public bathhouse; sento
A friendly, slightly old-fashioned term for a public bathhouse. Often used by children or in nostalgic contexts.
When I was a child, I often went to the neighborhood public bathhouse.
Steam is rising from the chimney of the public bathhouse.
Standard kanji spelling with honorific prefix お.
Kana spelling of the first part; common in casual writing.
Compound of honorific prefix お, 風呂 (bath), and 屋 (shop, establishment).