Kanji館
Readingかん
Frequency86%
Used in (334 in total)
(large) building; public building; hall
ryokan; traditional Japanese inn
art museum; art gallery
movie theatre; movie theater; cinema
aquarium (building); oceanarium
superintendent; director; curator; chief librarian
Western-style house (esp. one built in the Meiji or Taisho periods)
official residence
inside a library, museum, cinema, etc.; on the premises
main building (as opposed to an annex, outbuilding, etc.); this library; this museum; this theatre
meeting hall; assembly hall
reception hall (esp. for visiting state dignitaries); guest house; State Guest House (esp. Akasaka palace, also guest house in Kyoto)
annex (to a building); annexe; extension; supplementary building
trading company (esp. a Japanese outpost of a foreign firm); trading house; firm; factory
fortified mansion
closing (for the day; of a library, museum, cinema, etc.); closing down (of a library, museum, cinema, etc.)
martial arts stadium; (Nippon) Budokan (indoor arena in Tokyo)
public hall; community center; community centre
old building; older building
inn with hot spring facilities; hot spring inn; hot spring ryokan; onsen ryokan
entry (into a library, museum, etc.); entering
suffix for building numbers
western style-house (esp. those built before WWII)
museum; reference library; archive; record office
western annex; west building
residence; mansion; estate; dwelling
museum (esp. in memory of a person or event); memorial hall
opening (for that day's business; of a library, museum, cinema, etc.); opening (of a new library, museum, cinema, etc.)
new building; annexe; annex
National Diet Library; Library of Congress
closing time (library, museum, etc.)
city meeting hall; civic hall; community center
children's center; child welfare residential facility
public announcement (in a department store, etc.); announcement over an (indoor) public address system
city library; municipal library; public library
historical archive; library of historical records
entire building
personnel (of public building)
day on which a museum, library, etc. is closed; closed day
main library; central library
parsonage; rectory; vicarage
coming to an embassy, theatre, library, etc.
admission fee (for a museum, etc.)
returning to one's residence; returning to one's quarters; returning to one's lodgings; returning home
Western style residences built mostly for early foreign settlers during the end of the Shogunate and the Meiji era
visitor (to a museum, library, etc.)
northern annex; north building
student union; student center; students' hall
adult museum; sex museum
annex (to a building); annexe
Diet members' office building
university library; college library
closure (of a library, museum, etc.)
chief factor; chief trader
outside a library, museum, etc.; off the premises
southern annex; south building
leaving (a library, museum, etc.); exiting
contemporary art museum; museum of contemporary art
public records office; archives
archive; archives
modern art museum; museum of modern art
single-theater; independent (cinema); art-house (film)
exhibition building; pavilion
produce museum; commercial museum
library clerk; librarian
visitor (to a museum, library, etc.)
electronic library; digital library; e-library; virtual library
being in an embassy, aquarium, museum, etc.; being enrolled
art or picture gallery
diplomatic mission; overseas diplomatic establishment
traditional inn priding itself on its cuisine; Japanese-style restaurant with an attached inn
The Decagon House Murders (1987 novel by Yukito Ayatsuji)
mobile library; bookmobile
movie theater; movie theatre; cinema
mansion used by foreign visitors to Japan (Nara to Heian period)
Shinshokan (publisher)
closure (of a cinema, museum, etc.); closing down; shutting down; closed-down cinema (museum, etc.)
general building; multi-purpose building
Rokumeikan era (ca. 1883-1887); period of Westernization in Meiji-era Japan, marked by Western-style balls at the Rokumeikan
Library of Congress; parliamentary library
movie theater showing a (particular) movie; cinema showing a film
music hall; entertainment hall
Shogakukan (publisher)
cultural museum; museum of culture
archives (building); record office; museum
museology; museum studies
Kyoto National Museum of Modern Arts; National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
traditional love hotel; traditional Japanese inn specially for couples
prefectural meeting hall; civic center; community hall
traditional inn in a popular tourist area
central building; central wing
folk museum; local history museum
astronomical science museum; planetarium
Hara Museum of Contemporary Art
settlement house; neighborhood house; voluntarily run welfare facility
military officer attached to embassy
the Bunmeikan Theater
first-run theater; first-run theatre
sister museum; sister building; sister pavilion
traditional inn priding itself on its cuisine; Japanese-style restaurant with an attached inn
Taishukan (publisher)
entry pass (to a building); admission card; visitor's pass
Demaecan (Japanese home delivery company)
Japan House; Japan Building; Nihonkan
Japan Association of National University Libraries; JANUL
Japan Society of Library and Information Science; JSLIS
University of Library and Information Science
Tsukuba University Library digitized Information Public Service; TULIPS
this library; this museum; this theatre; this hall
International Library of Children's Literature
Chiba Prefectural Central Museum; Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba
IPDL, Industrial Property Digital Library
(indoor) botanical garden; botanical conservatory
information centre (center)
exhibition hall for promoting tourism and local products
archive science; archival studies
Civil Engineering Library, Japan Society of Civil Engineers
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions; IFLA
agriculture, forestry and fishing industries training institute
museum material; museum piece
Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts
chain movie theaters; chain movie theatres
Kodokan Judo Institute
library edition (of a book)
Tokiwa Museum of Historical Materials
eastern annex; east building
municipal community centre; ward residents hall
museum (esp. with collections of old objects)
renting a public hall, community centre, etc.
Kohikan (Japanese coffee shop chain)
Shuchikan Academy (a fictional school in the Fortune Arterial visual novel)