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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

療養地

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ryōyōchi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Health resort/ˈhɛlθ rɪˌzɔːt/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"その療養地は多くの患者や観光客に利用されている。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A specialized hotel or establishment that provides medical, therapeutic, and wellness programs alongside relaxation facilities.

    "They spent a week at a health resort in the mountains to detox and rejuvenate."
  2. 2

    A spa town or destination historically frequented for its curative natural waters or therapeutic climate.

    "The nineteenth-century aristocracy frequently visited European health resorts for their mineral baths."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English 'helthe' (from Old English 'hǣlth', meaning wholeness or soundness) combined with 'resort' (from Old French 'ressortir', meaning to spring back or frequent a place). The compound term emerged in the 19th century to designate specialized establishments located in areas with natural healing assets such as mineral springs, mountain air, or sea water.

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