Keyword
bathtub
Info
FrequencyTop 900-1000
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 2
Heisig24
Readings
(97%)
りょ
(2%)
Composed of
mouth
slash left
mouth
Mnemonic

A pictograph of a bathtub. The lower 口 is essentially the bathtub itself, and the upper 口 is a window through which you can look through when taking a bath. The line connecting them is the faucet from which you've filled your tub with water.

Used in kanji (8 in total)
Shinto shrine
manage
partner
person with shaved eyebrows
Used in vocabulary (115 in total)
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
just out of the bath
open air bath; rotenburo; rotemburo
wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper
articulation
to step out of the bath
bass range (in Japanese music); six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)
something wrapped in a furoshiki
just out of the bath
sound (of a sentence); euphony
public bathhouse; bathhouse proprietor
bathtub (esp. wooden and bucket-shaped); small bucket used while bathing
long bath; staying in the bath for a long time
cold bath; taking a cold bath
freshly drawn bath; (taking) a bath before anyone else
cleaning of the bath
rhyming game; play on words; pun
women's bath; women's section in a public bath
(arch.) I; (arch.) me; (person having) thin or shaved eyebrows; affectionate suffix for names of young men or pets
speaking inarticulately (slurring, lisping, etc.)
just out of the bath
bathtub or onsen made of (or surrounded by) rocks
large furoshiki; big talk; vain boasting or bluster; blowing one's own trumpet
family bath (in a ryokan, etc.)
public bathhouse
Japanese cypress wood bathtub; hinoki tub
indoor bath; bath for family (not public) use
men's bath; men's section in a public bath
bath heated directly from beneath, with a floating wooden lid on which the bather sits causing it to sink
bubble bath; jacuzzi; whirlpool bath
denkiburo; bath which includes an electric current, allegedly for health reasons
fee charged at a public bath
traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...
Turkish bath; soapland; brothel where one can bathe with prostitutes
reservable private bath
standard tones; Chinese system of musical sounds
blockhead; dunce; dimwit; dolt; slowcoach; slowpoke
reservable private bath
rhyming game; play on words; pun
deep bathtub with a water-heating tank; bathtub heated from below
boiled daikon (or turnip, etc.) eaten hot with miso
Japanese cypress wood bathtub; hinoki tub
stone bathtub; steam bath taken inside a cavern or stone chamber
Japanese cypress wood bathtub; hinoki tub
bath with a metal pipe
rhyming game; play on words; pun
deep bathtub with a water-heating tank; bathtub heated from below
steam bath; hot water bath
bath taken after everyone else (in the family)
to bathe; to take a bath
second note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. D sharp) (in China); twelfth lunar month
deep bathtub with a water-heating tank; bathtub heated from below
yuzu bath; hot citron bath
Tanzenburo (famous early Edo period bathhouse)
traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...
10th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. B); eighth month of the lunar calendar
Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale (corresponding to: so, la, ti, do, re, mi, fa), similar to Mixolydian mode
(in China) 6th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. G); fourth lunar month
hydro massage bath; bath with a massaging jet
yuzu bath; hot citron bath
first bath of the year
female prostitute working at a bathhouse (Edo period)
bathtub cover; bathtub lid
best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of
blockhead; dunce; dimwit; dolt; slowcoach; slowpoke
steam bath (often using brine)
lie-down bath (in a bathhouse or hot spring)
to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
bubble bath; jacuzzi; whirlpool bath
great and splendid land (of Yamato); spiritual center of the land; one's spiritual home; excellent location; splendid place
iroha karuta; matching card game usu. consisting of 47 reading cards and 47 picture cards
deep bathtub with a water-heating tank; bathtub heated from below
iroha order; traditional ordering of Japanese syllabaries (based on a Buddhist poem)
Japanese maple (Acer palmatum)
(in China) 6th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. G); fourth lunar month
bathtub heated from below
bathtub cover; bathtub lid
steam bath (often using brine)
(hot) saltwater bath
(hot) saltwater bath
Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale (corresponding to: so, la, ti, do, re, mi, fa), similar to Mixolydian mode
type of public bath from the Edo period
bath for one's exclusive use
bath for one's exclusive use
bathtub placed on the roadside and rented to customers
bathhouse used for prostitution (Edo period)
female prostitute working at a bathhouse (Edo period)
stone sauna; facility where one rests on towels laid on a slab of heated natural rock
hot springs bath with simulated natural water supply and drainage; closed-loop hot springs bath
Fujiwara no Nakamaro Rebellion (764 CE)
steam bath; empty bath
Jacuzzi; whirlpool bath
bubble bath with very small bubbles (giving the water a whitish appearance); silk bath
Japanese maple (Acer palmatum)
Ecklonia cava (species of brown alga)
Examples (75 in total)
I was taking a bath when he came.
He took a hot bath and turned on the TV.
There's nothing like a good hot bath.