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Special bath house

English translation: bath house

11:31 Jul 11, 2005
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / air conditioning
English term or phrase: Special bath house
indoor unit (HRV type)
original English is a translation from Japanese

(list of building types)

"Occupied area per person for ventilation requirements for commercial facilities"
...
Billiard room, table tennis room, dance hall, bowling alley
Pachinko parlor, go club, mah-jongg saloon
Japanese style hotel, Hotel, motel
***Special bath house***"

...any idea what it may be? sauna?
Elena Ghetti
Italy
Local time: 01:29
Selected answer:bath house
Explanation:
Japanese bath house -

Shower/shave/SCRUB/Rinse (very well), then sit in various pools of cold/hot temperature. Usually gender specific, but can be co-ed.

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Note added at 8 mins (2005-07-11 11:39:57 GMT)
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Great story about Japanese bath houses at the following link: http://www.jadedragon.com/archives/march98/bathhse2.html

In Japan before you take a bath you must wash yourself. The bath is not for bathing, but for soaking. So, I joined some of the other Japanese men at the \"washing sinks,\" scrubbed myself clean and headed to the bath. Now if you have been paying attention you might have already been thinking what I was asking myself at this point: \"Do you wear the shorts into the tub or do without?\" I opted for naked since it seemed foolish to me to wear shorts in a bathtub, communal or otherwise. Nobody seemed to notice so I thought I made the right decision.

And yes, you go without shorts. :) :)


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Note added at 5 hrs 31 mins (2005-07-11 17:02:54 GMT)
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Little Japanese culture: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onsen

An onsen (‰·
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Kurt Porter
Local time: 04:29
Grading comment
thanks a lot!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
5 +7bath house
Kurt Porter
3 +2Japanese bath
Sinziana Paltineanu (X)
4 +1Turkish bath- hamam
Selin Fikirdanış
3sounds awfully soapland-ish to me
KNielsen


Discussion entries: 2





  

Answers


10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
special bath house
Japanese bath


Explanation:
It is the Japanese bath. It is said that Japanese children take a bath together with their parents. The Japanese wash themselves in the before sinking in the tub. And the family enters the bath house in a special order. I think the head of the family is the first one. The other who follow him take their bath in the same water. The tub is usually covered because Japanese like hot water.



    Reference: http://www.blogd.com/archives/001064.html
Sinziana Paltineanu (X)
Local time: 02:29
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alp Berker
2 hrs
  -> Thank you
agree  Will Matter: Could be o-furo, could be sentoo, could be onsen, could be Soaplands. Some kind of bath, one way or the other.
5 hrs
  -> yes. I thought I didn`t know the answers because I`ve never been to Japan, but now I realize that this term is used in a general sense. thank you
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +7
special bath house
bath house


Explanation:
Japanese bath house -

Shower/shave/SCRUB/Rinse (very well), then sit in various pools of cold/hot temperature. Usually gender specific, but can be co-ed.

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Note added at 8 mins (2005-07-11 11:39:57 GMT)
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Great story about Japanese bath houses at the following link: http://www.jadedragon.com/archives/march98/bathhse2.html

In Japan before you take a bath you must wash yourself. The bath is not for bathing, but for soaking. So, I joined some of the other Japanese men at the \"washing sinks,\" scrubbed myself clean and headed to the bath. Now if you have been paying attention you might have already been thinking what I was asking myself at this point: \"Do you wear the shorts into the tub or do without?\" I opted for naked since it seemed foolish to me to wear shorts in a bathtub, communal or otherwise. Nobody seemed to notice so I thought I made the right decision.

And yes, you go without shorts. :) :)


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Note added at 5 hrs 31 mins (2005-07-11 17:02:54 GMT)
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Little Japanese culture: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onsen

An onsen (‰·

Kurt Porter
Local time: 04:29
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
thanks a lot!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sinziana Paltineanu (X): yes, same here.. it seems to me that it took me about 5 min. to write my answers...
8 mins
  -> Thank you, dragaica.
agree  Alp Berker
2 hrs
  -> Thank you, Alp.
agree  jennifer newsome (X)
2 hrs
  -> Thank you, Jennifer.
agree  aira07: yes, a commercial/communal bath house, not a home bath =) http://www.japan-101.com/travel/sento.htm
2 hrs
  -> Thank you, aira07. Good link.
agree  Will Matter: Sounds like a "sentoo" to me too but it could also be one other thing (Soaplands). Depends.
5 hrs
  -> Thank you willmater. Ahh, an individual that knows the difference between an onsen and a sento! :) I loved both when I lived in Japan.
agree  Alfa Trans (X)
23 hrs
  -> Thank you, Marju.
agree  Saleh Chowdhury, Ph.D.
1 day 4 hrs
  -> Thank you, Saleh.
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
special bath house
sounds awfully soapland-ish to me


Explanation:
...especially as you also have the pachinko and mahjongg to go along with it...it's a one-stop shop! However, as other people have said, it's hard to know without the original Japanese.

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Note added at 15 hrs 47 mins (2005-07-12 03:19:40 GMT)
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\"Mutual nakedness of skinship\"--very nice! :-)

KNielsen
Japan
Local time: 08:29
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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19 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
special bath house
Turkish bath- hamam


Explanation:
I think they mean a Turkish bath which is called "hamam" in Turkish.

Selin Fikirdanış
Türkiye
Local time: 02:29
Native speaker of: Turkish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Will Matter: Formerly known as ""Toruko", now called "Soaplands" due to the amusingly vehement protests of the Turkish government in the 1980s. Funny!
6 days
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