|
English word |
English Definition |
English Example sentence |
| 1 |
to bathe |
to take a bath |
Kagerō O-gin always bathes on the TV show "Mito
Kōmon." |
| 2 |
to unwind |
to relax |
I listen to music to unwind after work. |
| 3 |
to zone out |
to day dream, to stop paying attention |
I zoned out during class so I didn't understand how to do the
homework. |
| 4 |
to take a load off |
to relax and forget about your stress |
Welcome to my house, please sit down and take a load off. |
| 5 |
to let the stress fade away |
to cause yourself to feel stress less and less |
I opened the can of beer and let the stress fade away. |
| 6 |
to soak |
to stay in water for a long time |
I soaked in the bath for an hour or so. |
| 7 |
to go pruny |
of human skin, to get wrinkly due to the effects of water |
My fingers got all pruny during the bath. |
| 8 |
etiquette |
manners for a certain situation, the correct way to do
something |
Many foreigners don't know the bathing etiquette in Japan. |
| 9 |
to be located |
of a thing or structure, to exist in a location |
Dogo Onsen is located in Matsuyama. |
| 10 |
to be volcanic |
of a mountain or area, to be affected by heat in the
ground |
Beppu is a volcanic area in Kyushu. |
| 11 |
to be silky smooth |
to be smooth as silk |
After I scrubbed my feet, they were silky smooth. |
| 12 |
to be geothermal |
to be affected by heat within the earth |
Beppu is an area with a lot of geothermal activity, so hot
water can be found everywhere. |
| 13 |
a spring |
a place in the earth where water comes out |
There was a spring by my house when I was growing up. |
| 14 |
a body of water |
the most general term for water gathered in one place |
A puddle is a body of water; so is the ocean, and everything in
between. |
| 15 |
minerals |
the categories into which rocks can be divided |
Gold and silver are two of the most famous minerals. |
| 16 |
a hot stone massage |
a massage that makes use of heated rocks |
Hot stone massage is really popular in California. |
| 17 |
to be heated to a temperature of ~ |
to have heat applied until something becomes a certain
temperature |
During the glassblowing process, glass is heated to a
temperature of hundreds of degrees, until it becomes a
semi-liquid. |
| 18 |
to be nude |
of a person, to be wearing no clothes |
Going into an onsen nude is strange for some foreigners. |
| 19 |
in the nude |
a casual way to describe the state of having no clothes on |
I was in the nude, just hanging out in my house. |
| 20 |
nudity |
a more formal way to describe the state of wearing no
clothes |
Nudity is not allowed in public areas. |
| 21 |
to feel awkward |
to feel embarrassed because of a strange situation |
Most people feel awkward if they accidentally wear white socks
with black pants. |