保 養 所(ほようじょ)

ほようじょ

noun

company resort lodge; recreation facility

1. company resort lodge; recreation facility; rest home

A lodge, usually at a hot spring or the seaside, that a company, union or public body runs so that its members and their families can stay cheaply.

会社(かいしゃ)の保養所(ほようじょ)に泊(と)まった。

I stayed at the company's resort lodge.

会社(かいしゃ)は箱根(はこね)に保養所(ほようじょ)を持(も)っている。

The company has a resort lodge in Hakone.

最近(さいきん)は費用(ひよう)削減(さくげん)のため、保養所(ほようじょ)を売却(ばいきゃく)する企業(きぎょう)が増(ふ)えている。

These days more and more companies are selling off their resort lodges to cut costs.

保養(ほよう) (rest, recuperation) + 所(しょ) (place; voiced じょ here). A typical perk of large Japanese companies and public-sector unions from the postwar boom years: employees and their families could stay at a hot-spring or seaside lodge for a small fee. Many have since been sold off.

Common collocations

会社(かいしゃ)の保養所(ほようじょ): a company resort lodge
保養所(ほようじょ)を利用(りよう)する: to use a resort lodge
福利厚生(ふくりこうせい): employee benefits (the category it belongs to)

Similar words

療養所(りょうようじょ): sanatorium — for medical treatment, not holidays
別荘(べっそう): a private holiday home

Related Words

Compare: 別荘(べっそう) (a private holiday home)

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Added 2026.9.30 17:39 · Revised 2026.9.30 17:42

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