ごゆっくりお過ごしください
goyukkuri osugoshikudasai
In Japanese, "enjoy your stay" is expressed as ごゆっくりお過ごしください (goyukkuri osugoshikudasai).
It is a professional way to express care for a customer's comfort.
What does it mean word for word?
The part お過ごしください (osugoshikudasai) means "please spend (time)" in a polite manner.
Is there a formal and an informal way to say it?
The phrase ごゆっくりお過ごしください is highly polite and is the standard way for staff to address customers. For even higher levels of formality, you can use ご滞在をお楽しみいただければ幸いです. Another polite and standard option is ご滞在をお楽しみください. If you are speaking informally, you can use 滞在を楽しんでね or the slightly more polite 滞在を楽しんでくださいね.
How do you pronounce it?
goyukkuri osugoshikudasai
Did you know?
- In traditional Japanese inns, staff may say ごゆっくり while bowing, but you should not reply with a similar phrase. Instead, a simple ありがとうございます is the appropriate response.
- The word ゆっくり (yukkuri) in the phrase ごゆっくりお過ごしください literally means 'slowly' or 'leisurely'. It implies that the guest should not feel rushed and should take their time to relax.
- Japanese hospitality, or おもてなし (omotenashi), emphasizes anticipating a guest's needs before they are voiced. Phrases like ごゆっくりお過ごしください are tools to signal that the guest is now in a space where they are fully cared for.
Examples in context
- ごゆっくりお過ごしください。Go-yukkuri osugoshi kudasai.Please enjoy your stay.
- ホテルではごゆっくりお過ごしください。Hoteru dewa go-yukkuri osugoshi kudasai.Please enjoy your stay at the hotel.
- 温泉でごゆっくりお過ごしくださいね。Onsen de go-yukkuri osugoshi kudasai ne.Please enjoy your stay at the hot spring.
Example conversation
Yota welcomes Yui to his hometown.
- 結衣 Yui綺麗な町ですね。Kireina machi desu ne.It is a beautiful town, isn't it?
- 陽太 Yotaはい。ぜひごゆっくりお過ごしください。Hai. Zehi go-yukkuri osugoshi kudasai.Yes. Please, enjoy your stay.
- 結衣 Yuiありがとうございます。Arigatō gozaimasu.Thank you very much.
- 陽太 Yotaいいところを案内しますね。Ii tokoro o annai shimasu ne.I will show you some great places.
