トルコ風呂ぶろ

noun

Turkish bath

Refers to a traditional Turkish-style steam bath. In Japanese, this term is now largely historical and has been replaced by ハマム (hamam) for the actual bath, due to the association with sense 2.

• かつて日本にほんでは「トルコ風呂ぶろ」という名な前まえの公こう衆しゅう浴よく場じょうがあったが、今いまはほとんど見みかけない。

  There used to be public baths called 'Turkish baths' in Japan, but they are rarely seen now.

noun

soapland; brothel with bathing

Dated euphemism for a soapland (ソープランド), a type of brothel where customers bathe with prostitutes. The term fell out of use after protests from the Turkish government in the 1980s, and ソープランド became the standard term.

See also: ソープランド

• 昭しょう和わの時じ代だいには、トルコ風呂ぶろは風ふう俗ぞく営えい業ぎょうの一いっ種しゅとして知しられていた。

  In the Showa era, 'Turkish baths' were known as a type of adult entertainment business.