沐浴する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 沐浴する | 沐浴しない |
| Polite | 沐浴します | 沐浴しません |
| Past polite | 沐浴しました | 沐浴しませんでした |
| Past | 沐浴した | 沐浴しなかった |
| Te-form | 沐浴して | 沐浴しないで |
| Desire | 沐浴したい | 沐浴したくない |
| Potential | 沐浴できる | 沐浴できない |
| Passive | 沐浴される | 沐浴されない |
| Causative | 沐浴させる | 沐浴させない |
| Causative passive | 沐浴させられる | 沐浴させられない |
| Volitional | 沐浴しよう | |
| Polite volitional | 沐浴しましょう | |
| Imperative | 沐浴しろ | 沐浴するな |
| Conditional | 沐浴すれば | 沐浴しなければ |
| Tara conditional | 沐浴したら | 沐浴しなかったら |
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
bathing (of an infant); ritual bathing
Often used for the ritual bathing of a newborn, or more broadly for ceremonial purification by water. Can also refer to bathing in a religious context.
I helped with the ritual bathing of the one-month-old baby.
I purified myself by bathing at the shrine.
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
ablution; ritual washing
Refers to a religious or ceremonial washing, often in a spiritual context. More formal than 沐浴 in the infant sense.
The monk performs ablutions every morning.
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
receiving a blessing (archaic)
Archaic sense referring to receiving a blessing, possibly through a ritual washing or purification. Rarely used in modern Japanese.
In old texts, 沐浴 is recorded as an act of receiving a blessing.