How to say "parlor" in Japanese

• パーラーCommon
  nounThe borrowed word, for 'parlor' as a lounge or sitting room — a room for receiving or relaxing with visitors, as in a hotel. For a private home's guest room, use 客間.
• 客間きゃくまJLPT N2approx.Common
  nounThe room of a private home set aside for receiving and entertaining guests; it matches 'parlor' in this domestic sense, and also covers 'guest room' and 'drawing room'.
  この書斎しょさいは客間きゃくま兼用けんようだ。↗

  I also use this study for receiving guests.

For 'parlor' as a room for receiving guests in a private home, use 客間; 「パーラー」, the borrowed word, suits a lounge or sitting room, as in a hotel.

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• パーラーparlor
• 客間きゃくまdrawing room
• 応接間おうせつまreception room
• 応接室おうせつしつdrawing room
• 表座敷おもてざしきfront room