Translation guide
The English word 'annex' can refer to a building addition, an appended document, or the act of taking territory. This guide covers natural Japanese expressions for each meaning.
A structure added to or adjoining a main building, often for extra space.
Standard term for an annex building, often used for hotels, hospitals, or museums.
An additional document attached to a main one, like an appendix or addendum.
General term for an attached document or annex to a contract or report.
契約書の付属文書をご確認ください。
Please check the annex to the contract.
To incorporate a territory into another political entity, often by force.
ホテルの別館に泊まりました。
I stayed in the hotel annex.
Refers specifically to the added part of a building after an extension or renovation.
増築部分は新しいオフィスとして使われています。
The annex is being used as a new office.
Loanword from English, sometimes used in proper names like hotel annexes, but not common in everyday speech.
ホテル・アネックスにご宿泊のお客様はこちらへどうぞ。
Guests staying at the Hotel Annex, please come this way.
Literally 'separate sheet', commonly used in business to refer to an attached document or annex.
詳細は別紙の通りです。
Details are as per the annex.
Often used for appendices or supplements in books, but can also mean annex in a document context.
報告書の付録にデータがまとめられています。
The data is compiled in the annex to the report.
The standard term for annexation of territory, used in political and historical contexts.
その国は隣国の領土を併合した。
That country annexed the neighboring territory.
Often used for incorporating a smaller area into a larger administrative unit, like a town merging into a city.
その村は市に編入された。
The village was annexed by the city.
Means 'occupation', sometimes used when annexation involves military control, but not a direct equivalent.
その地域は戦争中に占領され、後に併合された。
The area was occupied during the war and later annexed.