How to say "armchair" in Japanese

• アームチェア
  nounThe furniture sense: a chair with arm rests. A direct loanword, so it is the easiest choice when you simply mean an armchair in a home or office.
  俺おれはアームチェアーに戻もどって本ほんを開ひらいた。↗

  I sat back in the armchair and opened the book.
• 肘掛け椅子ひじかけいす
  nounAlso the furniture sense, literally a chair with arm rests. This is the native word and works well in everyday writing, though it covers any arm-rest chair, not only a comfortable one.
• パーソナルチェア
  nounRefers to an armchair or lounge chair as furniture, with an air of furniture-industry or interior-design vocabulary. Less likely in ordinary conversation than the two words above.
• 安楽椅子あんらくいす
  nounAn easy chair, a comfortable upholstered armchair for relaxing in. Fits furniture contexts where comfort is the point, rather than any arm-rest chair.
  この安楽あんらくいすは非常ひじょうに快適かいてきだ。↗

  This easy chair is quite comfortable.
• 机上きじょうCommon
  no-adjectiveNot a chair at all: it is the figurative 'armchair' of an armchair plan or armchair theorizing, meaning theoretical or academic. Seldom what you want for the furniture sense.

For a piece of furniture, choose 「アームチェア」 or 「肘掛け椅子」; 安楽椅子 suggests a comfortable easy chair; 「パーソナルチェア」 is a lounge chair; use 机上 only for 'armchair' in the figurative, theoretical sense.

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• アームチェアarmchair
• 肘掛け椅子ひじかけいすarmchair
• パーソナルチェアarmchair
• 安楽椅子あんらくいすeasy chair
• 机上きじょうtheoretical