boardinghouse
下宿屋
解説 Definition
部屋を貸し、ふつうは食事も提供する宿泊・居住施設を指す名詞。ホテルほど大規模ではなく、学生や労働者が比較的長く滞在する場面で使われることが多い。建物や営業形態を指すなら、日本語では「下宿屋」とするのがもっとも明確。
A boardinghouse is a house where people pay to live and usually receive meals as part of the arrangement. It is a common word in older or historical contexts, though it can still be used today. It suggests a more home-like place than a hotel.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
boardinghouse は、まず house で「人が住む建物」と押さえ、そこに boarding が付くと「泊まり込み・食事つきで住む感じ」が加わると覚える。room and board で「部屋と食事」、boarder で「下宿人」まで一緒に結ぶと記憶が強い。hotel のような旅行者の短期滞在ではなく、学生や労働者が比較的長く住む場面を思い浮かべると定着しやすい。boarding school の boarding も同じく「通いでなく住み込み」。boarding pass の board とは用法が違う点にも注意。
Think of `boardinghouse` through `room and board`, a common phrase for a room plus meals. That helps you remember that `boarding` here is about living somewhere with food included. It is closer to long-term living than a hotel, and it connects well with `boarder` and `boarding school`.
例文
She lived in a boardinghouse.
彼女は下宿屋に住んでいた。
The boardinghouse provided meals.
その下宿屋では食事が出された。
Many students stayed in boardinghouses.
多くの学生が下宿屋に滞在していた。
boardinghouse の類義語・関連語
boardinghouse の語源・成り立ち Etymology
boardinghouse は boarding + house の複合語で、board は古英語 bord「食卓」、house は古英語 hus「家」に由来します。board が「食事つき下宿」を表すようになったため、「食卓を共にする家」と考えると意味が見え、boarder も同根です。
Boardinghouse is a compound of boarding and house. Board comes from Old English bord, meaning "table," and because meals were provided at the table, board later came to mean lodging with food included. From that shift, a boardinghouse became a house where people live and take meals; boarder is closely related.
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