湯ゆ殿どの

noun

bathroom; bathing room

Dated term for a bathroom or bathing area, often associated with traditional Japanese settings. In modern Japanese, 風呂場 or 浴室 are more common.

See also: 風呂場

• 昔むかしの家いえには、湯ゆ殿どのが別べつ棟むねにあることもあった。

  In old houses, the bathing room was sometimes in a separate building.

noun

bathing; bathing attendant

Archaic uses: the act of bathing, or a person who assisted a noble with bathing. These senses are not used in modern Japanese.

• 古こ文ぶん書しょには、貴き人じんの湯ゆ殿どのの世せ話わをする者ものの記き述じゅつがある。

  In ancient documents, there are descriptions of those who attended to nobles' bathing.