休憩所(きゅうけいじょ)

Forms

休憩(きゅうけい) (rest, break) + 所(じょ) (place; read じょ here through rendaku)

Types

• 高速道路(こうそくどうろ)の休憩所(きゅうけいじょ) - highway rest area
• SA = サービスエリア (service area; larger, with more facilities)
• PA = パーキングエリア (parking area; smaller)
• 観光地(かんこうち)の休憩所(きゅうけいじょ) - tourist spot rest area
• 登山(とざん)休憩所(きゅうけいじょ) - mountain hiking rest station

Common collocations

• 休憩所(きゅうけいじょ)で休(やす)む - to rest at a rest area
• 休憩所(きゅうけいじょ)に寄(よ)る - to stop by a rest area

Similar words

• 休憩室(きゅうけいしつ) - break room (indoors, in an office or workplace)
• 道(みち)の駅(えき) - roadside station (on ordinary roads, with local produce and food stalls)