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Pronunciation / Transliteration: ippaku nishoku
"このプランは一泊二食付きです。"
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A hotel or holiday package that includes accommodation, breakfast, and one other meal, typically dinner.
"We booked the hotel on a half-board basis so we could explore local restaurants for lunch."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from English 'half' (denoting a partial amount or sharing) and 'board' (historically referring to the provision of meals or a dining table, from Old English 'bōrd'). The term entered tourism and hotel lexicon in the mid-20th century as a translation or equivalent of continental European hotel terminology like the French 'demi-pension'.
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demi-pension
Transliteration: də-mi pɑ̃.sjɔ̃
"Notre séjour à l'hôtel comprend la demi-pension."
Halbpension
Transliteration: halp.pɛn.ziˈoːn
"Wir haben das Zimmer mit Halbpension gebucht."
mezza pensione
Transliteration: ˈmɛt.tsa penˈsjo.ne
"La tariffa include il trattamento di mezza pensione."
media pensión
Transliteration: ˈme.ðja penˈsjon
"El hotel ofrece régimen de media pensión."
meia-pensão
Transliteration: ˈmej.ɐ pẽˈsɐ̃w
"Optamos pelo regime de meia-pensão para as férias."
हाफ़ बोर्ड
Transliteration: haf bord
"हमने होटल में हाफ़ बोर्ड का विकल्प चुना।"
半包餐
Transliteration: bàn bāo cān
"这家酒店提供半包餐服务。"
하프보드
Transliteration: ha-peu-bo-deu
"우리는 하프보드 조건으로 예약했습니다."
一泊二食
Transliteration: ippaku nishoku
"このプランは一泊二食付きです。"
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