待合室

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
待 合 室
ま(ち)
Grade: 3 		あ(い)
Grade: 2 		しつ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi kan’on
Alternative spelling
待ち合い室
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Etymology

Compound of 待(ま)ち合(あ)い (machiai, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 待(ま)ち合(あ)う (machiau)) + 室(しつ) (-shitsu, “room”).

Pronunciation

Noun

待(まち)合(あい)室(しつ) • (machiaishitsu) ←まちあひしつ (matiafisitu)?

  1. waiting room, waiting area
    Synonyms: 休憩室 (kyūkeishitsu), ラウンジ (raunji)

Descendants

  • → Korean: 대합실(待合室) (daehapsil)

References

  1. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  4. ^ CHO Eui-sung (2001) “우리말에 들어온 일본말 [urimare deureoon ilbonmal, Japanese words that have entered Korean]”, in Cho's Lab of Korean Language‎

Korean

Hanja in this term
待合室

Noun

待合室 • (daehapsil) (hangeul 대합실)

  1. Hanja form? of 대합실 (“waiting room”).
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