Meaning

Primary

Restaurant

Alternatives

Traditional Japanese Restaurant, Inn, Pavilion, Tea House

Word Type

noun, suffix

Explanation

If you see the kanji restaurant attached to a place name, there's a good chance that it's a restaurant, especially a traditional Japanese restaurant. It also crops up on the end of other places where you can rest, like inns, those traditional pavilions you see in Japanese parks and temple grounds, and tea houses.

Reading

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  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The reading is the same as the one you learned with the kanji.

Context

Context Sentences

多くの人が、コウイチは最初のレストランを「トーフグ亭」と名付けるのではないかと踏んでいる。

Many people think that Koichi would name his first restaurant Tofugutei.

Kanji Composition