お風呂

おふろ · ofuro · JLPT N5 · noun

bath

お風呂 — bath

🛁 お風呂 = polite o + wind (風) + backbone/pipe (呂): the honourable steam room

Furo likely comes from 室 (muro), a steam chamber, later written with 風 (wind) and 呂. The o- is the polite prefix, as in o-cha. Sound hook: oh, furo — oh, for a row of hot tubs.

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