東司とうす

noun

toilet in a Zen monastery

Specifically refers to the lavatory within a Zen Buddhist monastery. The term is technical and not used in everyday conversation.

See also: 東浄

• 禅ぜん寺でらでは、東司とうすは修しゅ行ぎょうの場ばの一ひとつとして清せい潔けつに保たもたれる。

  In a Zen temple, the toilet is kept clean as one of the places of practice.