Meaning

Primary

Bath

Word Type

noun

Explanation

Let the wind in from the window above your bath so the water is cool enough for you to take a bath! If the water is too hot, you'll get all dizzy and that's dangerous!

Reading

おふろ
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This is a jukugo word that uses the on'yomi readings of the kanji. This isn't the same on'yomi reading you learned for 風, though. It's a little different: ふ. If you're taking a bath you'd be a fool (ふ) to bring food in there. Drop the う or you'll end up as soup!

Context

Context Sentences

ゆっくりお風呂に浸かりたいなあ。

I want to slowly soak in the bath.

お風呂に入ってる時に鼻血が出てきたので、鼻の穴に竹輪を差し込んで止血しようとしたけど、竹輪には穴が開いているので意味がなかった。

I got a nosebleed while I was bathing, so I tried to stop it by sticking a fish cake stick in my nostril, but since the stick had a hole, it didn't work.

Kanji Composition