空(あ)き部屋(べや)

あきべや
noun
vacant room; empty room; vacancy
1. vacant room; unoccupied room; vacancy
A room that no one is using or renting. Used of hotel rooms available for booking, unrented apartments, and unused rooms in a house.
空(あ)き部屋(べや)はありますか。
Do you have any vacant rooms?
この建物(たてもの)には空(あ)き部屋(べや)が多(おお)い。
There are many vacant rooms in this building.
二階(にかい)の空(あ)き部屋(べや)を書斎(しょさい)にした。
I turned the empty room upstairs into a study.
連休中(れんきゅうちゅう)はどのホテルも空(あ)き部屋(べや)がなく、予約(よやく)が取(と)れなかった。
During the holidays no hotel had a vacancy, so I couldn't get a reservation.

From 空(あ)く (to become empty) + 部屋(へや) (room); the へ becomes べ in the compound.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 空(あ)き部屋(べや)がある: there is a vacant room
  • 空(あ)き部屋(べや)を探(さが)す: to look for a vacant room
  • 空(あ)き部屋(べや)が埋(う)まる: the vacancies get filled
  • 空(あ)き部屋(べや)情報(じょうほう): vacancy information

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 空室(くうしつ): vacancy — the same meaning in more formal or written style, common on hotel signs and websites
  • 空(あ)き家(や): vacant house — a whole house standing empty, a well-known social issue in Japan
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