ホールhooru

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. nounhall (dance, concert, etc.)
    ホールには聴衆ちょうしゅうが大勢おおぜいいた。↗
    There was a large crowd in the hall.
  2. noundining area of a restaurant
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym大広間おおひろまNeutralAn especially large hall for meetings, banquets or group dining; also a castle's great hall. Unlike 「ホール」, it does not refer to buildings like concert halls.
  • Synonym広間ひろまNeutralA spacious room or tatami room; also the formal guest room in shoin-style architecture. It stresses the room's width and, unlike 「ホール」, cannot mean a hall building.

Use 「ホール」 for concert halls, public halls and a restaurant's dining area, as in 「コンサートホール」. For a large hall used for meetings, banquets or group dining say 「大広間」; for a spacious room say 「広間」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 大広間おおひろま。
  2. 会館かいかん、公会堂こうかいどう。
  3. ダンスホール、ミルクホール。
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