隣 室(りんしつ)

りんしつ

noun

next room; adjacent room; neighboring room

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(りんしつ)から音楽(おんがく)が聞(き)こえる。

I can hear music from the next room.

隣室(りんしつ)の住人(じゅうにん)がうるさくて眠(ねむ)れない。

I can't sleep because the neighbor in the next room is noisy.

ホテルの隣室(りんしつ)に知(し)り合(あ)いが泊(と)まっていた。

An acquaintance was staying in the room next to mine at the hotel.

会議(かいぎ)は隣室(りんしつ)で行(おこな)われているので、静(しず)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(りんしつ)の騒音(そうおん): noise from the next room
隣室(りんしつ)に響(ひび)く: to carry to the next room
隣室(りんしつ)の住人(じゅうにん): occupant of the next room
隣室(りんしつ)との壁(かべ): wall shared with the next room

Similar words

隣(となり)の部屋(へや): the next room — everyday equivalent; used in speech
別室(べっしつ): separate room — a different room, not necessarily adjacent
奥(おく)の部屋(へや): the back room — the room further inside

general

Added 2026.5.5 23:18 · Revised 2026.9.4 21:31

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