Title: MiniCore Japanese-EN / Booster: Ryokan
Tags: MinicoreJapanese-EN booster-ryokan vocab sentence dialog-line dialog recognition

MinicoreJapanese: Ryokan ni tomarimasu.
Native: 旅館に泊まります。
English: I'm staying at a ryokan.
Literal: ryokan [ni] stay
Notes: ryokan — the traditional inn, with Lesson 6's tomarimasu. Said to a taxi driver or a tourist office, it reframes every answer you get — ryokan run on their own rhythm, and locals know it.

MinicoreJapanese: Tatami no heya ga ii desu.
Native: 畳の部屋がいいです。
English: I'd like a tatami room. (booking or checking in)
Literal: tatami of room [ga] good is
Notes: tatami and heya — the woven-mat floor and the room, glued by Lesson 2's no, chosen with Lesson 5's preference frame. Many inns offer both Western and Japanese rooms; this sentence gets you the one you came for. (The mats have laws — see the behavior notes.)

MinicoreJapanese: Heya wa doko desu ka.
Native: 部屋はどこですか。
English: Where is my room?
Literal: room [topic] where is ?
Notes: heya on its own — oddly missing from the core (hotels never needed it; ryokan corridors do).

MinicoreJapanese: Genkan wa doko desu ka.
Native: 玄関はどこですか。
English: Where is the entryway? (the shoes-off threshold)
Literal: entryway [topic] where is ?
Notes: genkan — the sunken entryway where street shoes end, finally named as its own word (Lesson 7 taught you what your feet do there). Big ryokan have more than one; late at night you'll want the one that's still open — which raises a question this pack answers below.

MinicoreJapanese: Ban-gohan wa nan-ji desu ka.
Native: 晩ごはんは何時ですか。
English: What time is dinner?
Literal: evening-meal [topic] what-hour is ?
Notes: ban-gohan — dinner: Lesson 7's ban + gohan move, same as asa-gohan and hiru-gohan. At a ryokan this question matters more than anywhere else in Japan — dinner is served at a fixed time, and the kitchen does not improvise (behavior notes).

MinicoreJapanese: Ban-gohan wa kaiseki desu ka.
Native: 晩ごはんはかいせきですか。
English: Is dinner kaiseki? (when booking)
Literal: evening-meal [topic] kaiseki is ?
Notes: kaiseki — the multi-course seasonal dinner that is half the reason ryokan exist: a procession of small beautiful dishes, each explained as it lands. The word is on every booking page; now it's in your mouth.

MinicoreJapanese: Heya de tabemasu ka.
Native: 部屋で食べますか。
English: Do we eat in the room?
Literal: room at eat ?
Notes: The grandest ryokan version: dinner served course by course at your own low table. Lesson 6's place-de plus tabemasu asks which kind of night you're having.

MinicoreJapanese: Zabuton mo, onegaishimasu.
Native: 座布団も、お願いします。
English: A floor cushion too, please.
Literal: floor-cushion also, please
Notes: zabuton — the flat floor cushion that makes an hour at a low table survivable for untrained Western knees. Asking for a second one is common and completely unremarkable.

MinicoreJapanese: Futon, onegaishimasu.
Native: 布団、お願いします。
English: The futon, please. (asking for it to be laid out)
Literal: futon, please
Notes: futon — the real thing: mattress, duvet, and pillow laid on the tatami. At full-service ryokan staff lay it while you're at dinner (you'll hear the knock — the script below); at simpler inns and guesthouses, this sentence summons it, or a pointed glance at the closet finds it.

MinicoreJapanese: Mongen wa nan-ji desu ka.
Native: 門限は何時ですか。
English: What time is curfew?
Literal: curfew [topic] what-hour is ?
Notes: mongen — the curfew. Small ryokan genuinely lock the genkan at night — often 10 or 11 — and almost no traveler knows to ask. Heading out for the [izakaya](/boosters/booster-izakaya/) evening? Ask this first; the izakaya pack's last-train question guards one end of the night, this guards the other.

MinicoreJapanese: Chekku-auto wa nan-ji desu ka.
Native: チェックアウトは何時ですか。
English: What time is checkout?
Literal: checkout [topic] what-hour is ?
Notes: chekku-auto — checkout, the loanword you'd have guessed. Ryokan checkouts run early (often 10:00); the answer shapes your morning bath plans.

MinicoreJapanese: Ofuro wa nan-ji made desu ka.
Native: お風呂は何時までですか。
English: Until what time is the bath?
Literal: bath [topic] what-hour until is ?
Notes: ofuro — the bath, this pack's one borrowed word: everything past the bathhouse curtain — washing, towels, the tattoo question, the yukata you'll wear to it — lives in the [Onsen booster](/boosters/booster-onsen/). This sentence is the timetable hinge between the two packs: bath hours, dinner hours, and curfew are the three clocks a ryokan evening runs on.

