studio apartment; bedsit
A small apartment where the main living area and bedroom are combined into one room, with a separate bathroom and sometimes a small kitchenette. Common in urban Japan for single occupants.
wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from one room apartment
When I was a university student, I lived in a studio apartment near the station.
Studio apartments have cheap rent, but the kitchen is often small.
Variant with interpuncts, sometimes seen in written materials.
Wasei-eigo (Japanese-made English) from 'one room' + 'apartment'. The term is not used in native English, where 'studio apartment' or 'bedsit' is common.