ofuron.

Brit.

/ˈɒf(ʊ)rəʊ/,

/ɒˈfuːrəʊ/,

/əˈfuːrəʊ/, U.S.

/ɑˈfuroʊ/,

/əˈfuroʊ/

Inflections: Plural ofuros, unchanged.

Forms: 1800s– ofuro, 1900s– o-furo, 1900s– o'furo (rare). Also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Japanese. Etymon: Japanese ofuro.

Etymology: < Japanese ofuro < o- , honorific prefix + furo furo n. Compare earlier furo n.

In Japan: a (usually hot) bath, traditionally used for soaking and relaxation rather than washing; (also) the short, deep bathtub or the bathroom in which such baths are taken. Cf. furo n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > bathing > vessel for bathing in > types of

furo1615

semicupium1634

bidet1766

hip bath1806

slipper-bath1829

sitz bath1842

saucer bath1860

Roman tub1911

ofuro1934

bathinette1936

Jacuzzi1966

hot tub1973

plunge pool1973

1894 L. Hearn Let. 16 Feb. in Japanese Lett. Lafcadio Hearn (1910) 250 The custom of singing in public baths is worth commenting on. In Tottori there is a famous ‘o-furo-uta’.]

1934 U. Close Challenge xxiii. i. 276 The author has enjoyed many a charming and thoroughly proper conversation with a lady in the limpid waters of the ofuro.

1946 Hutchinson (Kansas) News-Herald 13 Jan. 14/5 He writes after a visit to a Japanese ‘ofuro’: ‘The recessed tub was large enough to hold about a dozen persons at once.’

1959 E. Mosbacher tr. F. Mariani Meeting with Japan i. 25 Even the huts of the most poverty-stricken peasants or labourers had their o-furo (honourable bath).

1969 Living in Japan ii. 17 Before retiring, the family will have their ofuro... The ofuro is the Japanese bath, usually a deep, wooden tub.

1972 National Geographic June 668/2 A cold meal, perhaps, but a lukewarm ofuro—never.

1987 D. Suzuki Ancestors—Genetic Source in J. Borovilos Breaking Through (1990) 183 The ofuro..has hot clean water that all bathers use. So one must first enter the bathroom, wash carefully and rinse off before entering the tub. Time in the ofuro is for relaxing and soaking.

1999 Dallas Morning News (Electronic ed.) 20 June But, blessing of all blessings, there was the ofuro, or Japanese hot tub, that, ‘following a day in the fields..tempered worn and broken spirits.’

2005 N. Bornoff National Geogr. Traveler: Japan (ed. 2) 21 The bath (ofuro) is usually a deep cube in which you sit and soak, but only once you are squeaky clean.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ofuro
释义	ofuron. Brit. /ˈɒf(ʊ)rəʊ/, /ɒˈfuːrəʊ/, /əˈfuːrəʊ/, U.S. /ɑˈfuroʊ/, /əˈfuroʊ/ Inflections: Plural ofuros, unchanged. Forms: 1800s– ofuro, 1900s– o-furo, 1900s– o'furo (rare). Also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Japanese. Etymon: Japanese ofuro. Etymology: < Japanese ofuro < o- , honorific prefix + furo furo n. Compare earlier furo n. In Japan: a (usually hot) bath, traditionally used for soaking and relaxation rather than washing; (also) the short, deep bathtub or the bathroom in which such baths are taken. Cf. furo n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > bathing > vessel for bathing in > types of furo1615 semicupium1634 bidet1766 hip bath1806 slipper-bath1829 sitz bath1842 saucer bath1860 Roman tub1911 ofuro1934 bathinette1936 Jacuzzi1966 hot tub1973 plunge pool1973 1894 L. Hearn Let. 16 Feb. in Japanese Lett. Lafcadio Hearn (1910) 250 The custom of singing in public baths is worth commenting on. In Tottori there is a famous ‘o-furo-uta’.] 1934 U. Close Challenge xxiii. i. 276 The author has enjoyed many a charming and thoroughly proper conversation with a lady in the limpid waters of the ofuro. 1946 Hutchinson (Kansas) News-Herald 13 Jan. 14/5 He writes after a visit to a Japanese ‘ofuro’: ‘The recessed tub was large enough to hold about a dozen persons at once.’ 1959 E. Mosbacher tr. F. Mariani Meeting with Japan i. 25 Even the huts of the most poverty-stricken peasants or labourers had their o-furo (honourable bath). 1969 Living in Japan ii. 17 Before retiring, the family will have their ofuro... The ofuro is the Japanese bath, usually a deep, wooden tub. 1972 National Geographic June 668/2 A cold meal, perhaps, but a lukewarm ofuro—never. 1987 D. Suzuki Ancestors—Genetic Source in J. Borovilos Breaking Through (1990) 183 The ofuro..has hot clean water that all bathers use. So one must first enter the bathroom, wash carefully and rinse off before entering the tub. Time in the ofuro is for relaxing and soaking. 1999 Dallas Morning News (Electronic ed.) 20 June But, blessing of all blessings, there was the ofuro, or Japanese hot tub, that, ‘following a day in the fields..tempered worn and broken spirits.’ 2005 N. Bornoff National Geogr. Traveler: Japan (ed. 2) 21 The bath (ofuro) is usually a deep cube in which you sit and soak, but only once you are squeaky clean. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1934
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