public bath; communal bath
A bath or bathing facility shared by the public or a community, such as a sentō or onsen.
There are three public baths in this town.
community-run bath; local public hot spring
Specifically a bath or hot spring maintained by the local community, often free or with a low fee. Common in onsen towns.
The community-run bath managed by locals has a very low entrance fee.
A commercial public bathhouse, usually with an entrance fee, while 共同浴場 can be free or low-cost and community-run.
A hot spring; 共同浴場 may be a hot spring, but the term emphasizes shared use rather than the water source.
Compound of 共同 (kyōdō, 'joint, communal') and 浴場 (yokujō, 'bathhouse').