Requesting late checkout and storing luggage | Learn Japanese in English

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1. 明日、レイトチェックアウトをお願いできますか？

   Could I request a late checkout tomorrow?

   明日

   tomorrow

   レイトチェックアウト

   late checkout

   お願いできますか？

   could I request …?

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   明日 means “tomorrow” and is a time expression. It can appear at the beginning to set when the requested action is relevant. Example: 明日、出発します。 — “I’ll leave tomorrow.” レイトチェックアウト is a noun phrase meaning “late checkout”: leaving the accommodation later than the standard checkout time. It is a loanword-based hotel term and functions here as the service being requested. Example: レイトチェックアウトは可能ですか？ — “Is late checkout possible?” お願いできますか？ is a polite request pattern. Here, お願い is the noun used in the set expression お願いする (“to ask for” or “to request”), while できますか asks whether the request can be accommodated. The observed form is not simply an inflection of the whole verb お願いする; it combines お願い with できますか. This pattern can follow a noun or service: 予約をお願いできますか？ — “Could I request a reservation?” As a whole, 明日 sets the time, レイトチェックアウト names the service, and お願いできますか？ turns it into a polite request: “Could I request a late checkout tomorrow?”

2. 空き状況を確認できます。何時ごろ出発したいですか？

   I can check availability. What time were you hoping to leave?

   空き状況

   availability

   確認できます

   can check

   何時ごろ

   around what time

   出発したい

   want to leave

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   空き状況 means availability or whether something is open or free. It is a noun built from 空き (“vacancy; available space”) and 状況 (“situation; status”). Here it refers to the availability relevant to the request, without specifying a particular type of availability. 確認できます means “can check.” The base verb is 確認する (“to check; confirm”), and できます is the polite form of できる (“can; be able to”) used with 確認. Together, 確認できます expresses that the speaker is able to perform the check; it does not itself say that the check has already been completed. Example: 予約を確認できます。 — “I can check the reservation.” 何時ごろ asks approximately what time. 何時 means “what time,” and ごろ makes the time approximate, like “around” or “about.” 何時 by itself does not necessarily imply exactness; 何時ごろ explicitly asks for an approximate time. Example: 何時ごろ来ますか？ — “Around what time will you come?” 出発したい means “want to leave” or “would like to depart.” The base verb is 出発する (“to depart; leave”), and したい is the desire form attached to the verb stem し-, expressing the speaker’s wish to do it. 出発したい is not itself past tense. Example: 午前九時に出発したいです。 — “I want to leave at nine in the morning.” The final ですか makes the question polite. In 何時ごろ出発したいですか？, 何時ごろ asks for an approximate time, and 出発したい asks about the listener’s desired departure. Thus the whole question means, “What time were you hoping to leave?” The Japanese form presents the desire in a polite present form; the English past-looking wording fits the fixed translation and the surrounding conversation. The first sentence, 空き状況を確認できます, says that the speaker can check availability, so the utterance offers that check and asks for the requested approximate departure time.

3. 午後2時ごろに出発したいと思っていました。

   I was hoping to leave around two in the afternoon.

   午後

   afternoon

   2時

   2 o’clock

   ごろ

   around; about

   出発したい

   want to leave

   と思っていました

   was thinking; was hoping

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   午後 means “afternoon.” It is commonly paired with a clock time: 午後2時 means “2 p.m.”, while 午前2時 means “2 a.m.” 2時 means “two o’clock.” 時 is the counter used for clock hours. The number itself does not specify morning or afternoon, so 午後 supplies that part here. ごろ follows a time expression to make it approximate: 2時ごろ means “around two o’clock.” It is different from an exact time such as 2時 without ごろ. 出発したい means “want to leave” or “would like to depart.” The base verb is 出発する “to depart.” Its たい form is made from the verb stem: 出発し + たい. This expresses the speaker’s desire or intention; it does not by itself express that the departure actually happened. For example, 明日出発したいです。 means “I want to leave tomorrow.” と思っていました means “was thinking” or, with an intention or hope, “was hoping.” The base verb is 思う “to think.” Here と marks the thought content, and 思っていました is the polite past form of 思っている: it presents the thought or intention as something the speaker held at that time. In this sentence, it follows 出発したい, so the thought was “I want to leave.” Together, 午後2時ごろに sets an approximate departure time, 出発したい expresses the wish to leave, and と思っていました frames that wish as a previously held hope or intention. The whole utterance is therefore: “I was hoping to leave around two in the afternoon.”

