休憩室

Japanese

Kanji in this term
休	憩	室
きゅう Grade: 1	けい Grade: S	しつ Grade: 2
kan'on

Etymology

Compound of 休(きゅう)憩(けい) (kyūkei, “rest, break”) + 室(しつ) (shitsu, “room”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きゅうけーしつ [kyùúkéꜜèshìtsù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [kʲɨːke̞ːɕi̥t͡sɨ]

Noun

休(きゅう)憩(けい)室(しつ) • (kyūkeishitsu) ^{←きうけいしつ (kiukeisitu)^?}

lounge
- 1933, Miyamoto Yuriko, Roshia-kakumei wa fujin o kaihō shita, kuchibi o kitta fujin day no tatakai‎^[2]:
  
  この頃(ごろ)では、モスクワの停(てい)留(りゅう)場(じょう)でさえ、母(ぼ)子(し)休(きゅう)憩(けい)室(しつ)がつくられ、特(とく)別(べつ)母(はは)と子(こ)のための便(べん)利(り)を考(かんが)えて食(しょく)堂(どう)までついているそうである。
  Kono goro de wa, Mosukuwa no teiryūjō de sae, boshi kyūkeishitsu ga tsukurare, tokubetsu haha to ko no tame no benri o kangaete shokudō made tsuiteiru sō de aru.
  These days, I hear that even stations in Moscow have lounges for mothers and children, and they have even cafeterias specially designed for the convenience of mothers and children.

Synonyms

ラウンジ (raunji)

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ “休憩室”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

Korean

Hanja in this term
休	憩	室

Noun

休憩室 • (hyugesil) (hangeul 휴게실)

hanja form^? of 휴게실 (“lounge”)