別べっ館かん

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

annex; annexe; supplementary building

Refers to a separate or attached building belonging to a larger facility, such as a hotel, museum, library, school, or hospital. Often contrasted with 本館, the main building.

受うけ付つけは本ほん館かんではなく別べっ館かんにあります。
Reception is in the annex, not in the main building.
美び術じゅつ館かんの別べっ館かんで写しゃ真しん展てんが開ひらかれている。
A photography exhibition is being held in the museum annex.

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Usage patterns

別べっ館かんに泊とまるto stay in the annex (of a hotel)
今こん回かいは本ほん館かんではなく別べっ館かんに泊とまった。
This time we stayed in the annex instead of the main building.
別べっ館かんで開かい催さいするto hold (an event) in the annex
展てん示じ会かいは美び術じゅつ館かんの別べっ館かんで開かい催さいされる。
The exhibition will be held in the museum's annex.
本ほん館かんから別べっ館かんへ移い動どうするto move from the main building to the annex
受うけ付つけを済すませたら本ほん館かんから別べっ館かんへ移い動どうしてください。
Please move from the main building to the annex after checking in.

Kanji

別separate, branch off, diverge
館building, mansion, large building

Related words

新しん館かん
新館 emphasizes that a building is newly constructed, while 別館 emphasizes that it is a separate, supplementary structure regardless of age.
別べつ棟むね
別館 typically names an annex or wing of a hotel, museum, or large facility, whereas 別棟 can refer to any detached building, including small outbuildings.
分ぶん室しつ
別館 is an annex building, often physically connected or adjacent, used for hotels, hospitals, or museums, while 分室 emphasizes organizational separation rather than just the physical building.

Opposites

本ほん館かんN1
本館 is the main building of a facility, while 別館 is a separate annex or supplementary building attached to it.

Counted with

棟むね
Used because 別館 (annex building) is counted as a standalone building, one 棟.
軒けんN4
軒 can also be used as a general way to count buildings, including annexes like 別館.

Etymology

A compound of 別, meaning separate or different, and 館, meaning a building or hall. The spelling transparently matches the modern meaning of a separate building.