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湯治 (とうじ, touji) Japanese meaning: hot-spring cure | Kotomora
Common word› Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation 湯治する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 湯とう 治じ する 湯とう 治じ しない Polite 湯とう 治じ します 湯とう 治じ しません Past polite 湯とう 治じ しました 湯とう 治じ しませんでした Past 湯とう 治じ した 湯とう 治じ しなかった Te-form 湯とう 治じ して 湯とう 治じ しないで Desire 湯とう 治じ したい 湯とう 治じ したくない Potential 湯とう 治じ できる 湯とう 治じ できない Passive 湯とう 治じ される 湯とう 治じ されない Causative 湯とう 治じ させる 湯とう 治じ させない Causative passive 湯とう 治じ させられる 湯とう 治じ させられない Volitional 湯とう 治じ しよう Polite volitional 湯とう 治じ しましょう Imperative 湯とう 治じ しろ 湯とう 治じ するな Conditional 湯とう 治じ すれば 湯とう 治じ しなければ Tara conditional 湯とう 治じ したら 湯とう 治じ しなかったら
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He went to a hot spring resort for a hot-spring cure for his rheumatism.
There are many elderly people who have come for a hot-spring cure.
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 で 湯とう 治じ する to take a hot-spring cure at a place
My grandfather goes for a hot-spring cure at Kusatsu Onsen every year.
湯とう 治じ に 行い く to go for a hot-spring cure
I went for a hot-spring cure to treat my back pain.
湯とう 治じ で 〈 事こと 〉 を 治なお す to cure a condition through a hot-spring cure
I cured my long-standing back pain with a hot-spring cure.
Kanji 湯 hot water, bath, hot spring 治 reign, be at peace, calm down Related words 温泉 is the general word for a hot spring itself, while 湯治 specifically means staying at one to treat an ailment.
保養 means resting or recuperating (often at a resort) in general, whereas 湯治 specifically refers to bathing in hot springs for a health cure.
療養 is the broad term for medical recuperation of any kind, while 湯治 narrows this to the traditional practice of curative hot-spring bathing.
Don't confuse with 当時 (とうじ, 'at that time') and 湯治 (とうじ, 'hot-spring cure') are exact homophones with completely unrelated meanings, distinguishable only by kanji and context.
Written forms 湯とう 治じ Usage 98%
Standard kanji spelling for hot-spring cure.
とうじ Usage 2%
Etymology Compound of 湯 (hot water) and 治 (cure, heal). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word has been used for centuries to describe therapeutic bathing at hot springs.