4. 申し訳ありませんが、満室のためレイトチェックアウトはご利用いただけません。

   I'm sorry, late checkout isn't available because the rooms are fully booked.

   申し訳ありませんが

   I'm sorry, but

   満室

   fully booked

   ため

   because of; due to

   レイトチェックアウト

   late checkout

   ご利用いただけません

   is not available

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   申し訳ありませんが is a very polite apology followed by が, which connects the apology to the message that follows: “I’m sorry, but …”. 申し訳ない is the related plain form meaning “inexcusable” or, in an apology, “I’m sorry”; 申し訳ありません is its conventional polite apology equivalent, built with the polite negative form of ある in the expression 申し訳がない. In service language, this is a conventional way to soften an unfavorable answer. 満室 means that all rooms are occupied, so it is useful for describing a hotel with no available rooms. It is a noun-like expression: 満 means “full” and 室 means “room,” but the whole expression should be learned as “full occupancy” or “fully booked.” Example: 本日は満室です。 — “We are fully booked today.” ため marks a reason. In this sentence, 満室のため means “because the rooms are fully booked” or “due to full occupancy.” The pattern Nのため is a formal way to give a reason after a noun; with a clause or adjective, forms such as 雨のため (“because of the rain”) and 遅いため (“because it is late”) are also possible. Here, の links the noun 満室 to ため. レイトチェックアウト is a loanword expression meaning “late checkout,” the hotel service of leaving after the usual checkout time. It is a noun and is the thing affected by the availability statement. Example: レイトチェックアウトを希望します。 — “I would like late checkout.” ご利用いただけません is a very polite service expression meaning “you cannot use it” or, naturally here, “it is not available.” The underlying lexical verb is 利用する (“use; make use of”), while ご利用 is its polite service-language form. いただけません is the polite negative potential form of いただく; in this construction, it presents the service as something the customer cannot receive or use. Compare the positive pattern ご利用いただけます — “you can use it / it is available.” The negative form does not itself explain the reason; that reason is supplied by 満室のため. Together, 満室のため gives the reason, レイトチェックアウト names the requested service, and ご利用いただけません politely states its unavailability. The whole utterance therefore means: “I’m sorry, but late checkout isn’t available because the rooms are fully booked.” Its wording is formal and appropriate for a hotel or other customer-service setting.

5. 部屋を出た後、スーツケースを預かっていただけますか？

   Could I store my suitcase after I leave the room?

   部屋

   room

   出た後

   after leaving

   スーツケース

   suitcase

   預かっていただけますか

   could you keep it?

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   部屋 means “room.” It is a noun and can be used with を to mark the place or thing that an action leaves: 部屋を出る means “leave the room.” 出た後 means “after leaving.” The base verb is 出る (“leave,” “go out”); 出た is its plain past form, and 後 means “after.” In this sentence, the understood subject is the speaker, as reflected in the translation: “after I leave the room.” A reusable pattern is Vた後 = “after doing V”: 食べた後 means “after eating.” スーツケース is the noun “suitcase.” This is a loanword written in katakana. For example, スーツケースを開けます means “I open the suitcase.” 預かっていただけますか is a polite way to ask whether someone can keep or look after something for the speaker. Its base verb is 預かる, “to take custody of” or “to keep temporarily.” The て form, 預かって, connects the verb to いただけますか; いただけますか politely asks whether the listener can do that favor. The suitcase is the object understood from the preceding スーツケースを, so the request is effectively “Could you keep my suitcase?” Together, 部屋を出た後 sets the time: “after I leave the room.” スーツケースを identifies what is to be kept, and 預かっていただけますか makes the polite request. The whole utterance therefore means: “Could I store my suitcase after I leave the room?”

