待合室

待合室

Japanese

Kanji in this term
待	合	室
ま(ち) Grade: 3	あ(い) Grade: 2	しつ Grade: 2
kun’yomi		kan’on

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) まちあ​いしつ [màchíáꜜìshìtsù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ma̠t͡ɕia̠iɕit͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

待(まち)合(あい)室(しつ) • (machiaishitsu) ^{←まちあひしつ (matiafisitu)?}

1. waiting room, waiting area
   • 1939, 太(だ)宰(ざい)治(おさむ) [Osamu Dazai], 座(ざ)興(きょう)に非(あら)ず (Zakyō ni arazu)‎:

     私(わたし)は待(まち)合(あい)室(しつ)のベンチに腰(こし)をおろして、にやりと笑(わら)う。

     Watashi wa machiaishitsu no benchi ni koshi o oroshite, niyari to warau.

     I sat on a bench in a waiting room and grinned.

Synonyms

• 休(きゅう)憩(けい)室(しつ) (kyūkeishitsu), ラウンジ (raunji)

References

1. 2011, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Seventh Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
待	合	室

Noun

待合室 • (daehapsil) (hangeul 대합실)

1. Hanja form^? of 대합실 (“waiting room”).