Translation guide
A bathhouse is a public facility for bathing, often with hot water. In Japan, this typically refers to a sentō (public bath) or onsen (hot spring bath). The concept is culturally significant and differs from Western-style bathhouses.
A neighborhood public bath facility where people go to bathe, often because they don't have a bath at home.
The standard term for a traditional Japanese public bathhouse. These are common in urban areas and charge a small fee.
近所の銭湯に行く。
I go to the neighborhood bathhouse.
A more casual, colloquial term for a public bath. Often used in everyday conversation.
風呂屋でゆっくりする。
I relax at the bathhouse.
A bathhouse using natural hot spring water, often at a resort or inn.
Refers to a hot spring bath facility. Can be a public bathhouse or part of a ryokan (inn).
温泉に入る。
I take a bath at the hot spring.
A more formal term for a hot spring facility, often used for larger complexes.
この温泉施設は広い。
This hot spring facility is spacious.
A bathhouse that is part of a larger establishment like a spa, hotel, or historical site.
A general term for a bathing facility, often used in names of public baths or spa areas.
ホテルの大浴場を使う。
I use the hotel's large bathhouse.
An archaic or literary term for a bathhouse, sometimes used in historical contexts.
In Japan, bathhouses are for bathing and relaxation, not for socializing in the same way as some Western bathhouses. Nudity is the norm, and tattoos may be prohibited in some places.
At a sentō or onsen, wash your body before entering the bath. Don't put towels in the water. These rules are strictly followed.
They recreated an old-time bathhouse.