you both agree, like "right?". Here it's confirming a detail, not asking something new.

🇯🇵 様 (sama) is the respectful title staff put after a customer's name. Never use it for yourself.

🇯🇵 Businesses use this humble phrase to close a booking with a customer. A simple はい or a bow is a fine response.

💬 では (dewa) is a formal "well then" that wraps things up. It's the polite version of じゃあ.

🇯🇵 Said at the end of a booking, it means roughly "I'm counting on you". It closes the arrangement politely rather than thanking someone for a favour.

🇯🇵 Literally "I'm being rude", it's the polite way to end a phone call or leave an office. You'd use it with staff instead of さようなら.