房ぼう

noun

chamber; room; cell

Refers to a room or enclosed space, often in a formal, institutional, or traditional context. Can mean a prison cell or a chamber in a building.

• 彼かれは独どく房ぼうに入いれられた。

  He was put in a solitary cell.

• この建たて物ものには多おおくの房ぼうがある。

  This building has many chambers.

noun

monk's quarters; monk

Used in Buddhist contexts to refer to a monk's living quarters or, by extension, the monk himself. Often seen in compound words like 僧房 (monk's cell) or 房主 (head monk).

See also: 坊

• 僧そう房ぼうで修しゅ行ぎょう僧そうが祈いのりを捧ささげている。

  In the monk's quarters, the trainee monks are offering prayers.

• あの房ぼうはとても徳とくが高たかい。

  That monk is very virtuous.

noun

Room constellation (Chinese astronomy)

One of the 28 Chinese lunar mansions, corresponding to the Azure Dragon of the East. A technical term in traditional East Asian astronomy.

See also: 二十八宿 · 蒼竜 (そうりょう)

• 房ぼうは二に十じゅう八はっ宿しゅくの一ひとつで、東ひがしの方ほう角がくを守まもる。

  The Room is one of the 28 mansions, guarding the eastern direction.