How to Say ‘Reservation (polite)’ in Japanese
ご予約
go yoyaku
[go yoyaku]
💬 Usage Tip: The [ご] makes [予約] more polite when talking to the customer: [ご予約]. You'll see the same pattern in service Japanese with words like [ご名前] and [ご希望].
🇯🇵 In Japan: Staff use forms like [ご予約] to sound respectful toward the customer. You usually don't need to speak that politely about your own reservation unless you're choosing especially formal wording.
Phrase Breakdown
ご
go
[go]
honorific prefix
Used as a respectful prefix, often in formal scenarios.
ご注意ください。
Please be careful.
予約
yoyaku
[yoyaku]
reservation
Reservation, appointment or booking.
図書館の予約を取ります。
I am making a reservation for the library.
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