How to Say ‘This is Washokudokoro Sakura.’ in Japanese
和食処さくらでございます。
washoku jo sakura de gozai masu
[wah-SHOH-koo doh-KOH-roh deh goh-zah-ee mahss]
💬 Usage Tip: でございます is an extra-polite version of です "is". You'll hear it from staff answering the phone or greeting you, but you don't need to use it yourself.
🇯🇵 In Japan: Restaurants in Japan answer the phone with their name, not with "hello". Hearing this tells you that you've reached the right place, so you can go straight to your request.
Phrase Breakdown
和食処さくら
washoku jo sakura
Japanese restaurant Sakura
The restaurant's full name, said first when answering the phone.
和食処さくらへようこそ。
Welcome to Japanese restaurant Sakura.
Words in this phrase
和食
washoku
[wah-SHOH-koo]
Japanese cuisine
Traditional Japanese food, as opposed to Western food.
今日は和食が食べたいです。
I want to eat Japanese food today.
処
jo
[doh-KOH-roh]
place; restaurant (eatery)
A suffix meaning 'place', often used in restaurant names to sound traditional.
お食事処で昼ご飯を食べました。
I ate lunch at an eatery.
さくら
sakura
でございます。
de gozai masu
this is / it is (very polite)
A very polite form of です, used by staff. Say 'de go-za-i-ma-su', with the final 'u' almost silent.
こちらが会議室でございます。
This is the meeting room.
Words in this phrase
で
de
[deh]
(part of でございます 'to be')
Copula particle forming the very polite 'to be' with ございます.
こちらが受付でございます。
This is the reception.
ござい
gozai
[goh-zah-ee]
to be; to exist (polite part of expression)
A polite verb stem used in set phrases like greetings to sound respectful.
あいさつでは、ございをていねいに言います。
In greetings, you say gozai politely.
ます
masu
[mahss]
polite ending
A polite ending attached to verbs in formal speech.
まだありますか。
Are there still some available?
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