Lesson 22 Vocabulary
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.