Title: MiniCore Japanese-EN / Booster: Luggage Forwarding
Tags: MinicoreJapanese-EN booster-takkyuubin sentence vocab dialog-line dialog recognition

MinicoreJapanese: Takkyuubin wa arimasu ka.
Native: 宅急便はありますか。
English: Do you have takkyuubin (luggage forwarding)?
Literal: luggage-forwarding [topic] exists ?
Notes: takkyuubin — the luggage-forwarding service. Nearly every hotel front desk and every konbini offers it; this question just confirms you're at a counter that does. (The word is technically one company's brand — see the behavior notes — but like "band-aid," it's what everyone says.)

MinicoreJapanese: Kono suutsukeesu o kuukou made, onegaishimasu.
Native: このスーツケースを空港まで、お願いします。
English: This suitcase to the airport, please.
Literal: this suitcase [obj] airport until, please
Notes: suutsukeesu — suitcase. And there it is: the taxi frame, shipping cargo instead of you. Kuukou has been yours since Lesson 4 — sending the big bag to the airport two days before you fly home is the classic move.

MinicoreJapanese: Kono hoteru made, onegaishimasu.
Native: このホテルまで、お願いします。
English: To this hotel, please. (pointing at the next hotel's address on your booking)
Literal: this hotel until, please
Notes: The hotel-to-hotel version: pull up the next booking on your phone, point at the address, say this. The clerk copies the address; you carry a toothbrush.

MinicoreJapanese: Ashita desu ka.
Native: 明日ですか。
English: Does it arrive tomorrow? / Tomorrow?
Literal: tomorrow is ?
Notes: No "arrive" verb exists in your kit — and none is needed. The yes/no flip from Lesson 6 collapses the whole delivery question to one word plus desu ka. (The answer is almost always hai: next-day delivery covers most of the country.)

MinicoreJapanese: Suutsukeesu wa ikura desu ka.
Native: スーツケースはいくらですか。
English: How much for the suitcase?
Literal: suitcase [topic] how-much is ?
Notes: Pricing is by size — Lesson 3's ikura gets you the number for yours. Expect around two thousand yen: less than two coffees for a day of walking unencumbered.

MinicoreJapanese: Furonto wa doko desu ka.
Native: フロントはどこですか。
English: Where is the front desk?
Literal: front-desk [topic] where is ?
Notes: furonto — the hotel front desk, where this entire pack happens. A loanword you can already read if you took the [Katakana booster](/boosters/booster-katakana/).

MinicoreJapanese: Denpyou, onegaishimasu.
Native: 伝票、お願いします。
English: The (shipping) slip, please.
Literal: slip, please
Notes: denpyou — the shipping slip, one small form between you and freedom. It asks for three things, and you already own the words for all of them: namae (Lesson 2), and these two —

MinicoreJapanese: Juusho wa kore desu.
Native: 住所はこれです。
English: The address is this. (pointing at the booking page)
Literal: address [topic] this is
Notes: juusho — address. Don't copy Japanese addresses by hand — point at the printed one and let the clerk transcribe. This sentence hands the job over politely.

MinicoreJapanese: Denwa bangou mo desu ka.
Native: 電話番号もですか。
English: The phone number too? (mid-form, checking)
Literal: phone-number also is ?
Notes: denwa bangou — phone number, the form's third blank. Yours, or the destination hotel's — either satisfies the form. This word unlocks every form in Japan, not just this one.

MinicoreJapanese: Kowaremono desu.
Native: こわれものです。
English: It's fragile. (handing it over)
Literal: fragile-thing is
Notes: kowaremono — a fragile thing. Said as the bag changes hands, it gets the red FRAGILE sticker and gentler handling — the sake bottles and the pottery from the [Tax-Free booster](/boosters/booster-tax-free/) will thank you.

MinicoreJapanese: Sumisu desu. Nimotsu wa arimasu ka.
Native: スミスです。荷物はありますか。
English: I'm Smith — is there luggage (for me)? (at check-in)
Literal: Smith is. luggage [topic] exists ?
Notes: At the hotel, the bag is tied to your reservation — most desks hand it over the moment you give your name, before you can ask. If they don't, this is the ask: Lesson 2's name frame plus the nimotsu you met in the [Trains booster](/boosters/booster-trains/). No slip needed; your name is the claim.

