How to say "facilities" in Japanese

• 施設しせつJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers facilities as physical establishments or institutions — the places themselves, such as schools, hospitals, or community centers. Choose this when 'facilities' means buildings or a site, not the equipment inside them.
  教育施設きょういくしせつを拡充かくじゅうする金かねをもっと多おおくと望のぞんでいる。↗

  People want more money to expand educational institutions.
• 設備せつびJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers facilities as equipment, installations, or amenities — what a building contains rather than the building itself, e.g. a hotel's facilities. For 'facilities' meaning places or institutions, this is not the word you want.
  諸しょ設備せつびの費用ひようは払はらっていただきます。↗

  You have to pay for utilities.

Use 施設 for facilities as physical places or institutions such as buildings and complexes, and 設備 for facilities as the equipment, installations, or amenities they contain; ask whether you mean the place itself or what it has inside.

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• 施設しせつfacility
• 設備せつびequipment
• しつらえequipment
• しつらいequipment
• 機関きかんsystem