How to Say ‘This is Restaurant Aoi.’ in Japanese
レストラン葵でございます。
resutoran aoi de gozai masu
[resutoran ah-OH-ee deh goh-zah-ee mahss]
💬 Usage Tip: でございます is an extra-polite version of です, so レストラン葵です would mean the same thing. You'll hear it constantly from staff.
🇯🇵 In Japan: Japanese businesses answer the phone by stating their name first, so you know immediately you've reached the right place.
Phrase Breakdown
レストラン葵
resutoran aoi
Restaurant Aoi
レストラン is pronounced resutoran, with a soft 'u' in su. 葵 (Aoi) is the name. Say each vowel: a-o-i.
レストラン葵はどこですか。
Where is Restaurant Aoi?
Words in this phrase
レストラン
resutoran
[resutoran]
Restaurant
A place where meals are prepared and served to customers.
『レストラン』で夕食を食べました。
I had dinner at the restaurant.
葵
aoi
[ah-OH-ee]
Aoi (name; hollyhock)
A Japanese name, here used as the restaurant's name; literally the hollyhock plant.
葵という店に行きました。
I went to a shop called Aoi.
でございます。
de gozai masu
this is (polite)
This is the very polite form of です, often used when answering the phone at a business.
受付でございます。
This is the reception desk.
Words in this phrase
で
de
[deh]
(part of でございます 'is')
Copula particle combined with ございます to form a very polite 'is'.
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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