How to Say ‘Four people’ in Japanese
4人です
4 nin desu
[yon nin des]
💬 Usage Tip: Adding [です] makes it polite and complete: [4人です] = “There are four of us.” Great for phone reservations or check-in at the entrance.
🇯🇵 In Japan: For a special occasion, you can say [4人です。誕生日のお祝いです] to smoothly add “We are four people. It’s a birthday celebration.”
Phrase Breakdown
4人
4 nin
four people
Used to count people; 人 is the counter for people.
4人います。
There are four people.
Words in this phrase
4
4
[yon]
four
The number 4. Here it helps express the number of guests in the reservation.
人数は4人です。
The number of guests is four.
人
nin
[nin]
person; people counter
A counter for people. In 4人です, it shows how many people are in the party.
予約は4人です。
The reservation is for four people.
です
desu
[des]
is; am; are
A polite copula used to make a statement polite, such as saying how many people are in your group.
私たちは4人です。
There are four of us.
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