温泉

See also: 溫泉

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 温泉 – see 溫泉 (“hot spring; spa; onsen; Wenquan County; etc.”).
(This term, 温泉, is the simplified and variant traditional form of 溫泉.)
Notes:

Japanese
温泉 (onsen): an onsen in Nachikatsuura, Japan
Kanji in this term
温 泉
おん
Grade: 3		 せん
Grade: 6
on’yomi

Etymology

/wonsen/ → /onsen/

From Chinese 溫泉 (ʔwon dzjwen, literally “warm + spring”). Compare modern Chinese 溫泉 (wēnquán).

Pronunciation

Noun

温泉 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 溫泉, hiragana おんせん, rōmaji onsen, historical hiragana をんせん)

  1. a hot spring
    • 1997 August 12, Maekawa, Takeshi, “未み知ちなる大だい地ちへの巻まき [To the Strange Land]”, in 新しん鉄てっ拳けんチンミ [New Ironfist Chinmi], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 26:
      なるほど　温 (おん)泉 (せん)ってのはいいですね——っ
      Naruhodo onsentte no wa ii desu ne——'
      True, it’d be great to take a bath in a hot spring
  2. a spa; an onsen

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 温泉街 (おんせんがい) (onsengai): a hot spring resort, a hot spring town
  • 温泉学 (おんせんがく) (onsengaku): balneology
  • 温 (おん)泉 (せん)郷 (きょう) (onsenkyō): a hot spring village
  • 温 (おん)泉 (せん)旅 (りょ)館 (かん) (onsen ryokan): a hot spring inn
  • 温 (おん)泉 (せん)療 (りょう)法 (ほう) (onsen ryōhō): hot spring therapy

Descendants

See also

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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