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What does 別荘 (べっそう, bessou) mean?

別荘 (べっそう, bessou) means vacation villa, country house.

Quick facts
Readingべっそう
Romajibessou
Part of speechnoun
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N2
べっそう
N2 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonbessou

vacation villa, country house

Genki 23Genki
  1. 1noun holiday house; vacation home; villa
  2. 2noun prison; jail

Example sentences

  • In summer I spend time at a villa near the lake.

  • My grandfather has a small vacation home in the mountains.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

Voice: VOICEVOX Nemo.

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