本ほん館かん

noun

main building

Refers to the principal building of a complex, as opposed to an annex (別館), outbuilding, or detached wing. Common in institutional contexts such as museums, libraries, hotels, and hospitals.

• 博はく物ぶつ館かんの本ほん館かんは改かい修しゅう中ちゅうで、別べっ館かんだけ見けん学がくできます。

  The museum's main building is under renovation, so only the annex can be visited.

• ホテルの本ほん館かんと新しん館かんは地ち下か通つう路ろでつながっている。

  The hotel's main building and the new wing are connected by an underground passage.

noun

this building (library, museum, theatre, hall)

Used within an institution to refer to the building itself, similar to 'this library' or 'this museum' in English. The specific meaning depends on the type of facility.

• 本ほん館かんでは、毎まい週しゅう土ど曜よう日びに映えい画が上じょう映えい会かいを行おこなっています。

  This building holds a film screening every Saturday.

• ご不ふ明めいな点てんは本ほん館かん１階かいの受うけ付つけまでお尋たずねください。

  If you have any questions, please ask at the reception desk on the first floor of this building.