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How to Say ‘Ms. Smith, yes. Could you please hold for a moment while I check?’ in Japanese

Smith 様ですね。確認いたしますので、少々お待ちいただけますか。

Smith sama desu ne kakunin itashi masu no de shoushou o machi itadake masu ka

Phrase Breakdown

様

sama

です

desu

ね

ne

確認

kakunin

いたし

itashi

ます

masu

の

no

で

de

少々

shoushou

お

o

待ち

machi

いただけ

itadake

ます

masu

か

ka

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