ソープランド

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Japanese

 ソープランド on Japanese Wikipedia
 Soapland on Wikipedia

Etymology

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from soap +‎ land.

Pronunciation

Noun

ソープランド • (sōpurando) 

  1. soapland, a massage parlor (a bathhouse where customers pay for sex; a type of brothel)
    • 1997, Murakami Ryū, Tenisu Bōi no yūutsu [The melancholy of Tennis Boy], page 78:
      「うーん、でもあんたはソープランドなんか向(む)かないよ」
      “Ūn, de mo anta wa sōpurando nanka mukanai yo”
      “No, but you don’t go to soaplands eh.”
      「よく行(い)くの？」
      “Yoku iku no?”
      “Do you go often?”
      「え？ソープランド？行(い)かないよ、嫌(きら)いなんだ」 テニスボーイは倫(りん)理(り)的(てき)に恥(は)ずかしかったわけではない。ソープランドで処(しょ)理(り)するもてない男(おとこ)、と思(おも)われるのがいやだったのだ。
      “E? Sōpurando? Ikanai yo, kirai nan da” Tenisu Bōi wa rinriteki ni hazukashikatta wake de wa nai. Sōpurando de shori suru motenai otoko, to omowareru no ga iya datta no da.
      “Huh? Soapland? I don’t go, I hate it.” Tennis Boy wasn’t embarrassed for ethical reasons. He just didn’t want to think that he was a man who couldn’t handle soapland.

Descendants

  • → English: soapland
  • → Chinese: 泡泡浴 (pàopàoyù)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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