onsen
A hot springA (Japanese) hot spring.
» I like onsen off the beaten track.
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2 sensesA (Japanese) hot spring.
The hottest springs in Japan aren't in the north but at the Obama Onsen outside Nagasaki.
Onsen
онсэ́нonsɛ́n, онсе́нonsɛ́n
онсе́нonsén
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.
Examples
5 sentencesI like onsen off the beaten track.
It's a souvenir onsen egg.
The Japanese onsen is a nice place for skinny-dipping.
I can't afford to go to the onsen this weekend. I'm broke.
deIch kann es mir nicht leisten, dieses Wochenende zum Onsen zu fahren. Ich bin pleite. — al_ex_an_der
What a surprise! The onsen lodge had turned into a fish breeding farm.
Translations
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Origin
From Japanese 温泉 (onsen), from Middle Chinese 溫泉 ('won dzjwen, “hot springs”), from 溫 /温 (From Japanese 温泉 (onsen), from Middle Chinese 溫泉 ('won dzjwen, “hot springs”), from 溫 /温 (wēn, “warm”) + 泉 (quán, “spring[s]”). Compare the modern Mandarin pronunciation 溫泉 /温泉 (wēnquán).
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Forms
plural: onsen / onsensWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
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