JLPT N2 · Noun

別荘 (bessou)

別荘 (べっそう, bessou) is a Japanese noun meaning “holiday house; vacation home”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: べっそう
Romaji: bessou
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

holiday house; vacation home; villa · noun
prison; jail · noun · colloquial

Example sentences

その別荘は清潔で整然としていた。

The cottage was clean and tidy.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 別荘

別

separate, branch off, divergeベツ・わか.れる・わ.ける · 7 strokes

荘

villa, inn, cottageソウ・ショウ・ほうき・おごそ.か · 9 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 別荘.

別べつdistinction特別とくべつspecial別れるわかれるto part (usu. of people)区別くべつdistinction差別さべつdistinction別れわかれparting (of people)別にべつに(not) particularly格別かくべつparticular性別せいべつ(distinction of) sex送別そうべつfarewell別々べつべつseparate個別こべつindividual一別いちべつparting

Source: JMdict entry 1509970 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.