旅りょ宿しゅく

noun

travellers' inn; stage inn

A somewhat old-fashioned term for an inn where travellers stay, especially along a route or in a post town. Modern Japanese more commonly uses 旅館 or 宿.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの旅りょ宿しゅくは、街かい道どう沿ぞいに多おおく見みられた。

  During the Edo period, travellers' inns were often found along the highways.

• この町まちには昔むかしながらの旅りょ宿しゅくが一いっ軒けんだけ残のこっている。

  Only one old-fashioned travellers' inn remains in this town.