風呂

風呂

Japanese

Kanji in this term
風	呂
ふ Grade: 2 (ateji)	ろ Grade: S (ateji)
goon

Etymology

Shift from 室 (muro, “cellar”).[1]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふろ​ [fùróꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[2][3][4]
• (Tokyo) ふ​ろ [fúꜜrò] (Atamadaka – [1])[4][3]
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝɾo̞]

Noun

風(ふ)呂(ろ) • (furo) 

1. bath; bathtub
   • 2008 October 8, Hasemi, Saki; Yabuki, Kentaro, “とらぶる94　とらぶるくえすと２ [TLOVEl 94: TLOVEl Quest 2]”, in ＴｏＬＯＶＥる　—とらぶる— [ToLOVEru —TLOVEl—], volume 11 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 123:

     ゲームのキャラがお風(ふ)呂(ろ)入(はい)るなんておかしいと思(おも)う？

     Gēmu no kyara ga ofuro hairu nan te okashī to omō?

     Don’t you think it’s weird that a video game character takes a fancy bath?

Synonyms

• バス (basu)
• 浴場(よくじょう) (yokujō)

Derived terms

• 風(ふ)呂(ろ)場(ば) (furoba, “bathroom”)
• 風(ふ)呂(ろ)屋(や) (furoya, “public bath”)
• 露(ろ)天(てん)風(ぶ)呂(ろ) (rotenburo)

References

1. “風呂”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
4. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Further reading

• The furo entry at Gogen Yurai Jiten (in Japanese)