ワンルームアパート

noun

studio apartment; bedsit

A small apartment where the main living area and bedroom are combined into one room, with a separate bathroom and sometimes a small kitchenette. Common in urban Japan for single occupants.

wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from one room apartment

• 大だい学がく生せいのとき、駅えき近ちかくのワンルームアパートに住すんでいました。

  When I was a university student, I lived in a studio apartment near the station.

• ワンルームアパートは家や賃ちんが安やすいけど、キッチンが狭せまいことが多おおい。

  Studio apartments have cheap rent, but the kitchen is often small.