ryokan

See also: Ryōkan

English

Etymology

From Japanese 旅館 (りょかん ryokan), from Middle Chinese 旅館 (ljó-kwán "inn", "traveller's lodge") (compare Mandarin lǚguǎn 旅馆), from 旅 ("travel") + 館 ("lodging-house").

Noun

ryokan (plural ryokans or ryokan)

A traditional Japanese inn with communal baths and other public areas.
- 2008 April 27, “Gift to the Mailroom, From the Boardroom”, in New York Times‎:
  Mr. Ducasse is pursuing plans for a new hotel one hour from central Tokyo, a cross between a ryokan, a traditional Japanese inn, and an auberge, a French country inn.

Translations

a traditional Japanese hotel

Chinese:
Mandarin: 日式旅館, 日式旅馆 (Rìshì lǚguǎn)
French: ryokan (fr) m
German: Ryokan n

Japanese: 旅館 (ja) (りょかん, ryokan)
Korean: 여관 (ko) (yeogwan) (旅館 (ko))
Russian: рёкан (ru) m (rjókan)

Anagrams

karyon

Japanese

Romanization

ryokan

Rōmaji transcription of りょかん

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