ordinary

Japanese: ordinary
ordinary

… Inns, with a pub on the first floor and accommodation on the second floor and above, can still be found in rural areas, but they no longer function as anything more than an inn and tavern. [Minoru Kawakita] In early colonial America, inns were called ordinary, but before the Revolution, the word tavern, which in England refers exclusively to a place where food and drinks are served, became established as the meaning of an inn. It is said that the word inn was avoided because it sounded too British. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…一階がパブ,二階以上が宿泊施設というインは,いまでも地方にみられるが,もはやそれは〈宿屋兼居酒屋〉以上の機能を有してはいない。【川北 稔】 植民地時代初期のアメリカでは,宿屋はオーディナリーordinaryと呼ばれていたが,独立革命前には,イギリスではもっぱら食事と酒を供する場所をさすタバーンtavernの語が宿屋の意味で定着した。インの語はあまりにもイギリス風であったため,使用が避けられたという話もある。…

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