How to say "bunk" in Japanese

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  • 簡易ベッドかんいベッド
    nounIts basic sense is a simple, temporary bed — a cot — so as 'bunk' it is a less common, marginal match, fitting where English means such a simple bed, as with a guest's cot.
    Will you show me how to set up a cot?
  • 蚕棚かいこだな
    nounRefers to a bunk as one of a tier and, by extension, a cramped bedroom; literally a shelf for raising silkworms, it is a vivid, less common choice rather than an everyday word.

Both are less common choices: use 「簡易ベッド」 for a bunk meaning a simple cot-like bed, and 蚕棚 for a bunk as one of a tier of bunks or, figuratively, a cramped bedroom.

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