hoteru de menkyosyou wo misete kara, heya no kagi wo uketorimasita.

で marks the place where an action happens.

In this sentence, both actions happen at the hotel:

• showing the ID
• receiving the room key

So ホテルで means at the hotel.

A learner might expect に, but に is more often used for:

• destination: ホテルに行く = go to the hotel
• existence: ホテルにいる = be at the hotel

Here, the sentence is about actions taking place there, so で is the natural choice.

免許証 usually means license, and in everyday use it often refers to a driver’s license.

In a hotel context, it is being used as a form of ID that you show to staff. So depending on the situation, the English translation might be:

• driver’s license
• ID
• identification

If the speaker specifically meant a general ID card, other words might also be used, such as 身分証明書.

Because 免許証 is the direct object of 見せて.

The dictionary form is 見せる, which means to show.
You show something, so the thing being shown takes を:

• 免許証を見せる = show a license / show an ID

So を marks what was shown.

This is a very common confusion.

• 見る = to see / to look at
• 見せる = to show

So:

• 免許証を見る = to look at the license
• 免許証を見せる = to show the license

In this sentence, the speaker is the one showing the ID, so 見せる is used.

Because てから means after doing.

• 見せてから = after showing
• 見せたから usually means because (I) showed or can sound like since (I) showed

So in this sentence:

• 免許証を見せてから、部屋の鍵を受け取りました。 = After showing my ID, I received the room key.

This is a sequence:

1. show ID
2. receive key

That is exactly what てから expresses.

No. In this sentence, から is part of the grammar pattern てから.

Vてから means:

• after doing X
• once X is done, then Y

So 見せてから means after showing.

This is different from:

• 東京から = from Tokyo
• 忙しいから = because I’m busy

Same sound, different grammar.

The comma helps separate the two parts of the sentence:

• 免許証を見せてから
• 部屋の鍵を受け取りました

It shows a pause, much like in English after an introductory clause:

• After showing my ID, I received the room key.

The comma is helpful and natural here, but punctuation in Japanese can be more flexible than in English.

Literally, it means the key of the room.

• 部屋 = room
• の = links nouns, often like of or an apostrophe ’s
• 鍵 = key

So:

• 部屋の鍵 = room key

This is a very common use of の to connect two nouns.

Because 部屋の鍵 is the direct object of 受け取りました.

The verb 受け取る means:

• to receive
• to accept
• to take something handed to you

So:

• 部屋の鍵を受け取りました = received the room key

Again, を marks the thing that was received.

受け取る is a bit more formal and more literal than もらう.

• もらう = to receive/get
• 受け取る = to receive, accept, take into one’s possession

At a hotel front desk, 受け取る fits well because it sounds orderly and situationally appropriate: the staff hands over the key, and the guest receives it.

So 受け取りました sounds natural in this context, especially in a slightly formal narrative.

ました is the polite past form.

The dictionary form is:

• 受け取る = to receive

Polite past:

• 受け取りました = received

This tells us two things:

1. the action is in the past
2. the sentence is in polite style

That matches the overall tone of the sentence.

In Japanese, when one verb connects to another using て-form, the first verb does not normally carry the final politeness marking.

So this is normal:

• 見せてから、受け取りました

The politeness appears at the end of the sentence, on the final verb:

• 受け取りました

This is how Japanese usually works in connected clauses.

The subject is omitted, which is very common in Japanese.

From context, the natural understanding is:

• I showed my ID and then received the room key.

Japanese often leaves out words like:

• I
• you
• he/she when they are obvious from context.

So yes, the implied subject here is most likely I.

Yes, that is a very natural translation.

A few possible translations are:

• After showing my ID at the hotel, I received the room key.
• At the hotel, I showed my ID and then received the room key.
• After showing my driver’s license at the hotel, I got the room key.

The exact English wording can change, but the Japanese structure is clearly:

1. at the hotel
2. show ID
3. then receive room key

Yes, somewhat.

Japanese is more flexible than English as long as the particles make the roles clear. For example, these are still understandable:

• ホテルで免許証を見せてから、部屋の鍵を受け取りました。
• 免許証をホテルで見せてから、部屋の鍵を受け取りました。

However, the original order sounds natural and easy to follow.

In general, the main verb comes at the end, and earlier parts set up the context.

No, normal Japanese usually does not use spaces like this.

A natural written version would be:

ホテルで免許証を見せてから、部屋の鍵を受け取りました。

Spaces are often added in learning materials to help beginners see:

• where words begin and end
• which particle belongs to which word

So the spaced version is just for readability.