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- Japanese · borrowed fromホームステイ
- English todayhomestay
From home + stay, nowadays a reborrowing from Japanese ホームステイ (hōmusutei).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
homestay
Today it means: A system whereby students, visiting a foreign country to study, board with a local family at an affordable price. Full definition →
Japanese ホームステイ