寮りょう

noun

dormitory; hostel

Modern common use: a residential building for students, workers, or group members. Often part of a school, company, or organization.

• 大だい学がくの寮りょうに住すんでいる。

  I live in the university dormitory.

• 会かい社しゃの寮りょうは駅えきから近ちかい。

  The company dormitory is close to the station.

noun

government bureau (ritsuryō system)

Archaic historical term: a government office under a ministry in the ritsuryō administrative system of ancient Japan.

See also: 律令制

• 律りつ令りょう制せいでは、省しょうの下もとに寮りょうが置おかれた。

  Under the ritsuryō system, bureaus (ryō) were established under ministries.

noun

tea-ceremony room

Archaic term for a room or building used for tea ceremony, often seen in historical or literary contexts.

See also: 茶寮

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは、茶さ寮りょうという言こと葉ばが茶ちゃ室しつを指さすことがある。

  In old documents, the word 茶寮 sometimes refers to a tea-ceremony room.

noun

villa

Archaic term for a villa or country house, now largely replaced by 別荘.

See also: 別荘

• 「寮りょう」が別べっ荘そうの意い味みで使つかわれたのは、主おもに古ふるい時じ代だいの用よう例れいに限かぎられる。

  The use of 寮 to mean 'villa' is mostly limited to old examples.