足浴
そくよく
noun
foot bath; soaking one's feet in hot water
Conjugation
| Affirmative | Negative | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 足浴する | 足浴しない |
| Present polite | 足浴します | 足浴しません |
| Past | 足浴した | 足浴しなかった |
| Past polite | 足浴しました | 足浴しませんでした |
| て form | 足浴して | 足浴しなくて |
| ている present | 足浴している | 足浴していない |
| ている polite | 足浴しています | 足浴していません |
| ている past | 足浴していた | 足浴していなかった |
| ている past polite | 足浴していました | 足浴していませんでした |
| Conditional ば | 足浴すれば | 足浴しなければ |
| Conditional たら | 足浴したら | 足浴しなかったら |
| Volitional | 足浴しよう | — |
| Volitional polite | 足浴しましょう | — |
| Potential | 足浴できる | 足浴できない |
| Passive | 足浴される | 足浴されない |
| Causative | 足浴させる | 足浴させない |
| Imperative | 足浴しろ | 足浴するな |
1.
foot bath; soaking one's feet in hot water
Soaking the feet and lower legs in warm or hot water, either as a relaxing home practice or as a therapeutic and nursing procedure. Popular at hot-spring resorts as a 足湯 facility and also used in healthcare settings to warm patients who cannot take a full bath.
足浴をする。
To take a foot bath.
寝る前に足浴をすると眠りやすくなる。
Taking a foot bath before bed makes it easier to fall asleep.
入院中で入浴できない患者にも、看護師が足浴を行ってくれる。
Even for hospitalized patients who cannot take a bath, nurses will perform a foot bath for them.
Sino-Japanese compound of 足 ('foot') and 浴 ('bathing'). A somewhat technical term used especially in healthcare, nursing, and wellness contexts. In everyday conversation the native Japanese word 足湯 is far more common, especially at hot-spring resorts and roadside rest stops.
USAGE:
- Most common in nursing, eldercare, and medical writing, where it names a standard care procedure for warming patients, improving circulation, or promoting sleep.
- Also appears in wellness and sleep-hygiene articles recommending a foot bath as a home remedy.
- Takes する} to form a verb: {足浴する ('to do a foot bath'), but 足浴をする} and {足浴を行う are equally common.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 足浴をする: to take a foot bath
- 足浴を行う: to perform a foot bath (clinical register)
- 足浴の効果: the effects of a foot bath
- 手浴・足浴: hand bath and foot bath (paired care term)
- 温かい足浴: a warm foot bath
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 足湯: foot bath — native Japanese word; refers especially to public hot-spring foot-bath facilities, and more casual in tone.
- 入浴: bathing — general word for taking a bath; contrasted with 足浴 in nursing contexts when a full bath is not possible.
- 手浴: hand bath — soaking the hands in warm water, a parallel nursing procedure.
- 半身浴: half-body bath — soaking the body up to the waist only, a popular wellness practice.
- 温浴: warm bathing — broader term covering any warm-water bathing for therapeutic purposes.