海 水 浴(かいすいよく)

かいすいよく

noun

sea bathing, swimming in the sea

1. sea bathing, swimming in the sea

The activity of swimming or bathing in the ocean, typically for recreation. A common summer activity in Japan.

夏(なつ)は海水浴(かいすいよく)に行(い)きたい。

I want to go swimming in the sea in summer.

家族(かぞく)で海水浴(かいすいよく)を楽(たの)しんだ。

We enjoyed swimming in the sea as a family.

この近(ちか)くに海水浴(かいすいよく)ができるビーチはありますか。

Is there a beach near here where you can swim?

FORMATION:
海水(かいすい) (seawater) + 浴(よく) (bathing). The suffix ～浴(よく) appears in other bathing-related words: 日光浴(にっこうよく) (sunbathing), 入浴(にゅうよく) (bathing).

COMMON PATTERNS:

海水浴(かいすいよく)に行(い)く (to go sea bathing)
海水浴(かいすいよく)を楽(たの)しむ (to enjoy sea bathing)
海水浴場(かいすいよくじょう) (swimming beach, bathing beach)

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Added 2026.2.12 8:06

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