調 理 場(ちょうりば)

ちょうりば

noun

kitchen; cooking area (in a restaurant or institution)

1. kitchen (commercial); cooking area; galley

A space where food is prepared and cooked, typically in a restaurant, hotel, school, hospital, or other institutional setting. More specifically refers to a professional or large-scale cooking space rather than a home kitchen.

調理場(ちょうりば)に立(た)つ。

To stand in the kitchen (i.e., to cook professionally).

調理場(ちょうりば)は朝(あさ)から忙(いそが)しい。

The kitchen has been busy since morning.

父(ちち)は長年(ながねん)ホテルの調理場(ちょうりば)で働(はたら)いていた。

My father worked in a hotel kitchen for many years.

衛生(えいせい)のために、調理場(ちょうりば)には関係者以外(かんけいしゃいがい)立(た)ち入(い)り禁止(きんし)です。

For hygiene reasons, only authorized personnel are allowed in the kitchen.

Refers specifically to a professional or institutional kitchen, not a home kitchen. Literally "place for cooking" (調理(ちょうり) = cooking + 場(ば) = place).

Common collocations

調理場(ちょうりば)に立(た)つ: to stand in the kitchen (work as a cook)
調理場(ちょうりば)を預(あず)かる: to be in charge of the kitchen
ホテルの調理場(ちょうりば): a hotel kitchen
学校(がっこう)の調理場(ちょうりば): a school kitchen (for lunches)

Similar words

台所(だいどころ): kitchen — the everyday word for a home kitchen
キッチン: kitchen — a more modern word, used for both home and commercial kitchens
厨房(ちゅうぼう): kitchen — a formal/technical term for a commercial kitchen, often used in restaurant industry writing
炊事場(すいじば): cooking area — used for communal or outdoor cooking areas (camps, barracks)

Usage

調理場(ちょうりば) has a somewhat old-fashioned, traditional feeling compared to the more modern 厨房(ちゅうぼう) or キッチン. It is often used when talking about traditional Japanese restaurants, ryokan inns, and institutional settings.

Related Words

Compare: 台所(だいどころ) (kitchen)

Compare: キッチン (kitchen)

Compare: 厨房(ちゅうぼう) (kitchen)

Compare: 炊事場(すいじば) (cooking area)

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