General term for soap, used in everyday contexts such as washing hands, bathing, or cleaning.
手を洗う前に、ソープを泡立ててください。
Please lather the soap before washing your hands.
I washed my hands well with soap.
このソープは敏感肌にも使えます。
This soap can be used even on sensitive skin.
soapland; brothel with bathing
Slang abbreviation of ソープランド, referring to a type of brothel where customers bathe with prostitutes. Used in informal or adult contexts.
See also: ソープランド
彼は週末にソープに行くと言っていた。
He said he was going to a soapland on the weekend.
A friend invited me and we went to a soapland.
soapland sex worker
soap opera
soapland; brothel with bathing
soapland prostitute
hand soap
facial soap; face soap
toilet soap
soap dispenser
Loanword from English 'soap'. The slang sense is a clipping of ソープランド, itself a wasei-eigo compound of 'soap' and 'land'.