Usage patterns リビングでくつろぐ to relax in the living room
I like relaxing in the living room on days off.
リビングにテレビを 置お く to put a TV in the living room
We put the new TV in the living room.
リビングを 片かた 付づ ける to tidy up the living room
I tidied up the living room before the guests came.
リビング 用よう 品ひん home/living-room goods (furniture, decor, etc.)
You can buy living-room goods cheaply at that store.
Related words リビングルーム is the full loanword for 'living room', while リビング is its everyday shortened form used in casual speech.
居間 is the traditional Japanese word for a family sitting room, whereas リビング is the more modern, Western-style term often used in real estate and interior design.
リビング is a modern loanword for a Western-style living room with sofas and a TV, whereas 茶の間 carries a nostalgic, traditional Japanese nuance.
居室 sounds formal or bureaucratic, whereas リビング is the casual, modern loanword used in daily conversation for a living room.
Word family· 10 Show 5 more Show fewer living-room kitchen; open-plan kitchen-diner
coffee table
outdoor living
combined living and dining room; living-cum-dining room
combined living-dining-kitchen area; LDK
Etymology Katakana form corresponding to English 'living'. No formal language-of-origin record is specified, so the borrowing history is not stated more precisely here.
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