noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
bathing (of an infant); ritual bathing
Often used for the ritual bathing of a newborn, or more broadly for ceremonial purification by water. Can also refer to bathing in a religious context.
生後一ヶ月の赤ちゃんの沐浴を手伝った。
I helped with the ritual bathing of the one-month-old baby.
神社
I purified myself by bathing at the shrine.
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
ablution; ritual washing
Refers to a religious or ceremonial washing, often in a spiritual context. More formal than 沐浴 in the infant sense.
僧侶は毎朝、沐浴を行う。
The monk performs ablutions every morning.
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
receiving a blessing (archaic)
Archaic sense referring to receiving a blessing, possibly through a ritual washing or purification. Rarely used in modern Japanese.
古い文献では、沐浴が祝福を受ける行為として記されている。
In old texts, 沐浴 is recorded as an act of receiving a blessing.