ryokan

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Etymology

From Japanese 旅館(りょかん) (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

ryokan (plural ryokans or ryokan)

  1. 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.

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Romanization

ryokan

  1. Rōmaji transcription of りょかん
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