How to Say ‘Fully booked’ in Japanese
満席です
manseki desu
[manseki desu]
🇯🇵 In Japan: At restaurants, 満席です often means there are no seats available right now, not necessarily that every chair is literally occupied for the whole night. It's the standard way to say they're full.
Phrase Breakdown
満席
manseki
[manseki]
Full
Describes a situation where there are no vacancies or open seats.
森のカフェは今、満席です。
Mori no kafe wa ima, manseki desu.
です
desu
[desu]
Is/am/are
A copula used to link the subject with its descriptor.
彼は学生です。
He is a student.
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