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浴室 (よくしつ, yokushitsu) Japanese meaning: bathroom | Kotomora

浴よく室しつ

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Common word›JLPTN1›Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

Refers to a room with a bathtub and/or shower, typically in a home, hotel, or public facility. More specific than トイレ (toilet).

ホテルの浴よく室しつはとても広ひろかった。

The hotel bathroom was very spacious.

浴よく室しつのカビを掃そう除じする。

I clean the mold in the bathroom.

Usage patterns

浴よく室しつに入はいるto go into the bathroom
彼かれは仕し事ごとから帰かえると、すぐに浴よく室しつに入はいった。
As soon as he got home from work, he went straight into the bathroom.
浴よく室しつでシャワーを浴あびるto take a shower in the bathroom
旅りょ行こうの後あと、浴よく室しつでシャワーを浴あびてすっきりした。
After the trip, I felt refreshed after taking a shower in the bathroom.
浴よく室しつを掃そう除じするto clean the bathroom
週しゅう末まつには必かならず浴よく室しつを掃そう除じしている。
I always clean the bathroom on weekends.

Kanji

浴bathe, be favored with, bask in
室room, apartment, chamber

Related words

風ふ呂ろ場ばN2
風呂場 is the casual, everyday word for the bathing room, while 浴室 is the more formal term used in real estate listings and manuals.
バスルーム
バスルーム is a modern loanword often used in Western-style homes and hotels, while 浴室 is the standard formal Japanese term for the same room.
風ふ呂ろN5
風呂 casually refers to the bath itself or the bathing room, whereas 浴室 specifically and formally denotes the room containing the bath or shower.
浴よく場じょう
浴室 is a general term for a bathing room that can be in a private home, whereas 浴場 usually implies a larger public or communal bathing facility.

Don't confuse with

トイレN5
トイレ means the toilet room, while 浴室 is the room with a bathtub or shower, and in Japan these are usually separate rooms unlike the English 'bathroom'.
洗せん面めん所じょN2
浴室 is a bathing room with a tub or shower, while 洗面所 is the separate area for washing hands and face, though both can appear together in a home.

Word family

日にっ光こう浴よく室しつ
solarium; sunroom

Etymology

Compound of 浴 (よく, 'bathing') and 室 (しつ, 'room').