noun
Dated term for a beauty salon; modern Japanese almost always uses 美容院 (びよういん) instead. This word may still appear in older signs or texts.
See also: 美容院
昔は「美粧院」という看板をよく見かけた。
In the past, signs reading 美粧院 were commonly seen.
祖母は若い頃、美粧院で髪を整えてもらっていたそうだ。
My grandmother says she used to have her hair done at a beauty parlour when she was young.