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E.G Bath Water Valley Bask Oneself Bathe Cleavage

Kanji
Onyomi ヨク
Kunyomi あ.びる、あ.びせる
Nanori えき, さこ
English bathe, be favored with, bask in
Examples 浴びる(あびる): (1) to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to bathe; to bask in (e.g. the sun); to be flooded with (e.g. light); to shower (2) to suffer (e.g. an attack); to have abuse heaped upon; to draw criticism upon oneself
入浴(にゅうよく): (1) bathing (2) to bathe; to take a bath; to enter a bath
浴室(よくしつ): bathroom; bath
浴衣(ゆかた): yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
海水浴(かいすいよく): sea bathing; seawater bath
JLPT Level 2
Jouyou Grade 4
Frequency 1136
Components 水: water
谷: valley
Number of Strokes 10
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 85
Radical Strokes 4
Radical Reading みず・したみず・さんずい
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword bathe
Koohii Story 1 This story is quite lascivious, sorry... Now, imagine you are at a 混浴 (こんよく) [two kanjis we now know] Onsen (温泉), and you are watching a woman bathe. Just picture the water dripping down her cleavage (that valley in between her breasts). Note: cleavage in Japanese is 谷間.
Koohii Story 2 The mountain man uses the water from the valley to bathe.
RTK Index (new) 852

Tags: jlpt.n2, grade4, kanjifreq1001-1500

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