Reserving a library study room | Learn Japanese in English

Japanese lesson set in a contemporary Tokyo everyday setting: At a library desk, one adult reserves a study room for a group project and confirms the key and timing rules..

EN → JA / Level: B1

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Dialogue

A

グループプロジェクトのために学習室を予約したいです。

goo-ROO-pu puh-roh-JEK-toh noh tah-MEH-nee gah-koo-SHOO-shi-tsu oh yoh-YAH-koo shi-TAI dess. I'd like to reserve a study room for a group project.
B

どのくらいの広さの部屋が必要ですか。

doh-noh koo-RAI noh HIR-oh-sah noh heh-YAH gah nee-SAHY dess kah. What size room do you need?
B

いつ使いたいですか。

EE-tsu tsuh-kih-TAI dess kah. When do you want to use it?
A

私たちは今日の午後、4人で使える静かな部屋が必要です。

wah-TAH-shi-tah-chi wah KYOH noh GOH-goh, yoh-NIN deh tsuh-KAH-eh-roo shi-ZOO-kah-nah heh-YAH gah nee-SAHY dess. We need a quiet room this afternoon for four people.
B

今日の午後、2時間使える部屋が一つ空いています。

KYOH noh GOH-goh, nee-JAHN tsuh-KAH-eh-roo heh-YAH gah hee-TOH-tsu ah-ee-TEH ee-MAHS. There is one available for two hours this afternoon.
A

それなら、スライドを見直して、それぞれの部分を誰が発表するか決める時間が十分あります。

SOH-reh-NAH-rah, soo-RAHY-doh oh mee-NOW-shi-teh, soh-reh-ZOH-reh noh boo-BYOHN oh dah-REH gah hap-PYOH-sroo kah kih-MEH-roo JEE-kahn gah joo-BUN ah-ree-MAHS. That gives us enough time to review the slides and decide who will present each part.
B

あなたの図書館アカウントで予約します。

ah-NAH-tah noh too-SHOH-kahn ah-KOWN-toh deh yoh-YAH-koo shee-MAHS. I'll reserve it under your library account.
B

予定が変わったら、オンラインで予約をキャンセルできます。

yoh-TEH gah kah-WAH-tah-rah, OHN-rahyn deh yoh-YAH-koo oh KAHN-seh-roo deh-KEE-MAHS. You can cancel online if plans change.
A

私たちはこのカウンターで鍵を受け取りますか。

wah-TAH-shi-tah-chi wah koh-noh kah-OWN-tah deh KAH-gee oh oo-keh-toh-ree-MAHS kah. Do we pick up the key at this desk?
B

ここで受け取って、次の予約が始まる前に返してください。

koh-KOH deh oo-keh-TOHT-teh, tsuh-GEE noh yoh-YAH-koo gah hah-jih-MAH-roo MAH-eh nee kah-eh-SHI-teh koo-dah-SAI. Pick it up here, then return it before the next booking starts.
A

私たちは部屋をきれいに使って、時間どおりに出ます。

wah-TAH-shi-tah-chi wah heh-YAH oh kee-REH-ee nee tsuh-KAHT-teh, JEE-kahn doh-OH-ree nee DEH-MAHS. We'll keep the room clean and leave on time.
B

そうすれば、次のグループは待たずに始められます。

soh-SOO-reh-bah, tsuh-GEE noh goo-ROO-pu wah MAH-tah-zoo nee hah-jih-meh-RAH-reh-MAHS. That way, the next group can start without waiting.

