Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
ふ > ぶ
Grade: 2

Grade: S
kun'yomi goon

Etymology

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

First cited to a text from 1769.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()()() (noburo

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

Usage notes

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This term has been largely superseded by synonym 露天風呂 (rotenburo).

Synonyms

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References

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