The vocabulary course of the day is about the bathroom.
Again a new room in the house where you can find an incredible amount of everyday objects. I did everything to limit myself to twenty words and in the end, I found myself concocting a list of thirty-four vocabulary words. Like what, we can find a lot of things in a bathroom. This may sound like a lot to you but don’t worry, a quarter of these words are based on English, so katakanized.
That introduction is done, let’s get started right away:
洗面台 .
センメンダイ
. the sink
シンク
. the sink
浴槽 .
ヨクソウ
. the bathtub
風呂桶 .
フロおけ
. the bathtub
湯船 .
ゆぶね
. the bathtub
バスタブ
. the bathtub
シャワー
. the shower
シャワーヘッド
. the shower head
バスタオル
. the bath towel
歯磨き粉 .
はみがきこ
. the toothpaste
歯ブラシ .
はブラシ
. the toothbrush
洗浄 .
センジョウ
. the toilet, the washing (action of cleaning the body, keeping it clean)
洗浄グローブ .
センジョウグローブ
. the washcloth, the bath glove
バスグローブ
. the bath gloves
入浴 .
ニュウヨク
. the hot bath
入浴グローブ .
ニュウヨクグローブ
. the washcloth, the bath glove
洗浄袋 .
センジョウぶくろ
. the toilet kit, the bath kit, the toilet bag, the toiletry bag
洗浄ブラシ .
センジョウブラシ
. the cleaning brush
石鹸 .
セッケン
. the soap
ソープ
. the soap
シェーバー
. the shaver
剃刀 .
かみそり
. the shaver
電気シェーバー .
デンキシェーバー
. the electric shaver
電気剃刀 .
デンキかみそり
. the electric shaver
剃刀の刃 .
かみそりのは
. the shaver blade
鏡 .
かがみ
. the mirror
手鏡 .
てかがみ
. the hand mirror
壁鏡 .
かべかがみ
. the wall mirror
爪切り .
つめきり
. the nail clippers
綿棒 .
メンボウ
. the cotton swab
シャンプー
. the shampoo
コーム
. the comb
ヘアドライヤー
. the hair drier
ヘアローション
. the hair lotion
Making this vocabulary list by stumbling upon a round number was quite complicated but I think I did pretty well.
You will have noticed that I did not put "the washing machine" or "the laundry basket". Well, I suspect that many of you have a laundry basket in your bathroom but I didn’t want to end up with an endless list, especially since the Japanese have at least two words to say "the laundry basket". They have a purely Japanese word and the English equivalent in katakana. You can look them up in the dictionary if you are interested in going further. Otherwise, for my part, I will find another vocabulary list in which I will put these words.
Finally, I will make a little comment on the word 風呂桶 . フロおけ which can mean two different things. It can refer to the bucket, traditionally made of wood, found in Japanese bathrooms, or a wooden tub that looks like a huge bucket in which you can take a bath.
This vocabulary course is now over, I leave you to your learning. Learn these words by heart, write them down, recite them over and over again until you can remember them. There are about thirty words to remember, so I recommend that you take it gradually. Start by learning ten words today, review them during the day, then the next day add five and repeat the same routine again until you remember them all. Nothing like repetition.
Thank you all for reading this course and good luck with your homework.
Introduction