旅館 Japanese Inn

Meaning

Primary

Japanese Inn

Alternatives

Japanese Hotel, Inn, Ryokan, Japanese Style Inn, Japanese Style Hotel

Word Type

noun

Explanation

A public building for taking trips is a place you stay when you are taking a trip. Back in the day that would just be an inn or something. Now, this specifies that the inn is a Japanese inn or Japanese hotel. A lot of people even just call it by its Japanese name: ryokan.

Reading

りょかん

Explanation

This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well.

Context

Common Word Combinations

• 旅館に〜

  旅館にもどる

  to return to the Japanese inn

  旅館に行く

  to go to a Japanese inn

  旅館に着く

  to arrive at the Japanese inn

• 旅館の〜

  旅館の部屋

  room in a Japanese inn

  旅館の一階

  first floor of the Japanese inn

  旅館の主人

  proprietor of the Japanese inn

Context Sentences

日本に旅行に行ったら旅館にとまってみたいです。

When I travel to Japan, I would like to stay at a Japanese-style hotel.

来月日本に旅行に行くんだけど、旅館とホテルとどっちにとまった方がいいと思う？

I'm traveling to Japan next month. Where do you think I should stay: a Japanese-style inn or a hotel?

「なんでこの旅館、こんなにゴキブリが出るの？」「最近雨ばっかり降ってるからじゃない？」

"Why are there so many cockroaches in this Japanese inn?" "I think it’s because of all the rain we’ve been getting."

Kanji Composition

1. 旅

   りょ Trip
2. 館

   かん Public Building