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2009.03.23(Review of 2002.10.15 edition)

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(TAKE A) SHOWER / TAKE A BATH
シャワーを浴びる／風呂に入る

Explanation

  • To take a shower or to shower is to wash your body in the shower.

    To take a bath is to wash your body in the bathtub.

    Be Careful! Shower can be used both as a noun and a verb, but “bath” is only used as a noun (in the United States). The verb form is “bathe,” with an “e” at the end.
  • take a shower または、動詞の shower は、シャワーで体を洗う、つまり、シャワーを浴びるという意味です。

    お風呂に入って体を洗う場合は、take a bath と言います。

    注意：shower は、名詞にも動詞にもなりますが、bath は（アメリカでは）名詞としてだけ使われ、動詞の場合は、語尾に e がついて bathe になります。

(TAKE A) SHOWER / TAKE A BATH

examples

  1. I like the way Japanese bathrooms are designed - you can take a shower sitting down! In the U.S., you have to stand up in the shower.
  2. I usually shower in the morning before going to work.
  3. (to someone coming in from the rain)
    You're soaking wet - you must be freezing! Why don't you take a hot bath and warm up?

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