Word by Word

グループ グループ means a group here, referring to the people working together. In グループプロジェクト, it identifies the project as shared by several people. Use it when describing a group activity or team situation.
プロジェクト プロジェクト means project here, the shared work for which the room is being reserved. In グループプロジェクト, it combines with グループ to specify the activity. Use it when discussing organized work with a clear goal.
の の links グループプロジェクト to ため in グループプロジェクトのために, meaning that the purpose is for the group project. It connects a noun or noun phrase to a following purpose or description. A reusable pattern is noun の ために.
ため ため expresses purpose in グループプロジェクトのために, meaning for the group project. Together with の and に, it explains why the study room is needed. Use noun の ために when stating a purpose.
に に marks the purpose in グループプロジェクトのために, meaning for the group project. Here it completes the purpose expression with のため. Use it after a purpose phrase before the action connected to that purpose.
学習室 学習室 means study room, the room the speaker wants to reserve. In 学習室を予約したいです, it is the object of the reservation. Use it when referring to a room intended for studying.
を を marks 学習室 as the object in 学習室を予約したいです. It shows what the speaker wants to reserve. A reusable pattern is noun を action verb.
予約 予約 names the reservation action in 予約したいです. It is the action the speaker wants to carry out for the study room. Use it in a pattern such as noun を予約する when arranging a room or service.
したい したい expresses the desire to make the reservation in 予約したいです. It follows 予約 and shows what the speaker wants to do. Use noun + したい when saying that you want to carry out an action.
です です gives the statement 予約したいです a polite ending. Here it makes the request sound appropriate when speaking to the library desk. Use it after a polite statement or request about your situation.
どの どの helps form the question about degree in どのくらいの広さ, asking how large the room should be. Here it works together with くらい rather than identifying one specific room. Use it before くらい in questions about amount or degree.
くらい くらい in どのくらい asks how much or to what degree, here referring to the room’s size. It helps turn 広さ into a question about the required amount. Use どのくらい when asking about an approximate size, amount, or duration.
広さ 広さ means size or spaciousness here, specifically the amount of space needed in the room. In どのくらいの広さの部屋, it describes the room being requested. Use it when asking or talking about how large a space is.
部屋 部屋 means room, the space the library staff is being asked to provide. In 部屋が必要です, it is the thing that is needed. Use it when describing a room with a requirement or availability.
が が marks 部屋 as the thing needed in 部屋が必要です. It identifies the subject of the statement about necessity. Use noun が必要です when stating that something is needed.
必要 必要 means necessary or needed in 部屋が必要です. It describes the room as required for the group’s activity. Use noun が必要です when telling someone what you require.
か か marks the sentence as a question in どのくらいの広さの部屋が必要ですか. It turns the statement into a polite request for information. Use it at the end of a polite question.
いつ いつ means when in いつ使いたいですか, asking about the intended time of use. It is used to clarify the schedule before making the reservation. Use it with a verb when asking when an action is wanted or expected.
使いたい 使いたい means want to use in いつ使いたいですか. It asks about the time at which the listener wants to use the room. A reusable pattern is object を 使いたいです when expressing a wish to use something.
私たち 私たち means we or us in 私たちは今日の午後, referring to the group making the reservation. It identifies the people whose needs are being discussed. Use it when explicitly naming yourself together with other people.
は は marks 私たち as the topic in 私たちは今日の午後. The rest of the sentence gives information about this group’s need. Use it after the person or group being discussed.
今日 今日 means today in 今日の午後, locating the requested time on the current day. It narrows the reservation to the present day. Use it with a following time expression such as 今日の午後.
午後 午後 means afternoon in 今日の午後. Together with 今日の, it specifies when the room is needed. Use it when identifying an afternoon time period.
人 人 counts people in 4人で, meaning with or for four people. The number comes before 人 to state the group size. Use number + 人 when giving the number of people involved.
で で marks the group arrangement in 4人で, meaning that four people will use the room together. Here it does not mark the room’s location. Use number + 人で when describing an activity done by a group of that size.
使える 使える means can use or usable in 4人で使える静かな部屋. It describes a room that four people are able to use. Use it before a noun when describing something as available for use.
静かな 静かな means quiet in 静かな部屋. This exact form comes before 部屋 to describe the room’s condition. Use 静かな before a noun when describing a quiet place.
時間 時間 means time or a period of time here, including the two-hour availability and the time needed for the project. In 決める時間が十分あります, it is the time available for the tasks. Use it when discussing duration or available time.
空いて 空いて describes the room as available in 空いています. It says that the room is not occupied during the stated period. Use noun が空いています when reporting that a place or slot is available.
います います completes 空いています and marks the room’s current available state. Together, 空いています reports that the room is available now or for the stated period. Use the て-form plus います to describe a continuing state.
それなら それなら means then or in that case in それなら、スライドを見直して. それ refers to the information just given, and なら treats it as the basis for the next conclusion. Use それなら when responding to new information and explaining what follows from it.
スライド スライド means slides, the presentation material the group plans to review. In スライドを見直して, it is the object of the review. Use it when discussing presentation slides.
見直して 見直して means review in 見直して、それぞれの部分を決める, and its て-form connects this action to the next one. It shows that the group will review the slides before deciding the presenters. Use the て-form to link sequential or related actions.
それぞれ それぞれ means each or respectively in それぞれの部分. It shows that the parts are considered individually. Use it before の部分 or another noun when referring to each item separately.
