蒸し風呂

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蒸 風 呂
む
Grade: 6 		ふ > ぶ
Grade: 2 		ろ
Grade: S
kun'yomi on'yomi

Etymology

蒸(む)し (mushi, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 蒸(む)す (musu, “to steam”)) + 風呂(ふろ) (furo, “bath”)。The furo changes to buro as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Pronunciation

Noun

蒸(む)し風(ぶ)呂(ろ) • (mushiburo) 

  1. sauna

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ “蒸し風呂”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
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