MinicoreJapanese: Nimotsu, onegaishimasu.
Native: 荷物、お願いします。
English: My luggage, please. (at the airport counter, slip held out)
Literal: luggage, please
Notes: At the airport, find the carrier's counter in the departure terminal — the black cat again — and hold out your copy of the slip: the bottom sheet of the denpyou the clerk handed back when you sent the bag. That copy is the claim ticket; keep it with your passport all trip. Two words plus the paper, and the suitcase surfaces.

MinicoreJapanese: Nimotsu ga arimasen.
Native: 荷物がありません。
English: My luggage isn't here. (at check-in, when it should be)
Literal: luggage [ga] exists-not
Notes: The rare bad day — and it usually isn't the courier: nine times out of ten the bag is in the back room, filed under a creative romanization of your name. Lesson 8's problem pattern raises the flag; show your name written (passport or booking screen) and let the desk look again.

MinicoreJapanese: Bangou wa kore desu.
Native: 番号はこれです。
English: The (tracking) number is this. (pointing at your slip copy)
Literal: number [topic] this is
Notes: bangou — number, the second half of denwa bangou promoted to its own word. Every slip carries a tracking number; point at it and the desk can call the carrier and locate the bag in minutes. Mix-ups are genuinely rare — this is a courier network businesses trust with fresh fish — but this sentence is the whole recovery plan when one happens.

MinicoreJapanese: Takkyuubin, onegaishimasu.
Native: 宅急便、お願いします。
English: Luggage forwarding, please. (bag at your feet)
Literal: luggage-forwarding, please
Notes: The whole service in two words, said at any front desk or konbini counter with the bag beside you. Everything that follows — the slip, the size, the price — is the counter's script, and the rest of this pack has you covered for it.

MinicoreJapanese: takkyuubin
Native: 宅急便
English: luggage forwarding
Notes: *Takkyuubin, onegaishimasu.*

MinicoreJapanese: suutsukeesu
Native: スーツケース
English: suitcase
Notes: ships on the taxi frame

MinicoreJapanese: denpyou
Native: 伝票
English: (shipping) slip
Notes: keep your copy — the airport claim ticket

MinicoreJapanese: juusho
Native: 住所
English: address
Notes: point, don't transcribe

MinicoreJapanese: denwa bangou
Native: 電話番号
English: phone number
Notes: unlocks every form in Japan

MinicoreJapanese: kowaremono
Native: こわれもの
English: fragile (thing)
Notes: *Kowaremono desu.* — gets the sticker

MinicoreJapanese: furonto
Native: フロント
English: hotel front desk
Notes: where this pack happens

MinicoreJapanese: bangou
Native: 番号
English: number
Notes: the tracking number — *Bangou wa kore desu.*

MinicoreJapanese: nimotsu
Native: 荷物
English: luggage
Notes: *Kono nimotsu, ii desu ka.*

MinicoreJapanese: Kochira ni gokinyuu kudasai.
Native: こちらにご記入ください。
English: fill this in
Notes: name, address, phone number

MinicoreJapanese: Itsu goro otodoke shimashou ka.
Native: いつごろお届けしましょうか。
English: deliver it when?
Notes: *Ashita, onegaishimasu.*

MinicoreJapanese: Sending the suitcase ahead
Notes: Traveler: Sumimasen. Takkyuubin wa arimasu ka.
Excuse me — do you have luggage forwarding?
[excuse-me. luggage-forwarding [topic] exists ?]
Clerk: Hai, arimasu yo.
Yes, we do.
[yes, exists [yo]]
Traveler: Kono suutsukeesu o kuukou made, onegaishimasu. Kowaremono desu.
This suitcase to the airport, please. It's fragile.
[this suitcase [obj] airport until, please. fragile-thing is]
Clerk: Hai. Kochira ni gokinyuu kudasai.
Certainly. Please fill this in. (handing the slip)
[yes. here [ni] fill-in-please (polite)]
Traveler: Denwa bangou mo desu ka.
(filling it in) The phone number too?
[phone-number also is ?]
Clerk: Hai, onegaishimasu.
Yes, please.
[yes, please]
Clerk: Itsu goro otodoke shimashou ka.
About when shall we deliver it? (the counter's timing question)
[when about deliver shall-we ? (polite)]
Traveler: Ashita, onegaishimasu.
Tomorrow, please.
[tomorrow, please]
Clerk: Hai. Sen go-hyaku en desu.
Certainly. That's 1,500 yen.
[yes. one-thousand five-hundred yen is]
Traveler: Arigatou gozaimasu.
Thank you.
[thank you (full polite form)]

