風呂

• On’yomi: Goon
  • (Tokyo) ふろ​ [fùróꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1][2][3]
  • (Tokyo) ふ​ろ [fúꜜrò] (Atamadaka – [1])[3][2]
  • IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝɾo̞]
  • Homophone: 風炉

風呂 (hiragana ふろ, katakana フロ, rōmaji furo)

1. bath; bathtub
   • 1993 November 25 [May 20 1989], Adachi, Mitsuru, “第だい26話わ　女おんな湯ゆから見みえるということは…⁉ [Chapter 26: It’s about Peeping at Girls Taking a Bath This Whole Time…⁉]”, in スローステップSLOW STEP [SLOW STEP], volume 4 (fiction), 11th edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 63:

     当 (あ)たれ！早 (はや)くしないと美 (み)夏 (なつ)が……フロから……？

     Atare! Hayaku shinai to Minatsu ga…… furo kara……?

     Gotta land a hit, quick! Or else Minatsu’s gonna come back…… from her bath……?

   • 2008 October 8, Hasemi, Saki; Yabuki, Kentaro, “とらぶる94　とらぶるくえすと２ [TLOVEl 94: TLOVEl Quest 2]”, in ＴｏＬＯＶＥる　—とらぶる— [ToLOVEru —TLOVEl—], volume 11 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 123:

     ゲームのキャラがお風 (ふ)呂 (ろ)入 (はい)るなんておかしいと思 (おも)う？

     Gēmu no kyara ga ofuro hairu nan te okashī to omō?

     Don’t you think it’s weird that a video game character takes a fancy bath?

• This is an example of a word that can be spelled with katakana to convey an informal conversational tone.

• バス (basu)
• 浴場 (よくじょう) (yokujō)

• 風 (ふ)呂 (ろ)場 (ば) (furoba, “bathroom”)
• 風 (ふ)呂 (ろ)屋 (や) (furoya, “public bath”)
• 露 (ろ)天 (てん)風 (ぶ)呂 (ろ) (rotenburo)