レストランresutoran

1. nounrestaurant (esp. Western-style)
   いいレストランをご存知ぞんじでしょうか。↗

   Do you know a good restaurant?

• Synonym食堂しょくどうNeutralA cheap-and-cheerful eatery, and also the dining room in a company, school or home, as in 「社員食堂」. 「レストラン」 suggests a nicer, Western-style place.
• Synonym料理屋りょうりやNeutralA restaurant that cooks for customers, usually Japanese-style, with a slightly old-fashioned ring. Western places are normally just called 「レストラン」.
• Synonym飲食店いんしょくてんWrittenUmbrella term for any establishment serving prepared food and drink; mostly administrative or statistical, as in 「飲食店営業許可」. Shops that only sell food don't count.
• Synonym食べ物屋たべものやCasualColloquial catch-all for any place that cooks and serves food, with no regard for class and a casual feel. 「レストラン」 implies a proper Western-style restaurant.
• Synonym料理店りょうりてんNeutralA restaurant, typically attached to a cuisine name as in 「中華料理店」 or 「フランス料理店」. The tone is a touch more formal than 「レストラン」.
• Synonym飯屋めしやCasualRough slang for a small joint serving simple meals where you can also have a drink; earthy and casual, worlds away from the Western polish of 「レストラン」.
• Related料亭りょうていFormalA high-class Japanese restaurant for official and business entertaining; its level and prices far exceed an ordinary 「レストラン」.
• Related大衆食堂たいしゅうしょくどうNeutralA no-frills canteen for ordinary people: cheap, home-style cooking and plain decor. It lacks the Western flair of 「レストラン」.
• Related小料理屋こりょうりやNeutralA tiny place serving sake with simple Japanese side dishes — small-scale, geared to light drinking, not a Western restaurant like 「レストラン」.
• Relatedお食事処おしょくじどころNeutralA Japanese-style eatery, common on signs in tourist spots and malls, with a friendly Japanese flavor. Western restaurants are not usually called this.
• Related割烹店かっぽうてんWrittenA restaurant serving Japanese cuisine; upscale yet more relaxed than 「料亭」. Not used for Western restaurants — say 「レストラン」.
• Related茶寮ちゃりょうWrittenA tea-ceremony room, or an elegant little shop serving tea, drinks or meals; often a shop name with refined Japanese charm. 「レストラン」 leans Western.

For a Western-style restaurant, 「レストラン」 is the default. Use 「食堂」 for cheap or workplace canteens, 「〜料理店」 for a specific cuisine, 「飲食店」 for administrative umbrella terms, and 「料亭」 for upscale Japanese entertaining; the rest are more specific or stylistic variants.

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1. 調理ちょうりした飲食物いんしょくぶつを客きゃくに提供ていきょうする店みせ。主ぬしとして洋風ようふうのもの。