ワンルーム

noun

studio apartment; one-room apartment

A small apartment where the main living area and bedroom are combined into a single room, with a separate bathroom and sometimes a small kitchenette. Common in urban Japan.

wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from one room

• 東とう京きょうでワンルームを借かりるのは高たかい。

  Renting a studio apartment in Tokyo is expensive.

• 彼かれは駅えき近ちかのワンルームに住すんでいる。

  He lives in a studio apartment near the station.