ホテル

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. ホテルに泊まります。▶ —
   I stay at a hotel.
2. ホテルは駅の近くですか。▶ —
   Is the hotel near the station?

Collocations

Mnemonic

ホテル hoteru — the English "hotel" taken in by sound, yet a night's rest is not one grain. ホテル is the Western style, 旅館 the traditional night holding tatami and hot springs, 民宿 the house a family runs, カプセルホテル the city's narrow, cheap cell. A night at a 旅館 bundles kaiseki cuisine, an open-air bath, and a yukata — katakana and kanji split the same "lodging" by price and by experience.

Quick check

1. Which Japanese lodging type includes traditional tatami, onsen, and kaiseki dinner?

   • 旅館 ryokan (traditional inn)
   • Business hotel
   • Capsule hotel
   • Department store