Messages one does not wish to received from one's hotel in Japan

[rachelmanija]

The reservation in September which it asks of is nothing. Is it all right?

Free Japanese chocolate to anyone who knows what that means! I replied to say, um, what? And also to reiterate our reservation.

Comments

[amberdulen.livejournal.com]

I would take it as "Your September reservation does not exist. Confirm?" And then panic.

[jonquil.livejournal.com]

Me, too.

[jonquil.livejournal.com]

Isn't there a polite Japanese particle that basically exists to soften a denial? If so, it'd be like "I'm sorry that I just ate the last plum... [particle translating literally to "Is that okay with you?"]

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

nainaninani desu ga/ desu keredomo is a common one, but that's ordinary speech.

Usually when there's a problem with hotels or any institution (amazon.jp, I am looking at you) there's a wave of verbuage following the flat info (that x isn't available or y can't be done) that basically means 'we know this is an extreme inconvenience but we entreat the favour of your understanding.' Absent anything like that in the machine translation I'm cautiously optimistic, like anacred, that 'nothing' here might indeed mean 'no problem.'