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Luzon (Philippines)

to step out of the bath

something wrapped in a furoshiki

steam bath

freshly drawn bath; (taking) a bath before anyone else

cleaning a bath tub

wordplay; play on words; pun; rhyming game

speaking inarticulately (slurring, lisping, etc.)

large furoshiki

big talk; vain boasting or bluster; blowing one's own trumpet; rodomontade

Slang; Pun on 宜しく; orig. used by young bike-riding delinquents; now oft. joc.

best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of

family bath (in a ryokan, etc.)

public bathhouse

Named after the robber Goemon Ishikawa, who was boiled to death in one

bath heated directly from beneath, with a floating wooden lid on which the bather sits causing it to sink

Word usually written using kana alone

great and splendid land (of Yamato)

spiritual center of the land; one's spiritual home

excellent location; splendid place

to talk big; to be bombastic

denkiburo; bath which includes an electric current, allegedly for health reasons

iroha poem

boiled daikon (or turnip, etc.) eaten hot with miso

open-air bath

sauna

Turkish bath

Dated term

soapland; brothel where one can bathe with prostitutes

reservable private bath

Card games

iroha karuta; matching card game usu. consisting of 48 reading cards and 48 picture cards

deep bathtub with a water-heating tank; bathtub heated from below