レストラン

Japanese

レストラン (resutoran): an Italian restaurant in Japan.

Etymology

Borrowing from French restaurant,[1][2][3][4][5] possibly via English.[5]

Pronunciation

Noun

レストラン (rōmaji resutoran)

  1. a restaurant
    あのレストランは良 ()い食事 (いしょくじ)を出 (だ)す。
    Ano resutoran wa ii shokuji o dasu.
    That restaurant serves good meals.
    • 1988 July 30 [Jul 25 1984], Fujiko F. Fujio, “世せ界かい名めい作さく童どう話わ第だい４巻かん　ヘンゼルとグレーテル [World’s Renowned Fairy Tales Book 4: Hänsel and Gretel]”, in ポストの中の明日 [Post-Mid-Tomorrow] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 2), volume 2 (fiction, in Japanese), 10th edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 189:
      レストランをひらいたら、大流行だよ。
      Resutoran o hiraitara, ōhayari da yo.
      If you open a restaurant, it’s gonna be very popular.

Usage notes

This term is often used to refer more specifically to Western-style restaurants.

Derived terms

See also

  • Thesaurus:レストラン

References

  1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. ↑ 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  4. 1 2 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  6. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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