浴場(よくじょう)

よくじょう
noun
bathhouse, bathing facility
1. bathhouse, bathing facility, bathing area
A place designed for bathing, ranging from public bathhouses and hot spring facilities to bathing areas within hotels or ryokan. Can refer to both the building and the bathing area itself.
大(おお)きな浴場(よくじょう)がある。
There is a large bathing facility.
ホテルの浴場(よくじょう)は夜(よる)十時(じゅうじ)まで利用(りよう)できる。
The hotel's bathing facility can be used until 10 PM.
この温泉(おんせん)旅館(りょかん)には露天(ろてん)浴場(よくじょう)と室内(しつない)浴場(よくじょう)がある。
This hot spring inn has both an outdoor bath and an indoor bathing area.

USAGE:
A general term for any bathing facility. More formal than 風呂(ふろ) (bath) and broader in scope than 銭湯(せんとう) (public bathhouse, specifically a neighborhood pay-bath).

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 公衆(こうしゅう)浴場(よくじょう): public bathhouse
  • 露天(ろてん)浴場(よくじょう): open-air bath
  • 室内(しつない)浴場(よくじょう): indoor bath
  • 大(だい)浴場(よくじょう): large communal bath (common in hotels and ryokan)
  • 共同(きょうどう)浴場(よくじょう): communal bathing facility
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