Translation guide
A room used for receiving guests, visitors, or clients, often in a business, hotel, or formal setting. Japanese equivalents depend on the context: a hotel front desk area, a company meeting space, or a formal guest room in a traditional setting.
The area where guests check in or are greeted at a hotel or similar establishment.
The most common term for the front desk/reception area in hotels. Borrowed from English 'front'.
Please pick up your key at the front desk.
General reception desk or counter, used in hotels, offices, hospitals, etc. Can refer to the desk itself or the staff.
Lobby; the public waiting area near the reception. Not the reception desk itself, but often associated.
A room in an office or company used to receive clients or visitors for meetings.
A room in a traditional Japanese house, ryokan, or temple used to receive honored guests.
The front area where visitors are greeted in any professional setting.
応接室 is specifically for receiving guests and often has sofas and a more relaxed atmosphere. 会議室 is a general meeting room with a table and chairs, used for both internal and external meetings.
We served coffee in the reception room.
Please wait in the reception room.
ホテルの受付はあちらです。
The hotel reception is over there.
Please wait in the lobby.
A formal reception room in a company, used for meeting clients or guests. Implies a dedicated, often nicely furnished room.
Please show them into the reception room.
Meeting room; more general, used for internal meetings as well as receiving guests. Less formal than 応接室.
They are waiting in the meeting room.
Guest room; can be used in a company context but more commonly refers to a room for guests in a private home. Slightly old-fashioned.
The president is talking with a client in the reception room.
A traditional Japanese-style room with tatami mats, often used to receive guests. Can refer to a banquet room in a ryokan or a formal guest room in a home.
We showed the guests to the reception room.
A large hall or spacious room, often used for receiving guests in traditional inns or for events. Less intimate than 座敷.
We had dinner in the reception hall of the inn.
A guest hall or reception building, often found in temples or large traditional estates. Very formal and somewhat rare.
We had tea in the temple's reception hall.
The most versatile term for a reception desk or area in any facility. Can also mean the receptionist.
Please present your insurance card at the hospital reception.
Reception window/counter; emphasizes the physical counter where transactions occur. Common in government offices.
I submitted the documents at the reception counter.
会議室でプレゼンをします。
We will do the presentation in the meeting room.
The direct loanword レセプションルーム is not commonly used in Japanese. It may be understood but sounds unnatural. Use the context-appropriate term instead.
The reception room is on the second floor.