MinicoreJapanese: ryokan
Native: 旅館
English: traditional inn
Notes: *Ryokan ni tomarimasu.*

MinicoreJapanese: genkan
Native: 玄関
English: entryway
Notes: where street shoes end

MinicoreJapanese: heya
Native: 部屋
English: room
Notes: *Heya wa doko desu ka.*

MinicoreJapanese: tatami
Native: 畳
English: woven-mat floor
Notes: socks or bare feet only

MinicoreJapanese: zabuton
Native: 座布団
English: floor cushion
Notes: ask for a second freely

MinicoreJapanese: futon
Native: 布団
English: bedding (laid on tatami)
Notes: *Futon, onegaishimasu.*

MinicoreJapanese: ban-gohan
Native: 晩ごはん
English: dinner
Notes: Lesson 7's *ban* + *gohan* move

MinicoreJapanese: kaiseki
Native: かいせき
English: multi-course dinner
Notes: the booking-page word

MinicoreJapanese: mongen
Native: 門限
English: curfew
Notes: ask before the evening out

MinicoreJapanese: chekku-auto
Native: チェックアウト
English: checkout
Notes: ryokan run it early

MinicoreJapanese: ofuro
Native: お風呂
English: bath
Notes: the general word

MinicoreJapanese: Oshokuji no junbi ga dekimashita.
Native: お食事の準備ができました。
English: your meal is ready
Notes: *hai* — dinner time, yukata welcome

MinicoreJapanese: Ofuton o shiki ni mairimasu.
Native: お布団を敷きにまいります。
English: we'll lay out the futon
Notes: *hai, onegaishimasu* — step aside briefly

MinicoreJapanese: An evening at the ryokan
Notes: Traveler: Konbanwa. Yoyaku ga arimasu. Sumisu desu.
Good evening. I have a reservation — Smith. (Lesson 7's check-in, verbatim)
[good-evening. reservation [ga] exists. Smith is]
Host: Sumisu-san desu ne. Douzo.
Ms. Smith, of course — come in.
[Smith-san is [ne]. go-ahead]
Traveler: Ban-gohan wa nan-ji desu ka.
What time is dinner?
[evening-meal [topic] what-hour is ?]
Host: Roku-ji kara desu. Heya de tabemasu.
From 6:00. You'll eat in your room.
[6:00 from is. room at eat]
Traveler: Wakarimashita. Ofuro wa nan-ji made desu ka.
Understood. Until what time is the bath?
[understood. bath [topic] what-hour until is ?]
Host: Juuichi-ji made desu.
Until 11:00.
[11:00 until is]
Host: Oshokuji no junbi ga dekimashita.
(a knock, at six) Your meal is ready. (the first knock — see the script below)
[(honorific) meal of preparation [ga] became-ready]
Traveler: Hai, arigatou gozaimasu.
Yes — thank you!
[yes, thank you (full polite form)]
Host: Ofuton o shiki ni mairimasu.
(mid-dinner) We'll come lay out your futon. (the second knock)
[(honorific) futon [obj] lay-out to come (humble)]
Traveler: Hai, onegaishimasu.
Yes, please.
[yes, please]

MinicoreJapanese: Sumisu-san desu ne. Douzo.
Native: スミスさんですね。どうぞ。
English: Ms. Smith, of course — come in.
Literal: Smith-san is [ne]. go-ahead

MinicoreJapanese: Roku-ji kara desu. Heya de tabemasu.
Native: 六時からです。部屋で食べます。
English: From 6:00. You'll eat in your room.
Literal: 6:00 from is. room at eat

MinicoreJapanese: Wakarimashita. Ofuro wa nan-ji made desu ka.
Native: わかりました。お風呂は何時までですか。
English: Understood. Until what time is the bath?
Literal: understood. bath [topic] what-hour until is ?

MinicoreJapanese: Juuichi-ji made desu.
Native: 十一時までです。
English: Until 11:00.
Literal: 11:00 until is

MinicoreJapanese: Hai, arigatou gozaimasu.
Native: はい、ありがとうございます。
English: Yes — thank you!
Literal: yes, thank you (full polite form)

MinicoreJapanese: The two knocks
Notes: Host: Oshokuji no junbi ga dekimashita.
Your meal is ready. → dinner is served, at the fixed time — come as you are, yukata included
[(honorific) meal of preparation [ga] became-ready]
Host: Ofuton o shiki ni mairimasu.
We'll come lay out your futon. → staff enter while you eat; that's the service, not an intrusion
[(honorific) futon [obj] lay-out to come (humble)]

MinicoreJapanese: The morning question
Notes: Traveler: Asa-gohan wa nan-ji kara desu ka.
What time does breakfast start? (Lesson 7's question, back at work)
[morning-meal [topic] what-hour from is ?]
Host: Choushoku wa shichi-ji han kara ikkai no hiroma ni goyoui shite orimasu. Chekku-auto wa juu-ji de gozaimasu.
Breakfast is served from 7:30 in the first-floor hall, and checkout is at 10:00.
[(too fast — that's the point)]
Traveler: Sumimasen. Yukkuri onegaishimasu.
Sorry — slowly, please.
[excuse-me. slowly, please]
Host: Shichi-ji han kara desu. Ikkai desu.
From 7:30. The first floor.
[7:30 from is. first-floor is]

MinicoreJapanese: Choushoku wa shichi-ji han kara ikkai no hiroma ni goyoui shite orimasu. Chekku-auto wa juu-ji de gozaimasu.
Native: 朝食は七時半から一階の広間にご用意しております。チェックアウトは十時でございます。
English: Breakfast is served from 7:30 in the first-floor hall, and checkout is at 10:00.
Literal: (too fast — that's the point)

MinicoreJapanese: Shichi-ji han kara desu. Ikkai desu.
Native: 七時半からです。一階です。
English: From 7:30. The first floor.
Literal: 7:30 from is. first-floor is