LDK: pension

pension

10.12.03

Posted by Jun
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北海道もだんだん雪が積もってきたようで、私も昨日から慌ただしく、ネットで宿探し。泊まりたいと思うホテルは既に満員。ペンションに泊まる事にしました。ペンションって普通に使ってる言葉だけど、よく考えると何？旅館の洋風版？大辞林・第二版によると「民宿風の小ホテル。民宿の家族的雰囲気とホテルの機能性を兼ね備えた宿泊施設。」なるほど。英語では年金って意味なので、これはフランス語？ちなみにゲレンデはドイツ語だよ。

It is snowing in Hokkaido finally. I started to look for a place to stay on internet. All hotels I want to stay are fully booked, we decided to stay at a pension. We use this term 'pension (pen-shon)' as Japanese, but what does it mean exactly? According to Japanese dictionaly small hotel like 'Minshuku' (B&B). It has a warm family atmosphere and a function of hotel. Is this French word? By the way, Japanese say 'gelände' for a ski slope without knowing it's German!

それにしてもインターネットなしの生活は考えられない。ネットを使わずにどうやってお気に入りのペンション探せるの？！でもお陰で、たかがペンション探しに2日も無駄にしてしまいました。それにしてもカワイイ山小屋みたいなペンションがた～くさん。ニセコひらふエリアだけでも100は軽くありそう。オーナーの方々、みなさん、とても思い入れがあるようです。でもペンションの名前が「ペンション・じゃんけんぽん」とか「ペンンション・ポテトチップス」、負けずに「ペンション・ポップコーン」等々、どーしちゃった～？

I can't think about a life without internet. How can I find a nice pension (B&B) without internet?! But I spend 2 days in front of a computer to find a bloody pension! There are at least 100 of them in Niseko/Hirahu area. Lot's of them look like a nice mountain lodge. It seems that all owners devoted to their pensions. But I found some of them have strange names, like 'pension Jan-Ken-Pon' (means a game of paper, stone and scissors), 'pension potato chips' or 'pension popcorn'... Why?

Dirk wrote:

Pension Popcorn?!! That's very funny! Pension: I am sure it is french in origin. One of the things it says here http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=pension is this: [French, from Old French, payment.] 'Gelände' ?!! Ahaha.. that is so funny! Very apt though in describing the slopes, I think! Every time I hear about a german word used in everyday japanese, it puzzles and delights me. 'Arbeit', 'Ach so', 'Nanu', and one of the best is 'Märchen' -> Meruhen(chic). Tamami's mum can even sing a german lullaby that she was taught as a child by her nanny.

Jun wrote:

Actually Pension popcorn sounds OK if pension means smaller, and never elegant. isn't it?! Also Baumkuchen is very popular in Japan. We can find it next to a bread section in super markets. MUJI sells many different flavored (I know this is not the original style...) Baumkuchen too. By the way, our 'Asso' is 100% Japanese. Same sounds, same meaning of 'Ach so' though. It is an amazing coincidence!