ぼっとん便べん所じょ

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.