onsen
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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/ɒnˈsɛn/
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/ɒnˈsɛn/ · /ˈɒnsɛn/
Definition of onsen
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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A (Japanese) hot spring.
“The hottest springs in Japan aren't in the north but at the Obama Onsen outside Nagasaki.”
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noun
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A (Japanese) hot spring.
“The hottest springs in Japan aren't in the north but at the Obama Onsen outside Nagasaki.”
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A Japanese-style resort hotel at a natural hot spring, offering on-site bathing.
“We stayed at a traditional onsen with tatami, yukata, and kaiseki at Onyang outside Seoul.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Japanese 温泉 (onsen), from Middle Chinese 溫泉 ('won dzjwen, “hot springs”), from 溫 /温 (wēn, “warm”) + 泉 (quán, “spring[s]”). Compare the modern Mandarin pronunciation 溫泉 /温泉 (wēnquán).
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