ラブホテル

Japanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from love +‎ hotel,[1] equivalent to ラブ (rabu) + ホテル (hoteru).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ラブホ​テル [ràbú hóꜜtèrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɾa̠bɯ̟ᵝ ho̞te̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

ラブホテル • (rabu hoteru) 

  1. a love hotel (short-stay hotel for sex)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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