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bathtub
A large container in a bathroom that holds water for bathing.
浴槽にお湯を入れる。
Fill the bathtub with hot water.
浴槽に入ってリラックスする。
Get into the bathtub and relax.
浴槽を洗ってから入る。
Clean the bathtub before getting in.
日本の浴槽は深くて、肩まで浸かることができる。
Japanese bathtubs are deep, so you can soak up to your shoulders.
浴槽のお湯がぬるくなったので、追い焚きして温め直しました。
The bath water cooled down, so I reheated it using the reheat function.
追い焚き is the function to reheat bath water
In Japanese bathing culture, the 浴槽 is for soaking after washing the body outside the tub (体を洗ってから入る). Family members often share the same bath water.
Types:
- FRP製 (fiberglass-reinforced plastic) - most common
- 人工大理石 (artificial marble)
- ホーロー (enamel)
- 檜/木製 (cypress/wooden) - traditional, luxury
- ユニットバス (unit bath) - prefabricated bathroom
Colloquial terms:
- お風呂 (bath - general)
- バスタブ (bathtub - loanword)
- 湯船 (bathtub - traditional term)
Related actions:
- お湯を張る (fill the bath)
- 追い焚きする (reheat the bath water)