How to say "lobby" in Japanese

• ロビーJLPT N2approx.Common
  nounCovers the place sense of 'lobby': the entrance hall or lounge of a hotel, theater, or office building. This is the word you want when referring to the space itself, as in waiting in a hotel lobby.
  ７時じまでにロビーに来きてください。↗

  Please come to the lobby by 7 o'clock.
• 圧力団体あつりょくだんたいCommon
  nounCovers the political sense of 'lobby' as a pressure group that seeks to influence government. Note that 'lobby' in the sense of the verb, to lobby politicians, is not what this noun denotes; it really means an organized group.

Use 「ロビー」 for the physical lobby of a building such as a hotel, and 圧力団体 for the political sense of 'lobby', a group that pressures legislators.

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• ロビーlobby
• 圧力団体あつりょくだんたいpressure group
• 休息所きゅうそくじょlobby
• 前室ぜんしつfront room
• ホワイエfoyer