Useful Japanese phrases at a hotel

Make sure you pack these Japanese hotel phrases in your bag before you travel to Japan! After this free audio lesson you'll be able to ask for what you need in Japanese, find your way around a Japanese hotel, and explain any concerns you might have to the hotel staff.

Even if you’re lucky enough to find the perfect hotel, you’ll need to know a few useful Japanese words and phrases to understand the staff assisting you, so let's start with some basics...

As hard as you try, without helpful feedback your Japanese pronunciation is never going to be the same as a native speaker’s. If you've found it difficult to perfect the way you say Japanese words and phrases, this lesson will help you.

Using the blue Rocket Record buttons you can record the way you say each word or phrase, and compare it with the way a Japanese native speaker does. That’s right, with Rocket Japanese voice mapping technology you can record your voice as many times as you need until your pronunciation matches the Japanese speaker!

Once you’ve checked in at a hotel, the receptionist will give you your key and tell you what room you’re in. By the way some hotels haven’t got a room number 4 or 9, because 4, “shi” literally means “death,” and 9, “ku” means “pain”.

Mata ai shimashō!

Sayaka Matsuura
Rocket Japanese

Exercise 1: Match the Japanese word with its English translation.

Exercise 2: Now, match the questions and statements with the correct English translation.