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ryokan

ryokan

See also: Ryōkan

English

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.

Translations


Japanese

Romanization

ryokan

  1. rōmaji reading of りょかん