Are they same meaning？ How to distinguish when using them?
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What is different between 日本間{にほんま}、和室{わしつ} and お座敷{ざしき}
**日本間**

A room created using traditional Japanese architecture, interior design,
construction materials. More of an objective/neutral term relating to the
style/structure of the physical room. Japanese houses nowadays are more or
less westernized. They are built using modern construction techniques and
styles but usually there will be one or more rooms that are created using
traditional Japanese style or 日本間. Inherently, these rooms serve certain
purposes in the context of a Japanese home. Furthermore, in relation to the
other rooms in the house, you can refer to a 日本間 as 和室.

**和室**

This also means Japanese-style room, but is used as a general term to
differentiate from a non-和室 room. For example, modern houses in Japan have
bedrooms which have wooden/carpet floors and you sleep on a bed. This would be
洋室. Another example is when you stay at an inn or hotel, you can have a 和室 or
洋室.

**お座敷**

This refers to a gathering place to enjoy drinks or food in the company of
others; naturally it is a Japanese-style room but 座敷 itself doesn't refer to
the Japanese nature of the room itself but more of the setting. お座敷 is used
often to refer to the setting of an event, drinking party 宴{うたげ}, and also
commonly heard is お座敷{ざしき}遊{あそ}び or the games/activities played in the
presence of 芸者{げいしゃ}.

Now, this is the common/current interpretation of 座敷. But if you want to know
the origins of 座敷, it actually refers to the floor: a floor made of 畳{たたみ} as
opposed to wooden planks for the purposes of sitting and socializing. So in
this sense, there is a connection to a Japanese-style room. You can research
the etymology of 座敷 as there is more historical context which I did not
explain here.
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