How to Say ‘Breakfast (polite)’ in Japanese
ご朝食
go choushoku
[goh choh-shoh-koo]
💬 Usage Tip: [ご朝食] is the polite form of [朝食], breakfast. The [ご] gives it a refined hospitality feel.
🇯🇵 In Japan: Hotels and ryokan often use more elegant vocabulary for meals, baths, and rooms as part of omotenashi, Japanese hospitality.
Phrase Breakdown
ご
go
[goh]
honorific prefix
Polite prefix often used in formal service language with Sino-Japanese words.
ご朝食は七時からです。
Breakfast is from 7 o'clock.
朝食
choushoku
[choh-shoh-koo]
breakfast
Morning meal; often discussed when explaining hotel services.
ご朝食を追加できます。
You can add breakfast.
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