Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
ふ > ぶ
Grade: 2

Grade: S
kun’yomi goon

Etymology edit

Compound of (no, field; nature, a natural area) +‎ 風呂 (furo, bath).[1][2][3]

First cited to a text from 1769.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

()()() (noburo

  1. [from 1769] (rare, archaic) an outdoor bath, often at a naturally occurring hot spring

Usage notes edit

This term has been largely superseded by synonym 露天風呂 (rotenburo).

Synonyms edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 野風呂”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ 野風呂”, in デジタル大辞泉[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN