How to say "bathroom" in Japanese

• トイレJLPT N5approx.Common
  nounCovers 'bathroom' meaning the room with the toilet, as when you need to use it or ask where it is. It is itself a common abbreviation.
  トイレの水みずが止とまりません。↗

  The toilet won't stop running.
• バスルームCommon
  nounA loanword matching 'bathroom' directly: the room with the bathtub or shower. Fits Western-style bathrooms, such as in hotels.
  お父とうさんがバスルームでひげを剃そっている。↗

  Dad is shaving in the bathroom.
• 風呂場ふろばCommon
  nounThe bathing room in a house: where the tub is, kept separate from the toilet. Use it for 'bathroom' in the bathing sense.
  母ははは私に風呂場ふろばの掃除そうじをさせた。↗

  Mother made me clean the bathroom.
• 浴室よくしつJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounAlso the bathing room, in a Sino-Japanese form, typical of written contexts such as floor plans and property descriptions.
  浴室よくしつ付つきの二人ふたり部屋へやをお願ねがいします。↗

  We'd like a room for two with a bath.
• 洗面所せんめんじょCommon
  nounThe washroom: where the washbasin is, for washing your face or brushing your teeth. In a Japanese house it is separate from the toilet and bath, so it covers 'bathroom' only in that sense.
  洗面所せんめんじょの栓せんを抜ぬくと、水みずがガバガバ流れ出ながれだした。↗

  When I unplugged the bathroom sink, the water gushed down the drain.

English 'bathroom' splits by room: 「トイレ」 for the toilet room, 「バスルーム」, 風呂場 and 浴室 for the bathing room, and 洗面所 for the washbasin area — pick by which room you mean.

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• トイレtoilet
• バスルームbathroom
• 風呂場ふろばbathroom
• 浴室よくしつbathroom
• 洗面所せんめんじょwashroom
• 風呂ふろbath
• 便所べんじょtoilet
• お手洗いおてあらいtoilet
• 湯殿ゆどのbathroom
• ご不浄ごふじょうbathroom
• 手洗い場てあらいばarea for washing one's hands and face
• ＷＣダブリュー・シーwater closet
• 浴場よくじょうbathroom
• 衛生えいせいtoilet
• 不浄ふじょうbathroom
• 湯室ゆむろbathroom