寄宿舎|きしゅくしゃkishukusha[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. nounboarding house; residence hall; dormitory
   彼かれはまもなく寄宿舎きしゅくしゃの生活せいかつにも慣なれ、友人ゆうじんも２・３人にんできました。↗

   He soon got accustomed to dormitory life and made two or three friends.

• SynonymドーミトリーNeutralNeutral loanword. Covers dormitories and the shared multi-bed rooms of cheap hostels; leans toward hotel and travel usage.
• SynonymドーミトリNeutralNeutral. The same loanword with the long vowel omitted; the meaning is unchanged. Seen mostly on travel websites.
• Related学寮がくりょうWrittenWritten or formal prose. A dormitory attached to a school; can also mean a college at a UK university. Leans toward school settings.
• Antonym自宅じたくNeutralNeutral. Your own home — the opposite pole to the communal living of a 「寄宿舎」.

Everyday talk uses 「寮」 for a dorm. 「寄宿舎」 is the formal word for communal housing for students or company employees. 「ドミトリー」 fits hostel multi-bed rooms, and 「自宅」 is your own home.

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1. 学生がくせい・会社員かいしゃいんなどが共同きょうどうで暮くらすための寮りょう、宿舎しゅくしゃ。