Translation guide
A room for storing coats, bags, or luggage, typically in a theater, restaurant, or station. In Japanese, the term depends on the context: a staffed coat check, a coin-operated locker, or a simple storage area.
A room or counter where an attendant takes your coat or bag and gives you a ticket.
The most common word for a staffed cloakroom in hotels, theaters, and event venues. From English 'cloak'.
Please leave your coat at the cloakroom.
Literally 'baggage storage place'. Used in stations or department stores for a staffed luggage storage service.
I left my suitcase at the station cloakroom.
A less common variant of クローク, sometimes used in formal contexts.
The cloakroom is on the right side of the venue.
A self-service locker where you insert coins to store items temporarily.
A room or area for hanging coats and storing bags, often without an attendant.
クローク is a staffed service where you hand over your items. コインロッカー is a self-service coin locker. Do not use クローク for a coin locker.
Is the cloakroom free?
The coin lockers are paid.
The English word 'cloakroom' can be misleading. In Japanese, specify the type: staffed (クローク), coin locker (コインロッカー), or changing room (更衣室). Using クローク for a locker room sounds unnatural.
ロッカーが空いてなかった。
The lockers were all full.
I left my stuff in the cloakroom.