onsen

Meaning

Noun

A (Japanese) hot spring.
A Japanese-style resort hotel at a natural hot spring, offering on-site bathing.

Origin

From Japanese 温泉, from Middle Chinese 溫泉 ("hot spring[[[hot springs"), from 溫 + 泉. Compare the modern Mandarin pronunciation 溫泉.

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