How to say "hotel" in Japanese

• ホテルJLPT N5approx.Common
  nounThe default word for a hotel: a commercial establishment offering rooms to travelers. Use it whenever you simply mean a hotel, whether booking, staying, or talking about the building.
  あなたはこのホテルのお客きゃくですか。↗

  Are you staying at this hotel?
• 宿やどJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounA word for a place to stay — an inn or lodging — with hotel as one sense. When you simply mean a hotel, ホテル is the word you want; 宿 suits lodging and inns.
• 宿舎しゅくしゃCommon
  nounCovers lodging and accommodation — a place where people are housed — more than a commercial hotel; its hotel sense is marginal, so for an ordinary hotel ホテル is the usual choice.
• 泊まりとまりCommon
  nounReally denotes an overnight stay rather than the establishment itself; its inn and hotel senses come through that idea. For the hotel as a place or business, ホテル is the natural word.
• 酒店さかだなCommon
  nounCovers hotel only in the Chinese setting — a hotel in China. Outside that context it is not the word you want; for an ordinary hotel, ホテル is the choice.

Use 「ホテル」 for an ordinary hotel, 宿 for lodging or an inn, 宿舎 for accommodation rather than a commercial hotel, 「泊まり」 for an overnight stay rather than the establishment, and 酒店 only for hotels in China.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• ホテルhotel
• 宿やどlodging
• 宿舎しゅくしゃlodging (house)
• インinn
• 客舎きゃくしゃhotel
• 旅次りょじhotel
• 旅亭りょていhotel
• テルホhotel
• 泊まりとまりinn
• 酒店さかだなhotel (in China)