love hotel
A short-stay hotel found in Japan and elsewhere, operated primarily for the purpose of…A short-stay hotel found in Japan and elsewhere, operated primarily for the purpose of allowing lovers privacy to have sexual intercourse.
» Karaoke, TV games, videos and a fridge ... love hotels nowadays really have everything.
Meaning
1 sensesA short-stay hotel found in Japan and elsewhere, operated primarily for the purpose of allowing lovers privacy to have sexual intercourse.
Love Hotel
любо́вный оте́льljubóvnyj otɛ́lʹ, мини-гости́ницаmini-gostínica, гости́ница с почасово́й опла́тойgostínica s počasovój oplátoj
Examples
3 sentencesKaraoke, TV games, videos and a fridge ... love hotels nowadays really have everything.
That was as awkward as being seen coming out of a love hotel in the morning.
The novel I'm writing next is set in a love hotel so I wanted to see what one actually looks like.
Дія наступного роману, що я пишу, відбувається у любовному готелі, тому я бажав подивитись як він насправді виглядає. — mutternoise
ruДействие моего следующего романа разворачивается в любовном отеле, поэтому я хотел посмотреть, как он в действительности выглядит. — mutternoise
deDa der nächste Roman, den ich schreibe, in einem „Hotel der Liebe“ spielt, wollte ich mir einmal eines ansehen. — Waldelfe
Translations
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Origin
Phono-semantic matching of Japanese ラブホテル (rabu hoteru), itself a wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudoPhono-semantic matching of Japanese ラブホテル (rabu hoteru), itself a wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism) derived from love + hotel. The term probably makes reference to the rotating sign of the Hotel Love, an early love hotel in Osaka, Japan.
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Forms
plural: love hotels| Singular | love hotel |
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