やどや

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of やどや – see the following entry.
【宿屋】
[noun] [from 1120] one's overnight lodgings
[noun] [from 1705] inn, a traveller's hostel
[noun] [from 1678] (historical) during the Edo period, a high-end restaurant, banquet hall, or similar entertainment establishment where high-end courtesans would perform and wait on customers
(This term, やどや (yadoya), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
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