1.
next room; adjacent room; neighboring room
The room immediately next to or adjacent to a given room. Used for hotel rooms, apartments, offices, hospital rooms, and other indoor spaces.
隣室から音楽が聞こえる。
I can hear music from the next room.
隣室の住人がうるさくて眠れない。
I can't sleep because the neighbor in the next room is noisy.
ホテルの隣室に知り合いが泊まっていた。
An acquaintance was staying in the room next to mine at the hotel.
会議は隣室で行われているので、静かにしてください。
A meeting is being held in the next room, so please be quiet.
Formal compound of 隣 (adjacent, next to) + 室 (room). More concise and written-style than the everyday expression 隣の部屋. Common in apartment/hotel complaints, mystery novels, and any context where sound travels between rooms.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 隣室の騒音: noise from the next room
- 隣室に響く: to carry to the next room
- 隣室の住人: occupant of the next room
- 隣室との壁: wall shared with the next room
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 隣の部屋: the next room — everyday equivalent; used in speech
- 別室: separate room — a different room, not necessarily adjacent
- 奥の部屋: the back room — the room further inside