お風呂

Japanese

Kanji in this term
風	呂
ふ Grade: 2	ろ Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

御 (“honorific prefix”) +‎ 風呂 (“bath”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おふろ [òfúꜜrò] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
IPA^(key): [o̞ɸɯ̟ᵝɾo̞]

Noun

お風(ふ)呂(ろ) • (ofuro)

bath, the equipment used for taking a bath such as a private bathtub or public bathing area
the room in which baths are taken, a bathroom (only for taking baths)
a public bath, a public bathhouse

Synonyms

(a public bath): 風呂屋(ふろや) (furoya), 銭湯(せんとう) (sentō), 湯屋(ゆや) (yuya)

References

NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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