A facility where livestock are slaughtered for meat. The term is neutral and used in agricultural, legal, and everyday contexts.
There is a large slaughterhouse in this area.
Hygiene control at the slaughterhouse is strictly enforced.
An older or more direct term for a slaughterhouse, sometimes carrying a stronger or more graphic nuance.
Standard kanji spelling for 'slaughterhouse'.
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; the first character is written in hiragana, often seen in official or simplified contexts.
Compound of 屠畜 (tochiku, 'slaughtering livestock') + 場 (jō, 'place'). The word is a straightforward Sino-Japanese formation.