呂
呂

spine, backbone

7 strokesFrequency 2,055JLPT N1Grade 8

On

ロリョ

Kun

せぼね

Nanori

ともなが

Memory

Memory Mnemonics

Keywords

spine

Constituents

丶drop
?mouth2
口mouth

Mnemonic Stories

This character looks a lot like a pictogram of a section of the spine.

You could think of the spine as a thing that connects one mouth (on your face) to another mouth (your anus).

Dictionary

Common Words

風呂ふろNounFreq #3247
1

bath; bathing; bathtub; bathroom

Examples
インカ人はヨーロッパ人よりも多く風呂へ入った。
The Inca took baths more often than Europeans.
2

bathhouse; public bath

3

room for drying lacquerware

4

base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)

お風呂おふろNounFreq #3351
1

bath

Examples
私はほとんど毎日お風呂に入ります。
I take a bath almost every day.
お風呂に入るおふろにはいるExpressionGodan verbFreq #7059
1

to take a bath; to have a bath

Examples
お風呂に入っているとき、電話がなった。
When I was taking a bath, the telephone rang.
2

Colloquial

to take a shower

風呂場ふろばNounFreq #8904
1

bathroom

Examples
母は私に風呂場の掃除をさせた。
Mother made me clean the bathroom.
風呂上がり風呂上り風呂あがりふろあがりNounExpressionFreq #16887
1

just out of the bath

露天風呂ろてんぶろNounFreq #19959
1

open-air bath; rotenburo; rotemburo

Examples
この旅館は露天風呂がすばらしいのよ。
The outdoor spa at this hot spring is wonderful.
風呂敷ふろしきNounFreq #20907
1

furoshiki; wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper

Examples
彼は風呂敷を十分に活用した。
He took full advantage of the wrapper.
呂律ろれつNounFreq #31747
1

articulation

いろはイロハ伊呂波以呂波色葉NounUsually kanaFreq #32074
1

traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary

2

fundamentals; the ABCs of ...

Examples
商売のいろはも知らない。
I don't know the ABC of business.
風呂から上がるふろからあがるExpressionGodan verbFreq #32267
1

to step out of the bath

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