How to Say ‘Four people’ in Japanese
4人です
4 nin desu
[yon nin desu]
💬 Usage Tip: Adding [です] makes it a complete, polite statement: “[It is] four people.” This is the natural reply when staff ask how many are in your party.
🇯🇵 In Japan: At restaurants, a simple [4人です] is perfectly natural and polite. Staff may then ask about seating preferences, such as indoor, outdoor, or a window-side table.
Phrase Breakdown
4人
4 nin
four people
A counter expression for people. 人 is read nin after a number.
4人で行きます。
We will go with four people.
Words in this phrase
4
4
[yon]
four
The number 4. In restaurant reservations, it indicates the size of the group.
予約は4です。
The reservation is for four.
人
nin
[nin]
counter for people
人 is the counter used for counting people. With 4人, it means four people.
テラス席は4人までです。
The terrace seats up to four people.
です
desu
[desu]
is / am / are
です is a polite sentence ending meaning 'is/are' or making a statement polite. In reservations, it politely states information.
人数は4人です。
The number of people is four.
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