1.
hall, auditorium, concert hall
A large room or building used for concerts, lectures, ceremonies, and other public events.
2.
lobby, entrance hall, front-of-house area
The main public area of a hotel, restaurant, or building. In restaurants, the dining area as opposed to the kitchen.
Usage
In restaurant job listings, ホール refers to the dining area and ホールスタッフ means front-of-house staff (waiters, hosts). This is a very common distinction in Japanese job ads: ホール vs. キッチン.
Common collocations
- コンサートホール: concert hall
- 市民ホール: civic hall, community center
- ホールスタッフ: front-of-house staff (restaurant)
- 多目的ホール: multipurpose hall
- 大ホール/小ホール: large hall / small hall
Watch out: ホール can also come from English "whole" (ホールケーキ, a whole round cake) or "hole" (a golf hole, ホールインワン).
Related Words
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講堂 (auditorium, lecture hall)
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劇場 (theater, playhouse)
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会館 (meeting hall, assembly hall)
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公会堂 (public hall)
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式場 (ceremony hall)
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集会場 (assembly hall)