Translation guide
A stone that has been heated, often for therapeutic, culinary, or practical purposes. Japanese expressions vary by context.
A stone heated for massage, spa treatments, or warming the body.
Literally 'warm stone', used in traditional Japanese therapy where heated stones are placed on the body.
温石療法はリラックス効果があります。
Hot stone therapy has a relaxing effect.
Loanword from English, commonly used for 'hot stone' in spa and massage contexts.
ホットストーンマッサージを受けてみたいです。
I'd like to try a hot stone massage.
Literally 'grilled stone', sometimes used for heated stones in sauna or bath contexts.
サウナの焼き石に水をかけると蒸気が上がります。
When you pour water on the heated stones in the sauna, steam rises.
A stone heated to cook food on, such as in stone grilling or baking.
Commonly used for a stone heated for cooking, like a pizza stone or a stone for grilling meat.
焼き石でピザを焼くとパリッと仕上がります。
Baking pizza on a heated stone makes it crispy.
Refers to the cooking method using a heated stone, often seen in dishes like '石焼き芋' (stone-roasted sweet potato).
Literal translation, used in technical or descriptive contexts.
加熱した石の上で肉を焼く調理法があります。
There is a cooking method where meat is grilled on a heated stone.
A stone heated and used as a portable heat source, like a hand warmer.
Historically used for a heated stone placed in clothing or bedding for warmth.
昔は温石を懐に入れて暖を取っていました。
In the old days, people put heated stones in their pockets to keep warm.
Can be used for a stone heated in a fire and wrapped in cloth as a warmer.
Stones heated in a sauna stove or for generating steam.
Common term for sauna stones.
サウナストーンが十分に熱くなったら水をかけます。
When the sauna stones are hot enough, pour water on them.
Used in traditional Japanese bathhouses or saunas.
焼き石に水をかけて蒸気を発生させます。
Water is poured on the heated stones to produce steam.
温石 (onjaku) specifically refers to a stone heated for therapeutic or warming purposes, often associated with traditional medicine. 焼き石 (yakiishi) is more general and can mean any heated stone, including for cooking or sauna. In modern contexts, loanwords like ホットストーン or サウナストーン are often preferred.
Stone-roasted sweet potatoes are a winter tradition.
Wrapping a heated stone in cloth and placing it at your feet keeps you warm.