音読み: ヨク
訓読み: あびる・あびせる
画数: 10
部首: 氵（さんずい）
Meaning
Bathe / Shower / Pour Over
- Basic forms
- 浴びる — to bathe, to shower / base form
- 浴びます — polite / I bathe, I take (a shower) / masu form
- 浴びた — past / bathed / took a shower / ta form
- 浴びて — te-form / bathe (and…) / linking or request
- 浴びない — negative / don’t bathe / don’t take a shower / negative form
- 浴びれば — if (I) bathe / conditional
- 浴びろ・浴びよ — take a shower! / imperative
- Other common forms
- 浴びたい — want to take a shower / 〜たい form
- 浴びられる — can bathe / can take a shower / potential form
- 浴びられた — could bathe / was bathed (past)
- 浴びられない — can’t bathe / can’t take a shower
- More
- 浴びよう — let’s take a shower / 〜よう form
- 浴びなかった — didn’t bathe / didn’t take a shower / negative past
- 浴びている — bathing / taking a shower now / progressive
浴びる (あびる) is an ichidan (る-verb). Drop る and add endings like ます, た, て, ない. Commonly used for taking a shower, bathing, or being exposed to something — like light or attention.
- 浴びる — to bathe / to take a shower
- 浴室 — bathroom
- 浴衣 — summer kimono / light robe worn after bathing
- 浴槽 — bathtub
- 入浴 — bathing / taking a bath
- 水浴 — bathing in water
The radical 氵(さんずい) hints at water. The kanji combines this with 谷 (valley) to suggest the act of water flowing over or being poured — thus symbolizing bathing or showering.
シャワーを浴びました。
I took a shower.
温泉で ゆっくり入浴しました。
I relaxed in a hot spring bath.
浴衣を 着て祭に行きました。
I wore a yukata and went to the festival.
入浴 — bathing / taking a bath