共同(きょうどう)浴場(よくじょう)

きょうどうよくじょう
noun
communal bathhouse (esp. in a hot-spring town)
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1. communal bathhouse (especially in a hot-spring town)
A bath shared by a community, especially the hot-spring baths that residents of an onsen town keep up and open to locals and visitors for a small fee.
共同(きょうどう)浴場(よくじょう)に入(はい)った。
I bathed at the communal bathhouse.
この共同(きょうどう)浴場(よくじょう)は地元(じもと)の人(ひと)が管理(かんり)している。
This communal bathhouse is run by local residents.
温泉(おんせん)地(ち)の共同(きょうどう)浴場(よくじょう)は料金(りょうきん)が安(やす)く、観光客(かんこうきゃく)も地元(じもと)の人(ひと)と一緒(いっしょ)に入(はい)れるところが多(おお)い。
Communal baths in hot-spring towns are cheap, and many let visitors bathe alongside the locals.

Usage

共同(きょうどう) (shared) + 浴場(よくじょう) (bathhouse). In many onsen towns they are also called 外湯(そとゆ), as opposed to the baths inside an inn.

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