ryokan
See also: Ryōkan
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Etymology edit
From Japanese 旅館 (ryokan), which is from Middle Chinese 旅館 (MC ljoX kwanH, “inn, traveller's lodge”).
Compare modern Chinese 旅館/旅馆 (lǚguǎn, “hotel”), from 旅 (lǚ, “travel”) + 館/馆 (guǎn, “lodging-house”).
Noun edit
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[1]:
- 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 edit
a traditional Japanese hotel
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