洋よう室しつ

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

Western-style room

A room with Western-style flooring (wood, carpet, etc.) and furnishings, as opposed to a traditional Japanese 和室 with tatami mats. Common in apartments, hotels, and houses.

このマンションは洋よう室しつと和わ室しつの両りょう方ほうがあります。
This apartment has both a Western-style room and a Japanese-style room.
ホテルの洋よう室しつを予よ約やくしました。
I booked a Western-style room at the hotel.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉の洋よう室しつに泊とまるto stay in a Western-style room (at a hotel, inn, etc.)
旅りょ館かんの洋よう室しつに泊とまることにした。
We decided to stay in the Western-style room at the inn.
洋よう室しつを予よ約やくするto book a Western-style room
ホテルの洋よう室しつを予よ約やくした。
I booked a Western-style room at the hotel.
和わ室しつを洋よう室しつに改かい装そうするto renovate a Japanese-style room into a Western-style room
古ふるい和わ室しつを洋よう室しつに改かい装そうした。
We renovated the old Japanese-style room into a Western-style room.

Kanji

洋ocean, sea, foreign
室room, apartment, chamber

Related words

洋よう間まN1
洋室 and 洋間 both mean a Western-style room, but 洋間 is a slightly older, more everyday term often used for a room in a private house, while 洋室 is the standard term used in hotels, apartment listings, and formal contexts.

Opposites

和わ室しつN5
洋室 is a Western-style room with wood or carpeted flooring, while 和室 is a traditional Japanese-style room with tatami mats.
座ざ敷しきN2
洋室 is a Western-style room with flooring and furniture, the opposite of a 座敷's tatami and traditional layout.

Word family

和わ洋よう室しつ
Japanese-Western style room

Etymology

Compound of 洋 (よう, 'Western, ocean') and 室 (しつ, 'room'). The term emerged as Western-style housing became common in Japan.