部分 部分 means part or section in それぞれの部分. Here it refers to the separate sections of the slides that need presenters. Use it when dividing a larger presentation, task, or object into sections.
誰 誰 means who in 誰が発表するか, asking which person will present. It identifies the unknown person responsible for the presentation. Use 誰が with an action when asking who will do it.
発表 発表 names the presenting task in 発表する. Here it refers to giving a section of the group presentation. Use it with する when describing the act of presenting.
する する means do or carry out in 発表する, forming the action of presenting. It completes the expression for the task each person may perform. Use noun + する to describe carrying out an action named by that noun.
決める 決める means decide in 誰が発表するか決める. The group will decide who presents each part. Use it after a question clause ending in か when deciding an answer or arrangement.
十分 十分 means enough or sufficient in 時間が十分あります. It says that the available time covers the planned review and decisions. Use it before or with a statement about something being sufficient.
あります あります means there is or there are in 時間が十分あります, reporting that sufficient time exists. Here it describes available time rather than a physical object. Use it after a thing that exists or is available.
あなた あなた means you in あなたの図書館アカウント, identifying the account belonging to the person being addressed. The following の links this person to the account. Use it when explicitly referring to the listener.
図書館 図書館 means library in 図書館アカウント. It identifies the service or institution associated with the account. Use it when referring to library services, facilities, or accounts.
アカウント アカウント means account in 図書館アカウント. Here it identifies the account under which the room reservation is recorded. Use it when specifying the account connected to an online or institutional service.
します します means do or will do in 予約します, the polite form used for the staff member’s promised reservation action. It presents the staff member as carrying out the reservation for the listener. Use it after an action noun when politely stating that someone will perform that action.
予定 予定 means plans or schedule in 予定が変わったら. It refers to the group’s arrangements for using the room. Use it with が変わる when talking about a schedule changing.
変わったら 変わったら means if or when it changes in 予定が変わったら. It sets a changed schedule as the condition for cancelling online. Use the たら form to state what should happen if or when a situation occurs.
オンライン オンライン means online in オンラインでキャンセルできます. It describes the way the cancellation can be made. Use it with で when naming an online method for an action.
キャンセル キャンセル names the cancellation action in キャンセルできます. Here it refers to cancelling the room reservation if the plans change. Use it when discussing the cancellation of a booking or arrangement.
できます できます means can do in オンラインでキャンセルできます. It expresses that online cancellation is possible. Use it after an action or method expression when stating that something can be done.
この この means this in このカウンター, pointing to the desk where the speakers are currently talking. It directly modifies the following noun. Use この before a nearby or currently identified noun.
カウンター カウンター means counter or desk in このカウンターで. It identifies the place where the key may be collected. Use it with で when describing an action carried out at a service desk.
鍵 鍵 means key in 鍵を受け取ります. It is the item the group needs to collect for the study room. Use it as the object of an action such as receiving or returning.
受け取ります 受け取ります means receive or pick up in 鍵を受け取ります. The speaker asks whether the group should collect the key at the desk. Use object を受け取ります when saying that you will receive or pick up something.
ここ ここ means here in ここで受け取って, referring to the desk where the staff member is speaking. With で, it marks the place for picking up the key. Use ここで before an action done at the current location.
次 次 means next in 次の予約 and 次のグループ. It identifies the booking or group that follows the current one. Use 次の before a noun when referring to the following item, event, or group.
始まる 始まる means start or begin in 次の予約が始まる. It describes the next booking beginning. Use it with が when stating that an event or scheduled activity starts.
前 前 means before in 始まる前に. It places the return of the key earlier than the start of the next booking. Use a verb phrase + 前に when saying that one action must happen before another.
返して 返して means return or give back in 返してください. Its て-form connects with ください to make a polite instruction to return the key. Use object を返してください when politely asking someone to give something back.
ください ください makes 返してください a polite request meaning please return it. It asks the listener to perform the action without sounding abrupt. Use a verb in the て-form plus ください for a polite request.
きれい きれい contributes the meaning clean in きれいに使って. The form きれいに describes using the room while keeping it clean. Use it in the pattern 部屋をきれいに使って when giving a cleanliness instruction.
使って 使って means use in 部屋をきれいに使って. Its て-form links the instruction about using the room to the promise to leave on time. Use the て-form to connect this action with another action or request.
どおり どおり means as scheduled or as expected in 時間どおりに. It says that the group will leave according to the agreed time. Use time expression + どおりに when describing an action that follows the schedule.
出ます 出ます means leave or go out in 時間どおりに出ます. Here it means leaving the study room on time. Use it after a time expression when stating when someone will leave.
そうすれば そうすれば means that way or if you do so in そうすれば、次のグループは始められます. そう refers to keeping the room clean and leaving on time, and すれば presents those actions as the condition for the result. Use そうすれば when explaining the consequence of the action just mentioned.
待たずに 待たずに means without waiting in 待たずに始められます. It explains that the next group can begin immediately rather than waiting for the room. Use the ずに form before an action to describe doing it without another action.
始められます 始められます means can start in 次のグループは始められます. It describes the next group’s ability to begin when the room is released on time. Use it when stating that a person or group is able to start an activity.

