How to say "check-in" in Japanese

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  • noun, suru verb, intransitive verbCovers check-in in the general sense: registering on arrival at a hotel, airport or event. The common katakana loanword — say this when checking in at the front desk.
    何時いつからチェックインできますか。↗
    What time do you start check-in?
  • 搭乗手続きとうじょうてつづき
    nounLiterally 'boarding procedures': the check-in you do at the airport before a flight. Less common than the loanword and not used for hotels — it is really about the procedures for boarding a plane.

「チェックイン」 is the common, all-purpose word for check-in, at a hotel or before a flight; 「搭乗手続き」, literally 'boarding procedures', is the less common word for the airport check-in specifically.

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