モーテル

モーテル · mooteru · JLPT N1 · noun

motel

🏨 モー = 'moo' cows, テル sounds like 'tell': a roadside stop that tells you to stop for the night

Short for 'motor hotel', from the car era: drivers pulled in off the road. Think 'motor' + 'hotel' compressed into モーテル.

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