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They Did Not Ask If You Booked. They Asked Whose Name It Is Under.

To say What name is the reservation under? in Japanese, say ご予約のお名前は? (go-yoyaku no o-namae wa?).

They didn't ask if you have a reservation. They asked whose name it is under.

go-yoyaku no o-namae wa? What name is the reservation under?

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In this video

  1. ご予約のお名前は? go-yoyaku no o-namae wa? What name is the reservation under?
  2. スミスです。 Sumisu desu. It's Smith.
  3. ご予約のお名前は? go-yoyaku no o-namae wa? What name is the reservation under?

Kanji in this phrase

ご予約
ごよやく
お名前
おなまえ
ご予約のお名前は
ごよやくのおなまえは

Why this phrase

Kofuku x Hana at a restaurant door. Hana is the host. She doesn't ask whether you booked. She asks ご予約のお名前は. Kofuku freezes, then answers with the family name on the booking. They act the door exchange. Takeaway is that one host sentence.

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