ryokan

See also: Ryōkan

English

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^[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

a traditional Japanese hotel

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 日式旅館／日式旅馆 (Rìshì lǚguǎn) (i.e. Japanese style hotel)

• Finnish: ryokan
• French: ryokan (fr) m
• German: Ryokan n
• Japanese: 旅館 (ja) (りょかん, ryokan)
• Korean: 료칸 (ryokan), 여관(旅館) (ko) (yeogwan), 려관 (ko) (ryeogwan) (North Korea)
• Russian: рёкан m (rjókan)

Anagrams

• Nyarko, karyon

Japanese

Romanization

ryokan

1. Rōmaji transcription of りょかん