Grammar Points

〜たいです

今日の午後、学習室を予約したいです。

KYOH noh GOH-goh, gah-koo-SHOO-shi-tsu oh yoh-YAH-koo shi-TAI dess.

I want to reserve a study room this afternoon.

Attach たい to the verb stem to express what you want to do. It describes the speaker's desire.

〜たら

予定が変わったら、キャンセルできます。

yoh-TEH gah kah-WAH-tah-rah, KAHN-seh-roo deh-KEE-MAHS.

If the plans change, you can cancel.

〜たら expresses a condition: “if” or “when” something happens.

Japanese Vocabulary

2時間 num
nee-JAHN two hours
グループプロジェクト noun
goo-ROO-pu puh-roh-JEK-toh group project
学習室 noun
gah-koo-SHOO-shi-tsu study room
空く verb
ah-KOO to become available; to be vacant 空いています
広さ noun
HIR-oh-sah size; spaciousness
今日の午後 phrase
KYOH noh GOH-goh this afternoon
使う verb
tsuh-KAH-oo to use 使える
時間 noun
JEE-kahn time
十分 adj
joo-BUN enough; sufficient
静かだ adj
shi-ZOO-kah dah to be quiet 静かな
必要だ adj
nee-SAHY dah to be necessary; to need 必要です
予約する verb
yoh-YAH-koo soo-roo to reserve; to book 予約したい

Quiz

Spelling

Tap the letters to spell the word.

to become available; to be vacant

Show Answer空いています

to reserve; to book

Show Answer予約したい

group project

Show Answerグループプロジェクト

this afternoon

Show Answer今日の午後