noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
Refers to being outside, uncovered, or exposed to the sky. Often used attributively with の to modify nouns.
I like bathing in an open-air hot spring.
I bought fresh vegetables at the open-air market.
open-air bath; outdoor hot spring
street vendor; stallholder
street vendor; stallholder
surface mining; open-pit mining; open-cut mining
Compound of 露 (ろ, 'dew; exposed') and 天 (てん, 'sky; heavens'), literally meaning 'exposed to the sky'.