Translation guide
The English word 'annex' can refer to a building addition, an appended document, or the act of taking territory. This guide covers natural Japanese expressions for each meaning.
A structure added to or adjoining a main building, often for extra space.
An additional document attached to a main one, like an appendix or addendum.
To incorporate a territory into another political entity, often by force.
Standard term for an annex building, often used for hotels, hospitals, or museums.
I stayed in the hotel annex.
Refers specifically to the added part of a building after an extension or renovation.
The annex is being used as a new office.
Loanword from English, sometimes used in proper names like hotel annexes, but not common in everyday speech.
Guests staying at the Hotel Annex, please come this way.
Please check the annex to the contract.
Literally 'separate sheet', commonly used in business to refer to an attached document or annex.
Details are as per the annex.
Often used for appendices or supplements in books, but can also mean annex in a document context.
The data is compiled in the annex to the report.
The standard term for annexation of territory, used in political and historical contexts.
That country annexed the neighboring territory.
Often used for incorporating a smaller area into a larger administrative unit, like a town merging into a city.
The village was annexed by the city.
Means 'occupation', sometimes used when annexation involves military control, but not a direct equivalent.
The area was occupied during the war and later annexed.