旅館 Japanese Inn

Meaning

Primary

Japanese Inn

Alternatives

Japanese Style Hotel, Ryokan

Word Type

noun

Explanation

When you’re taking a trip to a public building, you might be staying at a Japanese inn. Those were very much public buildings for all kinds of travellers back in the day, when you think about it.

Alternatively, you could call this a Japanese style hotel, or just 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

すごくいい旅館ですね！

It's a very nice ryokan!

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ステイするのがいいと思う？

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？

Why are there so many cockroaches in this Japanese inn?

Kanji Composition

1. 旅

   りょ Trip
2. 館

   かん Public Building