宿やど屋や

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

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inn; lodging house

A traditional Japanese inn or a place offering overnight lodging, often family-run and smaller than a modern hotel.

I stayed at a small inn during my trip.

この町まちには古ふるい宿やど屋やが何なん軒げんか残のこっている。

Several old inns remain in this town.

〈場ば所しょ〉の宿やど屋やに泊とまるto stay at an inn in a place
旅たびの途と中ちゅうで小ちいさな宿やど屋やに泊とまった。
We stayed at a small inn along the way during our trip.
宿やど屋やを営いとなむto run/operate an inn
彼かれの家か族ぞくは代だい々だい宿やど屋やを営いとなんでいる。
His family has run an inn for generations.
宿やど屋やを探さがすto look for an inn (to stay at)
駅えきの近ちかくで安やすい宿やど屋やを探さがした。
I looked for a cheap inn near the station.

旅りょ館かんN4
旅館 is a more formal, often larger traditional Japanese inn with fuller services, while 宿屋 is a plainer, more old-fashioned word for a lodging house.
民みん宿しゅくN1
民宿 is a small family-run guesthouse, similar in scale to 宿屋 but usually emphasizing home-style hospitality rather than commercial lodging.
ホテルN5
ホテル is a modern Western-style hotel, whereas 宿屋 implies a traditional or simpler Japanese-style inn.

どや
宿屋 just means an ordinary inn or guesthouse, while どや (an inversion of 宿/やど) specifically implies a cheap, squalid flophouse.

Compound of 宿 (yado, 'lodging') and 屋 (ya, 'shop' or 'establishment'), literally meaning 'lodging house'.