処理場(しょりじょう)

しょりじょう
noun
processing plant; treatment facility
1. processing plant; treatment facility
A facility where waste, sewage, or other materials are processed or treated, typically for disposal or recycling.
下水(げすい)処理場(しょりじょう)で汚水(おすい)がきれいにされる。
Sewage is cleaned at the wastewater treatment plant.
ゴミ処理場(しょりじょう)を見学(けんがく)した。
I toured the waste processing plant.
新(あたら)しい処理場(しょりじょう)の建設(けんせつ)が計画(けいかく)されている。
Construction of a new processing plant is being planned.

処理場(しょりじょう) is a compound of 処理(しょり) (processing/treatment) and 場(じょう) (place/facility). It refers to a facility where waste or sewage is processed, treated, or disposed of.

COMMON TYPES:

  • 下水(げすい)処理場(しょりじょう): sewage treatment plant
  • ゴミ処理場(しょりじょう): waste processing facility
  • 汚水(おすい)処理場(しょりじょう): wastewater treatment plant
  • 食肉(しょくにく)処理場(しょりじょう): meat processing plant

RELATED TERMS:

  • 処理(しょり)する: to process, to treat
  • 施設(しせつ): facility (broader term)
  • 浄水場(じょうすいじょう): water purification plant

NOTE:
The suffix 場(じょう) (not 所(じょ)) marks the word as a large-scale facility. Compare with 処理所(しょりじょ), which is rarely used.

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Added 2026.2.3 11:58 · Revised 2026.3.25 15:54
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