📖 Definitions of "Onsen"
noun
- 1
A (Japanese) hot spring.
"The hottest springs in Japan aren't in the north but at the Obama Onsen outside Nagasaki."
- 2
A Japanese-style resort hotel at a natural hot spring, offering on-site bathing.
"We stayed at a traditional onsen with tatami, yukata, and kaiseki at Onyang outside Seoul."
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Onsen"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| anmanoun | A form of traditional Japanese massage. |
| jap.noun | (dated) Abbreviation of Japanese. [(countable, chiefly in the plural) A person living in or originating from Japan, or of Japanese ancestry.] |
| enkainoun | A (Japanese) banquet or drinking party. |
| takigyonoun | A Japanese practice of meditate under a cold waterfall. |
| nageirenoun | A Japanese style of flower arrangement, characterised by informality and spontaneity. |
| tsukubainoun | A small basin, usually of stone, used for ritual ablution in Japanese Buddhist temples and before the tea ceremony. |
| shinrinyokunoun | A recreational trip to a forest intended to improve one's well-being. |
| irorinoun | A traditional sunken hearth common in Japan, used to heat the home and to cook food. |
| tansunoun | A traditional portable chest from Japan. |
| banchanoun | A type of low-grade Japanese green tea. |
| banyanoun | A type of steam bath, popular in Russia (and in some parts of Alaska as well). |
| jimjilbangnoun | Misspelling of jjimjilbang. [A type of Korean traditional bathhouse, typically having hot tubs, showers, saunas, and massage tables.] |
| japanismnoun | A custom peculiar to Japan. |
| sakazukinoun | A Japanese cup for drinking saké. |
| off vocalnoun | (Japan, music) The instrumentals. |
| bon-sekinoun | Alternative form of bonseki. [The ancient Japanese art of creating miniature landscapes on black lacquer trays using sand and pebbles.] |
| kominkannoun | A Japanese cultural center, offering education in arts, sport, handiwork, etc. to people of various age groups. |
| bonsekinoun | The ancient Japanese art of creating miniature landscapes on black lacquer trays using sand and pebbles. |
| jabisennoun | (music) Alternative spelling of jamisen. [(obsolete) An archaic stringed instrument of Japanese origin, traditionally made from snakeskin and characteristic of the Ryukyu islands; it is the ancestor of the shamisen.] |
| jamisennoun | (obsolete) An archaic stringed instrument of Japanese origin, traditionally made from snakeskin and characteristic of the Ryukyu islands; it is the ancestor of the shamisen. |
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