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ぼっとん便所 (ぼっとんべんじょ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ぼっとん便べん所じょ

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Meanings

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noun

pit toilet; outhouse; non-flushing toilet

A traditional toilet where waste drops directly into a pit or tank below, without flushing. The name is onomatopoeic from the sound of waste dropping. Often contrasted with 水洗便所 (flush toilet).

See also: 汲み取り便所

田舎いなかの祖そ父ふ母ぼの家いえにはまだぼっとん便べん所じょがある。
My grandparents' house in the countryside still has a pit toilet.

ぼっとん便べん所じょは汲くみ取とり式しきのトイレの一いっ種しゅだ。

A ぼっとん便所 is a type of vault toilet that requires periodic emptying.

Written forms

ぼっとん便べん所じょ
Standard mixed kana-kanji spelling.
ボットン便べん所じょ
Katakana variant of the mimetic part.

Kanji

便convenience, facility, excrement
所place, extent

Similar words

汲くみ取とり便べん所じょ
A vault toilet that requires manual or mechanical emptying of the waste tank. ぼっとん便所 is a colloquial, onomatopoeic term for the same type of toilet, emphasizing the dropping sound.
水すい洗せん便べん所じょ
A flush toilet. The opposite of a ぼっとん便所 in terms of waste disposal method.

Etymology

From the mimetic word ぼっとん (sound of something dropping into water or a pit) + 便所 (toilet). The exact origin is uncertain, but it vividly describes the sound of waste falling into the pit.