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Onsen

A (Japanese) hot spring.

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noun
  1. 1

    A (Japanese) hot spring.

    "The hottest springs in Japan aren't in the north but at the Obama Onsen outside Nagasaki."

  2. 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."

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irorinounA traditional sunken hearth common in Japan, used to heat the home and to cook food.
tansunounA traditional portable chest from Japan.
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japanismnounA custom peculiar to Japan.
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kominkannounA Japanese cultural center, offering education in arts, sport, handiwork, etc. to people of various age groups.
bonsekinounThe ancient Japanese art of creating miniature landscapes on black lacquer trays using sand and pebbles.
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