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座浴 (ざよく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

座ざ浴よく

ざ

よ

く

Meanings

1

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

A therapeutic bath where only the hips and lower abdomen are immersed in warm water, often used for hemorrhoids or perineal care.

医い者しゃに座ざ浴よくを勧すすめられた。
The doctor recommended a sitz bath.
痔じの治ち療りょうのために毎まい日にち座ざ浴よくし

て

いる

。

I take a sitz bath every day to treat hemorrhoids.

Written forms

座ざ浴よくUsage100%
Standard kanji spelling for sitz bath.
坐ざ浴よく
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 座浴 is preferred.

Kanji

座squat, seat, cushion
浴bathe, be favored with, bask in
坐sit

Similar words

半はん身しん浴よく
半身浴 is a half-body bath where the water reaches up to the chest, while 座浴 is a shallow sitz bath that only covers the hips and lower abdomen.

Etymology

Compound of 座 (sitting) and 浴 (bath), literally 'sitting bath'. The kanji 坐 is a variant of 座.