1.
kitchen, cookroom
A kitchen, especially a professional or commercial one in a restaurant, hotel, or institution. More formal and technical than 台所.
厨房に入る。
Enter the kitchen.
厨房機器を新しくした。
We replaced the kitchen equipment.
このレストランの厨房は衛生管理が徹底している。
This restaurant's kitchen has thorough hygiene management.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 厨房機器 (kitchen equipment)
- 厨房設備 (kitchen facilities)
- 厨房に立つ (stand in the kitchen, work as a cook)
SIMILAR WORDS:
台所 is the everyday word for a home kitchen. 厨房 implies a larger, professional kitchen — the kind found in restaurants, hotels, and institutional cafeterias. When talking about a home kitchen, use 台所 or キッチン. 厨房 for a home kitchen would sound overly formal or humorous.