accommodation fees; hotel charges; room charges
Refers to the cost of staying at an inn, hotel, or similar lodging. Often used in the context of traditional Japanese inns (旅館) or when discussing travel expenses.
See also: 宿代
Can be used for rent, but 家賃 (やちん) is far more common in modern Japanese. 宿賃 for rent may appear in older texts or in contexts where lodging and rent overlap.
See also: 家賃
The inn's accommodation fee was 12,000 yen per night with two meals included.
In Edo-period tenements, residents paid rent to the landlord every month.
Compound of 宿 (やど, 'lodging') and 賃 (ちん, 'fee, rent'). The reading やどちん is a straightforward combination of the kun'yomi of 宿 and the on'yomi of 賃.