(ちゅうぼう)

ちゅうぼう
noun
kitchen (professional/commercial)
formalbuilding
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(ちゅうぼう)(はい)
Enter the kitchen.
厨房(ちゅうぼう)機器(きき)(あたら)しくした
We replaced the kitchen equipment.
This restaurant's kitchen has thorough hygiene management.

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台所(だいどころ) is the everyday word for a home kitchen. 厨房(ちゅうぼう) implies a larger, professional kitchen — the kind found in restaurants, hotels, and institutional cafeterias. When talking about a home kitchen, use 台所(だいどころ) or キッチン. 厨房(ちゅうぼう) for a home kitchen would sound overly formal or humorous.