喫 煙 室(きつえんしつ)

きつえんしつ

noun

smoking room

1. smoking room; enclosed smoking area

A separately ventilated room set aside for smoking inside an otherwise smoke-free building. Standard in Japanese offices, airports, stations, and hotels since indoor smoking restrictions tightened in 2020.

喫煙室(きつえんしつ)はどこですか。

Where is the smoking room?

たばこは喫煙室(きつえんしつ)でお吸(す)いください。

Please smoke in the smoking room.

この建物(たてもの)の喫煙室(きつえんしつ)は三階(さんがい)にあります。

The smoking room in this building is on the third floor.

法改正(ほうかいせい)で、多(おお)くの飲食店(いんしょくてん)が喫煙室(きつえんしつ)を設(もう)けるか全面禁煙(ぜんめんきんえん)にするかを選(えら)んだ。

With the change in the law, many restaurants chose between installing a smoking room and going completely smoke-free.

Formed from 喫煙(きつえん) (smoking) + 室(しつ) (room). Appears on signage everywhere in Japan, so it is worth recognizing at a glance.

Common collocations

喫煙室(きつえんしつ)を利用(りよう)する: to use the smoking room
喫煙室(きつえんしつ)を設(もう)ける: to install a smoking room
分煙(ぶんえん)のための喫煙室(きつえんしつ): a smoking room for separating smokers and non-smokers

Similar words

喫煙所(きつえんじょ): smoking area — may be outdoors or merely partitioned, not necessarily a room
禁煙(きんえん): no smoking; quitting smoking — the sign you see far more often
分煙(ぶんえん): segregation of smoking and non-smoking areas

Related Words

Compare: 喫煙所(きつえんじょ) (smoking area)

Compare: 禁煙(きんえん) (no smoking)

Compare: 分煙(ぶんえん) (segregation of smoking and non-smoking…)

Related: 喫煙席(きつえんせき) (smoking seat)

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Added 2026.8.31 21:32 · Revised 2026.9.4 21:29

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