6. フロントでお預かりできます。

   You can leave it at the front desk.

   フロント

   front desk / reception

   お預かりできます

   can keep it for you

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   フロント is the hotel reception or front desk. It is a loanword commonly used for the place where guests check in, check out, and ask staff for services. In this sentence, フロントで means “at the front desk”: で marks the place where the keeping service is performed. お預かりできます means “can keep it for you.” The underlying verb is 預かる, “to keep or take care of something entrusted to you.” お預かりする is a polite humble form used when staff describe receiving and keeping a guest’s belongings; できます expresses ability or availability, so the whole form offers the service. The object is omitted in the Japanese sentence. Here, the surrounding context identifies it as the suitcase, but the sentence itself leaves the object unstated. The reusable pattern is [place]で [item]を お預かりできます, “We can keep [item] at [place].” For example: こちらでお荷物をお預かりできます。 — “We can keep your luggage here.” Together, フロントで sets the location and お預かりできます offers the hotel’s ability to keep the unstated item. Thus, フロントでお預かりできます。 means “You can leave it at the front desk.”

7. それでは、通常どおりチェックアウトして、スーツケースを預けます。

   In that case, I'll check out normally and store my suitcase.

   それでは

   in that case; then

   通常どおり

   as usual; normally

   チェックアウトして

   check out and

   スーツケース

   suitcase

   預けます

   will leave it in someone’s care

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   それでは is a transition meaning “in that case” or “then.” It links the decision here to what was just established. A reusable pattern is それでは、[action]: “In that case, [action].” 通常どおり means “normally” or “as usual.” 通常 means “normal/usual,” and どおり adds the meaning “in the same way as.” The phrase describes the following checkout action: it will be done in the usual manner. Compare いつもどおり (“as usual”), which uses いつも (“always/usually”) instead of 通常. チェックアウトして is the te-form of チェックアウトする, “to check out.” The loanword チェックアウト becomes a verb with する; its te-form is チェックアウトして. Here it connects this action to the next one: “check out and then …” A reusable pattern is [action]て、[next action]. スーツケース means “suitcase.” In the full sentence, it is followed by を, as in スーツケースを, which marks the suitcase as the object of 預けます. For example, スーツケースを持ちます。 means “I carry a suitcase.” 預けます is the polite nonpast form of 預ける, “to leave something in someone’s care” or “to deposit something.” The speaker is the understood subject, and the suitcase is what will be left in someone else’s care. The nonpast form can express a present decision or a future action, so the fixed translation naturally gives “I’ll store my suitcase.” 預かります is different: it means “to take something into one’s care,” from the perspective of the person or place receiving it. In the supplied context, the front desk is the place that can keep the suitcase. Together, それでは introduces the decision, 通常どおり describes how the checkout will be done, and チェックアウトして connects that action to スーツケースを預けます. The whole utterance means: “In that case, I’ll check out normally and store my suitcase.”

8. お戻りになるまで、フロントの後ろでお預かりします。

   We'll keep it behind the desk until you return.

   お戻りになる

   return

   まで

   until

   フロント

   front desk

   後ろ

   behind; the back

   お預かりします

   will keep it in our care

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   お戻りになる means “return” here. The base verb is 戻る (“to return/go back”). お戻りになる is a respectful construction: お + the verb stem + になる, used to describe the listener’s or another respected person’s action. It is not the speaker’s humble form. Example: お客様がお戻りになります。 — “The customer will return.” まで marks the endpoint of a time span: “until.” The pattern Xまで means that something continues up to the time or event expressed by X. Here, that endpoint is the other person’s return. フロント is a loanword meaning the hotel front desk or reception desk in this context. It is also used in compounds and service-related expressions for the reception area. Example: フロントに聞いてください。 — “Please ask at the front desk.” 後ろ means “the back” or “behind.” In フロントの後ろ, the particle の links フロント and 後ろ, giving “behind the front desk.” 後ろ can describe either a location (“behind”) or the rear/back part of something, depending on the surrounding expression. お預かりします means “will keep [it] in our care” here. The base verb is 預かる, “to keep, look after, or take responsibility for something temporarily.” お預かりする is the humble/service form used when the speaker’s side takes care of something for a customer; します is its polite nonpast form. In this sentence, the nonpast form makes a polite service commitment about what will happen. The object is omitted in Japanese; the fixed translation identifies it as “it,” and the bounded context identifies that item as the suitcase being stored. Example: お荷物をお預かりします。 — “We’ll take care of your luggage.” Together, お戻りになるまで sets the time limit, フロントの後ろで gives the location, and お預かりします states the service action. The whole utterance means: “We’ll keep it behind the desk until you return.”

