Restaurant reservations Part 4: Asking about accessibility features for disabled guests.

💬 [予約] is the noun [reservation], but in Japanese nouns like this often combine with [する] to make a verb: [予約する] = to make a reservation. You'll see the same pattern in lots of service situations, like [注文する] = to place an order.

💬 [したいです] means "want to do" and attaches to the stem of a verb: [予約したいです] = "I want to reserve," [確認したいです] = "I want to confirm." In speech, this is a softer, more polite way to say what you'd like than a blunt "I want."

💬 [予約したいです] literally says "I want to reserve," and Japanese often leaves out [を] here, even though [予約をしたいです] is also possible. That kind of dropped particle is very common in everyday requests.

💬 The [ご] in [ご予約] is an honorific prefix that makes the word more polite. You'll hear it on many service words, like [ご名前] and [ご希望].

💬 [いつ] can be used right at the front to ask "when?": [いつご予約ですか], [いつ空いていますか]. In [ご予約ですか], [ですか] makes it a polite question.