Words taking the Japanese bath: page 1

Taking the Japanese Bath

First of all, I have to explain "Japanese bath" to you.
It is difficult for me for me to explain the trait of the bath in Japan to you because English is unskilled.
But, I found a very good web page.

Sukiya Living Magazine (JOJG)

The person who wrote sentences of the web page is well informed of a Japanese bath.
The explanation of the web page is very detailed and is wonderful.
I explain by using the photograph in a Japanese bath so that you may understand a Japanese bath because there is little photograph in the web page.

 

The Japanese Bath
Taking a bath in Japan is serious business.
The Japanese bathtub, known as 風呂(furo) or お風呂(ofuro) in Japanese, plays a role in three distinct aspects of Japanese culture: the private home, the public Japanese bath house, and onsen hot spring resorts.

家の風呂(ie no furo): Private home bath	銭湯(sento/sentou): Japanese public bath	温泉(onsen): Japanese hot spring

In each case the Japanese bath experience amounts to much more than simply washing off.
Many Japanese people view sitting in their ofuro soaking tubs as a must-do daily ritual similar to eating or sleeping.
For those individuals bathing is something that they must do to feel healthy and happy.
Other Japanese people look at bathing as a social activity.

Many parents bathe with their children, enjoying the experience and feeling it builds better relationships between family members.

Even co-workers might bathe together when they go to an onsen resort on a company junket, or when they visit a hotel's 銭湯(sento) public bath during a business trip.

There are several differences between the Japanese bath and Western ones.
Japanese soaking tubs are generally much deeper, so someone sitting in the tub can easily sink down with the water at chin level.

Japanese bath water also tends to be much hotter than what Westerners normally find comfortable.
The extra water volume (deeper tubs) and the hotter water temperature means that "conserving" the hot water becomes something of a priority.

Japanese bathtubs are often installed in a fairly large room that has an alcove "changing area" beside it.

There is never a toilet in the room with the bathtub. (Though it is in the housing complex in a big city in Tokyo etc.)
To most Japanese people it seems crazy - and even somewhat embarrassing - when Westerners put toilets in the same room where you are trying to wash.

Ofuro soaking tubs are usually surrounded by a tile floor and several tile walls.
Fixed to one wall will be a shower with a flexible hose.
There will likely be a wooden or plastic stool to sit on, and without exception there will be a drain in the floor between the shower and the tub.

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Words of taking the Japanese bath

Well, please learn the words concerning taking a bath in Japanese.

• The dark gray characters is "送りがな[Okuri-gana]".
• The image expands by click.

English	Getting into the bathtub	Getting out of the bathtub
Action
English	getting into the bathtub.	getting out of the bathtub.
Hiragana	よくそう に はいる。 ゆぶね に はいる。 ばすたぶ に はいる。	よくそう から でる/あがる。 ゆぶね から でる/あがる。 ばすたぶ から でる/あがる。
Japanese	浴槽 に 入る。 湯船 に 入る。 バスタブ に 入る。	浴槽 から 出る/上がる。 湯船 から 出る/上がる。 バスタブ から 出る/上がる。
Pronunciation	yokusou ni hairu. yubune ni hairu. basutabu ni hairu.	yokusou kara deru/agaru. yubune kara deru/agaru. basutabu kara deru/agaru.

Bathtub

English	Kanji	Hiragana	Katakana
Bathtub	浴槽	よくそう	ヨクソウ
	湯船	ゆぶね	ユブネ
	-----	ばすたぶ	バスタブ
Annotation	Generally, the script used is dark gray characters.

 

English	Soaking in the bathtub	Feeling dizzy in the bathtub
Action
English	soaking in the bathtub.	feeling dizzy in the bathtub.
Hiragana	ふろ/ゆ につかる。	のぼせる。
Japanese	風呂/湯 に浸かる。	逆上せる。
Pronunciation	furo/yu ni tsukaru	noboseru
Annotation	As for "逆上せる(noboseru)", a hiragana is used generally.

English	Drawing the hot water	Dashing the hot water
Action
English	Drawing the hot water.	dashing the hot water.
Hiragana	おゆ/ゆ を くむ。	おゆ/ゆ を かける。
Japanese	お湯/湯 を 汲む。	お湯/湯 を 掛ける。
Pronunciation	oyu/yu wo kumu	oyu/yu wo kakeru
Annotation	The word for which nominal prefix "お(o)" is used is a polite word.
	There are a lot of words with pronunciation "kakeru". For instance, "書ける", "欠ける", "賭ける", "懸ける", "架ける", "駆ける", "描ける", etc. We(Japanese people) often forget the kanji. We use the hiragana and the katakana in such a scene. There is no problem even if you forget the kanji. There is no problem even if you doesn't know the kanji. For that case, please write by the hiragana or the katakana.

English	Taking a shower	Shampooing one's hair
Action
English	taking a shower.	shampooing one's hair.
Hiragana	しゃわー を あびる。	あたま/かみ を あらう。
Japanese	シャワー を 浴びる。	頭/髪 を あらう。
Pronunciation	shawā wo abiru	atama/kami wo arau
Annotation	The meaning of word "頭(atama)" is "Head". The meaning of word "髪(kami)" is "Hair".

English	Wringing the towel	Scrubbing one's body
Action
English	wringing the towel.	scrubbing one's body.
Hiragana	たおる を しぼる。	からだ を こする。
Japanese	タオル を 絞る。	体 を 擦る。
Pronunciation	taoru wo shiboru	karada wo kosuru

English	Washing oneself	Washing one's back
Action
English	washing oneself.	washing one's back.
Hiragana	からだ を あらう。	せなか を ながす。
Japanese	体 を 洗う。	背中 を 流す。
Pronunciation	karada wo arau	senaka wo nagasu

 

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Sanshodo-Kotoba tsukaikata ejiten

三省堂ことばつかいかた絵じてん [sanshoudou kotoba tsukaikata e jiten]   In this page, I used the image of this book. This is a book for children in Japan to learn basic Japanese. In this book, the word of Japan that we use in daily life is explained with the image, and it is very convenient. This book will be very useful for you who is learning Japanese. *You can buy this book in Japanese Amazon. (It is not sold outside Japan.)

 

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