How to Say ‘Will be using this’ in Japanese
でご利用ですか
de go riyou desu ka
[deh goh ree-yoh dess kah]
💬 Usage Tip: [ご利用] literally relates to "use," but in service Japanese it often means "visit" or "come as a customer." So [何名様でご利用ですか] is a polite way to ask party size, not whether you will "use" something.
Phrase Breakdown
で
de
[deh]
with / by
Here it marks the number of people in the group, like 'with' that number.
四名でご利用ですか。
Will you be dining as a group of four?
ご利用
go riyou
use / utilization
Polite word for 'use' or 'use of a service.'
こちらの席をご利用ください。
Please use these seats.
Words in this phrase
ご
go
[goh]
honorific prefix
A polite prefix attached to 利用 to make the expression more respectful.
何名でご利用ですか。
How many people will be using the reservation?
利用
riyou
[ree-yoh]
use
To use or make use of a service; in restaurants, it politely means to dine or visit.
何名様でご利用ですか。
How many people will be dining?
ですか
desu ka
is it? / are you?
Polite question ending.
お一人ですか。
Are you alone?
Words in this phrase
です
desu
[dess]
is / am / are
A polite copula used to end statements politely.
何名でご利用ですか。
How many people will be dining?
か
ka
[kah]
question marker
A particle placed at the end to make the sentence a question.
何名でご利用ですか。
How many people will be dining?
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