1Housing where students or company employees live together communally; typically run by a school or company, with private or shared rooms.
大学に入ってから、ずっと学生寮で暮らしている。
Since entering university, I've been living in the student dormitory the whole time.
新入社員はまず会社の寮に入り、そこから通勤する。
New employees first move into the company dormitory and commute from there.
寮の門限は夜十時なので、それまでに帰らなければならない。
The dormitory curfew is 10 p.m., so I have to get back before then.
2Historical term: a government bureau placed beneath a ministry under the ritsuryō system; essentially unused today outside historical contexts.
3Historical: a room set aside for entertaining guests during tea ceremony; survives today mainly in the compound 茶寮.
4An old term for a villa or retreat house; rarely used today.