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