MinicoreJapanese: Sumimasen. Takkyuubin wa arimasu ka.
Native: すみません。宅急便はありますか。
English: Excuse me — do you have luggage forwarding?
Literal: excuse-me. luggage-forwarding [topic] exists ?

MinicoreJapanese: Hai, arimasu yo.
Native: はい、ありますよ。
English: Yes, we do.
Literal: yes, exists [yo]

MinicoreJapanese: Kono suutsukeesu o kuukou made, onegaishimasu. Kowaremono desu.
Native: このスーツケースを空港まで、お願いします。こわれものです。
English: This suitcase to the airport, please. It's fragile.
Literal: this suitcase [obj] airport until, please. fragile-thing is

MinicoreJapanese: Hai. Kochira ni gokinyuu kudasai.
Native: はい。こちらにご記入ください。
English: Certainly. Please fill this in. (handing the slip)
Literal: yes. here [ni] fill-in-please (polite)

MinicoreJapanese: Ashita, onegaishimasu.
Native: 明日、お願いします。
English: Tomorrow, please.
Literal: tomorrow, please

MinicoreJapanese: Hai. Sen go-hyaku en desu.
Native: はい。千五百円です。
English: Certainly. That's 1,500 yen.
Literal: yes. one-thousand five-hundred yen is

MinicoreJapanese: Counter scripts
Notes: Clerk: Kochira ni gokinyuu kudasai.
Please fill this in. → the slip; name, address, phone number
[here [ni] fill-in-please (polite)]
Clerk: Itsu goro otodoke shimashou ka.
About when shall we deliver it? → answer with a day: Ashita, onegaishimasu.
[when about deliver shall-we ? (polite)]

MinicoreJapanese: The delivery-options question
Notes: Traveler: Sumimasen. Kuukou made, ikura desu ka.
Excuse me — to the airport, how much is it?
[excuse-me. airport until, how-much is ?]
Clerk: Saizu ni yorimasu ga, emu saizu desu to nisen-en de, ashita no gogo ni wa otodoke dekimasu ga, kuukou uketori wa futsuka mae made no omoushikomi ga hitsuyou desu.
It depends on the size — an M is 2,000 yen and can arrive tomorrow afternoon, but airport pickup needs to be booked two days ahead.
[(too fast — that's the point)]
Traveler: Sumimasen. Kaite kudasai.
Sorry — please write it down.
[excuse-me. write-it, please]
Clerk: Nisen-en desu. Ashita desu.
(writing) 2,000 yen. Tomorrow.
[two-thousand yen is. tomorrow is]

MinicoreJapanese: Sumimasen. Kuukou made, ikura desu ka.
Native: すみません。空港まで、いくらですか。
English: Excuse me — to the airport, how much is it?
Literal: excuse-me. airport until, how-much is ?

MinicoreJapanese: Saizu ni yorimasu ga, emu saizu desu to nisen-en de, ashita no gogo ni wa otodoke dekimasu ga, kuukou uketori wa futsuka mae made no omoushikomi ga hitsuyou desu.
Native: サイズによりますが、Mサイズですと二千円で、明日の午後にはお届けできますが、空港受け取りは二日前までのお申し込みが必要です。
English: It depends on the size — an M is 2,000 yen and can arrive tomorrow afternoon, but airport pickup needs to be booked two days ahead.
Literal: (too fast — that's the point)

MinicoreJapanese: Nisen-en desu. Ashita desu.
Native: 二千円です。明日です。
English: (writing) 2,000 yen. Tomorrow.
Literal: two-thousand yen is. tomorrow is