広間

Japanese

Alternative spelling
廣間 (kyūjitai)

広(ひろ)間(ま) • (hiroma)

parlor, salon, hall; a large room, especially one for meeting people
ホテルの大(おお)広(ひろ)間(ま) ― hoteru no ōhiroma ― a hotel’s great hall
a formal room within a traditional Japanese house for entertaining guests
a raised wooden floor in a traditional Japanese house
(architecture, tea ceremony) a tea ceremony room larger than 4+¹⁄₂ tatami mats
- 1983, Iguchi Kaisen, Sadō nyūmon [Introduction to tea ceremony], page 131:
  
  そして書(しょ)院(いん)式(しき)茶(ちゃ)室(しつ)は、この広(ひろ)間(ま)の方(ほう)に属(ぞく)する。小(こ)間(ま)の場(ば)合(あい)は、畳(たたみ)の数(かず)やその敷(し)き方(かた)によって、三(さん)畳(じょう)台(だい)目(め)、二(に)畳(じょう)中(なか)板(いた)、 […] などの名(めい)称(しょう)つけられる。
  Soshite Shoin-shiki chashitsu wa, kono hiroma no hō ni zoku suru. Koma no bāi wa, tatami no kazu ya sono shiki kata niyotte, sanjō daime, nijō nakaita, […] nado no meishō tsukerareru.
  The Shoin-style tea house is associated with this hiroma type. In the case of koma, they are given names based on the number of tatami and how they are laid out, such as sanjō daime, nijō nakaita and so on.
(historical) entry hall in a samurai residence

座(ざ)敷(しき) (zashiki, “tatami-style room; room for entertaining guests”)
(wooden floor): 土(ど)間(ま) (doma, “recessed earthen floor”)
(tea ceremony room): 小(こ)間(ま) (koma, “tea ceremony room smaller than 4.5 tatami mats”)