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How to Say ‘Thank you for your reservation.’ in Japanese

ご予約ありがとうございます。

go yoyaku arigatou gozai masu

[go yoh-yah-koo ah-ree-gah-toh goh-zah-ee mahss]

💬 Usage Tip: ご in front of 予約 adds politeness toward the other person's action. Staff say it about your reservation, but you'd just say 予約 about your own.

Phrase Breakdown

ご予約

go yoyaku

your reservation

予約 (yoyaku) means reservation, and ご adds politeness. Say go-yo-ya-ku.

Example

ご予約はお済みですか。

Have you made a reservation?

Words in this phrase

ご

[go]

honorific prefix

A prefix added to words to show respect.

Example

ご出発はいつですか？

When is your departure?

予約

yoyaku

[yoh-yah-koo]

reservation; booking

Used when booking or reserving something in advance.

Example

コンサートの予約をしたいです。

I want to make a reservation for the concert.

ありがとうございます。

arigatou gozai masu

thank you very much

This is the polite 'thank you.' The 'gō' in arigatō is long, and the final 'su' is soft.

Example

お電話ありがとうございます。

Thank you for calling.

Words in this phrase

ありがとう

arigatou

[ah-ree-gah-toh]

thank you

A common way to say thank you.

Example

ありがとう、助かります。

Thank you, that helps.

ござい

gozai

[goh-zah-ee]

to be; polite set phrase part

Part of the formal thank-you expression used with customers.

Example

ございますをつけて丁寧に言います。

You add gozaimasu to say it politely.

ます

masu

[mahss]

polite ending

A polite ending attached to verbs in formal speech.

Example

まだありますか。

Are there still some available?

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