Keyword
bathtub
Info
FrequencyTop 1000-1100
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 2
Heisig24
Readings
ろ
(98%)
りょ
(1%)
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 (130 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
furoshiki; wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper
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)
articulation
to step out of the bath
something wrapped in a furoshiki
sound (of a sentence); euphony; wordplay; play on words; pun
just out of the bath
bathtub (esp. wooden and bucket-shaped); small bucket used while bathing
public bathhouse; bathhouse proprietor
long bath; staying in the bath for a long time
cold bath; taking a cold bath
wordplay; play on words; pun; rhyming game
freshly drawn bath; (taking) a bath before anyone else
cleaning a bath tub
(taking) a bath
women's bath; women's section in a public bath
speaking inarticulately (slurring, lisping, etc.)
(arch.) I; (arch.) me; (person having) thin or shaved eyebrows; affectionate suffix for names of young men or pets
just out of the bath
bathtub or onsen made of (or surrounded by) rocks
(taking) a bath
large furoshiki; big talk; vain boasting or bluster; blowing one's own trumpet
Luzon (Philippines)
Japanese cypress wood bathtub; hinoki tub
family bath (in a ryokan, etc.)
indoor bath; bath for family (not public) use
public bathhouse
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
(taking) a bath
fee charged at a public bath
denkiburo; bath which includes an electric current, allegedly for health reasons
traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...
Turkish bath; soapland; brothel where one can bathe with prostitutes
reservable private bath
Japanese cypress wood bathtub; hinoki tub
half-wit; fool; simpleton
standard tones; Chinese system of musical sounds
blockhead; dunce; dimwit; dolt; slowcoach; slowpoke
Japanese cypress wood bathtub; hinoki tub
bathtub (esp. wooden and bucket-shaped); small bucket used while bathing
reservable private bath
stone bathtub; steam bath taken inside a cavern or stone chamber
Edo-period bathtub heated from below
boiled daikon (or turnip, etc.) eaten hot with miso
wordplay; play on words; pun; rhyming game
to bathe; to take a bath
wordplay; play on words; pun; rhyming game
Edo-period bathtub heated from below
bath taken after everyone else (in the family)
bath with a metal pipe
steam bath; hot water bath
yuzu bath; hot citron bath
sake bath; hot water bath with sake mixed in
(taking) a bath
second note of the ancient Chinese chromatic scale (approx. D sharp); twelfth lunar month
Tanzenburo (famous early Edo-period bathhouse)
yuzu bath; hot citron bath
steam bath (often using brine)
traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...
(in China) 6th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. G); fourth lunar month
first bath of the year
10th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. B); eighth month of the lunar calendar
lie-down bath (in a bathhouse or hot spring)
enzyme bath; bath taken in a tub filled with heated fermented rice bran or cedar wood dust
hydro massage bath; bath with a massaging jet
Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale (corresponding to: so, la, ti, do, re, mi, fa), similar to Mixolydian mode
Edo-period bathtub heated from below
bathtub cover; bathtub lid
blockhead; dunce; dimwit; dolt; slowcoach; slowpoke
best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of
Edo-period bathtub heated from below
female prostitute working at a bathhouse (Edo period)
to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...
great and splendid land (of Yamato); spiritual center of the land; one's spiritual home; excellent location; splendid place
bubble bath; jacuzzi; whirlpool bath
iroha karuta; matching card game usu. consisting of 48 reading cards and 48 picture cards
Edo-period bathtub heated from below
Japanese maple (Acer palmatum)
iroha order; traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary (based on a Buddhist poem)
(in China) 6th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. G); fourth lunar month
steam bath (often using brine)
Japanese maple (Acer palmatum)
bathtub cover; bathtub lid
(hot) saltwater bath
(hot) saltwater bath
Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale (corresponding to: so, la, ti, do, re, mi, fa), similar to Mixolydian mode
public bath (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
people who are too lazy to bathe or shower
skipping bathing entirely (due to exhaustion or low energy)
canceling or skipping a bath for the day; person who skips a bath
infinity-style bath (esp. at an onsen); infinity-edge bath
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.
She was just about to take a bath when the bell rang.