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.
He was put in a solitary cell.
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)
This building has many chambers.
In the monk's quarters, the trainee monks are offering prayers.
That monk is very virtuous.
The Room is one of the 28 mansions, guarding the eastern direction.
workshop; studio; atelier
air conditioning; air cooling; cooling a room
heating; indoor heating
kitchen; galley · troll; immature user
study; library · bookstore; bookshop; publishing company
solitary confinement cell; isolation cell
atrium (of the heart)
teahouse; coffee shop
prison cell; ward
same room; sharing a room; roommate · same prison cell; sharing a cell; cellmate
ovary (of a flower)
wife; one's own wife · court lady; female court attendant · woman; love interest
anterior chamber (of the eye)
seal shop; stamp maker
right atrium
cellule; cellula · small room; small tatami room · floret; small cluster
mountain cottage; mountain hut · temple (in the mountains) · study; personal library
left atrium
posterior chamber (of the eye); deutomerite; posterior sac · women's quarters at the rear of a house
inside a room; interior of a room · inside a bedroom; interior of a bedchamber
sexual intercourse; bedroom activities
The kanji 房 originally depicted a door and a side room, indicating a chamber or small room. The reading ぼう is the on'yomi. The word is used in both secular and religious contexts, with the Buddhist sense deriving from the idea of a monk's cell.