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Kotomora

湯ゆ屋や

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Meanings

1

noun

public bathhouse; bathhouse

A commercial or communal bathhouse where people pay to bathe. Historically common before home baths became widespread; still found in some neighborhoods and hot-spring towns.

2

noun

bath building (in a shrine or temple)

A building with a bath located within a shrine or temple grounds, often used for ritual purification or for the use of pilgrims and monks.