9. 預けるときに、チケットかタグが必要ですか？

   Do I need a ticket or label for it?

   預ける

   to leave in someone’s care; to check in

   ときに

   when; at the time of

   チケット

   ticket

   か

   or

   タグ

   tag; label

   必要ですか

   is it needed?

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   預ける means “to leave something with someone” or “to check something in.” It is the dictionary form of the verb; its subject is the person leaving the item, while the item being left is the object. In this sentence, the object is understood from the situation. Example: 荷物を預ける means “to leave/check in luggage.” ときに means “when” or “at the time of.” とき is a noun meaning “time,” and に marks the relevant time. The pattern verb + ときに is reusable: 帰るときに連絡します。 means “I’ll contact you when I leave/go home.” Here, the verb before it is in its dictionary form: 預けるときに, “when [someone] leaves/checks in [it].” チケット is the loanword “ticket.” It is a noun and can be used with を when it is the object of an action, for example チケットを見せる, “show a ticket.” か means “or” when it links alternatives. The pattern AかB presents A or B as alternatives. Here it links チケット and タグ, so the question concerns either a ticket or a tag. タグ means “tag” or “label.” It is a noun; in this context, the intended sense is an identifying label associated with the item being left. Example: バッグにタグを付けます。 means “I attach a tag to the bag.” 必要ですか asks whether something is needed or required. 必要 means “necessary” or “needed”; with です it forms a polite predicate, and か at the end marks a question. The pattern Xが必要ですか means “Is X needed?” or “Do you need X?” depending on the context. In this sentence, the alternatives before it are understood as what may be needed. Together, 預けるときに sets the time or situation—when the item is being left or checked in—while チケットかタグ gives the alternatives, “a ticket or a tag.” 必要ですか asks whether one of those is required. The whole utterance therefore means: “Do I need a ticket or label for it?”

10. お預けになるときに、荷物タグをお渡しします。

    We'll give you a luggage tag when you drop it off.

    お預けになる

    drop it off

    ときに

    when

    荷物

    luggage

    タグ

    tag

    お渡しします

    will give

    More detail

    お預けになる is the honorific form of 預ける, “to leave something in someone’s care” or “to check something in.” The お…になる pattern respectfully describes the listener’s or another person’s action; here it refers to the listener dropping off the luggage. The polite form 預けます is a different, less honorific way to say “leave/check in.” ときに means “when” or “at the time when.” とき is the noun “time,” and に marks the time at which something happens. The pattern [clause] ときに is reusable: 駅に着いたときに電話します。 means “I’ll call when I arrive at the station.” 荷物 means “luggage,” “baggage,” or “belongings.” It is a noun and can also refer more generally to a person’s things; the translation fixes the intended meaning here as luggage. 荷物タグ combines this noun with タグ, the loanword “tag,” to mean “luggage tag.” お渡しします means “will give” or, more concretely here, “will hand over.” Its base verb is 渡す, “to hand or pass something to someone.” The pattern お + verb stem + します is a polite, respectful way for the speaker to describe their own service or action; it is not the honorific form for the listener’s action. For example, 書類をお渡しします。 means “I will hand you the documents.” Together, お預けになるときに sets the time condition: “when you drop off the luggage.” 荷物タグを marks the luggage tag as the object being handed over, and お渡しします states the speaker’s promised action. The whole utterance therefore means, “We’ll give you a luggage tag when you drop it off.”