保ほ養よう所じょ

also: ほようしょ

Meanings

recreation facility; rest home; retreat center

Typically a corporate-owned facility for employees' rest and recreation, but can also refer to a general rest home or retreat center.

会かい社しゃの保ほ養よう所じょで温おん泉せんに入はいった。
I enjoyed a hot spring at the company's recreation facility.
この保ほ養よう所じょは社しゃ員いんとその家か族ぞくしか利り用ようできない。
This retreat center can only be used by employees and their families.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が保ほ養よう所じょを利り用ようするfor someone to make use of a (company) retreat facility
社しゃ員いんは会かい社しゃの保ほ養よう所じょを安やすく利り用ようできる。
Employees can use the company's retreat facility at a low cost.
保ほ養よう所じょに泊とまるto stay overnight at a retreat facility
夏なつ休やすみに家か族ぞくで保ほ養よう所じょに泊とまった。
We stayed at a company retreat facility with my family during summer vacation.
〈場ば所しょ〉に保ほ養よう所じょがあるthere is a retreat facility (of a company/organization) in a certain place
この会かい社しゃは箱はこ根ねに保ほ養よう所じょがある。
This company has a retreat facility in Hakone.

Kanji

保protect, guarantee, keep
養foster, bring up, rear
所place, extent

Related words

リゾート
リゾート is a general leisure resort open to anyone, while 保養所 usually refers to a company-owned facility reserved for employees' rest.
休きゅう暇か村むら
休暇村 is a public holiday village anyone can book, whereas 保養所 is typically restricted to members of a specific company or organization.
別べっ荘そうN2
別荘 is a privately owned vacation home for an individual or family, while 保養所 is a facility maintained by a company or group for its members.
療りょう養よう所じょ
保養所 is a general rest or recreation facility for health and relaxation, while 療養所 specifically treats illness through extended medical care.

Built from

保ほ養よう+所しょ

Written forms

保養所
- ほようじょ
  Standard kanji spelling; the reading ほようじょ is the most common.
- ほようしょ
  Alternate reading ほようしょ is less common but recognized.
ほようしょ

Etymology

Compound of 保養 (recuperation, health preservation) and 所 (place). The term originally referred to a place for health recovery, later extended to corporate recreation facilities.